North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-09-20

AQJut@nI General. AS tnere was u" ny
for me 10 do in the shape ol military duty
spent O few weeks in hunting, fishing, and
killing time generally at Uncle Sans expense
Al THE time, in view of the approaching Pres
idental election, the Republicans mad a
grand parade, marching some colored soldiers
In front ofs Pennsylvania regiment, in spite
of their protests. AT the same time, General
Hooker, commanding the department, Gen..
Logan and other military gentlemen were
making speeches through the State in behalf
OF the Republican party. Following the ex-
ample thus set me, acted as Marshal in a
Democratie procession,and also made speech
Twenty four bours after received another
a'adappstch stating that ! was "honorabiy mus
tered out BY reason Of expiration of term of
service" though that had occurred seven
months before, at the time of the discharge of
athe Pennsylvania Reserves.
z' But, feiow-citzens, must enter spec
sial protest against the doctrines of negro
;squAlity. On this question the soldier feels
the most sensitive, and is the most earnest ia
esspudissing it. Although Wendell Phillips
and his Republican coadjutors maintain that
in oil tho desperate deeds of the war "the ne
gro bears the palm," we resent the insult,
land boldly declare that . more cowardly
crew were never drawn up IN line of battle
Hts our boast that not regiment of them
sever belonged TO the old Army of the Poto..
mae. AZ the opening of the campaign of l8-
GA, Burnside brought one division Of them.
into the army under Gen, Ferrero, French
dancing master, who, during the Petersburg
@ine explosion, was safely hid in bomb
proof During that terrible contest in the
Wilderness, when Hancock's gallant corps
had advanced beyond its support, and was.
bsing outAanked on the left, this division, in
stesd Of advancing to the rescue, was with
drawn towards the Rapi dan. Gen. Grant,
when informed of it by an aid, said, ,"tell Gen
Burnside il he cannot fight his corps, to turn
it ovsr to Gen. H.ncock, who cam" Again
during tht terrible fight at Spottsylvania,
when our gallant men were falling by thous-
aHds, 10000 having fallen on the 18th of
May, these government pets were kept well
20 the rea r, ready to run at the first signal.
And 90 ii was at was at the North Anna, Tol
opstamy Cold Harbor. Baldy Sn this corps
-the Eighteenth by taking transports
reached Petersburg the day before Us. 1t
was garrsoued by about 500 citizens sndin-
vslids, who held a line OF works about six
miles long. On arriving the batteries were
placed in position, and the corps, consisting
Of two white and one colored division, about
eighteen thousand men, charged. OF course
the main line was taken with scarcely any
toes, and this assault against almos e1ap ty
works was heralded TO the world as victory
aimed by the negroes. They were careful
not to advance into the city, though had they
done 90 it would have saved the long and
Weasy siege which followed. You remember
che Petersburg mine explosion, where Burn
side determined to show the world how much
@braver the blacks were than the whites
You oil know the result-how they broke
under the first fire and threw the white.
troops behind into confusion. And, soldie S,
do you not remember h ow you were sacrafc-
reserve until the enemy were defeated, and
then 20 them was given the honor of first en-
tssing and capturing Richmond.
Was negro equality part of the contrAct2
Give your answer at the polls. But if they
are to be our equals, if they are to be allow
Cd the right Of suffrage because they enlist
Cd in the war, the same privilege should at
,oass be granted white mnn. For instance,
take the irish brigade, or the Corcoran legion n
both attached to the Army of the Potomac
and among the pravest of our troops; should
not they also have the Iighl ofsuffrag e? Yet
where is the AbolItionist VIII o advocates their
claim or speaks of these brave Irishmen in
serms Of respect? If fighting is to be the
standard, surely those brave minors who en-
tePed the service should be given the elective
franchise, and are as. likely to know the prin-
siples Of this government as these brutalized
negroes.
Bot who arc the advocates Of this new cru
ssde against the established principles of our
government 2 Besides New England AboIi-
tionists asd disunionists, We have british en-
lssaries, delegates from Exeter Hall, brought
here to teach Americans the true principles
OF iberty-men who
"With golden briSe and treaeherous smile,
Sow the vile seeds of rank pollution
And with their reptile slime defls
The temple OF our Constitution"
They demand, as the price of their labor,
that We give the right of suffrage to our ig-
uorant negroes, while, according to John
Brights statement, out of 70O0,0 900 full
grown Englishmen, thorough canvass wo'd
chow only 100000 of yoters-a disfran
ehisement of 6, 100000. We want no teach
Ing or teachers frcm abroad. Now that we
have CONQUERED our enemy they make nrof