Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-03-12
[From the Rushville Tnd.) Jacksonian. ]
Who Freed the C0l0red People?

Senator Ingalls, 10 his speech so landed by
Republicans, adheres to the partixsn scheme
Of falsifying history to glorify bis party. 1t
is customary for political tricksters to mis-
represent facts. In speaking of the color
ed people of the South he said: "The same
impulse which made them loyal 10 their
masters throughout the war has made them
faithful to their deliverers since.' Nov,
Mr.. ingalls, is too smart not to know that
be bellies the facts when he claims tho Rs
publicans are the deliverers Of those colored
people. For the Republican party had no
intention Of mOlesting slavsry. And the
masses Of the party opposed it till in 1858 il
was accepted as y war measure. Did not
Mr.. Lincoln make overtures Of peace in 1861
to Alex. H. Stephens and assure the South
through Stephens that he (Lincoln) had no
intention of interfering with slavery, but
would protect that institutionf
In bis inaugural address March 9th, 1851,
he (Mr. Lincoln) said he had emo pur pose,
directly or indirectly, to interfere with the
institution of slavery In the States where it
existed I" He also declared that slave es-
Gaping from one State into another should
be delivered up to his owner, thus pledgirg
himself that runaway slaves should be re-
turned to bondage, even though they should
escape into free States.
Hon. ]. ] Crittenden offered the follow
ing resolution which was almost unani.
mously passed by the U g. House of Re-
presentatives: ''That in this national emer
Rsncy, Congress, banish'Dg all feeling Of
mere passion or resentment, will recoiiect
only its duty to the whole county; that
this war ia not waged upon our part IN any
spirit Of oppression, nor for any purpose Of
conquest or subjugatinn, nor purpose of
overthrowing or interfering with the rights
or established institutions of the States, but
to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the constitution, aud to preserve the Union
with all the dignities, equality and rights
of the several States uuimpaired, and that
as soon as these objects are accomplished,
the war ought to cease"
Here was direct aud positive declaration
by the Republican party that they did not
design, In prosec lting the war, to interfere
with slavery. And the Rushville Republi-
can of Oct. 9th, 1851, heartily indorsed this
Crittepden resolution "a its platform.
In 1862 when Gen. Fremont issued his
order in Missouri to liberate slaves as
military scheme, Lincoln countermanded
the order and removed Fremont; and also
issued proclamati May. 1882 repu i
ating an order issued by Gen. Hunter. emau-
cipating all the slaves in Georgia, Florida
aud South Carolina. And Jan. 1st, 1868,
be explains the reason for his emancipation
proclamation by plain words Of the insrru-
ment itself, VIZ: "As q f1t necessary war
measure for suppressing said rebellion"
Here. then we have the evidence of MI.
Lincoln that slavery was abolished as war
measure. Then. how can Republicans have
the effrontery to stand up and claim that
they are the deliverers of the colored peoplea
1t ia to fondle and fatter the colored man
to get his vote! That is the only pur
pose.
As emancipation was "war measure"
the colored people have the leaders of the
Southern Cnnfederacy to thank for free
dom. For, had they stopped the war the
day before Jan 1st, 1868, slavery would not
have been abolished.
1t is fact that when Lincoln issued his
first proclamation of Sept. 1862. foreshad-
owing the emancipation proclamation, there
was threatened revolt among Republican
soldiers. Open classification was freely
expressed by such expressions as this: 81
didn't volunteer to fight to free piggers."
But sf' er time Modified their feelings. they
again felt outraged BY the proposal to en-
list colored troops. At first conflicts occur
red between white and colored troops on
account Of the prejudice of the former, but
radical papers justified the enlistment by
arguing that a''a uigger has as good right
to be shot at as white man." But hvg
prone Republicans are to forget these factsl
They don't wish TO recoilect them, colored
men need to scrutinizs the acts of their pre-.
tended friends.
TIE Republican party had no intention
of abolishing slavery Although they now
defy old John Brown, they denounced hin
as lunatic while he lived, aud Brown had
no faith in them. The Confsderates freed
the slaves.