The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-11-10
The Administration and Slavery

! The par excellence, self.styled radi'
calls, who are working in the hands Of
tho (oppcrheads by captious opposi
ton to the reelection OF Mr.. Lincoln,
affect to claim that the present Admin
lstration is too conservative on the
great question of the day, and that too
little has been and is now being done
in behalf Of the cause of human free.
dom by the powers that be, For the
purpose OF counteracting their mis-
chievous assaults, and giving true
exhibit Of what has really been accom-
Iplished towards universal cmancipa-
tion in this country, we give the fol-
lowing interesting summary Of anti
slavery "events' which have occurred
since the Inauguration of Mr.. Lincoln,
as prepared by that venerable aboli-
zionist, Henry G. Wright, for late is
sue OF the -Liberdtor: I.'-l ..u aU
l. Emancipation in Western Vir-
ginia. g..0 e@t .er..a3 a73 ..
2. Emancipation in Missouri.
3. Emancipation in tho District of
Columbia.
A.. Emancipation in Maryland.
5. Slavery abolished and forever
prohibited in the Territories. %
6. Kansas admitted as u free State.
Z. Provisions made TO admit Colo
rado, Nebraska and Nevada as free
States. T.. -. 10 .........
s, Organization of Idaho, Monta-
ma, Dacotah and Arizona as free Ter
ritorics.
8. Recognition Of the Independence
of Hayt and Liberia. .
10. Three millions of slaves declar-
cd free by Proclamation Of the Presi-
dent, January lst, 1863.
II. All Fugitive Slave Laws re-
penled. .aU .... .... .... I'D.
II, Interstate slave trade abolish
13, Negroes admitted to equal rights
in the United States Courts, as parties
to suits and as witnesses.
Ii. Equality Of the negro recogniz-
cd in the public conveyances Of the
District of Columbia. .... .
10. All the rebel States prohibited
from returning to the Union with
slavery. ., .n. Il
10. Free labor established on nu-
merous plantations in South Carolina,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Arkansas. s ...'... .'
IL. Schools for the education Of
freed slaves in South Carolina, Ten
ncssec, Louisiana, and in Eastern Vir-
gini0-where, till within three years,
to educate Ethe negro was punishable
by death. ~ ioI ...-. ....
IS. Tho wives and children of all
slaves employed as treemen in militia
ry and other service Of the United
States made free ..4r m.3 2 =
10. All negroes, bond and free, en-
rolled as part OF the military force of
the nation. o..
20. The loyal people of Arkansas,
Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida
seeking return TO the Union on the
basis Of Freedom to all, and of the alb
olition and prohibition of slavery.
2l. The abolition and prohibition
of slavery by an amendment of the
Constitution passed in the Senate by a
two thirds majority, and by nearly the
same in the House. Lost by lack of
three orfour votes, through the inhu-
enco of Democratic membersateale,aUI
%. The nation through its repre-
sentatives in Baltimore, June 8, made
the abolition and prohibition of slave
ry the basis of its governmental ad-
ministraton for the future. aga,. raI
1 20. The Federal Government for
biddon to employ any man as slave,
in any capacity ggy3G eyca a.ei"g |
q 24d One hundred and fifty thousand
negroes, mostly freed slaves, in the pay
and uniform of the Government ns
soldiers. > ra@Hu.'U rr' y'ro ,'