, 1865-08-29

unlus of your excellent Journal. Ry SO doing
you will give worthy class OF the
citizens ef our greut State an oppor.
cur thoughts Upon the Subject which 81 p.s upas-
| ent SO deeply concerns the Government, and
| the s'inallenable" rights Of four millions Of
Its acknowledged citizens.
| hespse1fnlly, Z; DEBArT1srE,
sec5eta5y Wood River tcolored) Baptist As.
Your Committee on the State of the Country.
having hat the subject under consideration ber
Icore to Eubnit the following:
In common with olilcr citizens Of The United
States, and friends OF free Government, We reio{ca
ths nc ,,, sis k,nd md bloed VA: Whe la been
treasure for fonr years past, has terminated and
That With its termination has CONG the promise or
the complete overthrow Of that |'sa1n oi all W.
class who have been its immediate victim, those
who have suffered more from the existence Of the
accursed institution in this country than othe1p,
as long. us tho lcast ycstisc Of 1t remains, Nc
spectacle boIy q eo!otei Dapisis sad eiti.
and' 90 ar nay to Secure ' lie @ isasi sest r.
te1ests Of our people, temporal md splsit1al 10
s,oT S y Sa5 a0sss sss aEas Sas y ssa
gunizc The stacs recently In rebellion against the
Government shaA reorranize them upon thc prInci.
PIE q squality o. Ehts SnlsE the aw 10 al msa
dead and only needing burial, Will be found 10 be
full Of vitality IA ever; will be no LEES eonrce
repietc With Untold horrors to Inc eoIored people
ever, and will, as truly God loves Justice md
hates oppression, have, after all to be srauglcd ~
iro1a which tae Government has Just cmergsd; ]
which, may Col in mercy aycrtt That the proc!a-
nation Of The Nations dearly beloved, late and ii.
may tc kept to The hops as we'll - to thp ear, We
TIE De- peslasation Of Ameiicqa sH 1ndegsndence =
In pursuance thereo[ makes It crime against God
and IN ou!sse on humanity 10 withhold ii ffom
,hen Birth hr,h In ths e., G0ve5nsn. entities ,hsp
1 sD, 5iI Ill., to rhe he soio1ea peeps
the United States have ever been Lave always
10 come forward, bringing themselves and, thsy
have all, and sacrificing & uron The altar o' theft
country. In the war Of The revolution their blood
Isl: they did their whole duty. And what shall We
:s{ Of heIE conduct in the scent shareholders re-
bellion! Why, that people who had never known
Southern q Northern States, whether on slave or
sound Of The 5st gun ct The rs! i3sat e that ag
.heir eeunsy. Did orr army need intelligence Of
ored men risked lIfo itself to communicate Il.
When our soldiers were scattered and fleeing tot
their lives in the cnemy's country, with the
sious beasts Which Lad 1ssn inpoftsI T nio AM, and
ee5o5ed s. I'D, @sR. WIG W. sasso:s5 theR, n.y. We We
to paecs Of saisly, Lei nT soldiers answer, col COT
ored men. When the South, Is a INIT, were iabor.
Ing 70 destroy the Government, ind hr!,e body in
men veIywbsre were a tEae Is steel. And as now,
haye dene ai they eoald to DESTROY lie goveFnmsnt
chse, which they have 50 fooiishly and maicionsly
thrown away, restored to them, mud be allowed The
Esisl!egs Of voting ana being voted ior IN EeoEgau
while c1lo1ed men, Its true supporters Gnd Eaith!nl
friends be denied those rights aal privileges, when
!heIr f5ee md unrestricted c5crcise the
nnke ii blessing insteaa oi enrscS We cannot not
think so unchalitably Of the American people.
and q psop!e admit that theS Ra1s
doEe well il Ill the wars of Tic county, and irco-
parahly well IN the rebellion iust; closed. "Bu.,''
trusted with the elective franchise" 10 i'll We
reply, that at The risk Of lit they arrayed them
selves on the slae Of tho Government, and fought
Ely aeiV of AGAINST eda epnoF IT TtS
~. fight right will So5e right, II Jou give them
people iii: be1sy, and @ tat t enonsh M % ior tse
mo ri rs hat a7 Ea9 9Pt ot
coiored man la. lis liberty si it Is not true that
any have given 4 10 him; II he has. he won it by
Ills own arm. TIE colored men Of the country form
a snal seventh gifts whole population, and ye. In
nth ofits effective foseo so that instead Of It's be-
Ing true that ott1B have given his liberty, he has
assist ted In preserving 10 this nation free govern
For our part we cannot see how the Government
afford 70 treat people with injustice in ths
OK the rclcllioUs States. It viii
take all the wsdom and a the votes OF all the loyal
men Of the country 10 avert the dangers and dis
Withdrawn from heze States, and they resume their
relation to the Government, mud they will not only
enact such laWs against the freedmen ns to make
ihcm beg 10 ba cuslayed again. but with their tn
creased Tepref entnttun in Congress-, based upon the
p s s,n6sdRg whG RoPn9o bsy sy M
repudfatc the naIoral debt incurred In putting
down The rebellion, Or compel the assumption ot
the Confederate, so that If the natlon pays one sne
VII have to pay the ,sl ether sso- ,,.;o,,., ,,.,
memory Of the h3rd.fousht and bloody field Of Port
Hudson wheEe the devotion and heroism OF the COL
orea soldiers were more than human the courage |
and galIaney displayed BY coiosed soldiers at Mil
where 20 many Of the bodies Of co1ored soldiers wcF
ruthle.sly md wnntou1y buried together with ther
slaughter at Nashville, where the baEes and skilpl
Thomas Annlhllated Hoods army, snd where, out OF
fifteen hundred colose1 .soldiers four hundred and
forty fell IN fifteen minutes. led on BY the brave
Stcadmau, arc not sufficient to restr1n the Govern
ment from involving heIse1f in the disgrace. md
committing aganst her loyal eolored c1Sizeus the
great crime OF extending the elective franchise to tbe
tanee, and withholding Ii from colo1ed men. then
God bare mercy On our unhappy nation, and on ua
too for the Citing ont ol yessels and sending them
to Africa, tnshEati1g wars among the uativea cram.
ming our vessels with those natives, snbecting them