Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-20

upon the responsibility that soldier in the held
o~es to his superior. ! will see that all prv?er
feuuissuons or the food. shelter aud ci0thng VF
thee negroes af work are at oilce h.lel bs the
rr0per department. oS ~iiI Fai-0 send out
pr,,er guard o. protect the lab 'Fers against the
borlsood. BEsJAxls 2. BurLLR.
"Naior General Comm .Iding.
We haze taken the liberty TO italici-e passage.
in Gen. BuTLERs letter. because they show con
eu-ively how utterly derelict 70 duty this Aboli-
ton General is We ak. with General BrrLER.
Arethe ,groes any better than our white troopsl
Phelps thinks they are Are We not justified in
saving this1 Let US look Mt the facts: First. I'M
der the law OF Congress no General has authority
to employ negroes for any purpose The Presi
dent alone my DO il. He has ordered that they
shall be employed only iaborers and NOT as sol
diers PaELPs knew this. Therefore this Aboli
ton General sets at defiance sise orders Of the
heal Of the nation.
Secondly. The work to be done was necessary
to the safety of the white troops-to the success
OF the Government. PHELPs's command was in
danger Of attack. The work hld oeen delayed
for only two reisoas-sctrcity of men aud the
stage Of the water. ia unhealthy country.
and with the yellow fever actually among them,
our Northern soldiers. a Americans of Caucasian
descent" a. GREELEY calls them. would hive
gone almost TO certain death If they had under
taken the labor. The Americans of African
descent" 10 continue the Tribune philosophers
elegant method OF expressing white and
niger, we're acclimated-ih no danger Of disease
and death from disease. The question SIMPLY
was. whether white men. sons, brothers, fathers
and husbands from the North should catch the
yellow fever cutting down those tres, or whether
the trees should be cut down by negroes. who
would not, and could not. catch the yellow feverI
PHELPs would have decided against the unfortu
nate whites, ifGen. Butler would have permitted
il. he, forsooth. would not he "a slave driver. j"
His darling niggers were too good for hard
work; but he ptnted to drive his white men
into the miasma and disease of the woods and
to leave their bones bleaching in the unhealthy
Southern climate, while the nigeers were being
trieked out in red breeches and fez caps, a la
Hunter.
Thirdly. PnELrs's position was in danger Of
attack. lie was in the enemy's country yet he
altered 10 resign in The face Of the enemy The
Abolition devil silenced every principle of sol
dierly honor in his bosom. Ii nude him false
to himself as we'll as cruel to the men of his
blood
General BUTLER letter will be read with graft
tude by every soldier in the army. The brave
men who are now volunteering viii be deli lighted
g. know that he has set an example Of tenderness
for white men. that he will make niggers do
without dying. what white men will certainly die
il they attempt to do.
In the meantime. this. undoubtedly. is the last
of PHELPs. Gen. T. W. SHERMAN is ordered to
New Offensive hope to succeed him. The
President ought not. and we trust. will not,
t,n nan who is so careful not even to tire mig
gers, prodigai of the lives of white