The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-27
how to Prevent Negro Insurrec.
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now 10 FfeNcnt Negro ansurrec-
"a n.H tons.
Common sense suggests plan, which,
IL adopted by the Southern people, will
ID preclude the possibility of negro insur-
reetions. As Southern society is cOnsti
tuted at present. resurrection penics
torment us at brief intervals, and some
Ytimes community are Mortified by the
presence Of real upr4sing Of bondsmcn,
,v who 80 forth TO revenge themselves for
.. che cruel oppressionf Of many years. We
',s sd recollect that few years ago, all South
Kentucky end the adjoining districts Of
,,s \, this State were fcarfulIy egitated by a
sdi o. supposed plot Of the slaves to murder
their masters, and hundreds of wretched
negroes expiated the crime, in some cases,
perhaps, real, in many more, doubtless
on O. imaginary, with their lives.
3a II appears TO us that unless some steps
be taken by the States, assisted
by the Federal Government, 10 change
.dA the relation between the slaves and their
masters, especially throughout the large
IA. aH slaYeholding States, there will be mmi
nent danger Of destruction to the white
-- population. For it is certain that the
p vast majority Of the slaves have been
uhi looking for deliyerAnce for many years
1t is certain that they are firmly sat
isfed that this deliYerance has come.
II is certain that the presence of large
Federal armies in every slave State has
practically liberated multitudes of
"a slaves, and rendered the rest insubordl-
nate. 1es
II is certain that thousands of slaves
having voluntarily fed to our lines, acted
~ as spies and guides for our troops, and
worse than all, enlisted as soldiers in
our army, against the rebclhous ownere,
know that if the old order Of things
shonld be restored, their doom, when sur
aas rendered up to their enraged masters,
long used to vent their excited passions
upon their bondsmen, will be more dark
and horrible than the fancy of Logree
has ever yet devised.
Now, in view of these facts-and that
they arc the words of sober TRUTH no
man can deny---no one can delude him
self with the belief that tho slaves in
the South, especially in the Gulf States,
will SO tafnely back TO bondage as before.
sala Even in former years when all was
~ peaceful, Shareholders regarded the dan
ger Of insurrections as so great that they
were perpetually on the watch. The
least appearance of peril startled them
profoundly. If teacher, or preacher
was suspected of abolidonism he was
ordered out of the neighborhood, and
often lynched; and if psdlar was de-
so tected in tampering with slaves, he was
whipped, perhaps hung, by mob, while
every newspaper for fifty miles around
called on the people TO be on their guard.
Look at the slave code the laws against
negro meetings. negro. schools the pun
ishment Of slaves for striking white men
and it can easily be seen that the slave
is At once the idol and the terror Of
slaveholding society. If peace be re-
stored then, with the negro where he
isl Il is not possible for peace TO last
five months. a vast standing army
could hardly keep down the slaves who
would then indeed dream Of nothing but
instructions The whole Southern,
community would be land of disorder
and death unparalleled elsewhere on the
globe. The perils and the frequency Of
insurreciions would 30 multiplied a
thousand fold--nay, they would be in
cessant. II must be remembered that
the repeated overwhelming defeats of The
Southern by Che Northern troops, have
destroyed the prestige of invincibility
which once invested the chivslry" in
the eyes of their ignorant slaves. The
most ignorant Of these now know that
the fre-eater differs from other mortals
only in his enormous self-conceit and
disposition TO bully. He is no fondcr Of
danger than the rest Of mankind, and he
may be soundly thrsshed.
Now, lot US slnnce at the eighth census
and zee what grounds there is for appre-
bending insurFections. First, take Ala
hama THE county of