St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-05-07


that our farmers are no longer to be taken
from their )plows to preserve rebels from
tho indignity Of being shot by negroes
that our homes are not to be desolated to
keep the Slaves atlwork raising, cord for
the rebellion thotour women ind Child
ren are not TO- be left to the sealpiug
knife of tho savage while oul men are
away fighting to leave a country and gov
eminent for towards, traitors and 1coiored
men.
! All classes OF mon should share the
privileges of our free Government; but
they should also bear their share of the
burdens If black men have homes here
they should fight for them-they:sh
do their full share ofrthe fighting Their
lives are no more precious than those Of
white men, and why should they be spared
all the tolls aud dangers Of war while our
rivers were red with the blood of the no
blest in the land, dying for a country in
which all may find homes? ''% IT, ~
Let the black man fight and win the
liberty our government has guaranteed to
him. This is the sentiment of all who
desire tho success Of the government III
putting down this rebellion.
! Those who talk of "'ncgro equality
and an "Abolit;on war; are men who are
altogether deceived BY de1nagogues, OF
traitors who seek to aid Jea. Davis In
his attempt to break the Union into frag.
men:s. It has been proved by-a sad, a
bloody and costly experience that the
North cannot conquer the rebels with the
left hand while using the rig hit to sustain
and defend them. We cannot conquer
them while we are guarding their proper
ty and standing overseer to keep their un.
willing ]aborers at work.
Had we begun at first with the purpose
OF simply conquering them without refer
ence to Slavery-of treating them and
their property according to the common
law of war even without ayailing our.
selves Of the special international laws in
regard to slaves-had we Just let slavery
a]one--let the rebels take care of the
State institutions and the slaves look out
for themselves, it is probable we should
have crushed the rebellion without eman-
cipating one Thousand slaves: But. the
Copperheads of the North instituted such
hue and cry about "the Constitution y
the Constitutional lights of rebels who
were in arms to destroy the very Consti;
tn6os u 70 e1u1z r}1ts, that honest people
thought there really would be something
wrong if We. did not first Of all make It
our business to take care of and defend
that very system for which they were
striking at the heart of the. nation. So
We waged an olive branch war in which
We stood hat in hand before our old MAS
tiers, catching, returning and keeping at
work their slaves and begging their hon
ors to take note that we were their most
obedient, dutiful and subservient servants.
We followed this trade until We had
spent so much blood and treasure ard So
strengthened our enemy that it became
impossible for US to conquer him without
not only withdrawing our. protection from
him, but also asking the cooperation Of
the mem we had offered to help him. hold
as chattcls, to the latest generations. -
Thanks to the friends Of Slavery at the
North, emancipation and arming the
Freedmen have become necessary to the
preservation Of our national life. God
makes the wrath Of man to praise Him
Shareholders and their Northern tools
have abolished Slavery and converted the
slaves into free :soldiers of the Union.
To re-enslave them il now impossible,
but they will not render near so good SER
vice to the Union cause as they would I'M.
der the proper leaders. }'>.''' 'a;;''. :"
With a commission to raise as many
colored soldiers as he could and lead them
against the rebels, Gen. Fremont could
clean out the nest of mathematics in
twelve months. " To them his name is a
host. Since 1856 they have been wait
ing to-hail him as the deliverer- waiting
and watching for his coming; as the Jews
waited-for the Messiah -, 3 -. = >.:'>
II: These who have been amongst them
say that the stupidest negro from the most
remote plantation lifts his. head in eager
attention atthe name Of Fremont and asks
"Wh hen is NASSAU Fremont comm Y'> f
That they make good soldiers appears
to be conceded, and those Whe object to
employing them, simply prove that they
do not want their friends, tho rebels, fog
ged, as only men with heart in the work
can fog them. 'i j.'>"'7i 1922
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ing, and to-day it rains "a good steady
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