The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-15

Jackson did not feel this degradation,
and bis sense Of honor wal quito as high
as that Of modern statesmen. Bot 10
be consistent, let as carry out this SON
~servatiye idea in other matters. "Be-
gone slavesw shouts the white man,
while his house Is burning over the heads
Of his family; "No negro shall save my
wife and daughters from the flames. II
we white men cannot save them let them
burn up" Away with your cxclaims
the drowning man 10 a negro who Is about
TO plunge into the water an q draw him
ashore; an never have it said Of me
that my life was saved by a begrop II
zoe are zoo proud 10 accept he preferred help
Of slaves as soldiers should ,Oe not scam also,
to one our daily bread and clothing, and all
he comforts and luzureso Of NE to their unys-
quilted IaborsP WRroH IL THE MORE MANLY,
TO COMPEL n sLAvE 10 FEED Us, o
Us, EDUCATE U, AND SERVE Us IN ALL NE
SIAL OFFICES, w1THoUTREc6MPENsE Oh TO
CALL ON HIM FOR HELP IN or PERIL
AND THEN GRANT HIN EDO ron hrs
SERVICE? Let common sense answer.
BUTT is a flsgrsnt misrepresentation
of the case. TO say that the Government
calls for negro soldiers, because white
soldiers are not able TO destroy the re-
bellion. tits not that the rebellion can
never be put down by white soldiers.
alone, but because il can b PIT dorm
much sooner, and al great saving Of lJe
and money, by employing negro soldiers,
that the Government requires these aux
i~liaries. To wage war ten years longer,
to sacrifice two millions more lives, and
to spend five or ten billions more money,
for the sake of %conquering rebels with
white soldiers only, would be a most ex-
travagaht and foolish sacrifice TO offer to
a pride which would be the derision and
laughing stock and detestation of the
world. And in this connection, let us
compare the effect which the enlistment
of three hundred thousand loyal uhite
soldiers, and the enlistment Of the same
number Of loyal Hack soldiers, would
have upon the respective belligerent par
ties
The enlistment Of three hundred thou
sand loyal able bodied men would with
draw from the loyal States a force nearly
equal TO Ge iohoh I0hit0 population of Yer
mont or Wisconsin, and equal 70 he entire
male population Of Maine, Maryland or
M sour. BIT this heavy draft opon the
productive resO urces Of the Republic
would not diminish in the least the pro-
ductive or military resources of the rebel
Government But suppose that instead
Of enlisting that number Of i0hite men,
| the Government should enlist $1,000
black men In the rebellious States. In
that case the Government would not only
add to its own strength eractly hGt number of
soldiers, but il could detract that nun.6er from
he force Of The enemy. Tho Con6deucy
loses IN producing po,cer Just lOhat Ge Coz
eminent gains in fighting material and 1e
Ueakness Of The rebels becomes Ge national
Strength. To estimate the mischief which
this policy would inAiot upon the rebels,
let us suppose that in addition TO the
draft for soldiers, 100000 able-bodied
laborers were suddenly withdrawn from
the agricultural lsbors Of the free States.
The effect would be precisely similar to
that Of the enlistment Of 100000 slaves
as Federal soldiers on the South. The
one would bea severe shock 10 the ma
ton, but the other would be a crushing
blow to the COnfederacy.
1t may be said tba, loyal masters
would lose their slaves by this policy
Loyal citizens have lost sons more pre-
cious than slaves, by scores Of thousands
already. DO loyal IavsboIIers sci a higher
value on their slaves than they do on their
sonsP
There are other formidable objections
to The use of negro soldiers, which are
not often made public by the opponents
of this war policy.
II would break up the political tic of
slavery which has long held the slave
States together, and made them in%vslua-
BILE allies Of a corrupt faction In the
North.
1t would, by a%bolishing slavery, with
draw from national politics the hobby
of sectional d%emagOgues, and thus ami
hilste a pestileot brood of Oflce-hunters
destitute of honesty and intellect.
1t would sweep the present oOnservA-
tive faction of the North into the gulf
of oblivion, by scattering their allies,
the slave holders.
1t would break up the Southern land
monopoly and pave the way for q great
army of free white labOrers, farmers and
artisans, who would pour in upon us, and
make Tennessee, and her sister Southern
States, what New York, Ohio and Ili-
nois are.
With some these are formidable OBJ
i%ectiOns to the negro soldier policy.
With ourselves We confess that they
are additional strong reA sons for it's sup.