Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-04-29
Johnsan's Island, Feb. 1854.
Opening OF the Sanitary Fair at BaEti-
1nore--A s.;sre5s OF President Lin coln--
He Threatens to Ayenge The Massa-
ere OF the I32acEs at Fort Pillow.

He Threatens to Ayenge The Massa-
ere OF the TBlacEs at Fort Pillow.
The great Maryland Fair was opened in
Baltimore on the 18th. The occasion was
oae Of great interest. President E.incoln
md number Of his Cabinet officers .tfen-
deol tbs ceremony. Baltimore enjoyed a
gala day under this Black Republican DEM
onstratiou. Banners aoated. and the whole
city was wild with joy. Tho chief feature
Of the ceremony was an address from Pres
ident i4incola. Il appears that he referred
particularly to the Fort Pillow massacre"
said it vas undergoing thorough investi-
CATION, and, II proven, the massacre Of the
blacks should be engcd--declariDg that
E"IF THERE IE4S BEEN TIE MAS
/ S.4GRE or THREE HUNDRED
| THERE. or ETEN TIE TENTH
/ PART or THREE HJ-TDRED, THE'
kRETKIBfrTI9AT .SLTALL As SURE
| LY CONE = Mr.. Lincoln. moreover,
declares that he has determined to Use TIE
negro as q soldier and to give him al the
protection given to the white soldier. From
these declarations. this n,aasffesto Of Nj
/ Lincoln possesses great significance. We
give his speech in full, as pubiisaed BY the
| oi1ici.l organ at Washington:
Ladies and Gentlemen - Calling to mind
/ that we are 10 Baltimore, we cannot fail to
note that the word moves, Looking upon
these many people assembled here to serve.
as they best may the soldiers Of the Union.
/ it occurs at once that three years ago the
same soldiers could Dot 50 much as pass
through Baltimore. The change from, then
till now is both great and gratifying
Blessings On the brave men whe have
wrought the change. and the fair women
/ who strive to re-afd them for it.
But Baltimore suggests more than could
happen within Baltimore The change
within B.itimor. is part only Of a far wider
change W .4en the war began. three years
sgo. neither party nor any man, expected
\ il would ass I'LL now. Zach looked for the
end, il some ray, long ere so-day Meth
err aia any anticipate that domestic .lay.rv
you'd be mach stTacted by the war But
here sge are: she var hes rot ended, ard
slavery has been much siEee.ed -how much
! needs bot new to be recouutea So true
j. il that man proposes and God disposes
But we can see the psst, though We may
bot elsim to have directed IT,; and seeing
i IL, IN shis case. We feel more hopeful and
confident for the future.
The world has never had good aefni-
ton Of the word liberty, apd the Americsr
people, just now, .re much in want of one
i We al declare for liberty; hutin using the
same cord VS. do cot all mean the same
thiaq With some the word liberty may
mean for each man TO 10 as h. plesses with
himself aud the prodsss Of his laboer
while with others the same word may mssr
for some men to do As they please with 9th
er men, and the product of other mems la.
bour. Here are too Dot only different, bu
Incompatible things. called by the same
name. liberty And it follows that each o
The things is. by the respective parties
:, called by two different and incompatible
name. liberty and tyranny.
Iue Snep{ioTN GTlVeS the wolf from t6t
sleeps throat. for which the sheep thank.
the shepherd as q liherafor, while the vol
denounces him for the same act, as the de
stroyer OF liberty, especial y as the sheer
VS.. . black one. Plainly, lie sheep .ne
}, wolf sre not agreed npon definition of Tx
word liberty; and precisely the same diff
ference prevails to day among u. humsn
creatures. even in she North, and .l pro
Tossing to love liberty. Hence ". beholc
the processes BY which thousands are dsl,
passing from ppder the yoke OF bondagt
nailed by some as the advance Of liberty
hid bewaied by others a. the destruction
OF all liberty Recently, as it seems, IT,
81 people Of Maryland HAYS been doing so.us
$ thing to define liberty and thanks to then
that, in what they have done, tho wolf
dictionary has been repudisted.
r Itis not very becoming for one in NJ,
I position to make speeches at great length
but there is another subj SCI upon which
feel that ought e. say word 4 psinGa
rumor true | fear, has reached Us Of TIL
rna.sscre, By the rebel forces at Fort Pi5
u low. in the west end osTennessee. on tb
Mississippi river. OF somo three hundres
oeloured soldiers and white. officers. wh
had just been dserrowerel ~ their assail