The Holt County sentinel., 1912-01-05

It's war against Mexico and after peac,
was declared turned against Santa
| Anna Finally Santa Anna rcgnined
full power In Mexico aud put Junrez IL
/ prison and later sent him into exile
/ In the revolution against Santa ANN
4 In 1865 he nvain took active part md
became minister ~ Justice. After
many vicissitudes he issued nantes
+ to and became president. lie defeated
! General Mramon's rcactionary forces
In 1861 and was chosen constitutions
president 10y popular vote. In July tn,
| Mexican congress suspended payment
of foreign debts. which led to Euro
/ pnan Intervention aud n declaration ui
war upon Junrez's government.
| To Be Free o. Not to Be Free.
On the 18th senator Henry Wilson
Of Massachusetts introduced bill fol
the emancipation Of negro slaves u
the District of Columbia The stntus
If til" negro between the army lincs
nud IN the Federal camps was very un
certain aud led to much controversy.
At tho extra session ~ congress
which closed IN August. 1861. conGs
cation hill had been passed providing
I that Negro slaves held 10y masters wh'
| ~ any manner assisted the enemies Of
the United states need not bc rcturnrt
To- such service when they escaped. NJ
the law ~ tho land directed. Nothing
was said IN the act ~ 10 the slaves
who ran away from masters claiming
10 he loyal Ia the United states. Tn,
section relating To slaves read ns fol
! lows:
whenever any person claiming to b.
entitled To- the service III labor OF any
other person under the laws Of any
state shall employ such person In aid
ing or promoting any insurrcction OF
| In resisting the laws of the United
states or shall pcrmi, him IL bc NJ EN-
| pioyed he shall forfeit all right TO such
service or labor. nnd the person who's,
labor ar : vice IL thus claimed shall
be thc""cfuri.i discharged thcrefrom
any Inv he co"trnry notwithstand
ing"
The 80 =" generals IN the Federal
army W.T. r.Sucd pr,clamn. IONS &C
Cor,ilnrly. Gcgcra, R T. Bntler de.
| clared that the Eepr""s were cOntr;.
bnnd ~ war. General Hale V In
struciei his Officers IN Missouri 10 pre-
vent the negroes from coE!ng from
the Confederate lines into the dcrai
lines, His reason was that they acted
rs spies. Negroes IN confinement at
| St. Louis ~ rurrways were discharged
by the order Of the provost marshal
The eject u the order WIS only TO dc
liver them from confinement and sub
sepuent sale upon the superstition that
they were saves. General Hnlleck
stated that this order would not dcbaI
, ..y u!r r. r,:.f = ny III 'rga, rights
10 She rc:yirc ~ the nc~~ ,es. Such
hits. 1; ray pslstC,!. would he enfOrc.
I ~ hrn,,rh the lc.nl civil tribunals Of
= .,..,, , .usa mandates would al.
vas nc rcsrcctc, by the military au.
ihor,irs Of the department. Military
officers cannot decide upon the rights
of property or claims 10 service except
rs far as mny be authorized by the
laws Of war or acts Of congress When
not so authorized they would avoid all
Interference with all such questions.
|! General Fremont. also In Missouri,
| actually proclaim med the freedom Of the
slaves. on the other In nd, the Confeti.
crates kept on treating the slaves ~
they had done before the war broke
out. They arrested negroes who ran
away from bondage whenever they
could get n military or civil officer TO
use force.
[ TO put an end 10 this IN the District
az Columbia senator Wilson OF Massa.
cbusct,s offered HIS resolution looking
10 the eyncdiency of ubolishlnc slavery
IN IN. District, This brourh, forth fru,t.
and IN Anri, lS,u. slavery ended for.
ever IN the District OF Columbia the
own.rs heInr co,nnensnted fran, tho
nntiono, treasury IJnroln WINS of,en
appealed to, but refused to Interfere
except on the SIDE of caution, Thus