, 1863-03-04
loree the answer of all the States outside
G; illinois that has largely exceeded her
quota, cannot be long deferred.
BLACK REGIMENTS ANN ,rx1r
GORPEEE1EAn NO 1AA1

Tie Pro-SLtvery Democrats of tbe Nortb
lave copper bellies as well as conner f,eads
in which, like Phalarus in his Bull. they
rumble their windy thunders continually
against the poor negro. II they had as
n'any bowels as they have Of the smaller,
'nlnameable intcstincs, they would possibly
Ee more -merciful, and leave Sambo to
Uncle Sam, and the new fortunes which
await him.
But they are harder than flint in their
Mazen and unreasonable hatred Of him,
and would fain have us believe because lie
is black in complexion that he has no
right to be trusted with arms, even to
shoot rebels. Nay more, according to the
dogma Of this canine faction, it is an insult
10 the majesty Of warfare, and degrading
to the cause Of freedom 10 give the un-
manacled African chance to strike
blow for the union and liberty Of his race.
They acknowledge that it is not the
pleasantest thing in the world to stand still
and be shot at, and they profess
to have power Of sympathy and affection
for tic brave boys WHO are marrcd for life
in battle, or cut off By the quick and sudden
unkindness of muskct ball; but rather
than let Sambo take their place, or fight
along side Of them, or have any share,
either in the dangers Of actual combat, or
The druggeE Of sapping and mining, they
could cheerfnl1y sacrifice every mothers
son in the whole army, and put the entire
Nation into mourning.
In their hatred Of the black they would
spare him every atom of tie toll, pain~
wounds and hardships which they gladly
put uponthc shoulders ofour white citizens,
thinking that death on the battlefield, in
the trenches, or at the pickets, is fur too
great an honor for any man to obtain who
is not bound By an mdubitable Omphalos
to the white Eve of Eden.
The white man must do all the ditch
work, and hard work of any and every
sort, as well as the fighting, and taste Of
the last bitterness which death brings in
his dreadful hand, because the negro is too
| black to help him
The Copperhead logic, however, eats it.
self up, and destroys It's own premises.
The black man is cheap and not half good
enough for powder and ball to consume
the white man is costly and plenty good
enough. Therefore Copperhead would
make his costliness cheaper than the black
mans cheapness, by hurling him even
against armies in position or any other in
eyitablc slaughter, whilst Sambo stood by
scathelcss, grinning white laughter through
all his visible ivories.
But see the Ixion's wheel Of stupidit,
upon which these laters Of black men tor
t.,re themselves. TIE must not employ
them, they say, as soldiers, because thai
would be degradation, and because, also
, as we opine they would often in that cast
, be shot instead Of white man, whicl
, would be pityl But Copperhead has nj
, kind Of objection to make q plantation
soldier Of him, with chains round his necl
f and body, to fight the earth into produc
. tivencss for the white mans benefit. 1Yha
is proclamation in the one case is glory ani
! reason in the other; although one would
J, think it more glorious and more in accord
) ance with reason to suppose that if it bt
! wrong for negro to fight for US, becaus.
: be is negro, it is equally wrong, on ths
same ground, to compel him to labor TO-
us, and make him take the pay therefor il
lashes delivered punctually upon his owl
black hidcl
f The truth is that Copperhead is a sneal
$ and hypocrite, with most lying tongue
r and he knows what house Of cards hi
e argument is. lie would not convert th
n negro into soldier, not because he fears
j. contaminate the white man, but because b
= desires above all things to see the rebe
It victorious, and the Union dissolved, an
IL he breads therefore the accession of blac
Ee regiments to our arms. The more so, il
r asmuch rs they have IN account themsely
T. to settle with the rebels, and the consciou
l. ness Of their wrongs, and the certainty
n that death which the rebel butchers hi,
c, threatened to iniiict upon them, in case
1t their capture, would make every min
O. them very Bcrsirker Of fury upon the ba
q. lie field.
ID Copperhead affects to doubt their cou
o. age; the rebels fear it with INSTINCT
Sc dread; otherwise there is not negro c
IN pablc Of bearing arms in my part Of reb,
s. dom who would not be forced into tht
IS army. Already they employ them as i
n as they dare trust them and surely we ri
ID trust them altogether, may put them to III
st service that besecms them, without col
promising our heraldry, or fearing for 0
r. throats at midnight,
Ls- All this hubbub about the mi
tary employment Of the negro is G
up for the base and traitorous purpose
embarrassing the Administration, as well
IS, giving side stab to the Union. If vienna
n, soldiers ofnegroes, it is that they may
te useful to the Republic and be
~ their share in the fight
in sustain it. Copperhead knows this oui
ID es well as We do, and like the devils Of ol
IL hc believes it, and trembles. Good for hi
al that We do not own the devils place;
OF a surety he has forfeited all right to pr
y lection and immunity under this Cover
1e ment, upon this continent, or the yeracio
OF planet itself
al Copperhead knows also, that We have
a mere Goldfish sanction Of our black enli:
he ments, but right imperial one, and Il,
gs the Emperor Of all the French himself h
el' backed our enterprise &c has transpe
ne ted u regiment OF negroes from Egypt
se help his designs in Mexico, and with IL
'e' fact before him Copperhcad will surely p
y, his hands upon his windy parts, u,
n, sQuelch the walls thereof that he NAV III
Mt low treason no longer!
'st For to declaim against the employing
er Of negroes since they have been adjudg
to military service By the highest authori
", in the land-is treason! And be is doub
OF IN enemy to the Government, and hat
ag Of the people who lifts up lis voice again
lg the mandate.
ne Let the people understand, what Co
10 perhead knows SO well, and like an c
I'D aged scorpion could sting himself TO dca
sal in the very madness Of his knowledge
n that every negro enlisted in the Ecrri
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