New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-10

cep,ion, caaes IN which alone will bs ais power 90 90
49, he wa not ~ Ia ignorance u The Inevitable c0neqGes1e
re.Ien, Dpyis, s.e admirable Procima has ssade th'
proper preparation snd given the proper vsrns TIE "'g0
sodieys" ,ch0, Lincoln eG.se 10 s srocf ~s """
consider NOT % in na bit esSa d,u and h0y viii II cap
,urd be harssd over the State okcres t0be punched
for that ,edion aud hs 1g declares ihe e1er's efP"o
nth hgnoiry az the penalty. We shsk ia like manner rrn
oysr to the state authorities fo e pm h"ea any officer or
,older though III. skn may DO white Nssinin the
sper- may Be ksa ioifh ~ p5ord 10 hare eoH'e
with guy such pseenied negro soldiers
|. may 10 tbst Lincoln will sndeavoE % po'ec' !e ;s''
n, eks 10 csss aud uucha IL he that hs will en-
deavor 70 forco "a, to respect soldiers the's dons'e
criminals II 90 all the barriers which restrain the ury
f., hostile Z. ioz win he thrown down on both sides
Ircon'. vii he The blame aud the nfa1y and sio "oFd
slll 80 al judge"
Here is a distinct, explicit threat that
every Black nan captured in arms Tor 'he
Union shall be hung, with " S"y officer or
soiiier, though his skin may be as white as
Naaman the lepcrs, who may be taken wilh'
or proyed 10 hare connection '7'tt, any such
pretended negro soldiers" In short, the
Rebels threaten to murder all prisoners they
may take fighting along with Blacks. As 10
the Blacks themselves. the Rebels stand upon no
ceremony, but have at least twice already
IN the rear of Gen. ROsecranss army before
Murfreesboro aud again in FORESTS raid into
West Tennes.ee-murdered every Black that
they found teaning aud cooking tor Our SOL
diers, though there was no prctense that lhey
were armed or had been lighting. 1t makes
no odds. then as 70 the Blacks, whether they
Union camps, they killed, whether slaves
or not. and whether armed or only acting aa
servants.
Now let these undenable facts DO con-
sdered
]. Slaves have been employed BY the Con-
federates in aid Of their Military operations
from the very frat. They have been lntreneh-
jnq. fortifying, aud doing every sort Of work
in aid of the Rebellion, BY order OF It's master
spirits. We could quote scores OF orders by
Rebel Governors OF States and Generals OF
Departments, calling on the Shareholders to
sn.d their slaves to work on this OF That ior'
tl6cation, and in some instances their reluet-
auce in responding Las been publicly rcbukcd,
on the assumption that as tho war on the
Union is waged i'll tue interest Of Slavery, they
ought 10 honor such drafts with generous
alacr,y. Up to this hour, the Blacks OF The
South have been constrained to do their !uii
vroportion OF the work of the Rebellion, more
especially BY raising food for the support OF
the Rebel armies. The fact that the labor OF
the South is mainly performed by slaves has
been often exulted over by the Rebel journols
as a main element Of strength for their cause.
=. The first armng Of negroes for service IN
this var was Oh the side OF the Rebellion. The
Native Guards" OF New-Orcans ara q Black
regiment, raised by order OF the Rebel Gov
ernor Moore of Louisiana. Those Black sol
diers bore their part in grand review Of
Rebel troops at NewOrIeans in tie autumn Of
l36l-when Emancipation had not been coun
tenanced ut Washington, and long before
Black soldiers had been enlisted TO tight Tor
the Union. That Rebel regiment formed the
nucleus OF the Black force raised in Louisiana
by Gen. Butler.
3. The Rebel policy of Murder is rested
distinctly on an assumption that they may use
Blacks, but we Dlay not. " The negro sol
ders whom Lincoln may sedu,e into his ser
vice, we shall consider not as in war; but as in
sedi,ion,' says Tie Richmond Inquirer. lu
other words: if they fight for the Rebellion,
that is war; il they fight against it, that is Sc.
ditioD to be punished by hanging every pris-
oner of war. And ii we do Nc submit 20
this, we are masisteriilly iod that " LiRcoin's
will be the blame and the infamy, and Me
,corid oW so adjudge." II the British arlsto.
cratic press is 81 the world" this is no doubt
the case.
From the outset of this struggle. the Rebels
have claimed and exercised the right Of
treating as traitors every citizen OF one at
their States who sided with the Cnionists, but
have denied to us any right to treat their men
az traitors in turn In other words: they have
not only assumed that State secession was a
legal peaceful right, but that zee should 80
treat IL. They have claimed right to resist
Federal authority i'll obedience to State, but
have denied the right 10 resist State authority
in obedience to Federal. If we concede this,
va should Mt once give up the contest. II We
do not concedc it--as we do not, cannot aad
must not--thc Government is now required to
act not only with prompt decision, but with
memorable rigor.