, 1862-08-06
The Grihltne.


Ma T. @kAAAtS@s
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8, 1861
A QUEs TxoN FOR CONSERVATIVES. |
The 18Th and 18th sections Of the Mill
ia Law Of Congress, approved July II,
1869, are in the following words:
''sEc. u; Ind ee FURTHER esact.d, Th.s The
leceiSe into the sviee % of tSs 1sSa United ssates
Tor the purpose OF constructing eatrenchs |
other labor. Of any mtifasg Or naval " aerv1cs Ses
dor which they u,ay be found competent, persons
o. AfFisan a dessent nnd snch persons ehafl be
inconsistent with the constitution aud laws as the
preside1 may prescribe
SEC: IS. Ard be h further enacted. That when
laws Of any State, shall owe service or labor to
any person who, during the present rebellion has
States. CT a3hesed to their cueE1es bJ giving them
aid and comfort, shall render any such service as
}os s1 n 1eis act h hs mother hs vile
Law. usage, q custom Hhatevcr to the contrary
notwithstandsng: Proridsd. Thst the mother,
Rcent ehall not be made Tree By the operation Of |
thjz act c1cep: where such mother, wife or chill
drcn owe service OF labor to come pereon who, |
against the United States Or adhered to ther enc
nilcs By giving them aid and coatort.''
We re-publish these sections for the pur-
pose Of asking our Democratic fellow -citi |
zens. OF these who were especially indig~
nant and mortified at the idea of s'arming
nj groes," whether they prefer being drafted
and sent to The war 7aoEens oolens, instead of
allo ring colored men to go as substitutes
who have been anxious to volunteer a1l the
tlme. If SO, the opportunity will now be
afforded them. We say this in no spirit Of
unkindness, but with the fullest desire to
enforce the principles Of common decency
and common sense If negro eau carry
amusket and shoot traitor, and wants to
doit, why should white man be taken
from his family and business to act as that
7acy7o's substitute? In Heavens name, why?
Is the time, is the blood Of white men 80
n uch less valuable than that Of negroes,
that We must take 100000 OF the former
from the pursuits Of private life, and leave
the latter wholly exempt from military
service? Despised and oppressed as they
have been, they owe allegiance to their
country, which vast numbers Of them
would gladly repay with their lives. A
regiment Of them would rush to arms in
Chicago on twenty -four hours notice, say
ing full Thousand Of white citizans from
coEscripiion. Does any one doubt? Then
1c: the experiment be tried! If they would
not volunteer under the Stars and Stripes,
then let them be drafted, too. Every one
who goes, saves white citizen to his
home. Can they not fght7 Look at
Hayu, where Toussaint, With bis barbarian
army, ignorant, half armed, half starved
drove ta1ee European armies successfully
Out Of the island. Hannibal was q black
man-he who maintained himself on
Italian soil, cut off frcm reinforcement:
and communi cations with his country
Seventeen years, against the whole power
Of Rome, and never lost battle in tht
fc1d-thc most splendid exhibition Of mill
tary genius and proWess in old world his
tory. Would that we had Hannibal
Did no: Gen jackson compliment them il
eloquent words at New Orleans7 The,
will fight; everybody knows it who know;
anything. The reason ot1enest ASSIGNED
Iy the Border State men why they shoult
Tot be allowed to figAs, is. that they woulf
become such sanguiuary and Irresistible
fighters, that there would be no such thing
as holding them in.
We regret that the excellent amendmen
OF Senator Grimes Of Iowa, to the u1iliti
till, was not adopted, in place Of the feeble
tne Of Mr., King Of New York. III
Grimes amendment put all classes Of til
a1ms-bea1ing opulation on the same leve
instead Of making an exception in favor {
the ntgro, It proposed that there shoul
be "no distinction Of color" in any ca
made by the President in the militia, excer
that the blacks should be organized int
regiments or lrigades by themselves. I
other words, it left no discretion to th
Executive, bu. required negroes to be mu
tered and accepted simultaneously wit
Whites. But inasmuch as feebls
eoursels prevailed - counsels wllic
allow negroes to stay at home st the G.
ptnse Of white men-1et the President
e2l,sSed to employ the discretion vestt
in him at once. Let our Democrat
friends, who don't want to go TO II
Var, I'VE presume there are some sue
uLi.c with us in an appeal
Abraham Lincoln, first to accept 5
negroes who will volunteer to fight again
JEFF. Davis, and second to include (
male inhabitants between the ages Of
and Is in the call fnr the militia.