Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-29
ssThe want Of the Hour"

This is the caption OF an excellent article in the
Spring. field Republican, demonstrating that the
want of the hour j. men, white men. After al
ludiug to the great, stubborn facts that We. white
men of the Uno.., have nationality, political
freedom. personal and national honor. and the
interests of rel ubcan Institutions at stake, facts
which the people strangely slow to compre-
hend. the Republican say:
Yet there are white men among who fold
their hands and whine, ami Talk about our ''natu-
raj allies" and complain that they are not per
mitted 20 fire insO the enemy's mAgaZine'-
men Who seem to think that somehow emancipi
ton and the negro will do their work for them,
when they have got to do bigger fighting than
they have done yet To secure EN- incilatiOn at all
Ii is all nonsense 10 lie ba' and say that a diff
ferent policy is wanted aud that we shall have no
success until different policy shall be lnaugu
rated. The policy that gives white men
enough to whip the enemy is the policy thst will
insure success in the task we have undertaken.
The policy that took New Orleans was sh :,
guns, white men and pluck. The policy tn Il
Gle med out Tennessee Kentucky and Nj ssoun
plenty OF white men ami sunpowder To match
The negroes OF the Iuh-"Our natural allies
are unorganiZed, unarmed, ignorant and lnacces
sible. We can not reach "a tenth part OF them by
i'm about utterly imprlcticable schemes when the
thing to lac done Is a. pla pike stafiI
The " mt ct the hour, we repeat. Is 303 .OOO
white men. We have not the highest objection
To black men. it We en- get them. We have nut
the slightest objection To the organic Itl0n and the
arming of the slaves ct rebels every where. pro
vded they be got hold of. lnd,ei it would
be exceedingly pleasant tn have all the lighting
done bv those persons Fighting j. not the most
Toll.
OF il that could he conveniently turned off upon
the me- roe> would lie relief. Cnucky, how
ever. very little OF it can be assumed 10y them.
We should lie obliged to employ army To
tree them. while holding Their masters at different
points with another.
We are Among those who from the first, have
bel eyed aud prophesied that the war has sealed
the fate OF slavery. but we have never believed
On It the slaves would help Us III any h.ht with
the rebels. They have not even shown pluck
enough to get up an Instruction. We have lived
among them in towns and on plantatons. and
know them like book" Those who live iE
towns and cities are bright and shrewd. and some
OF them are doubtless brave; but AT lest ave
sixths OF all the Southern negroes lveOn plants
tons. and while there are among them u Few who
know something, and would act ofen~iveiy
against their masters ii they had chlnce, the
great MISS are ignorant. good natured, incident
and stupid. and would just soon think OF cut
ting their own threats a. those OF their ~ ,Sters
Plantations OF from Ion to $40 negroes mln
aged by two or three white men, who find no diff
hculty in keeping them in sui.iecton They
brought up to fer gunppwder. and can he driven
by hundreds before single mG-ket Whit edu
cation and drill would ito for these men We an
not tell They would DO much. without doubt;
but We can not wait for this We are eille upon
To act ia an emergency. The hDur-ths hour
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the only available men We have are white men.
Ii l. QUE business 10 save To ourSe, es a country.
and to Give it BY fighting with own hands.
Ii We fail. il will not he because the negroes did
not help Us. bat because we were too mean and
too cowardly Ia help ourselves.