Year: 1863

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malice whcrewith the Copperhead Press
pursues the unhappy negro. So long as
he was slave it was all right With him
lie was doing his appointed work for his
task master, and this was his destiny, and
all that be was good for. But no sooner
does the law pronounce him to be free,
and possessed Of the rights Of man, than
he is assalled with the coarsest and most
brutal language which bad heart can
dictate from the vocabulary Of the lowest
thieves and loafcrs that infest society. He
is treated and denounced as a criminal,
compared with whom q murderer is q
saint, and to hear them talk, one would
imagine thnt poor 6alnbo must really be
as black in disposition as he is in the color
ofhis skin. But SO tar as we can learn, he
has done nothing to justify the abuse
which has been heaped upon him He is
quite as good, and well behaved, as We
could expect any man to be whose whole
previous life had been warped and poi
soned by wrong and degradation ; and it
is certain that he is immeasurably the SD.
perior OF his Copperhead enemies, He
has shown himself to be capable in many
directions, and he possesses one great
virtue which these traitors never had, and
Of whose very meaning they are ignorant
He is loyal by nature and full Of reverence.
He naturally understands. too, the differ
ence between q whip and dollar day
for wages, and it is not surprising that he
should love the hand that set him free,
and he ready and willing to fight for it.
And it Is precisely On this ground that
Copperhcads hate him. He has proved
himself to be good soldier On many a
hard fought battle field, and as long as his
tory lasts his achievements at Mi1likcn's
Bend and Port Hudson will be the TO-
nance Of the war, and the admiration of
every brave and generous heart


HIoor Sambo had been fighting with,
and for the rebels, against the Federal
Government, we should have had endless
dissertations upon his ralor; but because
he is ranked on the side Of the Republic
which these rasca1s hate, there are no
words expressive Of sufficient contempt and
dishonor for them to use against him.


The New York WrM bears away the
palm in this vi1lany. Everything that
6ambo does is wrong every act Of bravery
performed by him is set down as
having been done under fear OF
Federal bayonets in Ills rear; and
every life which he sacrifices for the Union
and the laws, is Knocked, and insulted, and
ticketcd Us go much black canion. If the
: traitors who conduct this infamous sheet
loved the country, as they hypocritically
profess to love it, they would be grateful
tor every arm that was raised in Its defence.
We should hear no contemptuous words
spoken against any soldier Of the Repub.
lie, no matter where he was born, or what
was the color Of his skin; and it is pityfnl
to see these Wrctchcs how they w1iggle, and
twist themselves into contortions Of rage
and hate over the poor negroes because in
this hour Of extreme peril to the nation
they have been enlisted to its service, and
have proved thcmsel yes worthy Of the high
honor Of being numbered amongst its de-
Tenders


When will this Wickedness cease? When
will it come to pass that those who love
America, Americans will love? That
those who hate America, Americans viii
hate? When shall we cease to talk about
party, and dispute about persons, and hay
ing done so, Loyalty devote ourselves, body
and soul, to saye the country? What doe
it matter who helps US to do this grea
work? The work has to be done! Ans
We, for one, 1ni1 as friend, every man
whoever he may be, that comes, with hi
life IN his hand, to the rescue Of our coun