New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-13
A WOnAN.s WAY.

A lady Rebel writes a letter from Petersburg,
VA. to a sister spirit in Richmond, under date
Of the 10th ult., wherein she thus demonstrates:
Henry sevs that It Is reported that half of the Yam.
lec tro. p in West Tennessee negroes. and that
Cen. Johnston II determined II they f into our hands
t. show them mercy. and the Yankees retailte on
our who fall into their hands. to hoist Tie black
lag nj once Henri says that he question PIT 10
tos in his brigGde risfier cy prcred 70 Rire neroe
no glari and take The risk Of Bang roiaafed on. 10
them prs0Ecrs Of Udr. and df tr6Ty roftd 10
gre han qnartey
&c hope Gen. Johnston will keep his word l would
like 10 see the black flag hoistcd ut once ! love MY
husband rs ondy as a wife can love but would rather
BE- should die under the black flag than that the insult
of the dctestabo Yankees IN sending negro soldiers
against should not be resented by putting every
10 the sword who may fall into our power do wish
Mr. Davis and his Cabinet would resign In favor of
their wives and leave the direction of affairs for one
year 10 the women aud, my word for H. the pusilan
nous Yankees would soon have no negroes and would
have get Hessans t. fight for them OF give up
tie war Would nj you ard ! make good generals,
Muryf 1.-THE wTctchcs make an attack on this city
will show you what can do you viii hear OF another
Joan Of Are
The difficulty with this sort of people is
that they are still laboring under the hallucina-
tons created by an age of systematic CONNER
cal and political Servility, and indolently as
sumo that the inhabitants of the Free States are
their more ingenious and docile upper servants,
who have been strangely misled into revolt and
whom they are now engaged in reducing to
their natural and fit position. 1t isn't conve-
nient to them that Blacks should be recognized
as men; whence they jump to the conclusion
that IRE have no right to recognize and respect
their manhood. If this lady were assured that
the Rebels might win by armng the Blacks on
their side, she would never dream Of any impro-
priety in so arming them, nor imagine that there
ought to be any hesitation on the subject; but
that the low, vulgar, sordd sneaking, "pusil
luminous" Yankees should have the impudence
To do it cxcites at once her amazement and her
Indignation. IL is "a if Dinah, after bringing
up the breakfast mot lavish one, about these
days., should coolly sit down at the table, help
herself, and insist on eating with white folks.
Missus' would never think of arguing the point
with her, but settle the whole question by in
stantly knocking her down, and then kicking
her while Pomp was hurrying up the rawhide.
This lady, in her fury, is most unjust to "Mr.
Davis and his Cabinet" Those persons have to
confront the civilized world-a matter of which
she knows nothing, and for which she Of course
cares nothing. Their emissaries are dined and
wined by the Tory aristocrats of Great Britain;
they are privileged to whisper into the ear of
willing but skeptical Napoleon, and to inter
change sympathetic messages with His Holiness
Pope Plus TX. They are on velvet with En-
peror Max. oi,Mexico, and all the head centerS
Of darkness and despotism on the globe; and
these are not quite ready for al open adoption
and systematic prosecution of the negro-kiling,
programme. So the Rebels have to
and equyocate, and dsSemble; and
tho women would do likewise, if clothed with
the power they covet, unless they should replace
Slidell by Mrs. Greenhow and Mason by Belle
Boyd and resolve to 20 it blind in defiance of