Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-24
SITUATION OF THE BORDER STATES

SITUATION OF THE BORDER STATES.
From the Chattanooga Rebel of the 18TH
Tho ''orders" we published yesterday, Of
the Federal War Department for the enlist
ment of cocred Negro troops in The subiu-
gated States of Maryland, Missouri, and Tcn-
nessce, demonstrate more clearly than any
thI;3 else that has yet emanatc;, frrm ihai
sink Of corruption krcwn as the ''Fe,,er.!
Capitoi,' the true designs Of their present war
Of suhjuSa:ion, on the part Gf the insane ia
Mates, and brutish ab0!iyinnis:s OF tie N@rih-
ern States. the dcDaEoguc vail abcu. tha
subvcrsivr of '.ths glorious Union" the rlca
.inous, New England palavc- about the
Flag" and "lhc best government the world
ever saw" is now totally :.bsoi led ia the
grand scheme of the aoli'i hits. iois pre-.
medifa:el, to free the SGutliern s!agas, cran
| at tbs EOS! Ct thousands Of the lives of their
o"n people, and ii-posSjhlc, thc tp.ai exte:iai-
| nation Of the entire Write population IF the
Southern States. 1t is clear, now, tia: W.
have 10 longer to deal with an enemy civil,
lied or humane, bnt with horde cf inUr;Gtr
t;ends. cruel and harbarcu7 rs the savage ::
impalled more by brute instincts ani cumari
cruelty, than by any patriotic motives.
The effort on their part to inc:te sc:v;lc.i1-
surrcct't.ns aud maSsacrGS CT the hcpit",
young and aged, was always expected by i!:a
people Of the South: Although the ir>;nuatirn
was rcpeilcd with indignant and holy hCrror,
on the par: Of the politicians ard press ui the
administration purity. in the outset, tis1y have
at length como 10 acknowledge the hypocrisi-
cal lie, and boldly and inpulently appear III
their true c0lorS. to those of their household
who were gullible enough to halcrc tiIlt Tie
election Of an abolition President meant no;h-
ing else than the reinforcement Of The laws
Glorious old Tennessee, 100, i to be submit
ted to the foul degradation. Not cniy forced
to endure the presence of "A race, from whicl
she had heretofore kcp! viriunusIy a!ooi. SIZE IS
nov by brute force held in the close embrace
of the relalsive Yankee. and c0mpel!td 10 VIII.
ness the negroes of her own fields, armed and
equipped By the very people who have tIttcr>
ed and grown rich upon her produce, for the
| slaughter of her gallant sons. Recruiting sta.
tions are to be established in various county
towns, and sort of bogus "board Of claims
to be appointed to whom the loyal" and
only the "loyGp owners of negro property
may apply for small pittancc to renumnrats
them for the loss Of their slaves. The follow.
ing insulting but exceedingly generous propo
sition is made to slave owners rs q sort pf in
duceme2t to become practical aLolitionists and
assist in their own ruin:
"Any citizen of Tennessee WHO shall oaic-
his or her slave for enlistment into the militia
ry service, shall, if such slave la accepted. re-
ceive from the recruiting cffic r, q certificate
thereof, with descriptive list of such slave
and become entitled to COM psnsatinn fDr the
| service OF labor of said slave not exceeding
| the sum of three hundred dollars, upon i!ing
| with the above Board valid decd of lnaru.
mission and release, and making Satisfactory
proof of title and any sa9e so cnlist:ns shall
| be forever thereafter free"
In other words for the muniticant d)natiOH
Of three hundred dollars in Yankee green.
backs, he is expected 10 de',rcr ~ his own
| property forever, aud to sell himself into rcr-
petual slavery, at tie lehcsts Of = ianatical
icspotism, besotted with power and.ma4 with
temporary success. Tennessee is already 10
| hecome 4 conquered province. S. also is
| Kentucky, Maryland ard Missouri ''To
meet tho exigenc;cs Of the service" reads Ike
order. "if enough are not enlisted then
Establishments may be made OF slaves with.
ont requiring consent Of their owners, hu.
! they may reeeise compenSatiop as herein
provided for owners cli.!ing their sliyes ior
enlistment"
Before long vi u few more such rcvcrscs
as ChickamlH.a, the "e1igsncics Of the sc..
vice" may demand further enlistment, ard
| then, not only the slave, but the master, will
be dragged into the service end compelled t1
| shoot or be shot at by his own people.
The exigencies of the service have nntlling
| to do with it. 1t is an artful and staaltby an.
p-oach towards the gradual emancipation nt
| the slaves of those States, which are to b:
abolitionized. We appreciate aud admire III.
dclsacY with which Mr. Abraham Lincnl-