The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-01-03

4feo AfoM Iic feHGalntS Of mult8fy ana clVll
law; and, moreover, glories in the reddest Of
neither garments. What paradise for the ne.
gro! But years ago an American. statesman,
who has gone to his long home, warned his
hearers lest i'll giving freedom to the cclored
race they shOuld enslave their own. And if q
large faction in the Northern States, of which
Horace Greeley - the exponent through the
columns ut the press, and Wendell Philips on
| the forurss, were permitted to have their way,
| the wolst fears of the departed statesman
would be realized The edifce Of liberty
which he lived to see attain a proud and COM
| manding position, and which is now tottering
| to the fan, woald under general edict Of
| emancipation, crumb4e into the dust. never
| more to rise again.
| At Beaufort, the Abolition Generals Hunter
| and Sexton have been left to their own devices,
and the result has been most depbrable. The
| position Of the two races has been reversed
We see the white soldier down.trodden and de-
graded the negro elevated into an elysium Of
freedom. The negro brigade proved q failure.
COnscription was resOrted to to ill its ranks.
Guards were sent to Beaufort from the camp
to arrest and bring before the recruiting officers
/ such negroes aa were physically competent to
| serve in the army, that they might volunteer
into the Black Brigade-at least get into it in
some shape Or other. The poor fellows at
tempted to resist, but found it Of Ep avail
They attempted to hide from their. pursuers,
but they were hunted ike'dogs, and dragged
ont Of their houses, from barns, cellars, and
taken from their wives and families, that they
might enjoy the privilege Of volunteering
The scenes which occurred beggared deserip-
| ton. When the brigade was turned out Cor
| exercise, more than half its numbers, after
firing blank cartridges, squatted and dropped
down, frightened at the noise Of the guns in
| their own hands. Deseftions were 80 frequent
| that the camp had to be surrounded by y cor
| don of white sentines. And yet, one night,
| some two or three hundred escaped through
the lines, carrying their Enfield rifles and equip.
| ments with them, and have not since been
heard Of Doubtless the same weapons are
now doing good service against the North.
Despite the endeavors OF the commanding
General the brigade did not flourish. While g
did exist in toierAbls numbers Il oogupied ~
finest encampment on the Aland- d-tho boauti.
full grounds and stately mansion of the Con.
federats General, Drayton. A relation Of
General Hunter held command in It. The men
were provided with the Sibley tent and En-
field rifles, while the white soldiers had moth.
ing better than the ordinary field tent ant. Il.
old Aarperts Ferry musket. Their clothiua,
even, was superior. IA for their utility .Ssas
was not clearly apparent For the purpose Of
holding together this organization of six hum
dred negroes, nearly an equal number Of
white soldiers was required to discipline and
guard them in their quarters. They were too
treacher0us to place on picket or guard duty,
and too inaefent to cultivate the deserted plan
tations; nor were they permitted to perform
fatigue duty. One morning forty negroes
from the black brigade were employed on IA.
tiKue dnty 1t the dock in unloading vessels !;
but, il coming TO the knowledge Of Gen. Hum
ter, the quArtermaster was ordered to relieve
them from work and send them back % their
quarters. If he wanted men for fatigue duty
he must take them from the white regiments
With the remainder Of the brigade now re-
naming like policy 10 pursued. They are
said to be the especial pets Of Gen. Hunter.
When the exigencies of the service requires
arduous work TO be performed at night the
slumbers Of the negro are never disturbed
During the heat Of the day he ceases labor,
but the white man works ON. The effect of this
ili.judged policy, this undue elevation of an
inferior race, has been to make the negro iI-
solent and overbearing to q degree unendura-
ble. And one day a white soldier struck ne
gro in scufiie brought on by the insolence Of
the latter. The affair took place near Gen
Hunters headquarters, and within the obser-
vation of that individual. Down he rushed to
the beach, bare headed, in shirt sleeves and
slippers, and actually pitched into the white
soldier, and the two had q rough and tumble
fight about the negro. While Gen Sexton is
said to have remarked, in the presence of seve
raj privates and non n-c0mmissioned officers, that
he thought more of anegro which stole than
he did of an honest one; and if he had the
power he would put q riae in their hands, and
let them steal fiom every white man they
could; and unless we arm the negroes the
Union cannot exist" A case is alsO cited In
which negro confessed to having stolen q
sum OF money from the Captain Of a trans-,
port. The money was restored, but Gen. Seq
ton afterwards ordered it TO be given back to
the negro, wa presume that his thieving pro-
fy4af ha -