The weekly Butte record., 1863-08-08


men, women ard children in the so called Goa
federate States were left in undisturbed pos
session Of their legal and constitutional rights
II bis policy was adopted, the rebels might be
come angry with theSe monuments Of Fede
raj mercy" and in that event the spared mon
uments aforesaid might cling more closely tc
the Federal flag. This division among The
people might cause still more unhappy state
of affairs in Dixie. our friends m ght have to
bear additional indignities.
As before remarked, our merciful and con
siderate President was found equal to the cgi-
sis. In a long conversation with some Inspired
apostles from the sanity city Of Chicago
place where OnderdoHking aud other worldly
amusements are uuknown-ihe President can
didly confessed that he was endeayoFing (he
did not state the meaDs) to ascertain the will
of the Lord upon this difficult question that
a. soon as he learned the divine pleasure, be
verify would do the will OF the Master who
sent him. The revelation came doubtless, by
due course Of mail" Judging from that
which is written" it amounted TO this That
in portion of Virginia and Louisiana. 10 Del
aware, in Maryland, in Tennessee. and Nilsson
RI it was lawful for traitors who had accepted
the amnesty provided By the Confscation law,
and all other persons, TO hold slaves but in
the tide water regions of Virginia, and in that
part of Louisiana which had not been coDse-
Grated to slavery by the military occupation
of Gen. Butler, as also il North Carolina,
Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Texas, il should no longer be law
fnl for The Union me-, women and children to
hall our African fellow ,citizeus 20 ses;rlce or
la5ar. And yet there are those Of the Cop
perhead persuasion " who profess not 10 see
the wisdom of this master stroke of our most
noble and exalted President. Sirs. did il not
Immediately divide the South and unite the
North? Were not our camps forthwith
crowded with countless myriads Of bold aud
ardent recruits? Have not our American
brethren of African descent crowded by
thousands into our ranks, inspiring our soldiers
with wild enthusiasm, and rendering night
vocal with songs of enfraDchised Dinahs and
mewlirg and puking Sambos? and have not
our arms been victorious everywhere since the
dawn Of the negro millennium of 1863?
| know that men like General NJ Brayman,
who commands in your vicinity. (at Bolivar,
Tennessee.l are guilty of absurdities Of speech
which afford the enemies of our sagacious
President excuses for complaint and criticism
For instance. on the l4th Of last March, that
officer. then in command at Bolivar, wrote as
follows in regard to the proclamation of free
dom with which our illustrious and far seeing
President greeted the advent Of the new year :
a. The loyal man is equally helpless with the
disloyal; in fact, more so, 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 reclama-
ton. Under this process the rebel holds his
slaves by carrying them into State in which
they are declared free while the law abiding
citizen loses his By retaining them in a State
where it is lawful to retain them. AS it is
now the loyalty and good conduct of these men
avail them nothing"
In speaking of the elevating effects of this
system upon our armies and the negroes. Gen.
Brayman shocks our seDsibiitieS by the use of
such language as this: Their expense to the
Government is enormous. 1t requires soldiers
to guard them. They sicken and die in crow
ded corrals. They become debased and de-
moralized. They debase and demoralize the
army"
Why. sirs, this license Of speech must be
What right have men. who do
not support the present wise and efficient Ad-
to crticise the policy or the con-
Of it. Within the past few days |
have heard persons in this ciiy-in this CAPT
tai, which bears the sacred name of Washing
ton, and which for the present is the home of
our illustrious Chief Magistrate-draw seem
inglv nvidious distinctions between the fate Of
Jesse d. Bright, of Indiana, aud that Of John
NJ Bolts. of Virginia How my blood boiled
with pious Indignation when. few days ago,
| heard certain individual of the straightest
sect Of Copperheads discoursing thus Jesse
d. Bright. of Indiana, was expelled from the
Senate of the United States last year, charged
with reasonable practices He then owned q
farm ard negroes in Kentucky, and still owns
them. He accepted the amnesty provided in
the Coufscation Law, which passed Congress
last July. He is now preparing to accompany
bis family on a trip of pleasure to Europe.
leaving his large property in Indiana and his
slaves in Kentucky under the protection OF the
law. John NJ. Bolts is inst out of Libby or
some other Confederate prison, where he was
for his devotion to the Union and
his undying hostility to the so-called Southern
Coufederacy. Ten days ago his slaves were
anticed within the lines of our armies in Nlr-
,nia. Mr. Bolts demanded that they be sur
rendered or returned. and received for answer.
lrect from Washington, that be had no right
10 them that Our wise and law-abidiug Pres
dent had set them free"
| confess that when l heard this long and
rirmaroe, was indignant at the
PERSONS stupidity. He could not see the wis
lom Of this wise policy Of our most noble Exc
,uiive. He was almost as incorrigible as JAS.
[. Petigru. of South Carolina. who. when be
-ead the grand proclamation of the most Illus
rious successor of Washington, took the oath
Of allegiance TO the Confederate Government,
and offered his private fortune to the rebels to
lii them in making war upon the armies Of
he sublimest man OF modern times of Nelson,
If Tennessee, who, with sons in rebel captivity.
published an appeal to the people OF that State
10 take up arms against our freedom loving
President: of Houston. Henry and Others,
who Immediately went over to the rebel canse.
Away with al such men. 4 good Union man
owes his country per Sc. He cares nothing for
liberty or property. fame or fortune, considera-
ton or contracts. Office or opinion. The true
test is simply this: Who is the greatest, vi
;ast and best Of mankind? Who is the FIRST
natural military genius Of the world: Who
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