Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-21
The End of the War.

The Chicago Post, in discussing the emanci-
patton policy of the party in power, thus predicts
its effects upon the negro race:
Accompanying this manifesto of Mr.. Lincoln
is the "order" of Gen. Butler, which is perfectly
consistent with Mr.. Lincon's policy, and will IN
doubtedly be sustained by the Administration and
the Republican party. That order assumes that
recruiting negro troops is the settled policy of the
Government, and to enlist and fight FOR the Union
is nothing but just compensation on the part of
the blacks for the boon of freedom The order
provides that no male negro between the ages of
eighteen and forty FIVE, who is not declared to be
unfit for military duty by Surgeon Of the United
States, shall be employed as a laborer, teamster,
servant, or in any other capacity, but shall be.
forthwith upon entering the lines of the army.
mustered into the military service of the United
States.
Gen. Butler says: 1.-The best use during the
war for an able bodied cOlored man well for
himself as the country, is, to be soldier" and
therefore doing the part of friend to the negro,
he forbids his EMPLOY ent in any other capacity,
and compels him to enlist.
The effect of these two military and civil de-
crees cannot be mistaken. Both declare that the
negroes of the slaveholding States where the re-
beilion has existed shall henceforIh be iree both
look to the establishment of civil and military
power to project and secure that freedom, but
both insist that the negroes thus made free shall
work for the Government; those capable of bear
ing arms shall work in the army soldiers, those
unable to bear arms shall work for the Govern
ment in such employ ments as they are physically
able TO perform. The absorption in this manner
of the entire male portion of the emanclpated
slaves in the military service Of the nation, is the
first step toward the gradual but general exiting
uishment of the race. OF these male negroes
thus employed, and thus subjected to
IL - I'D
slightest training. will prove fatal 70 two-thirds
of them before the expiration of one half their
term of enlistment. Such has been the expert
ence of the negro regiments raised on tue Miss
ssippi, and such result is nothing but what may
naturally be expected. The free negro, whose
| life has been spent in labor less severe IN many
respects than that OF the slave is nevertheless far
more capable of undergoing the labors OF the
| camp, and will stand its hazards with almost as
favorable results az the white man. If General
Buffers orders be carried out, and we have no
doubt they will be, then all the male negroes in
| Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and those por-
tons of other States occupied by our troops, will
be enrolled in the service of the Government and
enrolled for term which will witness the end of
the greater part of them. What is to become of
the women, children and old men Of the racer
Where are they to go? BY whom are
they to be supported3 Excluded from the ma
ljoriry of the Northern States, they to remain
within the military lines during the war, and
then be left free il is true, but without any
legal claim for support or care upon any person.
They are TO be houseless, homeless wanderers
free, il is true, but without the means of pro-
curing livelihood except on terms not half as
favorable to their physical necessities as they en-
ljoyed while slaves. The effect of freedom upon
the adults of the present generation, as class,
will not be improving. il will take years to edu-
cate them TO the cares which freedom will add to
their existence The youths of the race brought
up Familiarity with the necessities for labor, and
realizing the importance of system. prudence,
honesty au1 perseverance. will be better fitted
to enjoy the freedom that has been given them,
but to the others it will be but fastening the day
when the African viii disappear from the face OF
North America. ...