Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-11-23
Aiming the Negroes.

WitEla one cay Oh Ills nlEy-sepehtn J saT. /
- Armixg the Negroes.
!. Thissabjsctis noa oCcup, ing large slare. Of
.rubi:r attention, aad being universally; discussed
throughout the length Grd breadth OF Ito south-
.ern conf-deracy. The project " a:rsing a por-
tsa of CIR slares, and ni-drilling them US soldiers,
to help US E sLt our battles, has been sp0k.n Of
from time 10 slime during two years pst ; never
thoug!, until NOS, has it Rstwith anything like
favor. 1T present there seem to be as many, in
favor Of itas against i; The measure is evident
-ly gsin;ng ground iE rnblic opinion. The Prcsi-
dent IS appears from his late rntssSge,i is oppo:sa
to general levy aud artnins Of the slaves IS
soldiors; that is, undOr existing circumstances.
When it shall become absolutely necessary, then
be wiil,ook upon it $50 sayE his mcsiogup as in
every way. ju.tifshle. Gen. LEE en- the Other
hand, and he j. tho bottar general OF thetmo, il
said to. favot lhd eni,ting Of asufacicut number
Of negroes TO erablo.us 10 meet the oycrwhclin
Jag icrco hich tie sncmy will probably bring
aganst es- next spring. Gems. Lcsos1gEEr, Ew-
ELL, and many other distinguished officers Of TIE
Army Of Virginia, arc said to ccncur With Coz
LEE. in thil matter. - .e--.
And why should wO not bring them out toAght
! for us-nnd for Memselpesf YOs, for thomselrsu
and for tao blessings of their presoat condition
for thefsod and raimont thcy now have with
Gu! care,and he4Epre!hough.-fo the watch
ful attention besto "ed uron them in youth and
in old ase-for tho institution which rcndrrs
them moro civilized, more krmanizsd, and merc
blessed than they can ever hope to be urder tie
f,sodon which their Abolition friends are fierce
md furious to gain FOR thon. We speak not
lightly; indeed VIC do NO. think tho importance
of this matter can bo exaggerated CT too naueh
impressed upon our people. Undtr their present
condition hayenot euT slaves very many blessings
worth Sighting for? Is not their present .coudi-
tion that state Of life unto which it has pleased
Cod TO call them?" Arc thoy happier in the
frec StstefY Remember that hf,y tbousaad
"f,remen" have Gicd in Louisiana within two
years past, of hunger, disease and wretcardns,s
Will tacy fight? That is, have thoy courage?
Not as much as nkite men, but still, enough.
They have fought Tur the, Ysnkess lot US say
| wha. we will to the contrary, and they will fight
for us. For many months, .bolitionis:s have
looked upon the fighting qualities OF the negro
with delighted n:rszsment. They have lacked
words with which to sufficiently prslse the sndu-,
rsnre, gaifar,ry'and dash OF tho sable heroes.
| Gallantry and dash that isSll 1ouspaio whom
4 speaking Of the AeSro; lut as to endurance, who
has moro? Whu hes aueh power Of standing
and withstandins fatigue and hard,hip? And
whxt is moro absolutely necrss.ry in soldier
than this power. Leave negroes to Themselves,
and they will not fight; left to themselves, ss We
all know, they will DO nothing. Our Southern
slaves ara accustomed to habits Of obedience and
the restraints of discipline; organize thsm under
discipline, and regulations adapt'd. tc fAir char:
ac..r, ana they will Rght--and that traroy and
we'll. 1t may Bcsuid the negro will not fsht in
our on,,sa-nst sked his blood to, pOrpet,iats his
own re-vitudc; wo dc not believe it, and oven if
it wcro .truc, coed Instruction and strict diaci-
plias esa mnks ef's;ant troops Independently of
| tho oapss for which they fight. Andit may also
he said that cur agricultural operations would
be seriously surtailQd spd crippled kJ withdraw
iur from asld labor one or tive hundred thousand
abls bodied. slaves. This is in ZONE measure
irua but these agricultural operations would
not be hslf SO seriously crippled by ths With
drnwAl Of one or TIVE hundred thou:and as by
the withdrawal of tts,ntolo reinainins white
'm1le population between the ages of sixteen and
sixty. The President thinks the emergency has
not yet arisen for calling out tho slaves as sof-
diers; be thinks the policy good but that the
necessity for 1t d,os not st present exist Perhar.
h. is. right. GRixr and siERu:X hsva large
armies, but their armies will. not compare with
TIE hosts of MCCLELLAN in 1ec2-or of HAL
1.gcr in front of Ccrinth and over these hosts
we triumpLed nightly. A: sooH, -howorGr, .as
the necessity for arming cur slaves ia csrsninly
fund to, exist, lc! This new vial of Southern
wrath be urcoTked, and LEI The ebony Hcetcrs
nnd the rxy AjsZes 10 hurried to the 'front.' 1t
will DO sound war measure, and ono which will
yery substantially i.crsasc :he fighting eapabili-
ties Of The -S.cth
But after they Lsvo served us faithful'y as. SOL
dcrs, and Loiped us to gain cur Independence, |
let u. not blast them by making them free. Free
dom would prove great curse to hem-a great
danger to u.s.. Undoubtedly they should be re-
warded, magnanimoualy rexardea, but lot their
reward come through such wise. and liberal en-
actr:enls as would improve tloir condition, With:
out changing their stntus.
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