The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-07-04

who still adhered to the national symb
of protection. What weakness! B,
Congress has adjourned. What was to |
done2 Thank Heaven, our sagacio,
President was found equal to the occasion
You will perceive that on the lst of Jar
uary last, under this on called conf scatio
law, the slaves of every rebel in the Uni
ed States who had not accepted the an
nesty therein provided were dejre FIRE,
| But how were ne to end this rebellion
the Union men, women and children j
the SO called Confederate States were LEI
In undisturbed possession of all their lega
and constitutional rights? If this polio
were adopted the rebels might becom
| angry with these "monument. of Fedora
| mercy, and In that event the spare'
monuments aforesaid might cling NOR
closely to the Federal flag This division
| among the people might cause still NOR
| unhappy state of affairs in Dixie; on
| friends there might have to bear addition
a! indignitieA AS before remarked, Gu
mercifulg gSnd considerate President wa
found equal to the crisis In a long con
yersation with some inspired apostles
from the sanity city of Chicago place
were Onderdonking and other world,
amusements are unknown-the Presiden,
candidly confessed that he was endeavor
ing (he did not state the means) to accer
tain the will Of the Lord upon this diff
cult question that SO soon as he learned
the divine pleasure he verify would do
the will OF the Master who sent him -
The revelation came doubtless "by due
course of mall Judging from "that
which is written, it amounted to this:
that in portion OF Virginia and louisa.
an, in. Maryland, in Delaware in Tennes-
see and Missouri, itwas lawful for traitors
who had accepted the amnesty provided
by the contiscation Law and all other per
sons TO hold slaves; but that in the tide
water regions OF Virginia, and in that part
OF Louisiana which had not beer conse
Grated to slavery by the military .occupa.
ton OF Gen. Butler, as also III North Car
ollna, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississ
Ippi, Arkansa, and Texas, il should no
longer be lawful for the Union men,
women and children to mold our African
fellow citizens 10 service or labor And
yet there ara those Of the "copperhead
who profess not to see the
wisohm Of this great master stroke of our
most noble and exalted President Sirs,
did it not ipmediateiy divide the South
and unite the North? Were not our
camps forthwith crowded with countless
lnyrlads of bold and ardent recruts2-
Have not ''our American brethren of AfrI-
can descent crowded by thousands into
our ranks. inspiring our soldiers with
Wild enthusiasm and rendering night vo'
"a! with the songs Of enfranchised Dinails
and mewiing and puking Sambos and
have not our arms been victorious every
4 h.sss h.. ia nt hr mi l.
.ennium of 1868?
know that men like Gen N Bray
man, who commands in your vicinity lat
Bolivar, rennessee) are guilty of absurd
lies OF speech which afford the enemies OF
1ur sagac!ous President excuses for com
,iaint and criticism ForInstance. on the
lith of last March that officer then in
At Bolivar, wrote as follows in
'egard 10 the proclamation of freedom
With which our Illusirious and far seeing
President greeted the advent of the new
'ear: The loyal man is equally helpless
With the diSsoyal, III fact, more so; for the
rebel takes lis slaves Sonth or Hires them
n the army IN which he himself serves
while the slaves of our loyal men flee 10
)ur camp beyond their reclamation. Tn
Ier thi, process the rebel holds his slaves
oy Carrying them into q State in which
hey are declared free while the law abId
ng citizen loses his by retaining them IN
1 State where II Is AWFUL to hold them
A. 1t Is now, the loyalty and good con
Iuct OF these men avail them nothing.
In speaking OF the elevat!ng effects OF
this system upon our armies and the ne
sroes. zen BrayTaH shocks our seusIblli-
TICS by the use of such language as this
= Iheir expense to the government l. en-.
ormous. 1T requires soldiers 10 guard
them. They sicken and die in crowded
and filthy corrals, They become dsbased
and demoralize the army
Now, among the resolutions you will
adopt at the Memphis meeting there
should by all E.eans be one censuriug Gen.
Brayman Ior the use of language so insult
Ing To our fellow citizens of African de-
scent. and so justly calculated to incense
the slave owners IN Tennessee who have so
stVbbornly refused 20 join the rebels
Why, sir, this license of speech must be
What right have men who
do not Support the present wise and a!'i.
cient administration to cIiticise its policy
or the Consequences OF it? Within the
past few days, | have heard persons in
this city-in the capital, which bears the
sacred name of Washington, and which
at present is the home of our illustrious
Chief Mag aglstrate-draw seemingly invidi-
Gus distinctions between the fate of Jesse
D Bright, of Indiana, and that Of John NJ
Bolts, of Virginia How my blood boiled
with pious indignation when few days
ago, heard . certain indiv idual of the
stfaightest sect Of copperhead discoursing
thus: Jesse D. Bright of Indiana, was
expelled from the Senate of United States
last year; charged with reasonable practi-
ces He then owned farm and negroes
in Kentucky, and still owns them lie
accepted the amnesty provided in the so
called cuntscation law which passed Con
gres last July. lie is now preparing to
accompany to accompany his family on a
trip of pleasure to Europe, leaving his
large properties in Indiana ano his slaves
in Kentucky under the protection of the
law John NJ. Bolts is just out-of Libby
or seme other Confederate prison, where
he vas incarcerated for his devotion to the
Urbn and his undying hostility to the so
calbd Southern Confedsracy. Ten days
ago his slaves were enticed within the
lines of our armies in Virginia Mr. Bolts
demanded that they be surrendered or re.
turned, and received for answer. direct
iIoth asuluptou, sn"e HO ia" no 'Eu' "
them shat our wise and law-abiding Presi-
dent had set them free.
Iconfess that when l heard this long
and complaing rigmarole was indignant
at this persons stupidsty. lie could not
see the wisdom of this wise policy OF our
most nohle Executive. He was almost as
ncorrigible as James l. Pettigru. of South
Carolina, who, when he read the grand
proclamation of the most ilustrious, sue:
tcessor of Washington, took the oath'-o!
allegiance to the Confederate government
aud offered his private fortune to the
rebels to aid them IN making war upon
the armies of the sublimest: man of mod
ern times; of Nelson, Of Tennessee, who'
with sors in rebel captivity, published an
appeal to the people of that State to take
up arms against our freedom loving Presi-
dent; of Houston, Henry and others. who
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