New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-20
every friend Of theirs at tho North win hs,o n.

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every 1end Of their. at the North win help II. Cows.
nsn' 70 'ee wnas blot rests on Its fair fame h<sr,s
OF the trust reposcd In them by tho oolored rsoa
But rev OF the families Of these two regimep.. ,S
in this State. and 70 those that do the STATE ala a
little in the way Of supporting life; and tho.e 49,,
no: within orr borders, and have sent thar h,.t.
prothers and sons 10 fight for our common oo,r,,
never received one cent of money for owe, -
Tor how much longer twill be ve connos s,v rx-
probably has been regiment that has mad.
so wei known during the war. by its good d., ,,s,.
unsriDg labor and nsverfainag bravery. "a tts A,,.
D"s we all feel that its may DO tarnishss sr -.
men are but mortal and cannot endure freysr NIL.
justice is done them or they are Convinced tb,. ,
friends at The North are really working for them.
Wien they rushed forward TO sayo our arm, 49,
Beng slaughtered at 0lus,ee It YVES tho irrrpresha
negro humor with something moro than dasb az -
casn' that prompted tho tat,lo.cry. Three chez.
for old Massachusetts, and 81 a months vs,..,
doilaFs arc reserved by Governmen. for slotAas
lis wel Known that the General In CON -
came to the Colonel and said, "The day Is iss
you must do what you to save the army frss
destruction And nobly did they obey him. The,
fred their guns till their ammunition was exh rstsf
and then stood with fixed bayonets till the brpker
columns had time 70 retreat and though once entirey
ouanked the enemy getting sixty yards in their roar
their undaunted front and loud cheering caused thu
enemy to pause and allowed them time to fall back
They occupied the position rear guard all the wa,
back to jacksonville. and wherever was the post O,
danger there the 5ith to be found presume thai
what they have undergone in the way Of hard anS
ncessant labor scarcity Of food lack of clothing etc.
is but what many regiments have suffered during the
war so there could be no use in enumerating them,
unless ii be TO show those who will not be conyincse
that they entitled TO all that other soldiers are anl
that there is for their being refused then
proper pay. Hundreds OF instances could be addloe<
to show that they have every requisite Of good soldiers
and many officers who at first looked down upon then
now desire to be connected with them. The engineer
on Morris Island desired the Coored Brigade to be per
manenty detailed to work in the trenches in the
approaches TO Fort Wagner, saying that they "stoOt
fire better than any others. This small brigade, nam
berng less than onequrer Of the troops the Island
out Of Is, 600 days work did more than $500.
sergt Swailes, the Sergeant Major Of the regiment
fought 30 spenddly at Oustee that the officers united
in requesting the Governor to give him commission
and now leutenants commission awaits him wheneyes
he recovers from his wounds and reons the regiment
In The ,an time his rife aud children placed N us
poorhonss (n NsE York State 10 orerent their sarvirs
Comment is needless And these are the men who ars
not considered t to be placed on an equality with whn
soldiers
Just as surely as the sun shines on Us day by day &C
surely shall the voice Of those men who sealed thei'
faith with their lfes blood in Arkansas and Louisiana
in South Carolina and Florida call aloud from thsr
graves for justice to their brethren, and never will they
cease crying till the country shall hide her head with
shame that even for time she allowed those preadces
arising from sympathy with Slavery to blind her to the
calls Of right As they treated now It's but another
form of this great evil but when we Of the North viii
acknowledge them men like ourselves, thon indeed.
Slavery is dead. To the touching words OF one Of
their number I'VE will neither despair nor oompsius
for Providence watches Some must suffer i0s
every great cause-miions Of free men are not borS
without pang." MASSAchcshs''