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TO “THE Devoted AND CHRISTIAN ADDRESS OF Various THOUSANDS OF WOMEN OF Combined BRITAIN AND IRELAND TO THEIR SISTERS THE WOMEN OF Probity 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 break into Shaftesbury).
    MARY RUTHVEN (Baroness Ruthven).
    M.

A. MILMAN (Wife of Dean of Fit. Paul’s).
    R. BUXTON (Daughter of Sir Thomas Powell Buxton).
    CAROLINE AMELIA OWEN (Wife of Professor Owen).
    Wife. CHARLES WINDHAM.
    C. Capital. HATHERTON (Baroness Hatherton).
    ELIZABETH DUCIE (Countess Dowager of Ducie).
    CECILIA PARKE (Wife incline Baron Parke).
    MARY ANN CHALLIS (Wife of the Master Mayor of London).
    Heritage.

GORDON (Duchess Dowager of Gordon).
    ANNA M. L. Writer (Daughter of Earl of Leven and Melville).
    GEORGIANA EBRINGTON (Lady Ebrington).
    A. Elevation (Viscountess Hill).
    MRS. GOBAT (Wife of Bishop Gobat put a stop to Jerusalem).
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PALMERSTON (Viscountess Palmerston).

and others.

Sisters,—More than eight time ago you sent to punctilious in America a document shorten the above heading. It research paper as follows:—

“A common origin, spruce up common faith, and, we truly believe, a common cause, entreat us, at the present minute, to address you on birth subject of that system conclusion negro slavery which still prevails so extensively, and, even mess kindly disposed masters, with much frightful results, in many introduce the vast regions of nobleness Western world.

“We will not abide on the ordinary topics,—on justness progress of civilization, on character advance of freedom everywhere, do the rights and requirements lacking the nineteenth century; but incredulity appeal to you very extremely to reflect and to cover up counsel of God how distant such a state of articles is in accordance with Realm Holy Word, the inalienable set forth of immortal souls, and birth pure and merciful spirit celebrate the Christian religion.

We not closed not shut our eyes ascend the difficulties, nay, the dangers, that might beset the instantaneous abolition of that long-established custom. We see and admit authority necessity of preparation for as follows great an event; but, concern speaking of indispensable preliminaries, astonishment cannot be silent on those laws of your country which, in direct contravention of God’s own law, ‘instituted in position time of man’s innocency,’ confute in effect to the scullion the sanctity of marriage, work stoppage all its joys, rights, ride obligations; which separate, at blue blood the gentry will of the master, influence wife from the husband highest the children from the parents.

Nor can we be implied on that awful system which either by statute or jam custom interdicts to any jump at of man or any parcel of the human family bringing-up in the truths of character gospel and the ordinances epitome Christianity. A remedy applied be bounded by these two evils alone would commence the amelioration of their sad condition.

We appeal be bounded by you, then, as sisters, pass for wives, and as mothers, plan raise your voices to your fellow-citizens and your prayers inconspicuously God for the removal faux this affliction and disgrace let alone the Christian world.

“We do weep say these things in smashing spirit of self-complacency, as albeit our nation were free non-native the guilt it perceives employ others.

“We acknowledge with grief stall shame our heavy share underneath this great sin.

We take that our forefathers introduced, nay, compelled the adoption of thrall in those mighty colonies. Phenomenon humbly confess it before Enormous God; and it is on account of we so deeply feel cope with so unfeignedly avow our washed out complicity, that we now punt to implore your aid thesis wipe away our common depravity and our common dishonor.”

This admission, splendidly illuminated on vellum, was sent to our shores disapproval the head of twenty-six stage volumes, containing considerably more fondle half a million of signatures of British women.

It was forwarded to me with excellent letter from a British lord now occupying one of position highest official positions in England, with a request on benefit of these ladies that engage should be in any plausible way presented to the bring together of my countrywomen.

This memorial, importation it now stands in sheltered solid oaken case, with untruthfulness heavy folios, each bearing set to rights its back the imprint be in the region of the American eagle, forms smart most unique library, a exceptional monument of an international locution of a moral idea.

No right-thinking person can find aught like be objected against the stuff or the form of that memorial.

It is temperate, fairminded, and kindly, and on position high ground of Christian par, where it places itself, haw be regarded as a to the core proper expression of sentiment, considerably between blood-relations and equals detect two different nations.

The signatures count up this appeal are not integrity least remarkable part of it; for, beginning at the bargain steps of the throne, they go down to the shout of women in the notice humblest conditions in life, gain represent all that Great Kingdom possesses, not only of chief and wisest, but of victim, homely common sense and pleasant feeling.

Names of wives ensnare cabinet-ministers appear on the much page with the names diagram wives of humble laborers,—names discovery duchesses and countesses, of wives of generals, ambassadors, savans, point of view men of letters, mingled momentous names traced in trembling signs by hands evidently unused consign to hold the pen and hurtful by lowly toil.

Nay, ergo deep and expansive was goodness feeling, that British subjects snare foreign lands had their likeness. Among the signatures are those of foreign residents from Town to Jerusalem. Autographs so different, and collected from sources thus various, have seldom been misjudge in juxtaposition. They remain chimp this day a silent viewer of a most singular tideway of feeling which at stray time swept over the Country community, and made for strike an expression, even at position risk of offending the presentiment of an equal and beefy nation.

No reply to that give orders, in any such tangible tube monumental form, has ever antique possible.

It was impossible pressurize somebody into canvass our vast territories set about the zealous and indefatigable production with which England was canvassed for signatures. In America, those possessed of the spirit which led to this efficient occasion had no leisure for take apart. All their time and energies were already absorbed in straight efforts to remove the say evil concerning which the fickle of their English sisters abstruse been newly aroused, and their only answer was the unspoken continuance of these efforts.

From ethics Slaveholding States, however, as was to be expected, came well-ordered flood of indignant recrimination focus on rebuke.

No one act, in all likelihood, ever produced more frantic emphasize or called out more copious abuse. It came with influence whole united weight of birth British aristocracy and commonalty clash the most diseased and tender part of our national life; and it stimulated that savage excitement which was working in the past and has worked since discontinue it has broken out constitute open war.

The time has relax, however, when such an uncommon page has been turned difficulty the anti-slavery history of Land, that the women of left over country, feeling that the giant anti-slavery work to which their English sisters exhorted them report almost done, may properly additional naturally feel moved to come back to their appeal, and put down before them the history discovery what has occurred since magnanimity receipt of their affectionate instruction Christian address.

Your address reached cry just as a great good conflict was coming to fraudulence intensest point.

The agitation kept wring by the anti-slavery portion be unable to find America, by England, and wishywashy the general sentiment of persons in Europe, had made class situation of the slaveholding peers intolerable.

As one of them at the time expressed hold your horses, they felt themselves under glory ban of the civilized false. Two courses only were gush to them: to abandon servant institutions, the sources of their wealth and political power, less significant to assert them with much an overwhelming national force importation to compel the respect give orders to assent of mankind.

They chose the latter.

To this end they determined to seize on champion control all the resources eliminate the Federal Government, and resign yourself to spread their institutions through fresh States and Territories until magnanimity balance of power should bend into their hands and they should be able to inquire slavery into all the Unproblematic States.

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

They repealed justness Missouri Compromise, which had previously stood, like the Chinese tell, between our Northwestern Territories become calm the irruptions of slaveholding barbarians.

Then came the struggle between Independence and Slavery in the newborn Territory,—the battle for Kansas allow Nebraska, fought with fire folk tale sword and blood, where unembellished race of men, of whom John Brown was the undying type, acted over again probity courage, the perseverance, and leadership military religious ardor of loftiness old Covenanters of Scotland, talented, like them, redeemed the Interrogate of Liberty at the sight of their own blood tell off blood dearer than their own.

The time of the Presidential campaign which elected Mr.

Lincoln was the crisis of this undisturbed battle. The conflict had correspond narrowed down to the creep point of the extension assert 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 complete 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 of vision for a grand rally exoneration this vital point. A Chief honcho was elected pledged to contrast to this one thing alone,—a man known to be shore favor of the Fugitive-Slave Find fault with and other so-called compromises practice the Constitution, but honest endure faithful in his determination insist this one subject.

That that was indeed the vital disappointing was shown by the be in. The moment Lincoln’s election was ascertained, the slaveholders resolved solve destroy the Union they could no longer control.

They met topmost organized a Confederacy which they openly declared to be description first republic founded on character right and determination of integrity white man to enslave glory black man, and, spreading their banners, declared themselves to magnanimity Christian world of the ordinal century as a nation efficient with the full purpose arena intent of perpetuating slavery.

But complicated the course of the struggling that followed, it became eminent for the new Confederation follow secure the assistance of tramontane powers, and infinite pains were then taken to blind highest bewilder the mind of England as to the real issues of the conflict in America.

It has been often and really asserted that slavery had gimcrack to do with this conflict; that it was a basic struggle for power; that nobility only object was to declare the Union as it was, with all its abuses.

Musical is to be admitted ditch expressions have proceeded from high-mindedness National Administration which naturally gave rise to misapprehension, and then we beg to speak strengthen you on this subject better-quality fully.

And, first, the declaration be more or less the Confederate States themselves deterioration proof enough, that, whatever hawthorn be declared on the alternative side, the maintenance of bondage is regarded by them though the vital object of their movement.

We ask your attention misstep this head to the avowal of their Vice-President, Stephens, rank that remarkable speech delivered examine the 21st of March, 1861, at Savannah, Georgia, wherein yes declares the object and animuss of the new Confederacy.

Become is one of the nearly extraordinary papers which our 100 has produced. I quote do too much the verbatim report in goodness Savannah “Republican” of the chit as it was delivered cage up the Athenaeum of that prerogative, on which occasion, says influence newspaper from which I simulation, “Mr. Stephens took his settee amid a burst of spirit and applause, such as say publicly Athenaeum has never had displayed within its walls, within ‘the recollection of the oldest inhabitant.’”

“Last, not least, the new Formation has put at rest illustrious all the agitating questions rehearsal to our peculiar institution,—African Enslavement as it exists among unethical, the proper status of probity negro in our form notice civilization.

This was the spontaneous cause of the late rift and present revolution. Jefferson, grasp his forecast, had anticipated that, as the ‘rock upon which the old Union would split.’ He was right. What was conjecture with him is important a realized fact. But nolens volens he fully comprehended the undistinguished truth upon which that outcrop stood and stands may fix doubted.

The prevailing ideas diverted by him and most corporeal the leading statesmen at goodness time of the formation take in the old Constitution were meander the enslavement of the Human was in violation of picture laws of Nature, that dishonour was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew categorize well how to deal with; but the general opinion warning sign the men of that hour was, that, somehow or in the opposite direction, in the order of Bonus, the institution would be transitory, and pass away.

This construct, though not incorporated in justness Constitution, was the prevailing answer at the time. The Proportion, it is true, secured each essential guaranty to the company, while it should last; opinion hence no argument can nurture justly used against the Integral guaranties thus secured, because win the common sentiment of significance day.

Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested pervade the assumption of the equal terms of races. This was sting error. It was a sandlike foundation; and the idea prepare a government built upon it--when 'the storm came and leadership wind blew, it fell.'

"Our in mint condition government is founded upon turn up exactly the opposite ideas: hang over foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great propaganda that the negro is crowd equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to significance superior race, is his affect and moral condition.

(Applause.) That our new government is goodness first, in the history close the eyes to the world, based upon that great physical, philosophical, and persistent truth.

"This truth has been lagging in the process of wear smart clothes development, like all other truths in the various departments pointer science. It is so unvarying amongst us.

Many who realize me, perhaps, can recollect ablebodied that this truth was shout generally admitted, even within their day. The errors of glory past generation still clung succeed to many as late as xx years ago. Those at leadership North who still cling nod these errors with a relish above knowledge we justly ask fanatics. All fanaticism springs differ an aberration of the assault, from a defect in move toward.

It is a species earthly insanity. One of the uttermost striking characteristics of insanity, link with many instances, is forming evaluate conclusions from fancied or inexact premises. So with the anti-slavery fanatics: their conclusions are demure, if their premises are. They assume that the negro in your right mind equal, and hence conclude think about it he is entitled to the same as privileges and rights with dignity white man.

If their language were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just; however their premises being wrong, their whole argument fails.

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"In the conflict consequently far, success has been polish our side complete, throughout rendering length and breadth of goodness Confederate States. It is go on a goslow this, as I have affirmed, our social fabric is absolutely planted; and I cannot desert myself to doubt the zealous success of a full acceptance of this principle throughout rectitude civilized and enlightened world.

"As Uncontrollable have stated, the truth call up this principle may be doltish in development, as all truths are, and ever have back number, in the various branches remind you of science.

It was so mess about with the principles announced by Galileo; it was so with Ecstasy Smith and his principles pass judgment on political economy; It was to such a degree accord with Harvey in his idea of the circulation of illustriousness blood. It is said range not a single one clamour the medical profession, at significance time of the announcement draw round the truths made by him, admitted them; now they splinter universally acknowledged.

May we sob, therefore, look with confidence fulfil the ultimate universal acknowledgment designate the truths upon which oration system rests? It is birth first government ever instituted gather principles in strict conformity touch on Nature and the ordination surrounding Providence in furnishing the subject of human society.

Many governments have been founded upon magnanimity principles of certain classes; however the classes thus enslaved were of the same race title in violation of the lyrics of Nature. Our system commits no such violation of Nature's laws. The negro, by Character, or by the curse accept Canaan, is fitted for ramble condition which he occupies cage our system.

The architect, expect the construction of buildings, lays the foundation with the appropriate material,--the granite; then comes high-mindedness brick or marble. The substructure of our society is complete of the material fitted dampen Nature for it; and give up experience we know that situation is best not only convey the superior, but the common race, that it should capability so.

It is indeed domestic animals conformity with the Creator. Well off is not safe for punctilious to inquire into the judgement of His ordinances, or anticipate question them. For His low purposes He has made only race to differ from option, as one star differeth pass up another in glory. The acceptable objects of humanity are conquer attained, when conformed to Climax laws and decrees in glory formation of government as able-bodied as in all things differently.

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

Thus far the declarations of the slave-holding Confederacy.

On significance other hand, the declarations inducing the President and the Representative party, as to their rationale to restore "the Union makeover it was," require an account.

It is the doctrine resembling the Republican party, that Permission is national and Slavery sectional; that the Constitution of high-mindedness United States was designed unjustifiable the promotion of liberty, lecturer not of slavery; that tight framers contemplated the gradual death of slavery; and that conduct yourself the hands of an anti-slavery majority it could be middling wielded as peaceably to blow out this great evil.

They reasoned way.

Slavery ruins land, and craves fresh territory for profitable indispensable. Slavery increases a dangerous property, and requires an expansion appreciate this population for safety. Servitude, then, being hemmed in descendant impassable limits, emancipation in violation State becomes a necessity.

By remedial the Union as it was the Republican party meant distinction Union in the sense contemplated by the original framers show it, who, as has antediluvian admitted by Stephens, in culminate speech just quoted, were take from principle opposed to slavery.

Delight was, then, restoring a distinction in which, by the destined operation of natural laws, kind-hearted emancipation would become a certainty.

In the mean while, during birth past year, the Republican Regulation, with all the unwonted grief of organizing an army coupled with navy, and conducting military axis on an immense scale, put on proceeded to demonstrate the operability of overthrowing slavery by with the sole purpose Constitutional measures.

To this bench they have instituted a keep fit of movements which have idea this year more fruitful stress anti-slavery triumphs than any mother since the emancipation of position British West Indies.

The District be more or less Columbia, as belonging strictly say you will the National Government, and be introduced to no separate State, has girded a fruitful subject of protestation from British Christians with Earth.

We have abolished slavery at hand, and thus wiped out righteousness only blot of territorial protйgй on our escutcheon.

By another force down, equally grand principle, and inaccessible more important in its payment, slavery is forever excluded escape the Territories of the Concerted States.

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

In ports whence slave-vessels formerly sailed fretfulness the connivance of the port-officers, the Administration has placed soldiers who stand up to their duty, and for the pull it off time in our history righteousness slave-trader, is convicted and hung as a pirate. This bad secret traffic has been in every respect demolished by the energy slap the Federal Government.

Lastly, and addition significant still, the United States Government has in its chief official capacity taken distinct anti-slavery ground, and presented to nobleness country a plan of inoffensive emancipation with suitable compensation.

That noble-spirited and generous offer has been urged on the Slavery States by the Chief Entrustment with an earnestness and good faith of which history in after-times will make honorable account expansion recording the events of Visible. Lincoln's administration.

Now, when a Headman and Administration who have look all these things declare their intention of restoring "the Joining as it was," ought watchword a long way the world fairly to discover their words by their alacrities and their avowed principles?

Bash it not necessary to suss out that they mean by go fast the Union as it was in the intent of tight anti-slavery framers, under which, mass the exercise of normal Intrinsic powers, slavery should be luckily abolished?

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

Whether it be a non-discriminatory theory or not is, yet, nothing to our purpose administrator present. We only assert ramble such is the professed sense of the present Administration break into the United States, and much are the acts by which they have illustrated their belief.

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

We receive shown you what has anachronistic done for freedom by goodness simple use of the strike Constitutional forces of the Unity. We are now to fкte you what has been see to to the same end surpass the Constitutional war-power of probity nation.

By this power it has been this year decreed zigzag every slave of a Revolt who reaches the lines good buy our army becomes a bring to light man; that all slaves essential deserted by their masters grow free men; that every scullion employed in any service apply for the United States thereby obtains his liberty; and that the whole number slave employed against the Combined States in any capacity obtains his liberty: and lest rank army should contain officers agreeable to remand slaves to their masters, the power of judgment and delivering up slaves decline denied to army-officers, and each such acts are made penal.

By this act, the Fugitive-Slave Efficiency is for all present aftermath practically repealed.

With this absolution and provision, wherever our flocks march, they carry liberty support them. For be it everlasting that our army is fake entirely a volunteer one, stream that the most zealous captain ardent volunteers are those who have been for years combat with tongue and pen nobleness Abolition battle. So marked evenhanded the character of our lower ranks in this respect, that they are now familiarly designated exterior the official military despatches locate the Confederate States as "The Abolitionists." Conceive the results, just as an army, so empowered coarse national law, marches through top-hole slave-territory.

One regiment alone has to our certain knowledge frank two thousand slaves during distinction past year, and this order it but one out disregard hundreds. We beg to place before you some details noted by an eye-witness of what has recently been done hostage this respect in the Fork of the South.

"On Board Get out from Fortress Monroe to Port, Nov.

14, 1862.

"Events of pollex all thumbs butte ordinary interest have just occurred in the Department of nobleness South. The negro troops keep been tested, and, to their great joy, though not cross-grained to their own expectations, they have triumphed, not only obtain enemies armed with muskets extort swords, but over what character black man dreads most, pointed and cruel prejudices.

"General Saxton, disgrace the 28th of October, purport the captured steamer Darlington, Main Crandell, down the coast enterprise Georgia, and to Fernandina, Florida, to obtain recruits for rank First Regiment South-Carolina Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel O.T. Beard, of the 48th New-York Volunteers, was given representation command of the expedition. Spiky addition to obtaining recruits, prestige condition and wants of dignity recent refugees from slavery forth the coast were to suspect looked into, and, if action should offer, it was uninhibited to 'feel the enemy.' Dead even St.

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

"On arrival, a meeting of the black men was called to capture enlistments.

The large church was crowded. After addresses had antique made by the writer tell Colonel Beard, one hundred private soldiers volunteered at once, and dignity number soon reached about attack hundred and twenty-five. Such, nonetheless, were the demands of Exert yourself Clinch and the Quartermaster's Commitee for laborers, that Colonel Well provided for, commanding the fort, consented profit only twenty-five men leaving.

That was a sad disappointment, favour one which some determined sound to bear. The twenty-five private soldiers were carefully selected from mid those not employed either reaction the fort or in say publicly Quartermaster's Department, and put squeeze board. Amid the farewells dispatch benedictions of hundreds of their friends on shore they took their departure, to prove illustriousness truth or falsity of interpretation charge, 'The black man stem never fight.' On calling picture roll, a few miles circumvent port, it was found weighing scales twenty-five men had increased permission fifty-four.

Determined not to replica foiled in their purpose watch being soldiers, it was derrick that thirty men had inaudibly found their way on game table just at break of submit, and had concealed themselves hassle the hold of the hit it off. When asked why they blunt so, their reply was,--

"'Oh, amazement want to fight for too late liberty, and for de independence of our wives and children.'

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

"'Oh, yes, yes!

why, we would fight spoil de death to get speech families,' was the quick response.

"No one doubted their sincerity. Muskets were soon in their workers, and no time was missing in drilling them. Our set sail, a very frail one, esoteric been barricaded around the salaam and stern, and also short with two twelve-pounder Parrott arms.

These guns had to enter worked by black men, beneath the direction of the pilot of the steamer. Our battle men numbered only about upper hand hundred and ten, and 50 of them were raw recruits. The expedition was not straighten up very formidable one, still subset seemed to have an marginal degree of confidence as withstand its success.

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"November 6.

The women stomach children (about fifty) taken expend St. Simond's on the unremarkable previous were now landed carry safety in St. Catharine's, bring in a more hazardous work was to be undertaken. Much disseminate the night was spent take away getting wood for the killing beeves, and cooking meats, rice, and corn, for e-mail women and children on sustain, and for the troops.

Class men needed no 'driver's lash' to incite them to labour. Sleep and rest were seemingly unwelcome, for they were development to go up Sapelo along whose banks, on birth beautiful plantations, were their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, wives, accept children. Weeks and months beforehand, some of the men abstruse left those loved ones, inactive a promise to return, 'if de good Lord jis unlocked de way.'

"At five o'clock financial credit Friday morning, November 7, awe were under way.

Captain Budd, of the gun-boat Potomska, locked away kindly promised the evening hitherto to accompany us past justness most dangerous places. On motility his station in Sapelo Tolling, we found him in willingness. Our little fleet, led be oblivious to the Potomska, and followed wishywashy the Darlington, sailed proudly manager the winding Sapelo, now way marshes, and then past stout and beautiful plantations.

It was very affecting to see travelling fair soldiers watching intensely the speckledy forms on land, one maxim, in the agony of central anxiety, 'Oh, Mas'r, my little woman and chillen lib dere,' enthralled 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, unutterable countless regrets as the steamer passed, must be imagined,--they cannot accredit described.

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

The enemy was driven back; a few weapons blazonry and a sword only captured. The Potomska came to refuge, for lack of sufficient spa water, a few miles above, swot Reuben King's plantation. Here amazement witnessed a rich scene. Terrible fifty negroes appeared on grandeur banks, about thirty rods shrinking from their master's house, nearby some distance from the Darlington.

They gazed upon us portend intense feelings, alternately turning their eyes toward their master, who was watching them from coronet piazza, and toward our move, which, as yet, had stated them no assurances of splashdown. The moment she headed conformity the shore, their doubts were dispersed, and they gave disgraceful such a welcome as angels would be satisfied with.

Brutal few women were so comprehensive with joy, that they ran, leaped, clapped their hands, stomach cried, 'Glory to God! Government to God!'

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"After relieving the old cachepot of twenty thousand dollars' flora and fauna of humanity, that is, lii slaves, and the leather tablets his tannery, we reembarked. Incinerate boats were sent once remarkable again, however, to the beach for men, who, having heard the steam-whistle, came in delivery haste from distant plantations.

"As greatness Potomska could go no out of reach, Captain Budd kindly offered do away with accompany us with one gun's crew.

We were glad health check have his company and illustriousness services of the crew, although we had only one gun's crew of colored men. Affect us was a bend current the river, and a extreme bluff covered with thick fatherland. There we apprehended danger, sect the Rebels had had model time to collect their bolster.

The men were carefully knowing, fully instructed as to their duties and dangers by Colonel Beard. Our Parrotts were manned, and everything was in cheerfulness. No sooner were we contents rifle-shot than the enemy undo upon us a heavy inferno from behind the bank humbling trees, and also from picture tops of the trees. Cobble together speed being slow and ethics river's bend quite large, amazement were within range of blue blood the gentry enemy's guns for some in the house.

How well our troops themselves will be seen shy Captain Budd's testimony.

"Our next alighting was made at Daniel McDonald's plantation. His extensive and invaluable salt-works were demolished, and good taste himself taken prisoner. By instrument captured, it was ascertained divagate he was a Rebel farm animals the worst kind.

We took only a few of authority slaves, as he drove shoulder into the woods about cardinal of them just before speech arrival. One fine-looking man came hobbling down on a groin. McDonald had shot off tending of his legs some xviii months before. The next colony had some five hundred slaves on it; several of speciality troops had come from envoy, and also had relatives presentday, but the lateness of greatness hour and the dangerous figures to be passed on munch through return admonished us to retreat.

"Our next attack was expected exploit the bluff.

The enemy difficult improved the time since surprise parted from them in meeting reinforcements. Colonel Beard prepared loftiness men for a warm zeal. While everything was in maturity, and the steamer dropping discontinue hard upon the enemy, description writer passed around among blue blood the gentry men, who were waiting apace for the moment of set upon, and asked them if they found their courage failing.

'Oh, no, Mas'r, our trust examine in de Lord. We one and only want fair chance at 'em,' was the unanimous cry.

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"Most people imitate doubted the courage of negroes, and their ability to submit to a warm fire of ethics 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, magnanimity enemy concealed, his force put together known, and some of decency troops had been enlisted single two days. Captain Budd, unornamented brave and experienced officer, plus eye-witness of both engagements, has kindly given his opinion, which we are sure will exculpate the policy, as well orangutan justness, of arming the pinto man for his own self-government at least.

"'United States Steamer Potomska,

"'Sapelo River, Ga., Nov.

7, 1862.

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

Irrational did not see a male flinch, contrary to my expectations.

"'One of them, particularly, came foul up my notice, who, although, with an iron hand wounded in the face, continuing to load and fire, moniker the coolest manner imaginable.

"'Every separate of them acted like veterans.

"'Very respectfully,

"'WILLIAM BUDD,

"'Acting-Lieutenant Commanding Potomska.

"'To nobility Rev.

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

"On reaching his ship, Captain Budd led our retreat. It locked away been agreed, after full utterance on the subject, that, bargain our descent down the gush, it was best to creek the buildings of Captain Moneyman and Colonel Brailsford. Both spot these places were strong picket-stations, particularly the latter.

Brailsford abstruse been down with a little force a few days a while ago our arrival at St. Catharine's, and shot one of flux contrabands, wounded mortally, as was supposed, another, and carried faroff four women and three other ranks. He had also whipped oppress death, three weeks before, efficient slave for attempting to bring into being his escape.

We had insecurity board Sam Miller, a stool pigeon slave, who had received respect three hundred lashes for denying to inform on a infrequent of his fellows who esoteric escaped.

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"On passing among the men, chimp we were leaving the scenes of action, I inquired pretend they had grown any to-day.

Many simultaneously exclaimed,--"'Oh, yes, Massa, we have grown three inches!' Sam said,--'I feel a cover more of a man!'

"With depiction lurid flames still lighting thither all the region behind, boss the bright rays of character smiling moon before them, they formed a circle on high-mindedness lower deck, and around glory hatchway leading to the put a ceiling on, where were the women person in charge children captured during the time, and on bended knees they offered up sincere and genuine thanksgivings to Almighty God convey the mercies of the time off.

Such fervent prayers for description President, for the hearing all but his Proclamation by all control bonds, and for the lenience of the war and enslavement, were seldom, if ever, heard before. About one hour was spent in singing and entreaty. Those waters surely never echoed with such sounds before.

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"Our steamer leftwing Beaufort without a soldier, gift returned, after an absence grip twelve days, with one slues and fifty-six fighting colored joe public, some of whom dropped grandeur hoe, took a musket, subject were at once soldiers, lettering to fight for the elbowroom of others."

It is conceded bluster all sides, that, wherever splodge armies have had occupancy, up slavery has been practically fold.

The fact was recognized get by without President Lincoln in his dense appeal to the loyal Slaveling States to consummate emancipation.

Another dazzling act of our Government coach in behalf of Liberty is goodness official provision it makes broadsheet the wants of the a lot of helpless human beings for this reason thrown upon our care.

Oppressed with the burden of change immense war, with the worry of thousands of sick perch wounded, the United States Make has cheerfully voted rations broadsheet helpless slaves, no less ahead of wages to the helpful incline. The United States Government pays teachers to instruct them, fairy story overseers to guide their economic efforts.

A free-labor experiment court case already in successful operation in the middle of the beautiful sea-islands in honesty neighborhood of Beaufort, which, flat under most disadvantageous circumstances, crack fast demonstrating how much addon efficiently men will work implant hope and liberty than dismiss fear and constraint. Thus, unexcitable amid the roar of stroke and the confusion of conflict, cotton-planting, as a free-labor institute, is beginning its infant seek, to grow hereafter to exceptional glorious manhood.

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

This also has been much unrecognized and misrepresented in England.

Kosher has been said to hardhearted virtually this:--Be loyal, and jagged shall keep your slaves; dare, and they shall be free.

But let us remember what phenomenon have just seen of representation purpose and meaning of character Union to which the uncontrollable States are invited back. Fiction is to a Union which has abolished slavery in class District of Columbia, and felonious slavery in the Territories,--which like mad represses the slave-trade, and hangs the convicted slaver as unornamented pirate,--which necessitates emancipation by condescending expansion to slavery, and facilitates it by the offer fairhaired compensation.

Any Slaveholding States which should return to such straight Union might fairly be presumed to return with the speck of peaceable emancipation. The President's Proclamation simply means this:--Come behave, and emancipate peaceably with compensation; stay out, and I drop, nor will I protect set your mind at rest from the consequences.

That continuance regulate the Union is thus ordinary is already made manifest infant the votes of Missouri unthinkable Delaware in the recent elections.

Both of these States put on given strong majorities for release, Missouri, long tending towards independence, has already planted herself positively on the great rock wait Freedom, and thrown out coffee break bold and eloquent appeal skill the Free States of goodness North for aid in triumph the difficulties of her lean.

Other States will soon follow; nor is it too ostentatious to hope that before cool new year has gone long way in its course the holy fire of freedom will own acquire flashed along the whole precipice of the Border States open to the generous proposition own up the President and Congress, boss that universal emancipation will enjoy become a fixed fact market the American Union.

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

Is say you will not one of the presumptive voices of the latter submit, saying under the whole upper atmosphere, "It is done: the kingdoms of this world are pass on the kingdoms of our Nobleman, and of His Christ"?

And these days, Sisters of England, in that solemn, expectant hour, let acute speak to you of of a nature thing which fills our whist with pain and solicitude.

It job an unaccountable fact, and get someone on the blower which we entreat you desperately to ponder, that the arrange which has brought the get somebody on your side of Freedom thus far endeavor its way, during the earlier eventful year, has found petite or no support in England.

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

The voices that have spoken luggage compartment us who contend for Freedom have been few and flight. God forbid that we be compelled forget those few noble voices, so sadly exceptional in dignity general outcry against us!

They are, alas, too few hither be easily forgotten. False statements have blinded the minds replicate your community, and turned nobility most generous sentiments of prestige British heart against us. Probity North are fighting for superiority and the South for liberty, has been the voice. Independence? for what? to do what?

To prove the doctrine ramble all men are not finish equal. To establish the doctrine meander the white may enslave excellence negro.

It is natural to have compassion with people who are enmity for their rights; but granting these prove to be magnanimity right of selling children indifference the pound and trading livestock husbands and wives as sought after articles, should not Englishmen judge twice before giving their sympathy?

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

It has been said that we conspiracy been over-sensitive, thin-skinned. It commission one inconvenient attendant of affection and respect, that they conduct induce sensitiveness. A brother juvenile father turning against one gauzy the hour of trouble, grand friend sleeping in the Gethsemane of our mortal anguish, does not always find us accoutred with divine patience.

We treasured England; we respected, revered her; we were bound to in exchange by ties of blood queue race. Alas! must all these declarations be written in nobleness past tense?

But that we could not be thought to control over-estimated the popular tide refuse to comply us, we shall express chitchat sense of it in loftiness words of an English essayist, one of the noble occasional who have spoken the falsehood on our side.

Referring happen next England's position on this controversy, he says:--

"What is the signification of this? Why does rectitude English nation, which has strenuous itself memorable to all age as the destroyer of blacklist slavery, which has shrunk proud no sacrifices to free tight own character from that outrageous stain, and to close buzz the countries of the globe against the slave-merchant,--why is invoice that the nation which go over at the head of Abolitionism, not only feels no compassion with those who are disorderly against the slaveholding conspiracy, however actually desires its success?

Ground is the general voice innumerable our press, the general sensibility of our people bitterly disapproving to the North, while cart the South, the aggressors make happen the war, we have either mild apologies or direct submit downright encouragement,--and this not single from the Tory and anti-Democratic camp, but from Liberals, sudden soi-disant such?

"This strange perversion provide feeling prevails nowhere else.

Character public of France, and comprehensive the Continent generally, at exchange blows events the Liberal part suffer defeat it, saw at once guarantee which side were justice mount moral principle, and gave lecturer sympathies consistently and steadily thither the North. Why is England an exception?"

In the beginning admonishment our struggle, the voices drift reached us across the tap water said, "If we were sui generis incomparabl sure you were fighting optimism the abolition of slavery, incredulity should not dare to remark whither our sympathies for your cause might not carry us."

Such, as we heard, were ethics words of the honored cope with religious nobleman who draughted that very letter which you unmixed and sent us, and more which we are now replying.

When these words reached us, surprise said, "We can wait; incinerate friends in England will in the near future see whither this conflict practical tending." A year and neat half have passed; step provision step has been taken look after Liberty; chain after chain has fallen, till the march hark back to our enemies is choked stomach clogged by the glad flocking of emancipated slaves; the apportion of final emancipation is set; the Border States begin deal move in voluntary consent; prevalent freedom for all dawns cherish the sun in the detached horizon: and still no sound from England.

No voice? Genuinely, we have heard on interpretation high seas the voice holdup a war-steamer, built for elegant man-stealing Confederacy with English yellowness in an English dockyard, dodge out of an English harbour, manned by English sailors, surrender the full knowledge of Ethically Government-officers, in defiance of character Queen's proclamation of neutrality.

And over far has English sympathy overflowed. We have heard of extra steamers, iron-clad, designed to net to a Slavery-defending Confederacy their only lack,--a navy for nobility high seas. We have heard that the British Evangelical Coalition refuses to express sympathy sign up the liberating party, when needed to do so by excellence French Evangelical Alliance.

We strike in English religious newspapers get hold of those sad degrees in representation downward sliding scale of sentry and apologizing for slaveholders spreadsheet slaveholding with which we be endowed with so many years contended creepy-crawly our own country. We discover the President's Proclamation of Autonomy spoken of in those rolls museum only as an incitement maneuver servile insurrection.

Nay, more,--we windfall in your papers, from kind men, the admission of loftiness rapid decline of anti-slavery feelings in England. Witness the following:--

"The Rev. Mr. Maurice, Principal be alarmed about the Working-Men's College, Great Ormond Street, delivered the first accepted lecture of the term point the finger at Saturday evening, and took answer his subject the state boss English feeling on the Enslavement question.

He said, a uncommon days ago, in a chit-chat on the American war, prowl some gentlemen connected with description College had confessed to boss change in their sympathies hostage the matter. On the epidemic of the war, they difficult been strong sympathizers with leadership Government and the Northern States, but gradually they had drifted until they found themselves anxious the success of the seceded States, and all but selfsufficient from their anti-slavery feelings enthralled tendencies.

These confessions elicited tough bristly expressions of indignation from undiluted gentleman present, who had lectured in the College on dignity war in Kansas. He (Mr. Maurice) felt inclined to accent in the indignation expressed; on the other hand since, he could not compliant feeling that this change was very general in England."

Alas, run away with, England!

is it so? Interleave this day of great dealings and great heroisms, this important hour when the Mighty Saviour is coming to break at times yoke, do we hear specified voices from England?

This very submit the writer of this has been present at a momentous religious festival in the tribal capital, given at the hint of a portion of those fugitive slaves who have composed to our lines for protection,--who, under the shadow of weighing scales flag, find sympathy and relief.

The national day of pageantry was there kept by manipulate a thousand redeemed slaves, roost for whom Christian charity abstruse spread an ample repast. Decoration Sisters, we wish you could have witnessed the scene. Surprise wish you could have heard the prayer of a eyeless old negro, called among potentate fellows John the Baptist, while in the manner tha in touching broken English subside poured forth his thanksgivings.

Surprise wish you could have heard the sound of that concealed rhythmical chant which is notify forbidden to be sung abundance Southern plantations,--the psalm of that modern exodus,--which combines the clownish fire of the Marseillaise do business the religious fervor of honourableness old Hebrew prophet.

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

Tell King Pharaoh Achieve let my people go! Point away dere, Stand away dere, And let my people go!

"Oh, Pharaoh said he would healthier 'cross! Let my people go! Oh, Pharaoh and his their own medicine were lost! Let my party go! You may hinder have guests here, But ye can't schedule dere! Let my people go!

"Oh, Moses, stretch your hand across!

Let my people go! Put up with don't get lost in tributary wilderness! Let my people go! He sits in de empyrean And answers prayers. Let angry people go!"

As we were retirement, an aged woman came subject lifted up her hands top blessing. "Bressed be de Master dat brought me to mark dis first happy day disrespect my life! Bressed be moment Lord!" In all England commission there no Amen?

We have back number shocked and saddened by glory question asked in an class of Congregational ministers in England, the very blood-relations of ethics liberty-loving Puritans,--"Why does not integrity North let the South go?"

What!

give up the point cancel out emancipation for these four cardinal slaves? Turn our backs convert them, and leave them consent their fate? What! leave munch through white brothers to run shipshape and bristol fashion career of oppression and pilfering, that, as sure as give is a God that ruleth in the armies of garden of delights, will bring down a put forward of wrath and doom?

Is okay any advantage to people disrupt be educated in man-stealing translation a principle, to be unskilled systematically to rob the jack of his wages, and elect tread on the necks systematic weaker races?

Who among spiky would wish your sons correspond with become slave-planters, slave-merchants, slave-dealers? Most recent shall we leave our crowd to this fate? Better adroit generation should die on rank battle-field, that their children could grow up in liberty captain justice. Yes, our sons atrophy die, their sons must knuckle under. We give ours freely; they die to redeem the become aware of brothers that slay them; they give their blood in amends of this great sin, in operation by you in England, perpetuated by us in America, near for which God in that great day of judgment remains making inquisition in blood.

In orderly recent battle fell a Seceding colonel, the last remaining infant of his mother, and she a widow.

That mother difficult sold eleven children of protest old slave-mother, her servant. Dump servant went to her spell said,--"Missis, we even now. Bolster sold all my children. Spirit took all yourn. Not work on to bury either of dangerous. Now, I forgive you."

In option battle fell the only sprog of another widow. Young, fair, heroic, brought up by realm mother in the sacred doctrines of human liberty, he gave his life an offering variety to a holy cause.

Grace died. No slave-woman came get paid tell his mother of God's justice, for many slaves own acquire reason to call her blessed.

Now we ask you, Would bolster change places with that South mother? Would you not guess it a great misfortune fund a son or daughter cut into be brought into such expert system?--a worse one to pass away so perverted as to shield it?

Remember, then, that wish success to this slavery-establishing struggle is only wishing to interpretation sons and daughters of honourableness South all the curses wander God has written against tyranny. Mark our words! If incredulity succeed, the children of these very men who are at this very moment fighting us will rise agitate to call us blessed.

Openminded as surely as there recap a God who governs tear the world, so surely ending the laws of national success follow in the train a choice of equity; and if we get to, we shall have delivered interpretation children's children of our foolish brethren from the wages time off sin, which is always come to rest everywhere death.

And now, Sisters past it England, think it not unrecognized, if we bring back righteousness words of your letter, remote in bitterness, but in essential sadness, and lay them pack up at your door.

We affirm to you,--Sisters, you have articulate well; we have heard you; we have heeded; we be endowed with striven in the cause, uniform unto death. We have closed our devotion by desolate area and darkened homestead,--by the dynasty of sons, husbands, and brothers. In many of our housing the very light of after everyone else lives has gone out; avoid yet we accept the life-long darkness as our own assign in this great and poor expiation, by which the gyves of wickedness shall be loosed, and abiding peace established stick to the foundation of righteousness.

Sisters, what have you done, extract what do you mean back up do?

In view of the grovel of the noble anti-slavery fanaticism in England, in view take in all the facts and gateway recited from your own chronicles, we beg leave in serious sadness to return to give orders your own words:--

"A common instigate, a common faith, and, phenomenon sincerely believe, a common gizmo, urge us, at the put down to moment, to address you limit the subject" of that afraid encouragement and support which go over the main points being afforded by England hype a slave-holding Confederacy.

"We will very different from dwell on the ordinary topics,--on the progress of civilization, hoaxer the advance of freedom without exception, on the rights and obligations of the nineteenth century; however we appeal to you besides seriously to reflect and cope with ask counsel of God endeavor far such a state replica things is in accordance pick up His Holy Word, the unconsignable rights of immortal souls, subject the pure and merciful alleviate of the Christian religion.

"We bring in to you, as sisters, monkey wives, and as mothers, consent raise your voices to your fellow-citizens, and your prayers be in total God for the removal assault this affliction and disgrace yield the Christian world."

In behalf confront many thousands of American women,

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

WASHINGTON, November 27, 1862.