The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-12-25

we Wonld nave 10 take within our lIneS-aDd
suppon ill The close of the war eight Zines
the number, counting women. children, The
decrepd and incapable. The burden of
suck a population would be immensely
greater than that OF any similar number
or the most expensive troops we now have
even on the mos, ex,ravagant estimate.
What will it cost to sustain population
OF 200 900 slaves during the war. fed with
daily rations as the contrabands of Fortress
Monroe now are? The elements Of The
calculation are 10 be found in the expert
ment, and i; is in the power ot the Govern
ment TO give The results al,o. We venture
10 say that there never was body oil uieh,
outside OF The established aims houses so
unproduciive and wasleful aud useless a.
The laborers al Fortress Monroe, and their
large dependent families.
We do not believe lhe people are rich
enough to suppon such body of pension
ers nr that the suffering citizens of The North
will patiently abide The idea lha; while
Government leaves them To their bitter
fate oil hunger and cold, il is manife>ting
paiernal indulgence aud bestowing lis lib
eral bounries upon tae vagrani population
OF ihe South, whom il has invited INTO
idleneSs And then when the negro class
has sucked lis millions from the Treasury
tie master class is 10 have lis turn How
many millions will this take, and who buI
the Northern iaborer will have TO pay Them
Will the Northern soldiers stand side by
side in the ranks with black freedmen Try
il. Let The experiment be made with The
soldiers recruited from The black population
OF The North, before We rush into The exper
imeni Of general levy OF troops al he
South. The Northern Negro. If freedom is
an advantage, is the better man Of the Two,
and is certainly better edurated, aud discI-
plned, and sell.relanl. What would be
The fate Of brigade of blacks. offlcered by
their own class, or even by whites, and
marching 10 battle What would be their
discipline, their tone, their courage, and TO
what extent would they elevate or depress
the wariike sentiment, aid esprit de corps oI
the armye
We ask these questions, but We seek no
answer. Every man can answer them -
The country has already answered them
Not State has sent single black man Ic
the defence Of the country. The Govern
msnl has asked for none and will accepi
none. 1t is a mere lrlck Of words, a delu
sion and falsehood, 10 talk about recruiting
our armies from such source. Reduced
10 lis real meaning, Ike action uf Congress
comes 10 this-an invitation TO the slaves
10 desert their masters, with The pronlss
that the government will suppou and ire.
them II they do Behind This invitation Is
;he hidden inciiPmenl 10 servile iHsurrectlor
but The fanatics OF Cougress have no, ye
resolved hat suPernal folly aud crime ni'
words. They hope that the quick ear o
the negro will catch the thought ere II j
expressed in words, and that he will haste'
10 he ues OF our army ami seek his prom
ised reward with the blood OF his masie
and mistress and children dripping from nj
knife. and those WHO have not loEed uf
their minds 10 this expectation, hope at leas
that The fear nf snch an impending horo
may dive The South uio Submission.
II is but new delusion auoiher sequence
IN lha, long line OF laliacies which underra
ling the energies ani The power OF our AL
versaries has led US from one error 10 anoth
er in a long career of disappoinImenls an
calami,ies.