The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-07-18

liberally to the end that all the intent
thereof may he fully and perfectly.
carried out"
For the Pioneer.
The Constitution AS 1t Is,
VERSUS
The Observation-Disclosures
"Blow, blow thou wintry Wind,
Thou art not SO unkind as mans ingrat-
itude;
Thy tooth is not so keen
Because thou art not seen.
Although thy breath be rude.
Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite SO nigh
AS benefits forgot;
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not SO sharp ;. :,
AS friends remembered not"
In longer wilfully excluding our
negro population from the privilege
and powerofprote citing their persons
and interests against injury and
wrong, through the ihstrumentality
of the ballot, and especially in de-
priving them of this potentFTthis al
mostirresistible stimulus teipardve
ment in all the qualities Of manhood.
we (the whites of this Republic)
will be guilty Of the deepest black
est, and most inexcusable ingrati
tude that ever disgraced nation.
If we could but entirely diyest
ourselves of prejudice in the premi-
ses, and then, for a short time, step
outside of ourselves, and, as it were,
turn and look at our conduct toward
the negro since the birth Of OAR ma
ton, how we should be constrained
to damn it to everlasting infamy.
Did the negro originally imperti
nently force himself among US, where
he had no business, that we have so
imposed upon him? No, but against
his will we dragged him hither from
the land Of his birth. -.,....s-,s =
And what has he done for us, and
what wages. has he: received at our
hands since the birth of this late in
fanny of slavery I'M 'outS land? He
has been forced to give his time, his
labor, his life, from generation to
generation to become and remain as
a beast Of burden, deprived, OF. every
enjoyment dear to social and re-
ligious being, and to hold every re-
lation that is sacred to man at the
mercy, the whim and caprice of self
!sh tyrants, who, as rule, have re-
spected or cared for noHght concern
ing him or his, except the gain
they could grind out of him.
And, ltboring thus, he has built
up and. created substantially all of
the once boasted wealth and luxury
Of the ''chivalrous South which re-
Gently formed SO large ain item Of
the pride and glory OF our nation.
And what else? When the life of
that nation was lately in peril, as
the dangers thickened, these negroes
who had never received aught but
injustice and abuse at our hands,
generously volunteered to save it |!
But rs it is always hard for the wick
ed to accept forgiveness and bene
fits from those they have wilfully
and deeply wronged without a cause,
for time we refused and even scOrn-
ed their profered aid.
Yet, as the perils thickened around
our ship of State, enveloping it al
most in the darkness of despair, we
finally felt constrained, nay,Jorceil
to lay aside this punctillio, and we
stretched out our hands to- these
much hated, but if possible more
abused negroes, crying ''help, help,
or we sink.
And did they respond to our call ?
Statistics show that during the three
years of war, after this call was
made, much larger proportion of
the negroes Of the entire land,. North
and South, volunteered to defend the
country, than volunteered of the
white population even i'll. what il
called the loyal North during the
entire war. ia a
And were extra inducements in
the way Of privileges and pay held
out to them to thus volunteer? No.
But on the contrary, almost all of
them volunteered upon the promise
of but about half pay and no boun
ty. And to this day this promise
has been but little more than full
filled.
And how were they treated after
they volunteered Were they SO
armed, equipped and provided. as to
give them fair chance to compete
with white soldiers; Or, in other
words was this experiment given a
fair trial? No. But on the con
trary, every obstacle was thrown in
their way : in part by the General
Government, but more by pusillani-
! nous quartermasters, .eommissaries,
/ ordinance officers and post eosnfnan-
ders, who took the speciat delight
of little-souled men. in keeping them
i on short and unwholesome rations,
supplying them with condemned
clothing and arms; keeping them at
dirty drudgery, and, In short, throw
ing every impedimenf in the road to
their distinction: Moreover, they
volunteered with full knowledge OF
the fact that if captured by the enc
my they would not be treated as
prisoners Of war. but that as felons
and traitors they must die igaomin-
iously, without trial Or ceremony
i Notwithstanding all this, it cannot
now be doubted by any candid man
Of information that they made good