Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-01-13

military discipline. The Northern a my has al
ways been a free and easy army lighting brave
ly il is sad, but also determnned 10 exercise
the right Of public opinion as to the moment
when th ey haze done their share. Tho notion
seizes thcm in battle that they have accomplished
all that ought TO be expected OF them, and then
NO officer can force them to do more This Ia
not business in military affairs. The Southern
troops, accustomed 10 an aristooratlc caste, do
not judge for themselves in this way. They
spend themselves ut the command of their officers
And thus, too, II would, in all probability, be
with II negro army. Their fidelity and their
respect for the white race would alike keep tight
the bonds Of military authority, now so loose at
the North. The negroes would be SepOys with
out any disposition to treachery aud with more
than the Sepoy phieique Moreover, they would
| be even less exposed TO the malara aud exhaus-
tion of the Southern climate than the Southern
ers themselves. Again, the negro just released
from Slavery would thankfully accept low wages
in the Northern army, instead Of the enormous
bounty and pny now claimed by every white
volunteer aud they would be as ensy to satisfy
with wholesome rations of any kind as the pre-
sent army is hard. Every element Of the sol
dier is to be found in the negro, unless il be
tural military tastes, and this the cause now sup
ples. There is physical strength and body
used to unlimited hardships. There is Difference
of spirit, clanship as between man and man, and
! hHbGtluuhte nutlAtJ u uupeFlOFhs Inflb IL
the willing hand without the meddling head,
and the greatest Of all motives for desperate
vaur.
But next, large auxiliary negro army would
help to solve great political problem. Under the
Presidents emancipation policy great number
uf negroes must be attracted northwnr1s, aud
, the greatest jealousy is felt by the Northern
laborer lest they should reduce his normal wages
+ BY employing them freely in the army this dan.
0 hp a narIallv avpripl mi a I|.nu
conferred upon the Northern labOrer, who dread
e the drafting policy of the administration. Ii
n this way the half-reluciant States Of the Nortl
I would be reoonciled to the first steps Of thu
9 emancipation policy,-and it, as we hope, tn
Il regiments thus formed should prove the most Of
= feotive and best disciplined in the army, thu
d military pride Of the North would soon convert
II them to the Presidents pocy,-for no suscep.
I tblties Of caste would be hurt by the glori
i of black regiments with white commissions
s. oiicers,-the unjust rule Of war being thr
. all display of public gratitude is layshe
/. on the leader, however much is due 10 the iOl
lowers
:, but not only would this policy euormousl
J. lower the cost OF the army, spare the labor OF III
u North, aud reconcile the democrats tn tmanc
q patiun-but Il might be mnde one of the mo
ID powerful elements in what we may call the lor
es egn policy Of the war; Tor there would be ii
better means OF avoiding all the dangers OF sci
vile instruction than passing the fugitive slnyt
III through the discipline OF military regime
'e Tbs ltnst indulgence of private license or yindi
lg tivenesi might then be punished by instant deat
'h without any undue ausIeriiy. In no way coul
- a severer control be kept the risks OF emai
r. cipaiiOn OH a large scale. And thus the natur
European suspicion of all sudden emancipAtit
le would be best removed. Nor would this be nj
u One result Of such measure would be still mo
ar important. negro army once estabisht
IL would probably become the nucleus Of the pc
We naneut military system OF the North, and so
as most important check upon the South Ofeours
@, We are assuming what all Englishmen now a
III sumo, that absolute suhjugaliOn of the South
on a dream, that the war is n question Of bound
ries,--a question Ms mathemnticians would sa
IT. Of tue maximum or minimum extent of the sla
~ power. Now assuming this, what could lie mo
important, more decisive for the slavery poh
u of the South than the existence Of a negro arm
ue across the border, ,-capabe Of large lncteas
q ami ready and eager to act 10 all causes d rect
VI INVOLVING the extension OF limitation Of slavery
The knowledge of such fact would be by t
ol the most effective check slavery propaganda,
ird that conld ba exerted by the agency OF hum
"a fear
~ In Whatever light we contemplate the questid
as the principles involved in the creation OF neg
Iy' army seem to US most pregnant Of weighty
my suit and gradual political transformations.
il the Northern statesmen viii never look beyo
eT- the hour, what can save theml Foresight n
I'VE combination are only less needful than str
ble Justice in dealing with the emancipation of
ex' ,'irrepressbe negro"