Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-06
Rae NEGRO and the yankee.

The New York World, OF the 2S.h ult, reviewing
the working and results Of CONSUMPTION in the United
States, concludes with doubt "Wbtther the Govern.
ment will really secure more than $1,000 reliable men
under tbs operations Of the draft" But Of these so
900 reliable men" the RorlFs figures show that four
afths. or forty thousand, viii be substitutes. Il Is
pretty well understood nOV, in service, what
degree Of reliability belongs TO subsi,u'sG
A Washington correspondent Of the New YOrk Times
discussing the matter, says cit is the opinion Of
eminent military mel here n Washington) that OOOred
rsVments will form the basis Of future armies and
that the Government viii have to rely main on GoOred
troops to 6nish up the rebellion"
This confession illustrates At once the martial spirit
aud the philanthropy of the Yankee Before the
Gar began and After heard much about the eighteen
millions of Ehites in the North and the certainty with
which they would OVerrun and destroy the eight mil.
lions of whites in the South Toe experiment has been
made With whss result let tho confession that hereafter
81 o Government viii have to rely mainly on cOored
troops tell Toe military Ardsr and patriotic zeal that
in 1861 fred the heroic souls of eighteen millions Of
whites has burnt cut and instead Of the splendid dis
rays Which the world then invited TO behold AID
admire We have the greatest nation on EARTH throw
pg itself fer iuscor anl sAVatOl AZ the feet Of the
most helpless of the human The London Times
long since admonished the Yankee race that they we're
not made Tor soldiers. TLey ,esm at length to have
learned tue truth but the Lesson has cost them dearly
Tn, idea they appear To have adopted, that the
negro il their superior aud to relied on than
themselves for war though natural enough under the
circumstances, il fAAcy. The negro lacks the heroic
element nearly As much as the Yankee, aud being hess
APT active and enter prising "a incapable Of being mar
ufsctlred into as near a resemblance TO good soldier
His instincts, habits and faculties all unfit him for the
noble trade OF arms and il simple torture to r6 lire
him to attempt SO unnatural and repugGAnt service
Il is in this respect that remarked above that the
demaul up him for military duty Illustrated the phil
anthr-py "a well as the courage of the Yankee race.
Ii is worthy Of notice that these confessions that the
people who entered so gAy, aud with such rush into
the var at FIRST can longer be relied On-lhat the
white race done lighting aud that the negro now is
the only hOpe-foOW uFOn tue defeat Of their best and
largest army II that defeat should yet be attended by
the consequences which so urgently invite Gen. Bragg
10 renewed effort then Is not uakely that even the
desperate hope Of help from the negro will fail Gen.
Bragg should feel that the possible termination Of the
war is in bis hands He has seady nearly doubled tt
premium on gold in New York. He has eItOrted Il g
coalessioa that the negro the Only hope for the h
turs He has given courage to tie peace party Of
sbe NOr.h, and difased corresponding dependency
among the war men. Let him gather the full fruits Of
the important victory be has gained, aud the sgls JUS
tfy the belief that the mOnstrOus eJH to destroy Us
will be finally abandoned