Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-29

through the different wards OF tlese hospittls,
and am happy t. certify that all l. being done
Zoe them that re al der the circumstance. In
hospital No. 2, where the writer y canvalescing.
th,re are bat 80 patients. under j. Culbert
son. Of YOUR ci;v. Surgeon in chtTge, and MS
corps Of assistants. The Doctor i very popul1r
with all whom he meets in social or professional
relations. aud exhibits a oommendabe rTde IN
guarding his own reputation by exacting the per
formanee Of every duty assigned TO those under
him.
Since writing the above visited the building
where are confined the Rebels wounded ut Dt
vIs Mills. three weeks ago Yesterday. They
were OF the number whO made the raid on Holly
Springs the day before Seventeen were killed
and thirty were wounded. Five OF the latter have
Stree died Our loss was nothing. Those here
adpear TO enjoy themselves a well rs circum-
stances viii permit They are full of jokes, and
honestly declare that they are better Eel and
generally cared for than IL in their own hospitals
You will not expect a highly eoLored Republi-
can tn write a letter without reference 10 the
inevitable gentleman OF African descent Well
the army is a spendid field Tor The study OF hu-
man nature dressed in black. About i've thou
sand sable sons and daughters are attached to the
Army OF the Tennessee These are OF every
shade. from the unaduterated ebony to the sair
quadroon. From motives of curiosity, have
questioned them closely. and watched them
impar'aly | freely admit that ext erIence and
observation have materially modified my views
regarding them. | des outly wish that they were
cOlOnized out of the country. and that an impas
sable barrier were erected between them ami u,
as vide as That which God himself placed between
the African and Anglo Saxon natures. My
sympathes have always been with them. aud
have made me heretofore wish them ali free.
even il they must remain ia midst But now
| am far from being certlin TINT NV symplthes
sale guide specially in this case. Let me
state two facts
They have heard of "Massa Linkum's Proc
amation." but they seem to make the lOoscst and
most vague calculations to the result, should
the Proclamation be fully carrie out Liberty
with them means DEMONSTRATION from comPul
soIy labor means idle vagibondig They are,
almost universally. a lazy, shiiteSs set. and IL
will be u severe school in which they taught
To prize freedom NJ its full value. One thing is
certain: they IcW not tcOrk, unless constantly
watched aud absolutely compelled t. do 50 from
fear OF starvation They care rs little for the
future thew know Of it To crafty present
want, to feed their appetite for displty IA dress.
nine cnihS of them would sell our troop> to their
Southern masters, though the inevitable result
shOnld prove Their re enslavemcnt. In their
present they are totally unit for the erj"y
ment of freedom If feed from slavery IT once.
our legislators would he compelled 10 enact spc
cial and most stringent Laws for their control. or
their freedom would soon degenerate into the
most unbridei license. and these pauper hnr'ies
would crowd our poor houses, and oil our peni
tentiaries tn overfpwing la Il SOCIAL point OF
view whether they would he happier. OF even a.
happy, in a state of freedom. i question | can
not solve-is. in fact the gre It problem OF the day
Cei attain IL is they lack the mental !ower To ap re
cate freedom, and the M raj force 10 make il n
blessing But. in the loiter, of national life. We
have now the elephant, and, now. what shall we
do with il? This is yery strange talk for Black
Republican. hut | have expressed my honest.
earnest convictions, forced upon me IN current
strong and broad enough 10 sweep away all my
preconcrve,i notions, and letve me amid wreck
Of doubts and msgivines
On reading the above Ia my friend, d.. Hunt,
of Illinois he made "A remark worthy OF being
recorded He says: Even those Iew slaves Who
are disposed TO be industrious iav&ri bly, compile
the idea Of labOs with the idea OF service due To
those for whom that labor j. tn be performed
When they speak OF going North. after The war
is eulel. they always refer To some person with
whom they are going. or with whom they would
be pleased to 60. OF absolute Individual in ie
pendence they have no lie they must have
some one to whose skirts they can elm" The
doctor remark is truthful | leave it for Your
readers tn reflect upon
Respectfully, ). 9.