The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-09-11
coLonED SOLDIERS,


The Raleigh IN. C) Daily Progress
OF the 18th ult., contains very suggcs.
two article on the situation of the bogus
Confcderacy. We should not be surpris-
cd to eco the A dperfiser endorse il word
FOR word. Any man that Is so fool-hardy
to support man In Canada for Governor
Of Ohio, we think he Is almost competent
20 endorse most any measure that is
tai nted with Hchsoh aud corruption p
Amer deploring Lees =, treat across tho
Potomac, tho Progress intimntcs to it's
readers thut Richmond hus'bocn convuls-
cd by a panic, II proceeds to advocate
the abandonment Of minor points In or
der TO mass the whole Southern army In
two columns for tho invasion OF loyal
States. II argues That the troops will
igh, much better on Northern soil, where
forage is nbundant, than OF the desola,e
folds ofihe South. 1t snys:
"Throw tho whole army into two col
umns, aud let one enter pcnnsylvanin
and the other Ohio, and, be tho result
what Il may, Il cannot be worse than
viii follow u continuance VI the dcion.
sive policy: for II five continue 10 conduct
tho war upon our own soil, We shall have
not only the armed lcgions Of the North,
in the shupo Of Yankees themselves, to
contend against, but within another year
sl...., an hn.sa ~, laa.s Aal IL 81
slaves fighting against vs.. At best the
prospect Is bad, but let US, II possible, do
what fighting is To be done upon their
own soil and not upon ours. by carrying
the war to their own doors, they might be
induced to, let us go aud agree TO a sepcr.
alton, but five continue the tieftnsive
policy, we must expect eventually 10 be
driven TO the wull.' ,.}
The South generally is becoming ter
riply alarmed ever the use 10 which the
national Government is converting its
seryilc population. Till quite recently
they have protested 10 believe that the
negro would prove worthless as soldier,
Many arguments drawn from the Oppar-
ent oontentment OF the black under the
yoke OF slovcry, his general infcriority
dcbaScment and lack Of enterprise, were
adduccd TO substantiate tho theory. BE.
fore the waroven, troublesome exception,
to the rule constantly hnunted the South
crn Imagination. But doubts were chokeC
down. II was eonteuded that SLAYER,
was an element of strength, and strength
only to tho Confederate cause. Theh
labor was mainly to clo,he and feed IN,
population Of the seeded States, ihereb,
liberaling the white malea for service IL
the field. s.. elsl-, ..r
But several facts Of momentous impor
tsnee have come TO light with the pro
gress OF the war. Wherever tried, the ne
groes prove good soldiers. showing eour
age, endurance, aud ethusiasm. As
race the religious element strongly pre-
dominStes among them. Believing tha
the yoke of their LretherD IN bondage !
now TO be broken, aud that the work O
liberation Il holy one. they carry int
the fight great dead Of religious iervol
Thus the consciousness Of right, and
sense Of personal responsibility for III
! welfare of their race, makes the negr
B loyal, and earnest, and brave.
Again, the bonds Of attachment, unkin
4 the slave to his condition, which wer
sentimentally alleged to be more co,
!, trolling than the power Of the msste
a have turned out an illusion. The say.
improve every opportunity 70 eseap
They Join the federal raiding parties, e.
lowing them ia,o camp by hundred
They tbrong into the lines Of our adva'
: cling armies totally reckless OfIthe '.ti
Of gratitude" to the master. W
Davis cannot employ colored reg
! ments.--It would subysrt the'yery foul
> dation on which his confedcracy is bull
4 even if the men were willing to serve
] perpetuate their own enslavement. d,
!, arms cannotbo trusted In their hand
a The presentation of gun would be tai
!! tamount TO deed Of manumission.