Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-01-03

nIerly sailed With The conuivnmce of tho
porl officers the Administration has ,hacri
men Who stat d up To thrir duty. ond rot
tie first time uo our bisl3ry the ~lavc.'rpd.r
is convicted und hnng a. pirate. Thi.
nhomInable secret trsfiir ha. BEEN wholly
d'moh,ttd by the energy Of the Federal
Gotc;Lmtni.
Lastly, aud more significant siill thc
UHt,d 5 ates Government has ia its high.
e' 'firlal cupacily taken d iuct anti
slavery grouLd, and presented 10 The
eonuiiy plan of peaceabIe emancipation
with suitable cumpen-aiiOn Tnis notle
spirited and generous offer has been u ged
on The SiavehoIdIug Sialrs by the Cnief
Executive %ith an earncslntss aud sincerity
| ot which history in ufter.lImes will make
honnrable account il recording the events
ol Mr.. LncOln'S administration
Now, when President and Adminsira.
tion who have duue all .hese hiugs declare
their intention Of restoring The UniCN as
IL lcas," onght not the world fairly TO Ia
/ terpret their words by their actions aud
their ayUwed principles /, it not utees.
sary to iufer that they mean ny it the Union
as II was IN tie intent OF anti slavery
trainers, under which, 10y the exercise Of nor
nal constitutional powers, slavery should
Ue peac'oby y abuli,heuI
We are aware that this theory Of the
Cous tuition has been disputed by certmin
AbOlltIUnlsts but u Is conceded, as you
have seen, by The Secesslousls Whether
1t Ge jnst theory or not is, however, moth.
ing 10 our porpo>e at present. We only
assert thai such is the profeSsed belief of
lie pI eseu Administration Of he UuIted
States, and soch are the acts by which they
have Illustrated their belief.
But this Is tut halt the story Of the
antl-sluyery triumpns OF thus year We
nave SHOWN you what has been dcne for
freedom 10y the slmple use OF he ordinary
Constitutional force, of the Uuion. We
ate uOw to show you what has been done
10 The same eud by the Constitutional var.
power ot The nation.
BY TINS power 1t has been this year
dtCreed hat eveiy slave Ota Rebel hu
,acncs the line> of our army becomes u
lice mau that als slaves found drser cd 10y
nelr tnaN.eis necomc rec mrn !; that every
/ slave employed III any serVice for The
/ Uni;ed S,a eS thereby OO;a,ns his liberty !;
and iha' every slave tul loyed against be
: UHiled States ii any cal arily obtains his
tberty and lest he drmy should contain
iii erS III, 20 ed 10 teInand slaves TO the r
IA secs. The power oI jndgng aud deliver
/ ing up slaves is uened 20 almy fice,s,
uua ats sueB ass are tnuae iienai.
By til, act, he FugnNe- Law i,
To- oil pa sent pu' poses pracucaiiy repeal
ed. W tus uhGe, standing aid pruvlS
i"l, Wherever oui arnnus match tHeJ carr.
nuerty with them k0 he il rrmunbetet
hat our army Is aino.I BiHely u voiun
eer one, aud hat The must zeaious and ar
| eut volunteers SIe those v 10 have btrf
ior years lighting with tongue ahd pen the
| a hOh' iuu Dultle. 50 mHtked Ii The ciar.
ncter vi uui s5Idi,rs ~ thls respect, thai
they are no" IamdHrly desIgnateu IA The
DIlt'al military de-patrhcS vi the coueder
ale States as "Ine ADoiIliunlsts" Cou
! ceIve Tie fc>uls, When All army, so ein.
| powered Oy hHIlonal Law, marcl es Though
sinYeler;lIoy. One reg lmeni alone has
10 our tuIn know ledge liberated Two
'houSands slaves during the past year, aud
his regiment Is Uut one out of hundt eds
! We beg to lay before You some details
give 10y an eye WITNESS ot that has recently y
been done III his Respect ia the Depart
mceGt oi The Sonth
On Board Steamer from Fortress Monroe to Baltimore.
Nov. II, 1909
Events OF no dmnry interest have rst
occurred in The D,purment of the Son; h.
! Tue negro troops have been tested, aud, TO
their great jry, though not contrary TO
! their oAn expectations, hey have triumph
ed not only over enemies mel with mns-
ke'S aud swords. but over Wha, the black
man breads most, sharp aud cruel pr,ju
dir,s
General Saxon, on,he % h of October
sent the captured sen tfier Da ling on, Cap
tain Cruudrll. down he coast at Gerrgia
uud 20 FeInandina, Florida, to obtain Te
c, ui,s for the Fl Il egmrut Snulh.Carol ua
Volunteers l. outenan' Colonel o I.
Bard. of the Fry Eighth Nrw-Yo K
Volunteers, was given The command of the
expedition. In addition 10 obtaining re-
crul-s, the condition aud wants of the
recent refugees from slavery along the
coast were to be looked into, and. il oc
caSou should offer, il was pc mitled tC
feel she enemy A ST S monds Georgia
Captain T,oShridge, with thirty Gse men
/ OF he lluqier Reg ment of First Spn n
Carolina Voluntec 5, who had been station
ed there for three mon;hS together with
twenty y-Seven more men, were rec lvtd "a
bopd. With this company Of six'y'lw
men The Darlington proceeded 10 Frrnan
dina.
On arriving. meeting Of the colOreC
men was called 10 obtain ehlstments. Th
large church war crowded. After ad
dresses had been made by the wrrer anl
ColonelBeard, ,ohe huGdred msu volunteered
at once, aud The number SO N reached II
bout one hundred aud twenty ige, Such
however were Tie demand, vi Fort Chucl
aud The QIa"term trer'S D'pAi tmeui : %
lahorers. mat Colonel Rlch, conmaIn, {
the fort, c,ns, nted 10 Olly wen five mei
leaving. This was n sud dSnppolnlm
aud Que which some Determined not &
bear. The twenty i've men were carefull
Seceeted from among those not empliyr
cit her On the fo-l or in the Qlariermaslsr
Department, aud put on hoard. Amid th
; iareW ellis aud Denedicuous OF hundreds .
their { iends on shore they took their de
l.. 3. "a. I'll. saf