Ellsworth American., 1865-06-30

per his movements, harrass his life, check
his progress. keep down his wages, and
make mis- last state worse than his first
We published lately case occurring in
Alabama, which We think very much to
the point. Two Of our "Frcedmen"
stoppcd work to look at soldiers passing
They were ordered back to their work by
the overseer, and, their obedience not be-
ing swift enough to satisfy him, he shot
ono dead and seriously wounded the
other. That dead "Frccdman" had but
a small taste Of tho liberty bestowed
upon him by the United States of Ameri.
ca before he received his final deed oil
emancipation and went to join John
Brown. Now, one object of emancipa-
tion We take to be the prevention Of
loggiug, plckling, padding, rash and in-
discriminate shooting, extra judicial hang
ing, burning, and the other gentle expcdi-
cnts of the old race of petty Pharoahs
But no legislation, however stringent and
particular, can save any class from the
fangs Of ingenious tormentors, if tina:
class be lett without the means Of de-
tending itself. and in that hopelcssly de-
graded position which the denial of
citizenship, which in this country is ten
tamount to the denial of humanity. im.
plies. No being thus left at the mercy
Of his old opprcssors is in the least i'm
proved as to his condition by the bestow-
al of the pretty new name with which he
has been baptized wi,hal. On the con-
trary, as he will be more heartily hated /,
so will he be more heartily oppressed
Arc the Blacks to be left in this hidcous
limbo, vibrating between freedom and
slavery, in an anomalous and hopeless
position, free in name and scrfs in fact,
mere tools which clever scamps may use
in trying experiments in law with no
great danger, as jurics will, in such case,
be constituted If so, our tendcres,
mcrcies are tough indeed!
We have made the Blacks free" But
what is "treedom 7" Let the honest vo-
ter, who is equally proud Of his vote and
OF his honesty, answer the question !
let the reader Of this article who is COLI
tlnual y voting for or against Const;tu-
tons and constitutional amendments, for
Presidents, Governors, Congressman.
Judges, Mayors, Seectn.cn Supervsors-
let such voter answer this question:
Would he consider himself free If the
right OF voting were taken entirely away
from him, and bestowed exclusively upon
men who were two inches taller or short
er, little richer, littlo poorer. little
blaokcr or little winter than he? There
is not voter in this city who. If he were
thus disiranchiscd, would not loudly and
lugubriou,ly howl to the world that he
was made slave He who should be
thus treated would not make the least
objection to Il revolution for his OWE pri-
vate benefit and behoof. 1t would DC no
consolation that by act Of the Assembly
he was named d" a Freedman" He would
call upon Heaven and Earth, God and
man, to redress his grievances, and sum-
mon q mass meeting of his friends in the
Park or in Tammany before he was an
hour older!
Here again, as in so many other in-
stances, we are brought up to the rack of
our theories, and must swallow or repudi-
ate them-thc happy middle course upon
which VIC once Travelled SO jauntily hav-
ing mysterious y "gone under" But IN
this special matter it seems to us that
something more than our safety, our
national honor, is concerned. If the
poor dog is no more to be hunted, we
must stop giving him bad name. The
Rebel Man.Owners have lost much
houses, lands, beasts of burden, cash and
credit; but if we wish to bestow upon
them a substantial consolation, and give
them an excellent chance Of recovering
the old power which they have lost, Line
times intensified, We have only to leave
them in their position so often claimed of
superior race" The Blacks will be
down again in twenty years, and We
Northern Whites will be down with
them = boston Post,