Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-11-03
WINSTON, NORTH aRoIdNA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5 1857

farms aad suddenly elevated 10 the right
and notions ot freelner.
Look at tie question In another poin
ot vlsw. If our slaves sre MADE so}3ieia
then they will havs ,pt.e governed os th
Isame military laws wilic:. ,oveIn tn whit
, linen, because, we have ou.y on II ii
tarv code. They will, therefore, be aips
i,facto the equal of their masters, entitled t,
the same rl.hts and subject 5Aly to rh
same punishments. The insoleuce of on
former slaves would have to be endured
or, if chasrised, taey would have the rigl
ana the force to chastise back asain-tnu.
destroying the first principle OF negro su
bordinatiun, which is the life OF the ipsti,
tuition OF The South.
/ But supposing the question to be fraugh1
with nci,e Of these terrible soci ii and po.
li,ical evils, it is perfectly clear to our
mind that armed negroes would be a
ac1rce Of perpetna. danger and weakness
ia ~ South in t}.ls struggle, instead of
: aTal Sth. WI we shall have armed
ara What seea,l.y have We that they
/ aot desert IS s47 join the enemy n a
~? Reasn (. t351lI all natural geJr.
:c fes and from o~s8vT TaEiof, they 3
c. s.inly do so. ucnId be folly
tl,esn to fight fo1 a5r protfered libeeey.
when by simply " k,ag INTO the camHs
OF t.le enemy, they woQld be spso .factt
tres by Liocol,.s proclamation. Place
our negroes IL The tiell as soldlers, and
they would surrenter every position whci,
they might be placed to defend, for it is
idle to talk to sensible men about the Il
deity of slaves. That is subject which
will do to anuse the brains OF ronancers.
= MT Z tt1p f,f
the teaching of common selase, have shown
mat not one nsgso III a ttaonsaud will re-
fuse to aoceps he protfered boon OF free
can do SO with inpuulty. T. arm tie
slaves is to arm a powerful foe IN our own
lntdst So. asA-satt -s aal ,>~ses-s
4 Nor is. this all When conscript all
the. able bocied negroes, II, are TO cult
yate our, fields, and support our armies?
Put the white men aud negroes all IN the
field, and what will follow but general STAR
vation9 With the negro in tie field and
in the trenches he is a powerful and indis,ss
penslblef auxiliary to our cause. This is
the capacity in which Lincoln fears the
power of ofeslavery. Fivo ,honsand negroes
with the spadeaiia made Richmond IN
bic to all the powerful aud ingen p
lotiS asSiallS OF tne enemy. = ne same
humber have enabled Charleston to with
stand the most terrible and prolong ged
siege ot modern warfare. With tho spade
ald hoe, our slaves are more powerful
han All army viii banners, but with ar-ns
n their hands, they ut once become a
source of fearful weakness and inevitable
1nsturction. W e cslutioa the people aud
he press III all solemnity against counte-
lancing this new and mad scueme OF abo-
ition, this scheme 90 convert the Southern
States into free negroe colonies---to make
he slave the equal Of the white nlan---to !,
'ob the master Of hi -ighiful property--to
,mancipate the slaves against positive 7
State enactalents--to destroy all hope Of
'iyil liberty in the South, ard nsska to I
.lacolu aiIl the world flse I;s4nlii ating !,
oafessien thai We are Incapable OF defen- !,
ing orr property or our freedom. /,
- sss Lyachbtug Repu5tscan. s
2Ns Yankee Dsbt.--I:1s New Ie.k
Ierald, says that the dabt oi - +JnItsg3 +.
fates was $1s955. .973.7f6 OF the 30th. OF :
epteirlber, aild that It was 10 creasiny at !
le rate Of more than $4,000 900 a Month, !,
aving swelied from SIS27492. IFS on +
se I'd or August TO the aboYes,lm on the
9th September. Another year at the
elne rate would make it not. ,nllclr short i.
three thousand millions.s The Eerald =
,mplains that the government has not :