The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-05-21
a Horrible SANDER.
From the New York = Tribune Of 23d march,
The following is from the New Hampshire

From the New York TRIBUNE" OF I'd Marchl
The following is from the New Hampshire
Patriot. a COpperhead Democratic paper
Private advices from Port Royal say the female Aboliionists
who went to Port Royal to teach the little nisgers how to read
tGtp .t ~ I@I -. o. "a tis 49, w a. ~ c hi ,n ~. - nor 10y
in and about Port Royal Harbor. The information furnished
Us by the officer concerning the "a mulattoes has been confirmed
Regiment who is here in consequence Of Ill health He says
We reluctantly copy this paragraph in order
to pronounce it u falsehood, and TO say that it is
so absurd and so wicked that neither the officer
If any such there be-whO first coined the
lie, nor the Rev. Liberty Billings, who is said to
have confirmed 1t, nor the Patriot, which first
printed it, nor any one of the Copperhead
papers which have lately circulated it. nor
any one blinded negro-hater who has read
it, can possibly have believed it TO be any
thing but an infamous SANDER without 4 shadow
of foundation or excuse.
We demand of.the Patriot the name Of the
officer who is alleged TO have told the story.
We demand of the Rev. Liberty Billings that be
shall publicly affirm or deny the statement of the
Patriot that he - confirmed the falsehood- We
demand of the journals which copied it, that
they will give equal publicity to the contradiction
The women who are SO grossly Hbelled by the
friends Of slavery and the enemies OF freedom are
natives of New England graduates of the COM
mon schools and Summaries of that section of
the country, and members of some of the most
respectable families in Massachusetts,, Vermont,
Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and New
Hampshire. Each teacher, now employed in the
Department of the South under the auspices of
the ~Freedmen's Society, had to furnish a certifi-
cate of character from the pastor OF the parish
to which she belongs, and to appear before the
Auxiliary Clergymen's Committee for eXamina-
ton as to her character and qualifications That
Committee consists of the following gentlemen {:
Rev. O.. Il. rockingham, Rev. George Whipple,
Prof. John w. Lindsey, Rev. Nathan Brown,
Rev. j.. r. W. Sloane, Rev. Prof. Henry B..
Smith, and the Rev. Henry Blanchard. The
schools to which reference is made are under the
immediate supervision of the Rev. Mr.. French,
the Rev. Mr.. James and the Rev. DIR. Barrows.
\ number of the teachers are the wives, daugh-
tiers. sisters and near relatives of the clergymen
in charge of the schools. Not one word Of COM
plant In relation to the moral character OF the
teachers has ever been made to the Examining
Board. 1t is not even true that there are GA
teachers employed at Port Royal, or on the nd-
iacent islands. The number is but 46. And in
addition to the names above given, we are
authorized to say that Francis George Shaw,
President of the National Freedmen's Associa-
ton Edgar Ketchum, Cores bonding Secretary,
and Joseph B.. Collins, Treasurer, indorse the
character of these teachers.
If any one thinks we treat this matter too seri-
ously, and that 4 libel so transparency false and
malicious deserves no refutation, let him consider
the cruel wrong done to these innocent, pure,
Christian women, who took upon themselves the
labor of educating the emancipated blacks, who
have made all sacrifice in their humane and gen.
erous efforts for a despised race, and who are
nevertheless held up to scorn by these unprin-
cipled and unmanly slanderers. We cannot
believe that even the conductors of the journals
who have printed the story can reflect on their
conduct without shame and regret. To wanton-
Iy make such a charge against women, to give it
the publication of a newspaper circulation-it is
Il new revelation of the baseness of human
nature, which we should like to forget as soon as
possible. Meanwhile we demand that those who
have done the wrong shall do what they can to
atone for it by a prompt and unequivocal contra
diction.