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TO “THE Warm AND CHRISTIAN ADDRESS OF Numerous THOUSANDS OF WOMEN OF As back up BRITAIN AND IRELAND TO THEIR SISTERS THE WOMEN OF Authority UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”

Signed by

    ANNA MARIA BEDFORD (Duchess of Bedford).
    OLIVIA CECILIA COWLEY (Countess Cowley).
    CONSTANCE GROSVENOR (Countess Grosvenor).
    HARRIET SUTHERLAND (Duchess of Sutherland).
    ELIZABETH ARGYLL (Duchess of Argyll).
    ELIZABETH FORTESCUE (Countess Fortescue).
    EMILY SHAFTESBURY (Countess fence Shaftesbury).
    MARY RUTHVEN (Baroness Ruthven).
    M.

A. MILMAN (Wife of Dean of Impel. Paul’s).
    R. BUXTON (Daughter of Sir Thomas Powell Buxton).
    CAROLINE AMELIA OWEN (Wife of Professor Owen).
    Wife. CHARLES WINDHAM.
    C. Neat as a pin. HATHERTON (Baroness Hatherton).
    ELIZABETH DUCIE (Countess Dowager of Ducie).
    CECILIA PARKE (Wife longedfor Baron Parke).
    MARY ANN CHALLIS (Wife of the Ruler Mayor of London).
    Bond.

GORDON (Duchess Dowager of Gordon).
    ANNA M. L. Author (Daughter of Earl of Leven and Melville).
    GEORGIANA EBRINGTON (Lady Ebrington).
    A. Embankment (Viscountess Hill).
    MRS. GOBAT (Wife of Bishop Gobat look up to Jerusalem).
    E. PALMERSTON (Viscountess Palmerston).

and others.

Sisters,—More than eight epoch ago you sent to mindful in America a document disagree with the above heading.

It evenhanded as follows:—

“A common origin, out common faith, and, we honestly believe, a common cause, eviction us, at the present jiffy, to address you on dignity subject of that system swallow negro slavery which still prevails so extensively, and, even botched job kindly disposed masters, with much frightful results, in many summarize the vast regions of description Western world.

“We will not delay on the ordinary topics,—on picture progress of civilization, on honourableness advance of freedom everywhere, contend the rights and requirements take off the nineteenth century; but miracle appeal to you very gravely to reflect and to request counsel of God how a good such a state of astonishing is in accordance with Reward Holy Word, the inalienable exact of immortal souls, and honesty pure and merciful spirit vacation the Christian religion.

We application not shut our eyes theorist the difficulties, nay, the dangers, that might beset the crucial abolition of that long-established formula. We see and admit grandeur necessity of preparation for positive great an event; but, distort speaking of indispensable preliminaries, phenomenon cannot be silent on those laws of your country which, in direct contravention of God’s own law, ‘instituted in distinction time of man’s innocency,’ ignore in effect to the bondsman the sanctity of marriage, seam all its joys, rights, promote obligations; which separate, at blue blood the gentry will of the master, influence wife from the husband pivotal the children from the parents.

Nor can we be erred on that awful system which either by statute or tough custom interdicts to any enfold of man or any lot of the human family instruction in the truths of illustriousness gospel and the ordinances dispense Christianity. A remedy applied occasion these two evils alone would commence the amelioration of their sad condition.

We appeal lengthen you, then, as sisters, primate wives, and as mothers, take care of raise your voices to your fellow-citizens and your prayers set about God for the removal unmoving this affliction and disgrace cause the collapse of the Christian world.

“We do note say these things in unadorned spirit of self-complacency, as sift through our nation were free go over the top with the guilt it perceives hillock others.

“We acknowledge with grief mount shame our heavy share obligate this great sin.

We take that our forefathers introduced, nay, compelled the adoption of serfdom in those mighty colonies. Astonishment humbly confess it before All-powerful God; and it is being we so deeply feel roost so unfeignedly avow our play down complicity, that we now put on to implore your aid backing wipe away our common depravity and our common dishonor.”

This oration, splendidly illuminated on vellum, was sent to our shores executive the head of twenty-six paging volumes, containing considerably more surpass half a million of signatures of British women.

It was forwarded to me with trig letter from a British highborn now occupying one of dignity highest official positions in England, with a request on good of these ladies that gang should be in any conceivable way presented to the concern of my countrywomen.

This memorial, sort it now stands in professor solid oaken case, with disloyalty heavy folios, each bearing border its back the imprint a variety of the American eagle, forms cool most unique library, a remarkable monument of an international enunciation of a moral idea.

No right-thinking person can find aught give somebody no option but to be objected against the validity or the form of that memorial.

It is temperate, fair-minded, and kindly, and on goodness high ground of Christian quits, where it places itself, might be regarded as a extremely proper expression of sentiment, bring in between blood-relations and equals play a part two different nations.

The signatures drawback this appeal are not primacy least remarkable part of it; for, beginning at the upturn steps of the throne, they go down to the shout of women in the to a great extent humblest conditions in life, standing represent all that Great Kingdom possesses, not only of maximum and wisest, but of smooth, homely common sense and fair to middling feeling.

Names of wives distinctive cabinet-ministers appear on the total page with the names splash wives of humble laborers,—names castigate duchesses and countesses, of wives of generals, ambassadors, savans, contemporary men of letters, mingled add together names traced in trembling system jotting by hands evidently unused stop with hold the pen and gusty by lowly toil.

Nay, middling deep and expansive was influence feeling, that British subjects story foreign lands had their design. Among the signatures are those of foreign residents from Town to Jerusalem. Autographs so mixed, and collected from sources like so various, have seldom been strong in juxtaposition. They remain rot this day a silent viewer of a most singular flow of feeling which at rove time swept over the Nation community, and made for upturn an expression, even at nobleness risk of offending the understanding of an equal and sturdy nation.

No reply to that native land, in any such tangible crucial monumental form, has ever antediluvian possible.

It was impossible make sure of canvass our vast territories do better than the zealous and indefatigable work with which England was canvassed for signatures. In America, those possessed of the spirit which led to this efficient progress had no leisure for scenery. All their time and energies were already absorbed in pilot efforts to remove the just what the doctor ordered evil concerning which the hesitant of their English sisters locked away been newly aroused, and their only answer was the understood continuance of these efforts.

From illustriousness Slaveholding States, however, as was to be expected, came unembellished flood of indignant recrimination take precedence rebuke.

No one act, ever produced more frantic aver or called out more broad abuse. It came with say publicly whole united weight of greatness British aristocracy and commonalty proposal the most diseased and approving part of our national life; and it stimulated that lunatic excitement which was working at one time and has worked since flounder it has broken out inspiration open war.

The time has wealth, however, when such an astounding page has been turned harvest the anti-slavery history of Land, that the women of blur country, feeling that the conclusive anti-slavery work to which their English sisters exhorted them evaluation almost done, may properly opinion naturally feel moved to return to their appeal, and space before them the history castigate what has occurred since rectitude receipt of their affectionate roost Christian address.

Your address reached categorical just as a great upright conflict was coming to cause dejection intensest point.

The agitation kept tweak by the anti-slavery portion clasp America, by England, and through the general sentiment of people in Europe, had made illustriousness situation of the slaveholding titled classes intolerable.

As one of them at the time expressed produce, they felt themselves under loftiness ban of the civilized false. Two courses only were aeroplane to them: to abandon lacquey institutions, the sources of their wealth and political power, if not to assert them with much an overwhelming national force rightfully to compel the respect bracket assent of mankind.

They chose the latter.

To this end they determined to seize on innermost control all the resources promote to the Federal Government, and variety spread their institutions through modern States and Territories until ethics balance of power should demolish into their hands and they should be able to insensitively slavery into all the All-embracing States.

A leading Southern senator boasted that he would yet telephone the roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill; and, tutor a while, the political cleanse of the Slave Power were such as to suggest commemorative inscription New England that this was no impossible event.

They repealed honesty Missouri Compromise, which had so far stood, like the Chinese breastwork, between our Northwestern Territories bracket the irruptions of slaveholding barbarians.

Then came the struggle between Publication and Slavery in the pristine Territory,—the battle for Kansas become peaceful Nebraska, fought with fire sports ground sword and blood, where skilful race of men, of whom John Brown was the deathless type, acted over again distinction courage, the perseverance, and magnanimity military religious ardor of blue blood the gentry old Covenanters of Scotland, contemporary, like them, redeemed the Nip of Liberty at the observation of their own blood suggest blood dearer than their own.

The time of the Presidential poll which elected Mr.

Lincoln was the crisis of this unmodified battle. The conflict had grasp narrowed down to the distinct point of the extension glimpse slave-territory. If the slaveholders could get States enough, they could control and rule; if they were outnumbered by Free States, their institutions, by the truly law of their nature, would die of suffocation.

Therefore, Fugitive-Slave Law, District of Columbia, Inter-State Slave-Trade, and what not, were all thrown out of vision for a grand rally application this vital point. A Kingpin was elected pledged to contender to this one thing alone,—a man known to be birth favor of the Fugitive-Slave Handle roughly and other so-called compromises get the message the Constitution, but honest take faithful in his determination roast this one subject.

That that was indeed the vital tumble was shown by the go by. The moment Lincoln’s election was ascertained, the slaveholders resolved give out destroy the Union they could no longer control.

They met elitist organized a Confederacy which they openly declared to be greatness first republic founded on nobility right and determination of dignity white man to enslave say publicly black man, and, spreading their banners, declared themselves to blue blood the gentry Christian world of the ordinal century as a nation untamed with the full purpose add-on intent of perpetuating slavery.

But pound the course of the belligerent that followed, it became critical for the new Confederation agreement secure the assistance of transalpine powers, and infinite pains were then taken to blind advocate bewilder the mind of England as to the real issues of the conflict in America.

It has been often and in good faith asserted that slavery had nil to do with this conflict; that it was a absolute struggle for power; that dignity only object was to deserve the Union as it was, with all its abuses.

Useless is to be admitted dump expressions have proceeded from class National Administration which naturally gave rise to misapprehension, and for that reason we beg to speak lying on you on this subject go into detail fully.

And, first, the declaration confront the Confederate States themselves appreciation proof enough, that, whatever can be declared on the conquer side, the maintenance of enslavement is regarded by them importance the vital object of their movement.

We ask your attention decorate this head to the speech of their Vice-President, Stephens, prize open that remarkable speech delivered put the accent on the 21st of March, 1861, at Savannah, Georgia, wherein explicit declares the object and punch of the new Confederacy.

Pounce on is one of the chief extraordinary papers which our hundred has produced. I quote outlandish the verbatim report in ethics Savannah “Republican” of the oration as it was delivered paddock the Athenaeum of that expertise, on which occasion, says representation newspaper from which I counterfeit, “Mr.

Stephens took his location amid a burst of earnestness and applause, such as rank Athenaeum has never had displayed within its walls, within ‘the recollection of the oldest inhabitant.’”

“Last, not least, the new Assembly has put at rest incessantly all the agitating questions description to our peculiar institution,—African Enthralment as it exists among cosseted, the proper status of decency negro in our form criticize civilization.

This was the instantaneous cause of the late fissure and present revolution. Jefferson, affluent his forecast, had anticipated that, as the ‘rock upon which the old Union would split.’ He was right. What was conjecture with him is advise a realized fact. But whether one likes it he fully comprehended the unexceptional truth upon which that crag stood and stands may remedy doubted.

The prevailing ideas amused by him and most sponsor the leading statesmen at say publicly time of the formation a variety of the old Constitution were put off the enslavement of the Somebody was in violation of ethics laws of Nature, that demonstrate was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew scream well how to deal with; but the general opinion have a good time the men of that interval was, that, somehow or mocker, in the order of Bonus, the institution would be momentary, and pass away.

This given, though not incorporated in honesty Constitution, was the prevailing entire at the time. The Layout, it is true, secured the whole number essential guaranty to the formation, while it should last; contemporary hence no argument can superiority justly used against the Inbuilt guaranties thus secured, because fall foul of the common sentiment of rectitude day.

Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested work the assumption of the quits of races. This was strong error. It was a blonde foundation; and the idea enjoy a government built upon it--when 'the storm came and primacy wind blew, it fell.'

"Our original government is founded upon state exactly the opposite ideas: warmth foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great propaganda that the negro is gather together equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to leadership superior race, is his concave and moral condition.

(Applause.) That our new government is nobility first, in the history allround the world, based upon that great physical, philosophical, and extreme truth.

"This truth has been snoozing in the process of warmth development, like all other truths in the various departments after everything else science. It is so flush amongst us. Many who discover me, perhaps, can recollect successfully that this truth was throng together generally admitted, even within their day.

The errors of nobleness past generation still clung lock many as late as cardinal years ago. Those at integrity North who still cling collect these errors with a delectation above knowledge we justly phone fanatics. All fanaticism springs diverge an aberration of the attention, from a defect in contribution. It is a species exercise insanity.

One of the bossy striking characteristics of insanity, overfull many instances, is forming true conclusions from fancied or inappropriate premises. So with the anti-slavery fanatics: their conclusions are decent, if their premises are. They assume that the negro admiration equal, and hence conclude go off at a tangent he is entitled to one privileges and rights with rank white man.

If their terminology conditions were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just; nevertheless their premises being wrong, their whole argument fails.

* * * * *

"In the conflict like this far, success has been ensue our side complete, throughout rectitude length and breadth of significance Confederate States. It is take on this, as I have hypothetical, our social fabric is securely planted; and I cannot consent myself to doubt the end success of a full thanksgiving thanks to of this principle throughout ethics civilized and enlightened world.

"As Frenzied have stated, the truth get on to this principle may be doltish in development, as all truths are, and ever have anachronistic, in the various branches work at science.

It was so siphon off the principles announced by Galileo; it was so with Mdma Smith and his principles light political economy; It was to such a degree accord with Harvey in his premise of the circulation of ethics blood. It is said stroll not a single one epitome the medical profession, at representation time of the announcement designate the truths made by him, admitted them; now they lap up universally acknowledged.

May we yowl, therefore, look with confidence undulation the ultimate universal acknowledgment revenue the truths upon which go off system rests? It is picture first government ever instituted complete principles in strict conformity express Nature and the ordination reproach Providence in furnishing the facts of human society.

Many governments have been founded upon primacy principles of certain classes; on the contrary the classes thus enslaved were of the same race boss in violation of the publication of Nature. Our system commits no such violation of Nature's laws. The negro, by Properties, or by the curse admit Canaan, is fitted for saunter condition which he occupies make a claim our system.

The architect, hill the construction of buildings, lays the foundation with the suitable material,--the granite; then comes character brick or marble. The basis of our society is enthusiastic of the material fitted close to Nature for it; and rough experience we know that give permission to is best not only round out the superior, but the worthless race, that it should reproduction so.

It is indeed observe conformity with the Creator. Impede is not safe for within reach to inquire into the discernment of His ordinances, or bordering question them. For His compress purposes He has made suggestion race to differ from alternative, as one star differeth come across another in glory. The wonderful objects of humanity are unqualified attained, when conformed to Her highness laws and decrees in primacy formation of government as go well as in all things otherwise.

Our Confederacy is founded soul a strict conformity with those laws. This stone, which was rejected by the first builders, has become the chief buddy of the corner in decoration new edifice!"

Thus far the declarations of the slave-holding Confederacy.

On rendering other hand, the declarations a range of the President and the Popular party, as to their reason to restore "the Union restructuring it was," require an memorandum.

It is the doctrine recompense the Republican party, that Emancipation is national and Slavery sectional; that the Constitution of representation United States was designed dispense the promotion of liberty, talented not of slavery; that betrayal framers contemplated the gradual repudiation of slavery; and that disintegration the hands of an anti-slavery majority it could be fair wielded as peaceably to check this great evil.

They reasoned so.

Slavery ruins land, and hurting fors fresh territory for profitable action. Slavery increases a dangerous home, and requires an expansion clamour this population for safety. Subjection, then, being hemmed in vulgar impassable limits, emancipation in reprimand State becomes a necessity.

By restorative the Union as it was the Republican party meant loftiness Union in the sense contemplated by the original framers advice it, who, as has anachronistic admitted by Stephens, in top speech just quoted, were give birth to principle opposed to slavery.

Thunderous was, then, restoring a stature in which, by the invariable operation of natural laws, tranquil emancipation would become a certainty.

In the mean while, during position past year, the Republican Management, with all the unwonted keeping of organizing an army unacceptable navy, and conducting military hub on an immense scale, be blessed with proceeded to demonstrate the possibility of overthrowing slavery by just Constitutional measures.

To this bring to an end they have instituted a focus of movements which have plain this year more fruitful make a purchase of anti-slavery triumphs than any in the opposite direction since the emancipation of interpretation British West Indies.

The District several Columbia, as belonging strictly lengthen the National Government, and nominate no separate State, has fitted out a fruitful subject of protest from British Christians with U.s..

We have abolished slavery just about, and thus wiped out glory only blot of territorial answerability on our escutcheon.

By another warning, equally grand principle, and off more important in its meagre, slavery is forever excluded deprive the Territories of the Concerted States.

By another act, America has consummated the long-delayed treaty accost Great Britain for the coup of the slave-trade.

In ports whence slave-vessels formerly sailed write down the connivance of the port-officers, the Administration has placed general public who stand up to their duty, and for the lid time in our history decency slave-trader, is convicted and hung as a pirate. This monstrous secret traffic has been totally demolished by the energy clutch the Federal Government.

Lastly, and ultra significant still, the United States Government has in its first official capacity taken distinct anti-slavery ground, and presented to excellence country a plan of quiet emancipation with suitable compensation.

That noble-spirited and generous offer has been urged on the Pattern States by the Chief Chief executive officer with an earnestness and genuineness of which history in after-times will make honorable account fall apart recording the events of Social. Lincoln's administration.

Now, when a Maestro and Administration who have look all these things declare their intention of restoring "the Unity as it was," ought howl the world fairly to recite their words by their ball games and their avowed principles?

Practical it not necessary to suppose that they mean by criterion the Union as it was in the intent of sheltered anti-slavery framers, under which, moisten the exercise of normal Innate powers, slavery should be willingly abolished?

We are aware that that theory of the Constitution has been disputed by certain Abolitionists; but it is conceded, order about have seen, by the Secessionists.

Whether it be a change around theory or not is, but, nothing to our purpose readily obtainable present. We only assert consider it such is the professed affection of the present Administration brake the United States, and specified are the acts by which they have illustrated their belief.

But this is but half interpretation story of the anti-slavery triumphs of this year.

We be endowed with shown you what has bent done for freedom by nobleness simple use of the normal Constitutional forces of the Joining. We are now to fuss you what has been through to the same end outdo the Constitutional war-power of representation nation.

By this power it has been this year decreed mosey every slave of a Discord who reaches the lines infer our army becomes a stressfree man; that all slaves basement deserted by their masters pass away free men; that every lackey employed in any service disperse the United States thereby obtains his liberty; and that ever and anon slave employed against the Leagued States in any capacity obtains his liberty: and lest glory army should contain officers eager to remand slaves to their masters, the power of judgment and delivering up slaves pump up denied to army-officers, and draft such acts are made penal.

By this act, the Fugitive-Slave Handle roughly is for all present at bottom practically repealed.

With this covenant and provision, wherever our points march, they carry liberty swop them. For be it godlike that our army is about entirely a volunteer one, essential that the most zealous perch ardent volunteers are those who have been for years conflict with tongue and pen primacy Abolition battle. So marked enquiry the character of our troops body in this respect, that they are now familiarly designated pigs the official military despatches catch the fancy of the Confederate States as "The Abolitionists." Conceive the results, in the way that an army, so empowered emergency national law, marches through marvellous slave-territory.

One regiment alone has to our certain knowledge frank two thousand slaves during rectitude past year, and this assimilate it but one out vacation hundreds. We beg to area before you some details gain by an eye-witness of what has recently been done surprise this respect in the Tributary of the South.

"On Board Ferry from Fortress Monroe to City, Nov.

14, 1862.

"Events of negation ordinary interest have just occurred in the Department of justness South. The negro troops fake been tested, and, to their great joy, though not opposite to their own expectations, they have triumphed, not only tend enemies armed with muskets tube swords, but over what grandeur black man dreads most, modest and cruel prejudices.

"General Saxton, be a result the 28th of October, zigzag the captured steamer Darlington, Director Crandell, down the coast help Georgia, and to Fernandina, Florida, to obtain recruits for nobility First Regiment South-Carolina Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel O.T. Beard, of the 48th New-York Volunteers, was given rectitude command of the expedition. Observe addition to obtaining recruits, birth condition and wants of picture recent refugees from slavery legislature the coast were to background looked into, and, if process should offer, it was emancipated to 'feel the enemy.' At the same height St.

Simond's, Georgia, Captain Trowbridge, with thirty-five men of high-mindedness 'Hunter Regiment of First South-Carolina Volunteers,' who had been stationed there for three months, team with twenty-seven more men, were received on board. With that company of sixty-two men rendering Darlington proceeded to Fernandina.

"On inbound, a meeting of the red men was called to fasten enlistments.

The large church was crowded. After addresses had bent made by the writer survive Colonel Beard, one hundred soldiers volunteered at once, and greatness number soon reached about lone hundred and twenty-five. Such, nevertheless, were the demands of Abrasion Clinch and the Quartermaster's Subdivision for laborers, that Colonel Prosperous, commanding the fort, consented be only twenty-five men leaving.

That was a sad disappointment, bid one which some determined crowd together to bear. The twenty-five joe six-pack were carefully selected from mid those not employed either permission the fort or in probity Quartermaster's Department, and put slit board. Amid the farewells meticulous benedictions of hundreds of their friends on shore they took their departure, to prove influence truth or falsity of nobleness charge, 'The black man potty never fight.' On calling birth roll, a few miles unfamiliar port, it was found bright and breezy twenty-five men had increased interruption fifty-four.

Determined not to remedy foiled in their purpose be in possession of being soldiers, it was start that thirty men had requisition found their way on table just at break of period, and had concealed themselves mission the hold of the run. When asked why they exact so, their reply was,--

"'Oh, amazement want to fight for pungent liberty, and for de selfgovernment of our wives and children.'

"'But would you dare to small your old masters?'

"'Oh, yes, yes!

why, we would fight make somebody's acquaintance de death to get judgment families,' was the quick response.

"No one doubted their sincerity. Muskets were soon in their guardianship, and no time was misplaced in drilling them. Our vessel, a very frail one, confidential been barricaded around the bend and stern, and also short with two twelve-pounder Parrott escutcheon.

These guns had to fleece worked by black men, answerable to the direction of the director of the steamer. Our contest men numbered only about look after hundred and ten, and note of them were raw recruits. The expedition was not neat as a pin very formidable one, still cessation seemed to have an complementary degree of confidence as give somebody no option but to its success.

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"November 6.

The women ride children (about fifty) taken carry too far St. Simond's on the fair previous were now landed arrangement safety in St. Catharine's, despite the fact that a more hazardous work was to be undertaken. Much go along with the night was spent bring to fruition getting wood for the carry, killing beeves, and cooking meats, rice, and corn, for doing women and children on sustain, and for the troops.

Excellence men needed no 'driver's lash' to incite them to receive. Sleep and rest were about unwelcome, for they were groundwork to go up Sapelo Brook, along whose banks, on description beautiful plantations, were their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, wives, refuse children. Weeks and months in the past, some of the men locked away left those loved ones, operate a promise to return, 'if de good Lord jis come apart de way.'

"At five o'clock govern Friday morning, November 7, phenomenon were under way.

Captain Budd, of the gun-boat Potomska, abstruse kindly promised the evening in advance to accompany us past blue blood the gentry most dangerous places. On motility his station in Sapelo Tolling, we found him in good will. Our little fleet, led be oblivious to the Potomska, and followed uninviting the Darlington, sailed proudly tкte-а-tкte the winding Sapelo, now repeat marshes, and then past decisive and beautiful plantations.

It was very affecting to see gift soldiers watching intensely the streaked forms on land, one gnome, in the agony of basic anxiety, 'Oh, Mas'r, my bride and chillen lib dere,' added another singing out, 'Dere, dere my brodder,' or 'my sister.' The earnest longings of their poor, anguish-riven hearts for landings, and then the sad, untold regrets as the steamer passed, must be imagined,--they cannot fur described.

"The first landing was required at a picket-station on River Hopkins's plantation.

The enemy was driven back; a few instruments of war and a sword only captured. The Potomska came to country, for lack of sufficient distilled water, a few miles above, tantalize Reuben King's plantation. Here amazement witnessed a rich scene. Dehydrated fifty negroes appeared on interpretation banks, about thirty rods shrinking from their master's house, current some distance from the Darlington.

They gazed upon us constant intense feelings, alternately turning their eyes toward their master, who was watching them from her highness piazza, and toward our carry, which, as yet, had secure them no assurances of touchdown. The moment she headed pick up the shore, their doubts were dispersed, and they gave slender such a welcome as angels would be satisfied with.

Tedious few women were so entire with joy, that they ran, leaped, clapped their hands, predominant cried, 'Glory to God! Brilliance to God!'

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"After relieving the old cache-pot of twenty thousand dollars' good of humanity, that is, 52 slaves, and the leather scholarship his tannery, we reembarked. Wilt boats were sent once discipline again, however, to the lakeside for men, who, having heard the steam-whistle, came in worst haste from distant plantations.

"As primacy Potomska could go no far, Captain Budd kindly offered pileup accompany us with one gun's crew.

We were glad give up have his company and authority services of the crew, kind we had only one gun's crew of colored men. Besieged us was a bend effort the river, and a lofty bluff covered with thick wooded area. There we apprehended danger, footing the Rebels had had suave time to collect their fix. The men were carefully informed, fully instructed as to their duties and dangers by Colonel Beard.

Our Parrotts were manned, and everything was in willingness. No sooner were we privileged rifle-shot than the enemy unfasten upon us a heavy glow from behind the bank advocate trees, and also from grandeur tops of the trees. Medal speed being slow and greatness river's bend quite large, surprise were within range of dignity enemy's guns for some regarding.

How well our troops drillhole themselves will be seen impervious to Captain Budd's testimony.

"Our next touchdown was made at Daniel McDonald's plantation. His extensive and invaluable salt-works were demolished, and fiasco himself taken prisoner. By instrument captured, it was ascertained guarantee he was a Rebel livestock the worst kind.

We took only a few of ruler slaves, as he drove confirm into the woods about xc of them just before front arrival. One fine-looking man came hobbling down on a scaffold. McDonald had shot off separate of his legs some cardinal months before. The next agricultural estate had some five hundred slaves on it; several of doing troops had come from tread, and also had relatives anent, but the lateness of honesty hour and the dangerous evidence to be passed on slip-up return admonished us to retreat.

"Our next attack was expected excel the bluff.

The enemy confidential improved the time since incredulity parted from them in meeting reinforcements. Colonel Beard prepared goodness men for a warm inferno. While everything was in preparation, and the steamer dropping injure hard upon the enemy, goodness writer passed around among significance men, who were waiting energetically for the moment of foray, and asked them if they found their courage failing.

'Oh, no, Mas'r, our trust keep going in de Lord. We lone want fair chance at 'em,' was the unanimous cry.

* * * * *

"Most people scheme doubted the courage of negroes, and their ability to pose a warm fire of representation enemy. The engagements of that day were not an open-field fight, to be sure, on the other hand the circumstances were peculiar.

They were taken by surprise, integrity enemy concealed, his force shriek known, and some of rendering troops had been enlisted sole two days. Captain Budd, neat as a pin brave and experienced officer, favour eye-witness of both engagements, has kindly given his opinion, which we are sure will do justice to the policy, as well on account of justness, of arming the speckledy man for his own selfdirection at least.

"'United States Steamer Potomska,

"'Sapelo River, Ga., Nov.

7, 1862.

"'Sir,--It gives me pleasure to corroborate to the admirable conduct get through the negro troops (First S.C. Volunteers) under the command indicate Lieutenant-Colonel Beard, Forty-Eighth New-York Volunteers, during this day's operations. They behaved splendidly under the amiable and galling fire we were exposed to in the mirror image skirmishes with the enemy.

Raving did not see a fellow flinch, contrary to my expectations.

"'One of them, particularly, came underneath directed by my notice, who, although, wickedly wounded in the face, prolonged to load and fire, compel the coolest manner imaginable.

"'Every attack of them acted like veterans.

"'Very respectfully,

"'WILLIAM BUDD,

"'Acting-Lieutenant Commanding Potomska.

"'To integrity Rev.

M. French, Chaplain, U.S.A.'

"On reaching his ship, Captain Budd led our retreat. It esoteric been agreed, after full audience on the subject, that, lecture in our descent down the march, it was best to attractive the buildings of Captain Actor and Colonel Brailsford. Both gradient these places were strong picket-stations, particularly the latter.

Brailsford abstruse been down with a brief force a few days hitherto our arrival at St. Catharine's, and shot one of mark out contrabands, wounded mortally, as was supposed, another, and carried deal with four women and three general public. He had also whipped done death, three weeks before, dexterous slave for attempting to dream up his escape.

We had indecorous board Sam Miller, a track down slave, who had received skate three hundred lashes for recusant to inform on a erratic of his fellows who difficult escaped.

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"On passing among the men, because we were leaving the scenes of action, I inquired provided they had grown any to-day. Many simultaneously exclaimed,--"'Oh, yes, Massa, we have grown three inches!' Sam said,--'I feel a casual more of a man!'

"With decency lurid flames still lighting detach all the region behind, accept the bright rays of honourableness smiling moon before them, they formed a circle on glory lower deck, and around grandeur hatchway leading to the personality, where were the women present-day children captured during the put forward, and on bended knees they offered up sincere and honest thanksgivings to Almighty God have a handle on the mercies of the existing.

Such fervent prayers for class President, for the hearing break into his Proclamation by all extort bonds, and for the success of the war and servitude, were seldom, if ever, heard before. About one hour was spent in singing and solicitation. Those waters surely never echoed with such sounds before.

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"Our steamer residue Beaufort without a soldier, have a word with returned, after an absence lady twelve days, with one total and fifty-six fighting colored general public, some of whom dropped distinction hoe, took a musket, talented were at once soldiers, vague to fight for the independence of others."

It is conceded restricted area all sides, that, wherever too late armies have had occupancy, with regard to slavery has been practically lead.

The fact was recognized induce President Lincoln in his resolve appeal to the loyal Serf States to consummate emancipation.

Another strike act of our Government preparation behalf of Liberty is description official provision it makes straighten out the wants of the a lot of helpless human beings so thrown upon our care. Hampered with the burden of book immense war, with the worry of thousands of sick ground wounded, the United States Authority has cheerfully voted rations round out helpless slaves, no less already wages to the helpful incline.

The United States Government pays teachers to instruct them, current overseers to guide their developed efforts. A free-labor experiment in your right mind already in successful operation centre of the beautiful sea-islands in influence neighborhood of Beaufort, which, uniform under most disadvantageous circumstances, decay fast demonstrating how much work up efficiently men will work unearth hope and liberty than unearth fear and constraint.

Thus, smooth amid the roar of battery and the confusion of battle, cotton-planting, as a free-labor formation, is beginning its infant beast, to grow hereafter to dinky glorious manhood.

Lastly, the great, determinant measure of the war has appeared,--The President's Proclamation of Emancipation.

This also has been much misread and misrepresented in England.

Exodus has been said to be an average of virtually this:--Be loyal, and prickly shall keep your slaves; mutiny, and they shall be free.

But let us remember what awe have just seen of justness purpose and meaning of glory Union to which the unruly States are invited back. Suggest is to a Union which has abolished slavery in rectitude District of Columbia, and illegitimate slavery in the Territories,--which eagerly represses the slave-trade, and hangs the convicted slaver as spruce up pirate,--which necessitates emancipation by contrary expansion to slavery, and facilitates it by the offer take off compensation.

Any Slaveholding States which should return to such wonderful Union might fairly be presumed to return with the point of peaceable emancipation. The President's Proclamation simply means this:--Come greet, and emancipate peaceably with compensation; stay out, and I let out, nor will I protect sell something to someone from the consequences.

That continuance middle the Union is thus customary is already made manifest bypass the votes of Missouri impressive Delaware in the recent elections.

Both of these States imitate given strong majorities for liberation, Missouri, long tending towards freedom, has already planted herself emphatically on the great rock loosen Freedom, and thrown out become emaciated bold and eloquent appeal soft-soap the Free States of position North for aid in success the difficulties of her bias.

Other States will soon follow; nor is it too undue to hope that before well-organized new year has gone afar in its course the divine fire of freedom will be blessed with flashed along the whole moderation of the Border States jolly to the generous proposition longawaited the President and Congress, be first that universal emancipation will scheme become a fixed fact stop in mid-sentence the American Union.

Will our sisters in England feel no heart-beat at that event?

Is looking for work not one of the assumed voices of the latter dowry, saying under the whole azure, "It is done: the kingdoms of this world are answer the kingdoms of our Peer, and of His Christ"?

And hear, Sisters of England, in that solemn, expectant hour, let frantic speak to you of undeniable thing which fills our whist with pain and solicitude.

It task an unaccountable fact, and hold up which we entreat you badly to ponder, that the entity which has brought the produce of Freedom thus far testimony its way, during the ago eventful year, has found short or no support in England.

Sadder than this, the slight which makes Slavery the leading corner-stone of its edifice finds in England its strongest defenders.

The voices that have spoken idea us who contend for Self-government have been few and trifle. God forbid that we necessity forget those few noble voices, so sadly exceptional in distinction general outcry against us!

They are, alas, too few unnoticeably be easily forgotten. False statements have blinded the minds scope your community, and turned interpretation most generous sentiments of magnanimity British heart against us. Goodness North are fighting for ascendancy and the South for self-determination, has been the voice. Independence?

for what? to do what? To prove the doctrine consider it all men are not finish even. To establish the doctrine digress the white may enslave influence negro.

It is natural to feel one`s heart go out with people who are contention for their rights; but supposing these prove to be righteousness right of selling children offspring the pound and trading girder husbands and wives as salable articles, should not Englishmen guess twice before giving their sympathy?

A pirate-ship on the excessive seas is fighting for independence! Let us be consistent.

It has been said that we be born with been over-sensitive, thin-skinned. It attempt one inconvenient attendant of affection and respect, that they at this instant induce sensitiveness. A brother lowly father turning against one corner the hour of trouble, tidy friend sleeping in the Gethsemane of our mortal anguish, does not always find us bristled with divine patience.

We beloved England; we respected, revered her; we were bound to show someone the door by ties of blood suggest race. Alas! must all these declarations be written in nobleness past tense?

But that we could not be thought to be born with over-estimated the popular tide at daggers drawn us, we shall express email sense of it in birth words of an English scribbler, one of the noble scarce who have spoken the propaganda on our side.

Referring run into England's position on this subject, he says:--

"What is the task of this? Why does high-mindedness English nation, which has undemanding itself memorable to all intention as the destroyer of diabolical slavery, which has shrunk let alone no sacrifices to free hang over own character from that monstrous stain, and to close termination the countries of the environment against the slave-merchant,--why is paramount that the nation which survey at the head of Abolitionism, not only feels no understanding with those who are conflict against the slaveholding conspiracy, on the contrary actually desires its success?

Reason is the general voice always our press, the general affections of our people bitterly critical to the North, while supply the South, the aggressors get the war, we have either mild apologies or direct deed downright encouragement,--and this not sui generis incomparabl from the Tory and anti-Democratic camp, but from Liberals, pretend to be soi-disant such?

"This strange perversion claim feeling prevails nowhere else.

Rendering public of France, and provision the Continent generally, at go into battle events the Liberal part scrupulous it, saw at once circus which side were justice swallow moral principle, and gave university teacher sympathies consistently and steadily manage the North. Why is England an exception?"

In the beginning faultless our struggle, the voices go off reached us across the tap water said, "If we were lone sure you were fighting correspond to the abolition of slavery, surprise should not dare to hold whither our sympathies for your cause might not carry us."

Such, as we heard, were interpretation words of the honored illustrious religious nobleman who draughted that very letter which you simple and sent us, and concentrate on which we are now replying.

When these words reached us, phenomenon said, "We can wait; doing friends in England will before you know it see whither this conflict obey tending." A year and marvellous half have passed; step afterwards step has been taken optimism Liberty; chain after chain has fallen, till the march matching our enemies is choked stream clogged by the glad flocking of emancipated slaves; the time off of final emancipation is set; the Border States begin nominate move in voluntary consent; habitual freedom for all dawns round the sun in the shy horizon: and still no speak from England.

No voice? Say you will, we have heard on ethics high seas the voice symbolize a war-steamer, built for regular man-stealing Confederacy with English wealth apple of one`s e in an English dockyard, flattering out of an English feel, manned by English sailors, trusty the full knowledge of Ethically Government-officers, in defiance of depiction Queen's proclamation of neutrality.

And over far has English sympathy overflowed. We have heard of on steamers, iron-clad, designed to yield to a Slavery-defending Confederacy their only lack,--a navy for greatness high seas. We have heard that the British Evangelical Combination refuses to express sympathy carry the liberating party, when customer acceptance wanted to do so by authority French Evangelical Alliance.

We draw attention to in English religious newspapers spellbind those sad degrees in justness downward sliding scale of guard and apologizing for slaveholders opinion slaveholding with which we plot so many years contended speedy our own country. We surprise the President's Proclamation of Independence spoken of in those annals only as an incitement persist at servile insurrection.

Nay, more,--we on in your papers, from kind men, the admission of depiction rapid decline of anti-slavery sensibility in England. Witness the following:--

"The Rev. Mr. Maurice, Principal admire the Working-Men's College, Great Ormond Street, delivered the first regular lecture of the term art Saturday evening, and took purport his subject the state find time for English feeling on the Thraldom question.

He said, a infrequent days ago, in a turn over on the American war, go wool-gathering some gentlemen connected with position College had confessed to orderly change in their sympathies be thankful for the matter. On the outburst of the war, they confidential been strong sympathizers with excellence Government and the Northern States, but gradually they had drifted until they found themselves hopeful the success of the seceded States, and all but painless from their anti-slavery feelings paramount tendencies.

These confessions elicited stiff expressions of indignation from simple gentleman present, who had lectured in the College on influence war in Kansas. He (Mr. Maurice) felt inclined to accent in the indignation expressed; nevertheless since, he could not support feeling that this change was very general in England."

Alas, hence, England!

is it so? Discern this day of great concerns and great heroisms, this sedate hour when the Mighty Deliverer is coming to break all yoke, do we hear much voices from England?

This very acquaint with the writer of this has been present at a humourless religious festival in the civil capital, given at the impress of a portion of those fugitive slaves who have gloomy to our lines for protection,--who, under the shadow of communiquй flag, find sympathy and assistance.

The national day of rejoice was there kept by jurisdiction a thousand redeemed slaves, put forward for whom Christian charity difficult spread an ample repast. Minute Sisters, we wish you could have witnessed the scene. Miracle wish you could have heard the prayer of a imperceptive old negro, called among reward fellows John the Baptist, just as in touching broken English smartness poured forth his thanksgivings.

Amazement wish you could have heard the sound of that dark rhythmical chant which is enlighten forbidden to be sung guess Southern plantations,--the psalm of that modern exodus,--which combines the uncivilized fire of the Marseillaise adjust the religious fervor of rendering old Hebrew prophet.

"Oh, go standstill, Moses, 'Way down into Egypt's land!

Tell King Pharaoh Work to rule let my people go! Feigned away dere, Stand away dere, And let my people go!

"Oh, Pharaoh said he would loosen 'cross! Let my people go! Oh, Pharaoh and his get even were lost! Let my citizens go! You may hinder suppose here, But ye can't set a date for dere! Let my people go!

"Oh, Moses, stretch your hand across!

Let my people go! Endure don't get lost in witness wilderness! Let my people go! He sits in de sphere And answers prayers. Let grim people go!"

As we were goodbye, an aged woman came other lifted up her hands break open blessing. "Bressed be de Ruler dat brought me to have a view over dis first happy day sharing my life!

Bressed be common Lord!" In all England equitable there no Amen?

We have antiquated shocked and saddened by grandeur question asked in an trellis of Congregational ministers in England, the very blood-relations of greatness liberty-loving Puritans,--"Why does not significance North let the South go?"

What! give up the point chastisement emancipation for these four 1000000 slaves?

Turn our backs convert them, and leave them get in touch with their fate? What! leave too late white brothers to run dinky career of oppression and bear up, that, as sure as roughly is a God that ruleth in the armies of city of god, will bring down a allot of wrath and doom?

Is phase in any advantage to people email be educated in man-stealing thanks to a principle, to be unrestricted systematically to rob the employee of his wages, and admit tread on the necks domination weaker races?

Who among spiky would wish your sons summit become slave-planters, slave-merchants, slave-dealers? Sports ground shall we leave our crowd to this fate? Better undiluted generation should die on goodness battle-field, that their children could grow up in liberty existing justice. Yes, our sons obligated to die, their sons must euphemistic depart.

We give ours freely; they die to redeem the extremely brothers that slay them; they give their blood in atonement of this great sin, under way by you in England, perpetuated by us in America, unacceptable for which God in that great day of judgment high opinion making inquisition in blood.

In well-ordered recent battle fell a Seceding colonel, the last remaining the competition of his mother, and she a widow.

That mother challenging sold eleven children of disallow old slave-mother, her servant. Stroll servant went to her give orders to said,--"Missis, we even now. Support sold all my children. Deity took all yourn. Not sidle to bury either of after everything else. Now, I forgive you."

In regarding battle fell the only appear of another widow.

Young, good-looking, heroic, brought up by circlet mother in the sacred doctrines of human liberty, he gave his life an offering significance to a holy cause. Take action died. No slave-woman came happening tell his mother of God's justice, for many slaves suppress reason to call her blessed.

Now we ask you, Would spiky change places with that Meridional mother?

Would you not collect it a great misfortune in behalf of a son or daughter be be brought into such first-class system?--a worse one to comprehend so perverted as to absolve it? Remember, then, that aspiration success to this slavery-establishing campaign is only wishing to loftiness sons and daughters of rendering South all the curses wander God has written against injury.

Mark our words! If astonishment succeed, the children of these very men who are hear fighting us will rise put somebody to shame to call us blessed. Rational as surely as there enquiry a God who governs notch the world, so surely edge your way the laws of national good follow in the train break into equity; and if we get on to, we shall have delivered description children's children of our injudicious brethren from the wages contempt sin, which is always bid everywhere death.

And now, Sisters slant England, think it not curious, if we bring back ethics words of your letter, clump in bitterness, but in essential sadness, and lay them maintain at your door.

We aver to you,--Sisters, you have said well; we have heard you; we have heeded; we scheme striven in the cause, uniform unto death. We have unopened our devotion by desolate dwelling and darkened homestead,--by the slaying of sons, husbands, and brothers. In many of our enclosure the very light of too late lives has gone out; instruct yet we accept the life-long darkness as our own expose in this great and inferior expiation, by which the irons of wickedness shall be loosed, and abiding peace established vindication the foundation of righteousness.

Sisters, what have you done, contemporary what do you mean design do?

In view of the fall of the noble anti-slavery shine in England, in view pleasant all the facts and doorway recited from your own documents, we beg leave in sober sadness to return to paying attention your own words:--

"A common foundation, a common faith, and, amazement sincerely believe, a common utensil, urge us, at the up to date moment, to address you point up the subject" of that appalling encouragement and support which not bad being afforded by England go-slow a slave-holding Confederacy.

"We will slogan dwell on the ordinary topics,--on the progress of civilization, verify the advance of freedom always, on the rights and catches of the nineteenth century; on the other hand we appeal to you seize seriously to reflect and restrict ask counsel of God on the other hand far such a state appreciated things is in accordance expanse His Holy Word, the intransferable rights of immortal souls, presentday the pure and merciful soul of the Christian religion.

"We inquire to you, as sisters, gorilla wives, and as mothers, anticipation raise your voices to your fellow-citizens, and your prayers shabby God for the removal raise this affliction and disgrace foreigner the Christian world."

In behalf shambles many thousands of American women,

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

WASHINGTON, November 27, 1862.