Thank God My Regiment an African One by Clare P. Weaver

Author:Clare P. Weaver [Weaver, Clare P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780807156407
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Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2000-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

“To Col Daniels. God in his wisdom has ordained Progress a law of nature. Men can by their false theories suspend the effects of such law for a brief period, but no opposition, no barrier, can delay it’s ultimate enforcement. It must & shall have-continuous [aggression?] through coming ages. The will of the Deity that Governs all of us must command the entire universe. Men will be destroyed in resisting such mighty power such an eternal will based as it is upon The Infinite. Then our dear friend, Go forward, be not delayed by any consideration of false interpretation of the laws that Progress inculcate—They are impervious—they may stop for a moment, but they cannot be overcome. Forward then man—thy heart & intellect are strong and thy voice shall express what thy heart doth feel. Forward, thy body must follow the spirit that [---] it and express with energy the teachings that are given to it by those who follow thee of our world.—We have made this difference between you and us, brother, & you will readily understand the contest between those who are in material bondage and those who freed from it have come to you through the medium.—Forward! Forward we will be with you and God who is with us will Protect you, the Representative of Progress Union & Freedom for all and ever.—Washington and others.”—

Went down and saw old Valmour,91 he told me that I should succeed in my undertakings to the civil department of The Gov’t

Maj. Gen’l Banks undoubtedly thinks that we miserable petty Colonels of negro Regiments are imbeciles and not to be feared in his grand intra for the Presidential sweepstakes.

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