The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-06-25

Congress. The negro must live and nc
toll The white race must toll and figh
to free him, to feed and clothe him. r
consurn mate this is the aim and purpos
Of Mr.. Lincoln and his followers Hean
they have no ambition beyond this.
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Mr. President, the continuance ia offic
OF Mr.. Lincoln and his Cabinet would in
sure the success of measures which plac
the black race above the white if mer
laws passed by man could do so. God ha
made the negro inferior, and such law
cannot make him equal have watche.
the progress of things for good while
You did not pass your bill here the othe
day to allow negroes to vote in this Dis
trlct ] was not astonshed at the argu
mehts that were made in opposition to il
You were told that elections were com
ing on, and if you conferred the right O
suffrage upon negroes in this District yo,
would not be able to carry some Of the
States. That was the ground upon which
some Senators on the other side opposed
it. the ground of expediency, for the pur,
pose OF carrying popular elections. We
may infer from the arguments which were
made in opposition to that bill that as soon
as the presidential election is over th e
I right of suffrage will be conferred apon
! negroes everywhere. The Senator from,
Massachusetts will be able TO carry lis
! propos ton next winter. if the people can
te deceived to reflect Lincoln.
! Ma SCMSER-I hope this summer
! Ar. RIcnARDceS. You have no show in
the world this summer. II you could car.
/ ry that proposition now, you could not
carry one OF the northwestern States this
tall These gentlemen who are hanging
behind nov, who are with the rear guard.
Will be IN the advance after awhile IF
you are successful they will be with YOU
and IN the van. If we are successful they
will lead US. | say, therefore, the Ameri-
can people need not be deceived on this
point unless they wish to be.
How 10 it, Mr.. President in regard t.
many OF tbs generals in the Army? The
instances are rare where general agree
ing with the President of the United
States IN his negro policies has been re.
tired from active service, AMI in no Iu-
stance has such a one been dismissed AS
general rule where q general ia the field
has agreed and proclaimed that the negro
was his equal in all respects, and that the
negro furnished and was the standard OF
loyalty and patriotism, 10 matter what
faults or Olun,.ers be may have commit
ted. no matter what disasters NAV have
be:ai!en our arms by his stupidity and
ignorance, no matter what fields have been
lost that should have been won, he has
been sustained and promoted 10y the Pres
idcat. Take as Instances Generals Banks
Butler, ScheEck. Nilroy on the ore side
Generals Buell., Fitz john Porter, Andrew
Porter, and keyes on the other Banks.
SaD
na> 10 The negro and lost field, Buell.,
the Porter, and the ksyes did not rely up
en- halle " ais o Tie egro - beat the reb-
Is; they relied upon courage, strategy,
and war The first class, except Schenck.
Command to>dayi the second are out Of
the Army.
Gen. Banks lost battles IN Virginia tia!
general should have wou abandoned
positions that could have been advanta-
geously held by competent commanders
BY his blunders and ignorance he has lost
the Southwest, supplies, camp equipage,
ana mutations OF war enough TO enable
Kirby Smith 10 maintain himself this
years campaign. He is still in command
lie Is SOUND on the negro policies Of the
President. II can pronounce the shib-
bo.eih, negro equality and loyalty, exactly
right.
General Buell.. aa ACCOMPLISHED officer
bred 10 arms, when, miles away from Pitts
burg Landing saw and knew that our forces
there under General Grant would te AS
sailed by superior forces, hurried from
Nashville In save Grants gallant army
and reached the battle only ia time to save
the fortunes of the field and turn defeat
into victory, as DessaiI saved Napoleon at
the battle of Mar-ngo lie fought and
won the battle Of Perryville. He lost no
beids lie was not sound or was rather
suspected of being unsound on the negro
policies. He was retired from active COM
liand
General Butler, at TIE outset CT this war,
IN the preliminary engagements was a
private in the ranks Of JEFF Davis II Is
believed that his is the oaly instance in
the world history where a man COM
menced as private on one side and r, Sc
to the rank of general on the other With
out fighting single battle. Since his
promotion he planned the battle of Bi,
Bethel it did not result advantaseously
to our arms. We have the authority OF
Governor Pierpont for saying hat he has
been mere successful in getting silver fruit
baskets, spoons, the contents Of banks.
stores, 6c., than he has been in winning
against him is true he ought TO be shot as
a confirmed brigand, bighwsyman.
suspect the fact to be that half of lis
crimes are concealed. He is still in COM
nana; ne has ilsen upon the negro's
credit. A short time ago it was thought
his days were numbered l. was apparent
to everybody that fighting was to be done
that required beth courage and skill. AS
Butler possessed neither of these it was
thought General Smith weuld supersede
him. Butler issued an order that the re-
grees on the boats running between Balti-
more and Fortress Monroe should eat
dinner at the same time and table as the
whites. Ne was retained in command and
General Smith was placed under him
Butler was up to a few things; he is in
favor of the Presidents policies he can
pronounce the shibboleth, negro superior
ity, exactly
General .Fi,z John Porter has won many
a hard fought field. One of them has no
parallel in history.
When General Mcclellan found he
could get no support from here IN his can>
paign against Rlchn ond, not even thirty
thousand men, though there were over
one hundred thousand here aud in the
neigh borhood he commenced his retreat,
fighting and falling back, bringing off his
command, his munitions of war. and all
that per.aired to- hls army. The army
reached Malvern hill with Fitz John Por-
ter in command of the rear. The rebels,
of victory. assailed him with
force three to one He repulsed them
with great slaughter, gaining over them
as complete victory as has been won
during the war. Porter, covering the re-
treat, displayed more ability and as much |
as Ney, Napoleons brave marshal. |
If Porter's fame rested on this battle |
alone it would carry his name down to the |
last syllable of recorded time he is not |
now in the service. l will not proclaim |
the means by which he was dismissed |
the service, because 1t is not creditable to |
my country. He was supposed 10 be un-
sound upon the President policies.