The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-19

to call upon you at your homes for one tenth
of your crops--the proceeds Of your honest
till.
MA tial law has been visited upon you
q I'd in every town and village a ldneiehLo ho-d
some petty despot appointed, to whose ed.ct
y,u were required to bow in meek submission.
Z u have been denied the right to travel
through the community near ylur homes en-
the most neces' 'ary bus ness, without the
written permission Of one Of thee tools OF
tyranny. You dare not convey to market
the products Of your farms and your lab r
without permission. Yourwagons and teams
have been seized by Government agents at
home, and on the roads TO market, IN or
der to compel you to sell to them your crops
for nom nal price in worthless paper. NO
interest has been secure and no right sacred
Law and order no longer exist among yJu.-
The vicious and depravea-the
murderers and ruffans Of the country a.e
banded together in se5e. soc eS.e5 kn9wn as
Sons of the S uth." aud are from day to day
sitting in judgment upon the Ives Qi tie best
citizens OF the State.
"Three thousaud Of your citizens have
perished because they lsyel & 'od government
and peace and order i'll society e'.shed as
ielons. They have been hung, shot, aad III
erally butchered; they have peea to1ufe4'
in many instances, beyond anything knowh
in savage warfare.
sUncertainty, and gloom, and despair are
resting upon you to-day like the ir1"h Oh
God. Are YOU in love with this, and do you
desire it to continuei =
THE AMNESTY PRocLAMATIoN.
Governor Hamilton next refers to the am
nesty proclamation, Offering pardon to all
but the rebel leaders, and discusses that part
Of it requiring tho surrender OF slavery
at ia true that tho negroes in Texas arc
to-day legally free; bat how does th's liIure
your Ii you are yourselves free, the tact ol
all others being free also will not impair
your rights nor abrige your privileges Inc
leyeIling process So much complained u 49,
indeed. very 4 ffelent from that intended by
your masters; they intended to keep the
negro in bondage and reduce you to the
same condition. The Government OF tho
United States has determined that you shall
continue free, and to that erd has deemed
I il nee 9ssary 20 give freedcui 70 tho slAVos.
Your position in government and soc'ety
will remain unchanged, tnat OF the negro
improved. Let those who feel conscl US
that they cannot successfully compete with
the negro for the prize of acknowledged mer-
it and moral worth chate aud compialh'-
The man who is conscious Vt end9NneAts,
physical and mental superior to the negro,
and vino intends to empiuy tAem for tue sd
of his country and his race, viii leeI no
iealuusy of the negro's freedom
SLAVERY ARRAIGNED.
Governor Hamilton, continuing, shows
how slavery has retarded the prosperity OF
Texas, how it had grown t. be a despotlsm'
destroy .ng all vino dared to oppose 1t
"In our own State, during the sunmerand
fall of 1860, according to the published ac-
count of the murderers themsclyeS, twa hun
dred and fifty OF our citizens were hung as ie-
Inns. and thousands driven from ther nUmes
and compelled to leave the State because they
we're suspected Of intidelity 70 slavery Anu
finally gathering temerity from its successful
war upon the rights aud lives Of its citizens,
it lifted its unholy hand to destroy the Gov-
ernment to whose protection It owed its pow
er. In its efforts to accomplish this, you have
oaly been considered as So much ma,etial 10
be used. y y III, thea, you vei.eye,
as do, that the institution oi slavery mas
merlted and invited its own destruction, AID
that it's doom, pronounced by tue sove. e'gn
power Of the nation, is an act OF Just'ce-'n re
than human justice-attesting tie presence
Of an OmnipJtent hand-gAen speaA aud act
as men who deserve freedom tor themselves
and their posterity. The day is near at hl.sd
when the name .Ahol.tionist VIII nave ce,.s
: ed TO be a reproach, even in tie soutf, Anc
i when children, now dady the subjects q at
t,mpted insult ON account Of lis appl!c'.t. 10
their fathers, will thank God that tney were
80 reviled."
CONDITION OF TEE NORTH AND SOUTH con-
TRASTED.
Tho hopeIessness Of the rebellion is next
exhibited, and the successes of the Federal
army rehearsed;
"What is the condition of the loyal States
,, speak what do know-whaSl nave seeo--
when l say that their people were never be
fore as prosperous as at this moment. Grass
does not grow in the streets Of thelr Cites
On the contrary, they are hlled to repiet. n
with busting throngs, ana resound, day and
: night. With the rush and roise Of busy com
meree. Their people. Of all classes and o
o every vocation of life. are thriving beyond
anything known in former years. The hun
: dreda of thousands sent to the war are no
; missed frola. the greet hive of their popula
ton. Ths Government is full Of energy, re
q sources. and determination to conquer the re
y belli1n. It will be sonquersd-,t is, in fact
u conquered at this moment; its power is prI
d ken; its fate is sealed"
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