The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-02
White Drudgery.
[From m the New YORK independent. ]

From the New YORK IndePendent.l
Although the Anglo-Ssxou is the supe-
rior of the African iu intellect, in moral
sentiment, both by stock and by culture,
yet the black man can 60 mar things bet
ter than the white mau. He may be iufe-
rior as legislator, but be bears the tropi-,
cal sun better. He may not be as good
philosopher, but be can dig bitches with
less suffering to himself The average size
of bis brain is less, but be has skin pecu-
liarly organized to throw off malarial pois-
ons. In general science. we may boast in
defeasible superiority; but in the particular
science of Virginia roads and thickets, in
tbe navigation of the tangled liquid skein
of Southern coast inlets and rivers, in the
knowledge of forests, passes, deiles, be is
prepared 10 be our teacher. In schools we
eurpass him, but in good swamp he is
long way ahead of us.
Common sense would have led men, long
ago, to use such a willing people. The
spade-drill and pick ax exercise are not laid
down in Scott or Hardee; yet our soldiers
have learned more of these than of musket
or bayonet practice. They have dwelt in
swamps until they are almost amphibious
White men have been doing slaves labor,
and dying off under it by the hundred
thousand, east aud west; while right around
them stood the jolly negro, more than will
ling to do it for them. In every village in
the land are invalids returned from the war
without scar. Not sword or bullet, but
"dysentery," " debility" "typhoid fever"
have done the work.
Why, then, from the beginning have not
these substitutes and auxiliaries been en-
poyed Because men have prejudice
against the negro. Because our chief Gen
erals were intensely pro-slavery in synpa-
thy, and were afraid to disturb the insti-
tution." And so their own soldiers died
like murrained sheep. 1t might ALLEVIATE our
Border State friends to employ negro labor |
1t might still more enrage our "Southern
brethren" to turn their slaves against
them -, ..--.-
Our pride and prejudice have brought
forth their first fruits-but not their last
We have laid down our irst-born, and
there is the cry of death in almost every
dwelling in the land More than halls the
grieis have come from our refusal 20 employ
negroes.
All men have seen how sensibly the
South have behaved. They have saved
their soldiers by using their slaves We
have sacrificed our soldiers for fear of med
ding with the black mani Their soldsers
are less robust than ours; poorer clothed
and sheltered and poorer fed. They are
more careless of health, and have been
scourged far more than We with epidemics
and camp plaques. But, with this tremen-
dous odds against them, they have probably
evened their rolls with ours by sparing
their men trench labor in morssses and ex-
posure to sun in malarial districts. All our
scientific sanitary arrangements have been
counterpeised by their tree use of the ne
gro.
II has been delicate subject with us l.
1t was not delicate TO lose hundred men
a month in scouting parties But TO save
their lives by inviting negroes to come into
camp and give information would be med.