New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-01
uories, and arsenals. Slaves dig their trenches,
construct their Notifications, and mount their
guns. Slaves by hundreds arc to-day at work

guns. Slaves by hundreds arc to-day at work
on their earthworks in front of Our great
armies, while thousands more are erecting new
and stronger Lines behind those at Yorktown.
Slaves load their cannon and Gim their rifles
at our soldiers. Ue hesitate TO employ negroes
in the defense of the Union; hey reyer hesi-
taied to employ them for lie overthrow, and
only asked how 20 reuder them most effective.
Meantime, wo have stood fumbliug and
mumbling, wasting golden opportunities aud
making the Rebels present Of -Four Millions
of able servi.ors. We might have had them
on our side; we have chosen to have them
against US. While we have been proclaiming
that White men wOald not fight by tho side Of
negroes, the Rebels have fought beside them,
and are 20 fighting to-day, csly taking care to
put the negro little ahead. 1t is purely in
consequence of the PrOtean usslulGeas of ne
proes TO their Rebel masters that our soldiers
are generally required to meet force numer-
ically superior on nearly every battlefield.
What we ask is-not that The negroe, shall
he invited to fight for tho Union, but that they
be invited to cease aiding the Rebellion
and supplied with a solid reason for 80 doing.
We ask that the Union sball proclaim freedom
TO every slave Of rebel upon condition that
no comes within our lines and does Whist he
can for tho Union cause. Nearly every one
who comes from Rebellion 20 our hnos can
give come information that will prove useful TO
our commanders. Thousands Of them can serve
US as scouts ard spies where no white man
could OF would be Of any service. they know
the country-they are accustomed TO midnight
Journeys through forest, swamp, and thick
ct, avoiding the highways; they are accus-
toned 10 keep out Of sight nnd hearing and
10 find food where q white man must 60
without. Why not employ them
Here are ,laborers by the thousand to be had
for nothing but clothing aud ratiOns. In tae
hot weather at Land, it will be too hard for
our soldiers to add the fatigue Of road.cutting,
bridge. building, intrenching, &C., to the duties
Of marching aud fighting under an enervatng
Southern sun. People talk wildly of the dill
Guilty of finding cmployrn' &c for fugtives, when
there should be One Hundred Thousand OF them
tightening the labor of our soldiers to-day. Wa
can have them, aud pay them with what costs
us nothi1g-FsFEDoM. Were the Government
10 proclaim that every slave OF Rebel shall
be free on condition of serving in the War for
tho Union until honorably discharged there
would be thousands ready to answer the call.
IT is loudly and from many quarters dinned
| in our ears that the Rebellion is juet ready TO
col'al Sc and explode, but We mt Sc II. ON
the contrary, we bcl,eye it has more soldiers
and more arms to-day than it has ever had
before, and viii have moro next week OF next
month than it has to-day. IL Is heavy task
/ to conquer Ten Millions Of People; blt # !ou
can subtract -Four Millions from the len and
add them to the other eide, you s'uP ta'
matter immensely. II seems TO ne ,ae plsiucsi
dictate OF selfpfeaeryGiiOu that ihe Na'ioo
should now proclaim that the slaves Of por'isi-
cnt Rebels are evernOre frle.