The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-26

NUMBER 4-WHOLE No. 100.

BBAcK vs.. WHITE SoLD1ERs.-The fol-
lowing choice morsel we clip from the New
York Tribune, the rule and guide of abo
lition faith, merely to illustrate the general
views of that party on niger superiority,
as general principle:
This Regiment-the 1st South Carroll
ma Volunteers, (negro,) Col. T. w. Hig
ginson-- marched on the 18th, for the first
time. through the streets of Beaufort. It,
was the remark of many bitterly pro slave
ry officers that they looked ''splendidly."
They marched through by platoons and
returned by the flank; the streets were
filled with soldiers and citizens, but every
man looked straight before him and car
ried himself steadily. How many white
soldiers de the same? One black fellow
said: I'VE didn't see ting in Beaufort;
r every man hold he head straight up 10 de
} front; every step was worth half dollar"
MANY agreed with what is my deliberate
IOpihiOis "iiSOo Ai otiiOciJ NhhC HO
ment in this department, can, even now.
surpass this one" In marching in regi-
r mental line l have not seen it equaled. In
t the different modes Of passing from lr
| into column, and from column into line,
in changing front. counter-marching. for
e ing in divisions, and forming square,
: whether by the common methods or by
y Caseys methods, it does itself the greatest
J. credit. Nor have yet discovered the
e slightest ground of inferiority to white
II troops"
So far is it from being true that the
blacks as material for soldiers are inferior
- to whites, that they are in some respects
q MANIFEsrLr SUPERIOR; especially in aptness
4 for drill, because of their imita,iveness and
q love of music;. docility in discipline wher
q their confidence is once acquired, and en-
!. thusiasm for the cause. They, at least
know what they are fighting for. They
4 have also pride as soldiers which is no
4 often found in our white regiments, where
e every private is only too apt to think him
;. self especially qualified to supersede bis
h officers. They are above all things faithful
and trustworthy on duty from the START
It In the best white regiments it has been
!. found impossible to trust newly enlisted
n troops with the countersign; they invaria.
e bly, betrayed it 10 their comrades. There
i, has been but one such instance in this black
o regiment, and that was the case Of a mere
;. boy, whose want of fidelity excited the
!. greatest Indignation among his comrade s
- Drunkenness, the bane of our army, does
D. no. exist among the black troops. There
il has not been one instance in the regiment
!. though no steps have been taken 10 pre-
vent it. The only difficulty which threat.
ened to become at all serious was that oi
absence without leave and overstaying
their passes. but this was easily checked
by a few decided measures and has ceased
entirely.
1t has been supposed that black troop.
would prove filter for garrison duty than
active service ib the field. No impression
,. could be more mistaken. Their fidelity as
III senlines adapts them especially. no doubt
le to garrison duty, but their natural place is
&c in the advance. There is an inhie esnt fire
and dash about them which white troops
10 Of more sluggish northern blood do moi
u emulate. and their hearty enthusiasm m
u shows itself in all ways"
- If the Tribune regards the slaves o
lc Sou.herners so greatly superior to ouI
IN white soldiers 'of sluggish northern blood
n, what must be its opinion of their mastersi
er The points wherein the negro cxcels the
white man as soldier. according to the
=, Tribune are quite material. He is superb
or iii drill; more enthusiastic for the cause
$, (quite natural.) he has soldIerly pride 10
IN greater extent than his white brethren:
they are more faithful and Trustworthy on
o. duty; are temperate, while drunkenness
a
rs in the advance by virtue of their bravery
N Inherent fire, dash &c, which their white
: companions of sluggish northern blood
do not possess.
This disgusting twaddle Of the Tribune,
" and its par'issns. about the superiority of
,r the negro is one of the instrumcntalities
l. iu the abolition defeats last fall.
l. PLAIN TALK-In the Cincinnati Enoui.
n rer we find long article on New England
: from which We copy tho following:
/ "When the west was assaulted by the
1t British ard Indians in the war OF 1879 and
when our women and children were beinu