Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-10

! had not accepted the amnesty therein provide
we're de lure free But how were we 10 end th
: rebellion If che Union men, women and chile
rem In the socallei Confederate States, wer
left In undisturbed possession of all their legO
and constitutional rights? II this policy wer
adopted, the rebels might become angry wit
theao monuments of Federal mercy, and il
that event the spared monuments aforesa
might cling more closely to tho Federal flag
r This division among the people might cause
, still more unhappy state Of affairs down il
Dixie; our friends there might have to bea
! additional indignities. As before remarked
our merclful and considerate President wal
found equal to the crisis. 10 q long conversa
tion with some inspired apostles from the saint
ly city of Chicago place where OndetdOnk
7 log and other worldly amusements are nm
knoWn-the President candidly confessed thai
4, he was endeavoring (he did not state the m cans
TO ascertain tho will of the Lord upon this dit
ficult question; that 80 soon as he learned th,
Divine pleasure he verify would do tho will Of
the Master who sent him. The revelation
came, doubtless, "by due course of mail ,
Judging from that (Which Is Wrltten, !" IL amount
ed 10 this: that In portions of Virginit
and Louisiana, In Delaware, in Maryland
lin Kentucky, in Tennessee aud Missouri, 4
was lawful for traitors who had accent
ed the amnesty provided by the confscatior
law, and oil other persons, to hold slaves
but that in tho tidewater rogIons of Vir
ginia, and In that part Of Louisiana which haC
not been cOnseerated to Slausyy by The militar1
occupation Of General Butler, as also in Norlf
Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas, il
should no longer be lawful for the Union men
women, and children to hold our African fellow
citizens to service or labor. And yet there are
those of the "Copperhead persuasion" who pro
fess not to sec tho wisdom of this great mas.
ter-stroke of our most noble and exalted Presl-
dent. Sir, did IL not Immediately divide the
South aud unite the North7 We're not our
camps forthwith crowded with countless myr-
lads of bold and ardent recruits2 Have moi
-FOUR American brethren of African descent u
crowded by Thousands into our ranks, inspiring
our soldiers with wild enthusiasm, and rem
dering night vocal with the songs of enfran-
chised Dinahs and muling and puking Sambos2
And have not our arms been victorious every
where since tho dawn Of the negro millennium of
1867
know. that men like Gen. M. Braym an who
commands in your vicinity (at Bolivar, Tenn. },
are guilty Of absurdities OF speech, which af-
ford the enemies of our sagaclous President ex-
cuses for complaint and criticism. For in
stance, on the 18th Of last March that officer,
then In command at Bolivar, wrote Gs follows In
regard 10 the Proclamation of Freedom, with
which our illustrious and far.seeing President
greeted the advent of the new year: "The
loyal man is equally helpless with the disloyal-
In fact, more 90; for the rebel takes his slaves
South, or hires them In the army in which he
himself serves, while the slaves of loyal men
fee to our camps beyond reclamation. Under
this process the rebel holds his slaves by car
rying them into State in which they are de-
clared free, while the law>abidlng citizen loses
his by retaining them In State where IL Ia
Ia,ofuI TO hold them. As it is now, The loyalty
and good conduct Of these men ANAL them moth.
ing"
In speaking of the elsyating effects of this
system upon our armies and the negroes, Gen.
Brayman shocks our senisbilities by the use of
such language 40 this: "Their expense to the
Government ia enormous. 1t requires soldiers
to guard them. They sicken and die in crowd
ed and filthy oorrals. They become debased and
They debase and deniorsli<e the
armyY .....
Now among the resolutions yon will adopt at
the Memphis meeting there should, by all means,
be one censuriug General Brsyman for the use
Of language 30 insulting to "onr felloW-citzens
Of African descent" and 80 justly calculated to
incense the slave-owners in Tennessee who have
80 stubbornly refused to join the rebels.
Why, Hirs, this license Of speech must bo sup
pressed. What right have men who do not sup.
port the present wise and efficient administration
to oritlcise its policy or the consequences of i'll
Within the last few days have heard peison
In this city-in this capital which bears the
sacred name of Washington, and which for the
present is the home of our illustrious chief
maglstrate-draw seemingly invidious distnc-
lions between the fate OF Jesse ID. Bright, Of
Indiana, and that of John M. Bolts, of Virginia.
How my blood "boiled with pious indignation"
when, a few days ago, heard certain ndvid. |
nal Of tho straightest sect Of Copperheads dis |
thus: "Jesse d. Bright, of Indiana, |
was expelled from the Senate OF the United |
States last year, charged with reasonable prac
ices. He then owned O farm and negroes in |
Kentucky-still owns them. He accepted the |
amnesty provided in the 60 called confiscation |
law which passed Congress last July. He 10 |
now proposing to accompany his family on o |
pleasure trip to Europe, leaving his large prop.
erties in Indiana and his slaves in Kentucky un- |
Ter the protection of the law. John M. Bolts
Ia just out of Libby or some other Cont |
prison, where he was incarcerated for his dsvo.
lion to tho Union aud his undying hostility to
he 80 called Southern Confederacy. len days
,go his slaves were enticed within tha lines of |
,ur armies in Virginia. Me-, Bolts demanded |
that they be surrendered or returned, and re-
,eived for answer, direct from Washington, that
le had no right to them-that our wise and Law.
abiding President had set them free!'
| confess that when l heard this long aud
rigmarole va, indignant ut this
PERSONS stupidity. He could NOS see the wis
iom of this wise policy of our most noble ex.
,cutive. He was almost as incorrgible as
Iames l. Petigru, of South Carolina, who,
When ho read the grand proclamation Of the
most illustrious successor of Washington, took
he oath of allegiance to the Confederate gov
rnment, and offered his private fortune to the
ebels TO aid them in making war upon the
Irmies of the sublimest man Of modern times;
If Nelson, of Tennessee, who, with his sons in
ebel captivity, published On appeal to the peo-
lie of that State to take up arms against our
reedom loving President; of Houston, Henry,
ind others, who Immediately went over to che
ebel cause. Away with all such men. A good
Union man loves his country per Sc. He cares
nothing for liberty or property, fame or fortune,
considerations or contracts, office or opinion
The true test is simply this: Who is the great
'st, wlsest and best Of mankindf Who is the
irst natural military genius Of the world7 Who
loctb all things wisely and well7 Who should
20 elected PRECEDENT as long as he will accept
he Officer If to all these inquiries the respond
INT answers with firm, unfaltering voice,
abraham Lincoln, Esq, he may be set down as
good Union mau, fit TO join "Loyal League"
eceive contract, accept commission or Of