The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-08-20
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been disbanded, -DiseatoLis, ~ .Ait
aThe Negro Brigade has proved a
failure, and has been disbahdedl'
Was there ever an event 50 important
announced in words so few, and in
terms so unsatisfactory? The Negro
Brigade proved saSsfailurc! When?-
how? whereforeY Who says that it
has proved failure? What was the
test? What was the standard? Who
was the judge? gc?--------------;!
Again; why is this information
thrown upon us all at once, and SO sud
denly? Why was not the shock bro
ken preliminary announcer ent
some preparatiye as, sit It's feared
that the Negro Brigade will'prove less
efficient than was hoped" Or f'the
friends of the negro must not be sur
prised if it should turn out that he is
less promising material Tor a soldier
than was supposed" or, ''it must be
confessed that, however superiority the
African is endowed, morally and intel-
lectually, his genius for the military
art is latent, and not easily developed
or, Sin spite Of the rapid advancement
of the emancipated slaves of the South |
in civilization and Christianity, under
the care of those devoted men who
have gone there to educate and elevate
them, or, perhaps, on account OF such
advancement, our colored brethren do.
not take to the profession of arms with
as much alacrity as a proper degree OF
gratitude for the incstimable blessings
of liberty SO recently conferred upon
them would seem to demand" " ta. 81
But no mercy was shown us: nocush-
ion of soft words to break the rude
shock of the heavy news, falling in all
its dreary nakedness upon our heads.
There it stands, the very perfection of
laconic and barren unsatisfactoriness:
"The Negro Brigade has proycda failure.
and has been dsbauded.' aa7 =. aiaa
Tried under the most favorable aus
pices, heralded with the most positive
assurances, undertaken with the most
unbounded hopes, the Negro Brigade,
with the enthusiasm of new born liberty
to inspire its members, the prayers o.
l the congregation to aid its progress
and the most positive assurances-att
second hand-of Divine favor in its
. achievements, has sproyed failure, and
has been disbanied. ri1 s1.ag n2w.
: We are not glad that the Negro Bri'
| gade has proved a failure, but we are
! not disappointed: We are glad thai
the experiment of employing the Negro
, as soldier has been tried. We are
glad that it has been tried by ,itsfriend'
g tried under favorable circumstances
tried with every desirable religious
/, moral and intellectual surrounding
f tried upon those who are not ignoran
S of the great doctrine of modern philan
e thropy, that every human being is ex
e actly alike-tried upon those who hav
been spclling-booked and Testamente'
# until they had become all that was de
: sirable in respect to learning, humal
! and divine, and as wise as their teach
:, ers. The result is all the more salts
= : factory. There will be less said in fl
=. ture about Negro Brigades, and tn
present is, perhaps, the harbinger {
!, other equally sublime discoveries j
: neurology. @ o'..'.'. a.' . .l
But we grieve over the disappoin
1nent of some of our compatriots. Ho'
. many fond visions of Caesars, and Pom
: peys, and Hannibals, and Scipios, =
- valling in fame the ancient proprietor
of those lofty names, will the ston
announcement, "the Negro Brigad
has proved a failure" prostrate in I'll
dust! Although lighter than air, an
VI " less substantial than dreams, these Fl
VI brics do not break down without eau
80 ing grief to their proprietors- Some
u body loses when even an imaginar
. hero fails to break the shell, an
u Heaven only knows how many exam
~ pies Of lofty courage and sublime sci
% sacrifice have been lost forever to IL
10 world by the failure Of the elements
10 , the Negro Brigade to fulfill the expe
~ tations of those by whom it was esta
lished. [Cin. Eng. S ..4 .5 70
John w, Forncy---Thc Ietir'
OF nsent Of the Old HAT.
N Said this migrate at a meeting ii