, 1862-07-18

your lett, heavy weight fifty to be dragged,
andrest anew upon It before you recommence
tie pantomime Of the soldier in the trench.
Aud euyfously study me all over. and through
ny half lf-militaty costume tske an inventory
Of my privileges "a civilian, and then fire
up with rage as you see ggllop paEt the unna-
ithed work in which your reginent bur1ea its
hearts while e1cayating the clay, giant negro
grade Of lieutenant. 'Tis with uatura's action
and Justice that Fou turn your shovel over
with q quick motion Of the hand, aud regard It
Hith contempt from handle to blade, ard turn I
it back again With 8 jerk, aud wrathfully meas
eeeyeH. point. Of its non-military surface
from blade to handle, and then with erect
figure and face to heaven silently protest,
almost with teara, against the waste aud
degradation Of an army Of invading soldiers,
by converting them into diggers Of bitches By
digger Of bitches by hundreds OF thousands,
are M around, praying for the privilege Of
takipg the tople out Of the bands Of our troops, |
and Of casting In theiE labor with our fight. |
ing, as q common Offering upon the altar OF |
the God who gives freedom to enslayed Re- |
publics.
INVASION BIT EHoTELs.
Invasion by BhovelsI Conquest by pick |
axest! Invasion and conquest BY shoveG and
p,cka1es, welded BY black Vlrginia's planta-
uon 1aborers, or by Northern infantry SOL
diers |! May the bottoms Of every transport
1V~A1
de1Ay, and OF loss, and OF ruin, burst through
on the passage to this Peninsula, aAd each and
every one fonnder 200 fathoms deep. I would
with my OWL fingers gutter the rain water
camp wholly done with boards, from buseult
bo1ts nailed to young pine tree staffs. for the
| blissfu1 exemption OF ever beholding again In
An American army offnVasion an Ames' shovel
/ or picka1e.
| THAT PILE OF EVIL OMEN.
! On my way to YorktoHn--oh, go long, ago
| when sembarkedo on the pier at Fortress
Monroe, and came unexpectedly upon at least
| four cords Of cast steel shove1s, and = vast
cherG11 des Jfise Of picks, I Was struck with q
depression which compelled NE to lay down
| my. baverHack, and to Sit on q boz Of freight:
| there looked fascinated at that pile Of evil
omen. "Corded up BY bands that are an en-
gtneer'a, and not soldiers. you hold within
1 your four damned sides the substitution OF
drudge'e endurance for warriors thrilling
passions there are successive delays Within
you-wea1isome eucampments In pesflendal
swaups-I see going out ef you an endless
procession Of sick to hospitals and the graves
| worse, 1see ooze out Of you the enthusiasm
Of $4,000 Thousand volunteers May Cad
forefend that see come out OF you the loss
Of the campaign in Virginia, and the ruins OF
. canse upon which hang the politics Of the
| worldl Corded up here, an Inevitable
! and Irresistible qualification Of the foun-
dation maxim of war, CELEBRITY Of mo-
L
I can't repress the wish that the mind
! that conceive Of you as instruments Of the in
yasion Of Virginia, and loDged for you, and
called for You, had been parai5zed INTO SLAYER
ing idfocy before 1t accomplished the death
md burial Of the n1uskes aud bayonet. You
we're In your place before SeVastopol- You
| viii be useful again before Quebec. But you
had no business in q summer invasion Of th1s
Peninsula, and you Will be, and you can b.
? only nisehieyous here. It Is indeed true thai
= ] ro3, 1npfn41 and
ons OF WaE. We may have to call on you t
/, intrench ne for our very existence. against th'
? combined regiments of the south-tu whom
! ! you sball have gigen time to swarm to Rich
. order for you"
> WH1 DO wE EoT ENT1oT SLAVES?
Z But there they Were-aud straight off tha
d pier they would 20, and mules and wagon
b would he torn to pieces in getting them up t
10 the ensWamped army, and then Would coEn
T. mence every delay and every wearlness kno r.
d to the science Of engineering. Conceded tbs
10 ard joint appointment Of Providence and Wes
Point, why were they not placed in the hand
ID Of the slaves Of rebels : We knew that th
* rebels we're employing their slaves against 2;
N ta1y service from the labor upon fo1tidcation
st and bridge building and road-making. g
wisely, for in such climate Is that Of It'd
water V11gin1a, between the 1st Of April az
the 1st Of December, It Eas asking tne lim
soldier that he csrry his knapsack and musk
and forty rounds of ammunition, mount guar
~ " do picket duty and fight battles. No ol
~ knows the nervous exhaustion OF 81
9onan ssst3 T. ssEs Sooa hs ~hG 1s f6s rs go
81 Of vitality Inevitably undergone on
~ lire Of pIckets in face OF the enemy's shar
sss Shooters by the blavest OF men, save tn
30 80 who hare repeatedly Kept this vigil nj
ve repaired by wise commanders: The rebels !
IT. paired them. By transferring the labor OF d
aaa gipg trenches and building breastworks fro
OK their white soldiers to their black slaves, '
ls1 never repaired them-but We mefctlest
tapped the unepent wine Of life BY march,
our Northern and unace1fmatsd soldiers TT
the picket duelipg ground and the aentr:
path to every hard LABOR known to defsns1
warfare, and the opening and settlement o
oTy wilderness county Drummers, tap e
ich me, if you can, $50 men Of Sick]es' briga.
Where are the Tests Itake these negroes
l. Virginia to witness against the Hatticidal P
icy Of carrying On q war against our conn
ofe- they have bean killed by the shovel and pi
The a1e-that they have literally dug theiE o
~ gra1e and chanreled their permanent adm
ha Sion into our awampIenctrcled hosptts
drs These negroes Of Virginia the w1tnesse
III psn.ing as NTH fever for the privilege Of c
.ra nn t,ibutmg their acclimated labor to this y
Ad- knat sno4aa nase pesa w W " HssqtH, attaI,d
fac. the killing Of our OWE WaITior sons By an
~ fatuAted nation mother. Why do We not I
~. p1oy the elaves! To tske the whole quest
- by the front, why hxve We not made the sla
otie Of the South our military allies hi avery
.nss speet1 81,
ad- II "ualaseL " teaavu aat. q a1u 1uoeIo 80.
the tipgly add the testimony Of quarter Q
,a1e yeaf's experience In our Feninsulaz war,
~ It is utterly impossible for us to eubdue
1n 'nst rebels without an Alliance with their sl2ye
W We started from Fortress Monroe for +
ents mond re e.. shoo,a nasS sosS Srs Tastinn VIZ
eith | hare taken uS there-the negroes guid1n!
.n+a b. darby night bringing rs Intelligence q
- so 10 which our columns could safely march
Erita surely win victories; The slave being
IA closed and the heart Of the rebellion had ne
~ ~ ceased to throb -How tares It with rs, on
: "a "a CONTRARY? Who dare tell the Truth OF the
,ntad dition Of this asmyf
, e. CONVERSATION WITH L SLAVE.
great have ta1ked-with n1any intelligent intel NE
egres color on this subject. The superior man {
. can Of his guarded silence on this theme By
Isfac- ipg, II an surprised, Tom, that the nee
- II sssEoa you atn't Ii: You knew
aWhy don, ttkeg fight: for us, Tont':
, "They expected to, Sit, and al the col
Incan- men, from here to Te1as, expected TO-"
"Wby didn't they ~
d last uTon +k1aW % well as L We Were
nson, [ from your lines and camp, sud pretty pl
!. the told thAt you didn't isyanf thing to do
been Us; that you meant to carry on tie war,
il this to1ea7a n in slavery ii the end G65fhe
.e, In | So ne Left .Yuu is cary nn+ the! ~aF a
r me could, and : pretty poor fist yon are, N.
.been ! Of #, too, III: W. said Tom, warming
rdlesz aanestDea5 tkThe North f11.E ~conoue
temr- t South, without Tho heip id ths sla7oai
'agpn, men Of coloF, Wha havs, eorl1nun1catsaan
d the each other through aM the States {thA 3e
ound3 m@n mean] know THU. We know, too
,:::... Il the war 1aats. onv party Or The Other
eeeea-sf viii give us dur freedom II -.
tsHty, = What i that yqa> say-fhs a1aveAs
T. lis ; ST6sy ,ceitaialy :aiiin: :do, il, u. theYc:
IL the / whIQ sou Otherwise. You: may dgpe,
COURSE that; NY friends through the H0nth: .
egeues / reso". Our poaftlon, :Mr. NJ, Is like !
helm. the San DomiI go MaGke.t EThny pus th'
u ap- 10 the ms3ketr hetaeen, the 1hlteA ~
df the freedom. We 1nksn to ss3l Gu1zelreafo
,orous hoznNe ho2A., I'D. you Il 5aorthszn = ~ !!
ink rom politicians and ,:tgsaesxas XII
: -';:-1 Away, Ne will t11 to mako our