The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-07-16
!. Arming the Negroes.v
YAMoYpSN. NEAR MoRRow, July 8

GhNERN HUNTERs letter is doing q work
better than battle and victory 1t is
bringing men to common sense view Of
carrying on the war. Il is % curious illus
tration OF the teachings our army receives.
in advancing upon Slave territory. that this
General Hunter Is. believe the very man
who revoked Frcmout's order i'm VI ssouri
and was very much shocked that anything
should he done to weaken the deteuseS ot
Slave property.
NoU, having gone into South Carolina.
and taken picturesque view Of Fugitive
masters. who can only be seen behind par.
pets and Mnie rifles. he has come to quite
~ different view Of those gentlemen and
their deserted servants. II the masters wi
leave their plantations and negroes. he pro-
poses the latter sinai ho armed IN g,tgvdHc
property and HsmSslceS. Ii seems to me
this is very common sense view of the
subject. We must garrison the principal
southern forts and cities. 70 ito this. we
find there loyal population, ready ut hand
doc'le to teach, Injured to the climate. and
what is OF great consequence, thoroughly
acquainted will all the byways of the co,ul-
try. This we tiud all ready. prOvidputially
arranged for our benefit Why SHOULD we
not use this material? Why? We should
have Il med the negroes of iu stive masters
long ago, tut Tor the idea the South has so
long taught us. that the negro is nothing
more nor less than an urang- -outang-a wild
beast. Our common sense should teach Us
this is not so. For an urmg-outang cannot
cultivate cotton and sugar, nor be kept by
his master alive. Why should we not arm
the negroes TO defend the 70 is. property
and towns, their masters have deserted p
| mean no insmTcCtion, but simply the arm
ing, aud employing negroes. i'm the regular
work of the army. MFR. W.cilif of Ken
tucky, says it is inhuman and uncivilzcd 4;
| say IT is neither. On the contrary, il is u
,COrk IF pure humanity, both to the white
men i'll our armies, and to the very masters
of the negroes themselves. 1t is humane to
our men, because the negro will not suffer
fruu the climate. 1t is humane to the mas
ters, because far less mischief and danger
VIII arise from employing them as regular
soldiers, than to have them to maraud and
puuder the country. Ii the Government
does not employ the great number of negroes
let loose by the war, Rud there will soon
be great mtsSeS morc.) what Will prevent
Il terrible nSurrectiun in the South? Does
any one suppose that teus of thousands o
negro slaves sci at liberty suddenly will
learn nothing and do nothing? A far dark
er picture than that of negro warfare, W II
be that OF a slave msu.rrction.
4 member oi Congress who say the arm
irg ot negroes is uuciv.l zed, is strangely
UblviUus of the cumnouest facts of common
history. Great BItnin claims to be the
mstO civilized nation. Her principle is To-
employ in every latitude of the earth. the
people she .f,olS there.
In the West Indies she employs black
regiments and has done SO for hundred
years. In Hindostan she employs an inn
mense army OF Sepoys. In American she
employed the wild ladi II against us. as the
French had previously done against them.
In the ears of Freuchnmn. it woul sound
lui.cious, to talk of not employing negroes.
lie would think us wanting in sense not to
! employ any efficient means to destroy the
emcmy's resources.
General Hunter asks for 10000 armed
and drilled negroes to garrison the South.
II he can find that number, let him have
them. II will he II fine example OF hstori-
r'u Justice to see South Carolina garrisoned
b; the very blacks for whom she would
destroy the Government; and the proud
masters who claim to he the chvalry O.
flying before the face of the slaves whom
/ they have 50 long Oppressed.
The scnsjtveness of Mr. Wiclliffe is
entirely thrown away. Kentucky is loyal
and VIII do as she peases with her own
/ people, and beguarded with her own troops.
/ 1t South Carolina is made Botony Buy,
and garrisoned 10y the sabest Africans
there are thousands Of people in Kentucky
who will be very glad to see it, and would
not lave been very much displeased to
/ lInvc seen it long ago.
Armiug the'ncgroes, and discipiing them
will have good effect also, if France should
pres st in the invasion of Mexico. They
will be disongaged in year or two, auo
ready to earn themselves new hnme in 9
Suuthrcn cline by driving out the invaders
That. too, would be retributive Justice, 10y
visiting upon Napoleon aud his Frencl
armies the same punishment, for the same
arimes, which was inflicted upon lIayti.-
, Gin. Gazette. Z. ID. NJ.