The national Republican., 1862-08-06
our GENERALS ON THE MILITARY
ulE Or NEaR0Eu.

mind on the negro question since his location
lere. He talks freely on the subject, and says
hat he was not only willing to use the black |
population Of the South against the rebellion,
,ut that he had issued orders to his generals |
'eqniring them 10 use all the negroes they
could get hold Of, and that no questions must
be asked whether the negroes be slave or free, |
whether their masters be loyal or disloyal, ex-
cept as a matter Of record for after use. Black
men are 10 be seized and impressed into the
service IL they do not come willingly, or If their
masters make any objections. The General
further says that slavery Is upheld by local
laws alone aud where rebellion is there Is no
local law-nothing but the law Of the land.
Ny generals and officers must not know that
there is or is not slavery in any given place or
territory. They must make use Of black men,
not inquiring into their condition, and leaving
the civil laws Of the land to determine their
condition.
GEN. McCLEILAs wrote a telegraph to head.
quarters some time since for specific instruc-
tons on this point, and he get them. He was
ordered 10 impress all the blacks he could
lay his hands on for service. In speaking upon
this particular point, Gen. Hslleck said the
rebels were making very important use Of
their slave population to enable them to hold
out In opposition to the Government, and It
was our duty to beat them at the same bust.
ness.
GEN. HUNTER, who once opposed Fremont's
negro policy, has learned by experience the
value of slaves in aiding the Union cause. 10
recent letter to DR.. Tying, he says:
mot politically, but, according to my pro-
fession. In the military sense, ] assert that
nothing can give us permanent peace but u
successful prosecution of the war, with every
weapon and energy at our command, TO Its
logical and legitimate conclusion. The foment.
ing cause of the rebellion must be 8bated; the
axe must be laid at the root of the upas tree
which has rained down such bitter fruit upon
our country"
MAJ, GEN. Mitchell. when 10 command Of bis
army in Alabama, wrote to the War Depart
ment that he could not sustain himself where
he was unless he could use coored men. He
used them as spies, pioneers, guides, teamsters,
and for other usetul purposes, and bis further
testimony il, that in no case did they ever de-
ceive him, or bring him wrong intelligence,
and be learned to put implicit confidence in all
their representations as be never found one
untruthiul, or dsloyal to the Union cause.
GEN. LEW. WALLACE When Gen. Wallace
was in this city, be gave the public in his Ma
tional Hotel speech bis views on the subject Of
employing colored men, and few days ago he
made speech at Cincinnati, in which he ex
pressed his views after this manner, going, as
will be ssen, TO the very root Of the matter:
1--WE have found. 10 our cost that slavery is
one OF the main elements OF strength 10 the
South At the present time. A voice. How ~
] will show you how. You want to have this
war prosecuted with vigor and the rebellion
put down. II | ask you to go, 1t may be you
are II mechanic, and you say. can't leave
my work shop you are perhaps farmer, aud
you say you cannot leave your farm. You are
married, and have wife and family depend.
ing on you for support. and you cannot leave
them.
Well, let us change the scene, and fancy
that | am down South recruiting for JEFF. D1.
Wis. say Just imagine it. Well. say 60 to a
ferce.looking individual a. d say, We have
established new government. II is in danger;
it requires your arm to support II, and we
want you to help US and fight for US. He thinks,
Well, believe can 70; the cotton Ia all plant.
ed, and the farm Is In good order; | Can leave
my, nggers to attend to the wants of my family;
aud when the cotton Is required 10 be gathered
ill., the rggers will do it ali, and keep the cotton
gins at work and on the force Of this reasoning
he goes at once. Now. agan, suppose go to
Jeif. Davis and say President want to make
this agreement with you: If you will keep your
four million negroes al home, and not let them
do anything for the furtherance Of the war, !
will keep AT home An equal number of the free
operatives Of the North Do you think he
would agree to 1t, No, he never would agree
to ii.
well then, | say ii becomes a military
principle which should be instantly acted
upon, that we ought to use every means to
weaken our enemies and strengthen our own
hand. II slavery is the basis of this rebellion,
why, in Gods name, do we not knock away the
base from under IT. Loud cheers and ap-
plause.l You say that 1t is right to take corn
from the rebels, to take their horses, cattle,
and everything else; that's all right, but Just
touch single niger, and then there's an awful
hulabalIoo about It. Laughter and oheers.l
"Now, then, look again at another thing. /
| have eleven regiments under my command,
and from each regiment forty.iour men are
detailed for teamsters, to drive mules and per.
form all that kind of work which, " we only
seized the niggers, they could do as well AZ our
own men. Only think of that. There are four
hundred and eighty.four men taken away from
my eleven regiments, because we are 30 scru.
| pulOus hUOut tdklnB away uIRRoTb ITOm TeU6lb.
| Why, it 10 almost enough to make a whole
/ regiment. and God knows our regiments ere
weak enough already; in fact, that is why
| am here tonight, TO get you people of Cincin.
i nali to raise more men, to fill up those already y
in the field. five can find men that can do all
this hrudgery, why, in Heavens name, do we
not do it? Am not right? T. Yes.l
81 have seen hundreds Of our boys, after a
long and weary days marching, when they
| were tired out with the fatigue OF their wearing
labor, obliged to take the spade and turn tC
digging to protect themselves from watchful
and vigilant enemy. These boys ought TO have
been able to have got their suppers and turned
in TO rest, so AZ to be ready to meet the enemy
ut any moment, and to be In condition to fight
and to fight well; and if a lot Of negroes accom-
panied the regiments, after a days march the
boys will be able to take their suppers ant
rest, while the niggers perform the laboriOui
work which has cost 80 many lives already
Thus the men would be spared all this unneoes
sary fatigue, and would be ready at any time
to meet the foe, refreshed and invigorated BY
complete rest.
| 81 do not mean 10 say that you, people o
! America, are unequal 10 the task OF putting
down this rebellion. believe we are perfectly
capable OF fighting the thing through ourselves
and no thanks to the Englishman, Frenchman
or to tn. Ethiopian. Immense applause.l II
times of great excitement like the present, 1
simple prejudice may do an immense amount
OF evil. A creased cartridge produced the So
poy rebellion but notwithstanding all thes
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