Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-04-24

- d. E.cser from sceee1hry CHASE.
10 the Union Meetiug held IN New York City,
on Saturday, April 1.-THE Policy ofshe Ad.
mihiaffaiiUn TOUCHING the Employment 81
Blacks In Military Service Foresadowed
TREAsURY DEPARTMENT.. April 0, 1858.
LEMEN:-Impo,Ative demands on
my time compel me to deny myself the
qualification Of attending tho meeting to
which you kindly invite me.
You will meet 10 send words Of cheer 10
our brave Generals and soldiers in the field /;
IN rebuke treason in our midst, IN the GARD
Of pence, aid aud comfort to treason in the
panoply Of war; to maintain inviolate the
integrity Of The National Territory and the
supremacy Of the National Constitution and
laws; TO strengthen tho hands and nerve
the heart Of tho President for the great
work to which God and the people have
called him. For what woFthier purpose
can American citizens now assemblei
\ Il j. nv fixed faith, gentlemen, that God
does not mean that this American Repub-
lie shall perish. We are tried as by FIRE;
but our country will 1.-Two. Notwithstanding
ali the violence and all tho machinations of
traitors and sympathizers on this side Of tho
I Atlantic, our country will live.
II And while our country lives, slavery, the
! chief source and cause and agent Of our ills,
I will die. The friends Of the Union in the
South, before the rebellion, predicted the
destruction Of slavery rs consequence Of
secession, If that madness should prevail
: Nothing, in my Judgement is more certain
than the fulfilment Of these predictions.
J Safe in the States, before the rebellion from
all Federal interference, slavery has como
out from its shelter under State Constiiu-
Q tions and laws, to assail the national life.
g It will surely die, pierced BY its own fangs
= and stings.
5 What matter now how il diesi Wheth-
b er as a consequence or object of the war
Q what mattcri Is this time to split hairs
h Of logici To me it seems that Pro violence
J. Indicates clearly enough how the end Of
y slavery must come. 1t comes in tebel
l. slave States by military order, decree or
e proclamation, not to be discg gardcd or sci
, aside in any event as nulty, but main
, tained and executed with perfect good faith
= TO oil the enfranchised; and it will como in
J the loyal slave State by the unconslrained
action OF the people and their Legislature.
7, aided freely and generously by their bre,h.
ren Of toe free States. l may be mistaken
lin this: but if am, another and better
: way will be revealed.
Q Meantime, il seems TO me very necessary
!, to say distinctly what many yetshrink from
:, saving: The American blacks mus, be
called into this conflict, not as cattle,
not now even ~ contrabands, bdt rs men.
l. In the free States. and by the Proclamation
i in the rebel States, they are free men. The
n, Attorney General, in an opinion which do
J; fies rcfutation, has pronounced these free
men clizans Of tho Unitrd States. Let
e, then, the example Of Andrew Jackson, who
,, did not hesitate to oppose colnred regiments
r 70 British invasion, be now fparlessly fll.
= lowed Let these blacks, accIimaied, fa-
'; miliar with the country, capable of great
u endurance, receive suitable military organi.
L cation and dn their part. We neel their
good will, anil must mike them our friends
> We must have them for guides, FIR scouts,
= for all military services in camp or field for
" which they are qualified. Thus employed,
}. from a burden they will become a support ;
and the hazards, privations and Iabors Of
the white soldiers will be propor,ionaiely
: diminished.
!, Some will object, Of course. There are
} always odjectors to everything practical.
Let experience di-pel honest fesr+, and re-
: fute cap,ious or disloyaI cavil. t7a
> Above all, gentlemen, let no doubt rest
on our resolution to sustain, with all our
: haa,ts and Nth oil Our ,,,aaoe ,bo eol1 1;o.s