The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-11
Maallrille Aniuil.
FRIDAY, FoTFNl7HIER il, isez I
Aiming yerrnes
From the P. hmond Enqui.er, Nov. "a


submerged the States for military eff
feet For the right to make tobacco
No. Or cotton2 No. We are willing
to sacrifice all these. For our slaves 2
Again we answer, MOI We are not
fighting for any particular end We
are fighting for the idea of race; weare
fighting for the good Of that race; we are
offering hecatcombs of individual lives
that the race may live"
We are fighting, indeed, for the exist
ence of our people as a race, for free
dom and liberty as understood and
taught by our forefathers
at is remarkable. / mention it for
the curiosity of the fact" said Watkins
Leigh, that if any evil, physical or
moral, arise in any of the States south
OF us, it never takes a northerly
direction, or taints the Southern breeze;
whereas If any plague originates in the
North, 1t is sure TO spread TO the South,
and TO invade Us sooner or later the
influenza, the small pox, the varioloid,
the Hessian fly, the Circuit Court Sys.
TEN, Universal Suffrage, all come from
the North and they always cross
above the falls Of the great rivers;
below, it seems the broad expanse Of
waters interposing, efiectually arrests
their progress" =
AGAINST such invasions as these are
we now fighting; we are fighting for
our civilization, be it good or bad, right
or wrong. We are fighting again the
battles fought by our forefathers; free
dom's battle, bequeathed from sire To
son; THAT governments are instituted
among men, deriving their Just powers
from the consent of the governed" that
it is the right Of the people to alter or
to abolish their form of government
and institute a new government" when
ever they may see fit We are fighting
against coercion, which is despotism =
Slavery was the mere occasion Of the
war, not its cause, not its object
The question, therefore, of conscript-
ing the slaves, is one to be discussed
solely on us erpedicncI 1t in no wise
involves in any manner the objects for
which we are fighting. If the people
of these States shall, after mature de-
liberation, determine TO arm the subs
iects Of servitude, in the cause of free
dom, they but exercise an undoubted
right which does not in the least affect
the objects of this war.
We are not advocates of this conscrip-
ton, but we wish the subject discussed
fully, and to see the thought and tai
ent of the country brought to bear upon
it. We would not have it decided by
the weight Cf great and Influential au-
thority, but determined by reason and
discussion The best interests of the |
country are involved in the decision Of |
this important question 1t is one full |
of difficulties, and demands the utmost |
wisdom in its determination. On the |
one hand, the necessity of further in |
crease of the army is demanded by the |
Increased strength of the enemy On |
the other hand, there are many diff |
culties in increasing the army from the /
negroes. Our own convictions are de |
cidedly in favor Of this CONSUMPTION, !
but because it has many difficulties, we |
are not willing TO become its advocate |
to the exclusion of the arguments |
against IT, We publish to-day a com |
raunicatiOn from our well-known cor |
respondent, Sentinel, very strong
paper against this measure "Sen. |
tinel' is 20 well known to the readers |
of this paper, that his article will not |
fail to he read with great attention, and |
due weight given to his views.
Whether the slave can be made |
soldier, cannot be determined by argu- |
ment; experience only can settle that |
question. But if the Mexican peon,
and Russian serf can be made useful |
soldiers, by drill and discipline, we can
not see why negro slaves can not also /
be made soldiers Whether they will |
prefer freedom aud home with the /
Yankees, can not be decided by argu-
ment Some viii 90 to the Yankees,
Just as many native born white men |
have done, but that is no reason against |
conscriptiDg all the whites. Again, |
should mature consideration determine
against the employment of negroes as |
soldiers, still their labor is demanded in |
many thousands in the army, and their |
employment with the army will give |
the Generals many soldiers now absent |
from the front Experiments might |
be made and the results awaited, be-
fore undertaking TO arm all the able |
bodied negroes,
Sentinel would regard negroes as
an element of weakness rather than of |
strength; being disrusted by the army |
as soldiers, they would tend to democrat |
ize the troops; that no reliance could |
be placed in them to hold any portion |
of line of battle; that the fear of |
treachery on their part would prevent |
their being entrusted with the defense |
of any important post or position. All |
these are objections of weight to the |
proposition, but they are not conclusive |
against it. The negroes would not be |
pushed to the front until their discip- !
line and organization had made them
worthy of trust but they might be EN-
ployed in many important bat not re-
sponsible positions, while they are being |
drilled and made soldiers Does pride |
and character make the knouted Rus |
sian boor soldier No; discipline |
elevates him to that position, and, I'M
der discipline, he won all the battles |
that have illustrated the military his
tory Of that country. What makes the |
Irish soldier the most reliable Of British |
infantry? Not love for the Govern |
ment; nor yet patriotism for he is al |
ways ready TO overthrow the Govern !
ment of England, and his very service |
in her armies is the cause of the servi, |
tude of his country. Here again disci- /
pine oNeIEuASa Allt PIE. IullCts OF race, Il
and makes reliable soldiers out of IN 1
veterate enemies. If the discipline Of |
the blacks is TO beno more perfect than |
thst of the whites we grant that the ar |
guments of Sentinel are conclusive |
against the conscription of negroes. IL |
is 8 wonder that our present discipline |
has not demoralized our citizen-soldiers, |
and if not improved, we should not be
surprised At the entire disorganization !
of-the army. IL is by discipline that |
we expect the negroes 10 be made sol |
diers 1t is by regular army that |
peace will be conquered, and whether |
of white or black men, no peace will |
ever crown its efforts until discipline |
has bound together its parts into great |
machine
FATAL SHOOTING AT TERRA HAUTE-On |
Saturday evening Capt Kinman, who
formerly was proprietor OF the Buntin
House, at Terra Haute, shot and in
stantly killed a man named Dorr Dorr |
accused Kinman of being too intimate
with his tDorr's) wife, and stated pub |
hcly that he would shoot Kinman on
sight He went TO the hotel while Kin
man was at supper, stationed himself |
az the d5ulnp-rooun door ,,sstcl "a ha,,1