Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-12-12
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fne st Iops Democrat in commenting
upon the order of Gen. Halleck. that tor
bidsfapitiye slaves from entering cur lines,
snd expels those already IN them, makes
some very puDgent and sensible comments.
Il says: 5.5Hs o. - = gsza -Fs
sNebedy here proposes to arm refugee
dawes rs soldiers, yet the rebels arm them
against US. They would, if allowed, dig
entrenchments fer us, and work with the
sfdof ofmen earning their freedom. We
turn them away, and send them to help
fortify the pests We are 10 attack. They
do more work there than an equal number
ofxhite soldiers. We state simple fact,
but in no ooffensire sense, that sending back
fugitive slaves is sending aid and comfort
to the enemy. 1t is discouraging to our
ownitroops, as we'll as to our loyal citi-
Gems, tosee preferred help refused and turn
ed over to be used against ms. --.r, 49,.
II is stated and confirmed that. at this
very time lief. Thompson IS entrenching
himselfsa lNew Madrid seiM the aid of
.four. hundred negroes as laborers, and but
yesterday one more at least was virtually
sent him from our lines. Who can tell
what proportion, nine-tenths or three
fourths, ofthat 400 would on permission
have been at work, at whatever needed on
oar side T. If they can do nothing, we
could as well afford to feed them, and for
the same reason, as We can rebel prisoners.
II is affirmed, also, and may well be true,
that JEFF. Thompson has in all, 1900 ne
sroes under his command. If useful 10
BIN, iaboring in cause which the negro
knows well enough promises nothing to
himself and bis posterity but seryitude to
the remotest generation, would they moi
be doubly so 10 us, with freedom possessed
and requiring only TO be kept? JEFF.
Thompson, well or i'll supplied, gladly
feeds them. With ;he oveifowing gran
nerics Of the Northwest at hand, would
their maintenance be so burthensome to us,
that We should not feed them for faithful
aerviccls.szs lr5isFinsii~.s s4t ol .-rsr
The New Orleans papers boast of the re. /.
view of 400 negro troops in that city,
People shudder at the bare mention of
putting arms into the hands of tue slaves
Of rebel masters, to maintain the Union. -
Their nerves are all in quiver at the
thought. Nobody recommends such a
step here, because their help as soldiers is
not reeHired.e,zBut no cause is so strong
etatit can afford voluntarily and by pre-
scribed rule, to arm tens Of thousands
sgniast itself Men talk of the consequen-
ses 40 be feared from afming the blacks.
Saiet Domingo and allits horrors are shud-
deringly cited. If he rebels in their des-
peration choose 10 sow the wind, let them
GOT Inurmur at the whirlwind harvest
But while theyar willing TO accept these
fearful hazards, we in cur t'ndeiness for
them, are timid about permitting the very
men whom they arm against US, to come
tops, and render willing service unarmed,
for our cause and our amies. That course
involves 90 such direfui contingencies, but
Aid to our arms, and humanity even to the
rtbels themselves. -
san a cause of such magnitude were ever
scrupies SO friyiious entertained, in spite
efevesy consideration of prudence, patriot
isms and regard, or others debating diff
fereGt course of action? 81