New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-13
- HI A PREJUDICEs

-Four Millions of Americans born-the nat.
ural, instructive, lmplacable enemies Of the Slave.
holders Rebellion-want to help save their
country, and are -epelled with singing insult
by faction which, making loud professions
Of loyalty, does the work of treason. Even
Generals, who are drawing large pay for the
devotion of their energies to the discontinue
of the Rebels, declare that they would prefer
the triumph OF the traitors to their defeat by
the aid of Black soldiers. If we attempt to
reason with this madness, we are sepulchrally
warned off the premises, by an intimaton that
what we would combat does not pretend to be
founded in or justified by reason, and so is
those fundamental, inerndicable instincts-or
rather, pathes-which laugh at argument
and defy remonstrance. The White man
loathes the Black-regards him as al inferior,
degraded being--shuns bis companionship as
northumberland endure bis presence.
Such an instinct cannot be diSregarded nor
answered-it must and will DO obeyed.
Is this assumption truel
Black sOldiers-even black regiments--are nd
novelty. They are found to-day In the armies
cf France and Great Britain, and have been
for years. We may be quito sure that they
are worth having, or they would not be there;
since nobody pretends that fanatcism or philan.
thropy had any share in their enlistment or
organization. If negroes did not fight well, we
may be very sure that Louis Napoleon would
not retain them in lis army; yet, in addition
to his "TurcOs," lie has just been procuring,
not very creditably, new supply from Egypt
for his Mexican job. Black soldiers fought
well in our Revolutionary War; aud, though,
our slavehOlding greatgrandfathers were in.
clined at first TO turn up their noses at such
comrades they were glad to get them as the
war progressed, and only wished there were
more of them. At Red Bank and at the battle
of Rhode Island they were especially numer-
GUS and conspicuously effective. Hundreds OF
masters, being drafted, were glad to send their
slaves 90 the field in their own stead. promis-
ING them freedom az the reward OF faithful
seryice-a promise which part OF them trled
m repudiate after the service had been duly
uerforusd. Gen. Jackson enlisted and organ
jzed oil The free blacks he could find for the
defense Of Nsw.Orleans, and thanked them III
public order for their gallantry. No military
cheitain Gt to lead an army or defend coun-
try ever troubled himself about the color OF MS
solders their number and their lighting quail
ities were his chief concern.
Half the great American chips and steamers
that sa from this pOrt-NatlOnal or private
have negroes among their crew. who are fed,
clothed and paid without the smallest regard
10 their color. Most Of them have berths in
the iorecaaile among the White sailors, and
are IN constant and intimate association with
them. Mutines for cruel treatment. bad fare,
&c, are quite too common on board our
vessels: We do not happen to remember ono
that was provoked by tho mixing up Of
white sailors with negroes.
Watch the impromptu gatherings Of young
children ig our parks ard 'tsee.. i0s recrea.