New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-29
Negro Armies In yenezuela.

CAxacu $. A. July T. ieGa
Measures are usually judged by results For -four
wears and over civil war has ragged in Venezuela
For tie las: eighteen months the immediate parties
10 i, have been the Government party, under the do
,n,orship of Gen. Paez, and the Federah The
former was admitted TO 10 the aris;oors,c party Of
the country. Is officers were nearly all Of Spanish
descent, and its soldiers OF the lighter shade.
but INT sly of the Spanish intermxture with Indian.
On he SIDE were the wealth and nobility. IL pos
sessod all the seaports, all the navy, and most o.
the fortified strou ,nods IL held the pursestriDEs,
and controlled tue revenues CT the nation. The
Federnls were opposed 10 the Dictator and his
Government, and IN fayor OF Federal, rather
than consolidated central Governinent. iEey De-
can tho WAY without nane, fame, credit, or re-
sources aud the standing term Of reproach hurled %
them was, that they had 10 leaders VI renown, and
that their nrmy was craJe nlass oi negroes, mu-
la,toes and Lambos" But il 10 Cue 10 truth to say
of them that WIZ perseverance, aud slngleaeSA OF
pur, ose seldom wilae Sod IN revolution, this party
steadily advanced and gained OF their ad'ersares-
Towns, cantons. castlet, and provinces srceessivey
fell into their hands. Tuey every where fought,
though against great odds 10 poio! VI arms aud TO
sources, with iud0mltaoie shJ. AM bravery. Often
In hand.to-hsn combat their enemies provided with
fixed 5syou. 20 aud cartridge, and they With only
their broad knives called "p.Gcts.es" yet they Al
most invariably gained the fight, always using their
success with moderation. Their courage snd endur.
ance supplied the place Of arms and equipments:
With little or no incunbrsnce save oDe blanket, and
generally without shoes 70 their set they r'sSersso
mountains forded streams, threaded ceises, and
attacked the enemy wherever ho was 70 be iouna.
and that enemy everywb here retired finding niinse.f
unable 10 core with negro yalor. BY the hid
die OF April. 1868. they had pressed their foe
to the very gIIes OF his .api,ai; .na:
on the 18th Of that month, shas
enemy sued for peace and agreed on terms 81 capt.
ulstion. A few days after, the army OF negroes.
mulattoes, and ranbos marched into CArscas and
TO the surprise Of strangers, and 10 TIE eoni1non
OF tho arstocracy, = more cneeiioii cour,eous,
hale. looking, and better behaved body OF soldiers
had never been seen in that city. Tbs contrast be-
tween them and the pale, swsrthy Spauard wAs
most marked. The Legro army" under the full
fn,h of victory have now been in this city nearly
three ,nonhs and the writer Of this article has yea
10 hear of their first act OF excess plumber robbery.
or riot and life person, and property secure
Ia Caracas tonight AS in any inlaudlvilage in ths
State OF New-iork.
Hero 10 o "negro army" that has worked out the
entire revolution of Venezuela. Measures are
Judged OF by results. That army has conquered;
and /, has used that conquest with . dignity sn1
moderation that shame the aristocrstic hocler o
the negro race. These soldiers, bear In mind, nad
nearly every man OF them once been sapss, ana tuS
CONSCIOUSNESS that they were fighting for ana WIN
men, who were their Jriends aud against the P1'I
which had hed them Slavery, was the rear se0,os
to their perseverance and success Aneso az INV
tdets, and they require no commcp's.