New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-06
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COL q ROBERT G.. SHAW.

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Connecticut sent to the war regiment OF
tblaok men. II contained about one half those
of the State whose age would have entitled them
to the elective franchise had they had the right
to exercise it, These men did efficient service for
their country Many Of them died for it. The
remainder, are still in the service clothed
in the uniform Of the United stptes.
The white men who stayed at home,
the white men of Connecticut who are in the
pay of the United States, but notf0r bearing
arms, Joined the Copperheads on Monday last
land decided that men who offered their lives
for the country should havo.snO voice in Its
government. The standing SANDER against
Connecticut, time. out of mind, has
been that her people could Mcut more
hams out of given piece Of wood, anu put
fewer onions with larger tops in peck-measure
than any other people living. She did meaner
thing than these in her vote last Monday. 3.
n Boston shows another spirit. It's proposed
there to erect an equestrian statue to Col.
Robert G.. Shaw, ON the most conspicuous spot
Why Other soldiers have died noble deaths
Others, young and beloved, rich and ialr'
endowed with all that makes lie
worth having, have counted all as nothing IN
comparison with their duty to their country.
Col. Shaw's merit was, not in this only, but
that when the great experiment was to be tried
of putting colored men into the field,
of testing their courage and manhood, OF
permitting them to prove their claim to the
rights of citizenship, by doing citizens noblest
duty, he stepped forward with nnwayering iaith
in the right, senseless to sneers, careless Of
caste, blind to prejudice, and led
these men to the field, not for his coun'
try's sake alone, but for the sake of humanity.
Massachusetts honors the soldier, but she
honors the man more. The act OF Col
Shaw gave two hundred thousand troops
to the Government War is trial of
forces The Rebellion was suppressed, the
Union saved, and the Government sustained
in its integrity because the North was the
stronger. Throw out the two Hundred thou
sand men, and who dares say where we should
stand to-day Had no black man ever gone to
battle, who dares affirm that there would have
been universal acquiescenoe in the abolition OF
Slavery The black man has won the recog-
milton Of his manhood, and the nation is
ashamed, however parties may vote, to. deny to
race the freedom Of which it has
shown itself worthy. Wagner WIS
the battle-ground, not OF regiments,
but Of centuries and civilizations and the black
man there won bis place among the freemen OF
the age and wiped out tho stain of sefritude
tCol. Shaw died there, not only as the brave
soldier dies, but he laid down his life for the
freedom Of a race. The commander fell at the
head of his men; the reforrncr fell at the head
of people. Thenceiorth, the numbers and the
strength of the black men were counted IN in
the struggle Of forces, and the stronger won.
But greater still, the black man won, with his
blood the recognition of his manhood, and the
question Of his Slavery was settled then and
there forever. rrra .f0Ha
To the man who died, not for day but for all
time, Boston will erect statue in enduring
bronze, to last as long as Massachusetts can re-
member her history. .-.i