The New York herald., 1863-08-31


merit is both afirmatively and negatiye'
proven. We hope that the Democratic Conver
ton will adopt it unanimously II. how
ever, there sh0sld turn out to be a
obstinate coppcRhead faction in the OouVentior
led by Ben Wood or by the railroad manager
Of the Albany Regency, she duty Of the demo
craoy will be plain 1t mast give up ell sfiia
'tion with such men rather than give UP it
platform. Under the gu dance of Tammsn.
Hall, ths conservative party coud carry Obi
State, in the event OF q coppDrhead split. q
easily as the conservativcssOf Kentucky dcfeatst
the secession democrats A oomparisos be
tween the results Of the elections In New Yorl
and Connecticut last fall demonstrates that the
copperlssads are perfectly poweriess, and thai
the conservative democracy only is popular
| with the people. We have no fear Of such q
split, however. The oopperheads have no
strength in this State outside Of swsr1Nor two
In this city, and when tho Convention assemblies
they will be only too glad to scquiesce in the
deoisisn OF the majority, and expire gracefully
under cuver Of another great conservative
victory.
TAe ArYexeA ArnainG Or HAIR . MkS3tOn
II Negroes 6y JoM. DAWN
BY ,telegraphis intelligence from ForEcss
Monroe, it has beeA stated that rebel
journals received at Msrehead CITY NJ o.,
say that ,Seff Davis, after eonferring With the
Governors Of the Confederate States, has come
to the co0cludon TO raise an army Of Ave hum
dred thousand negro volunteers. by giving
each man his freedom and ffty acres Of land Al
the end A.f the war. We huve been receiving
files Of Richmosd papers all slong, and have
now befoa us dates later than the Morehead'
City news. and yet we have seen nothing Of 1t.
We fersrdI It, therefore, as unreliable, indepon-'
dently of il 8 intrinsic improbhbility.
In the nra place, the Confederate magnates,
by such sss p, would destroy their own insti-
tuition and su rrender the very thing they say
they are Ga hting for. Half q million Of
negroes fis foa military service would include
every sble-bo died black man Of the military
AGO In the cor fedoracy Who would be left to
perform the ag icultural and other labor of the
countrys Thes / as to the fifty acres Of land
nor mss thst would amount to twenty
teen milfieas # acres .supposing that half
The negroes VI re either killed In battle,
,r had died n ON disease. or deserted to
he. Union flag. Now, the Southern confede-
.acy has not IN d ere of public land. All the
and it contsiD is owned by private indi-
vidaa,s> So that 1t would be impossible for
the rebel PrcssdeA to make good his stipuia-
- ~
land; and we kuos that he has NO money for
any such purpose. In such state of ruin are
his finances, accord ing to Mr.. Teombs, that he
aannot pay the sss white troops left in tho
Confederate army, much less arm, clothe and
Iced half n,illioa of blacks.
Agaia, If JEFF DAyis 8 puts arms into the hands
If fike hundred thosaAad negroes, drills them
INTO soldiers and gives thei their freedom. it
b very evideno that bDforei they laid down their
apms they weGsld demand the freedom Of the
whole black race In the ebel States; and il
ooulA not be. refused to them. The Confed-
crate authosities are very willing to use the
lsbos of the negroes in th cir Notifications and
in the drudgsry Of the can lp; but we have yet
to, learn thai there is any disposition to enrol
thsm in military organa zations We think
they will never venture, upon. 80 dangerous
an experiment except on a very small scale.
There is another consii leration which shows
the absurdity of this all eyed scheme Of the
rebel President. He HAds it extremely. hard
TO procure. arms enough, for the fighting white
men of the oonfederacy., Where would he OBJ
tain half million Of muskets for blacks!
Lastly, how would the white troops of the
South like the idea Of double their own n~mber
of blacks. being put on level with them In the
field, and at the end Of thO-war being placed
on footing of political snd social equality
with thems They certainly would not stsad it;
they would soon either lay down their arms or
turn them against JEFF. Davis. and his Cabinet.
The whole story seems TO us to, be beyond
the bounds of crcdibility. But IL there should
be any truth in it, then we have only to
say that the old proverb, "wtsm the gods
woMld destroy they Grst make mad" has re-
ceved new aud most Extraordinary veri-
fioation. II the rebel President and his Cabinet
and the Governors Of the Confederate States.
are driven to such. measures it. Is plain that
they feel that all TO- lost that they have moth.
ing to hope for, and that they are only playing
the desperate part Of ruined gamblers, who,
having squandered all their money and credit,
play away their personal iewery, their family
pictures and msmentos and all their household
gods, while the tide. Of fortune has set in
steadily against them, and there Is not tho
slightest prospect Of ita turning in their favor.
THE CosroS MovsxsSr.-we perceive that
largo deposits of cotton belonging 10 the Con-
federato government have boon seized by our