Year: 1865




must oe aoTAdohed. If, however. as we
! believe, II shall succeed, then tbe ,va1.is
| open to as to put SIT, ,000 men in the field


drive the Federal armies from our soiI


and conclude the war. The negroes in


the 1ankee army are notoriously dis


susted with that service. They have


found out the mOckery of the liberty the


ahkees nave offered them. They are


treated like dogs, and made to bear the


brunt of slaughter. Like every neonIe


they have home attachments, ana IL is in


human nature that they should prefer


to tight for real liberty at home rather


Than to ENJOY doubtful freedom in a


foreign land and in an uncongenial eli
mate. We have no doubt of the success


OF the exper ment. If there were doubts.
IL presses upon US an overruling military


necessity. We must have more men. or


we must yield to the horrible alternative
OF being overrun in the commine sprinO
and summer.


1t is folly to talk about its being the
entering wedge of universal emancipa.
ton. Even should this be true. it is bet
ter than to confront both our subiugation
and emancipation. For if we are con-
quered; slavery is dead, and to secure our
freedom, and Independence, we ought
and must, whenever it becomes necesssrv
alter
of sacrifice. We have registered the sol.
emn VOW to give all of property for honor
and independence. Slaves are but prop
erty, and these should be given up when
ever the country demands tkAaunacrifice.
1t is not question of taste and 81 pref.
erence, but one of dire neceesitx-a
choice of fearful evils. Will you sacrifice
your property to liberty, or will YOU wait
SIX months and have both property and
liberty wrested from you? We have no
time to lose. The question presses for
solution We have dallied with it already
TOO long. Our fats Is cast upon the has-
ard OF die; we must be up and doing to
he saved, otherwise the harvest will have
f,assed and thet Simmer ended. and we
be lost from the fst=i apathy that could
not be reused to seize the moment of
golden opportunity. and rise to the heipbt
OF momentous crisis. This grand sacri.
flee OF wealth. and OF trSditionary prepos-
session TO freedom, would at once tkaw
the icy hearts of foreign nations. and
warm them to active sympathy in our
struggle to attain it. 1t would come like
a stunning thunder bolt upon the heads
OF our enemies, disarm the dominant
Black Republican party of the most dan.
gerous weapon employed against us, and
astound and PaIalyze the whole North.


We implore our brethren of the press
and the constituted authorities to give
this vital subject their immediate and
solemn consideration. Turn it over, and
scan 1t in every light, and tell us, does it
not press upon us &s an overpowering war
necessity, which we may not with safety
shrink from? No matter what were
your opinions before this war began, or
even year or six months ago; how does
it stand now in its relations to the grand
issue of this war-the liberties of us white
men and women, and of our children after
usf We live in times when the revolu
tlons OF years are compressed into the
limits OF weeks and days, and hours. The
of the last two months has
shed flood of baleful light on our situa
teaches us new duties, and de-
mands new, and greater, and holier sacri-
he $ DO rot reject it. then, because the
IS new and startling. Is it nee
essary! Does a sacred cause demand it?
Is your freedom dearer than your slave