Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-22

ntprO' Il IN me Ia ks OF our army
AS soldiers. The writer says very
justly that to do this, would be 4"
defeat us, as no soldier desires to be
placed on the same footing with the
negro We have repeatedly urged
the propriety of placing negroes in
places fitted for them, such as team
sters, ditrhing, throwing up breast
works, etc. but have never. and d."
not intend to. approve of placing
them in the field. with view of
fighting. They can also he made
available in workshops and every
hrauci, of mechanism where manual
labor ia requisite.
The moment though, ". attempt
to put them in the field a. soldiers.
that moment our army will com
| .nrucr to exhibit sigls of weakness
At h,m. rs we'll as abroad. Our
gallant soldiers, who have stood 20
heir post. thus far witl,ou, a mul.
lnur, viii! exhibit spirit Of di~sa
i>tac,inn they viii! become demo
rallied Instead of being strengthened
,!rsrr'i"ns viii! be plenty, and dis
s'cn:,I, 81 gr at, that nothing can
.uuucr ,h.,n /" L. ;rain the brave
sacrificing soldiers they now are
On ,t:r he, Lard. the feet will b..
.nlrndohS. III aiding III. enemy to
accomplish his lWp"s. of suij"ga-
ton. No better evidence would h"
| require of cur weakness, than the.
introduction Of this new feature III
IA. southern army. a & lorious day
| would i, he to him wien he could
herald through hts domain, 'ha', a
| "A la.t resort, the Southern States
were arming their negroes. Would
| ,l;s no, sound rs if We wcr. rra,lN
an our "'as, Is" ast the enemy term
it At the sound of this proclnma-
ton, thu people of the Lincoln gov
.rnnrn, would rally as but one man,
! and all III. excuses We might bring
to bear on the subject, would not
avail anything. We have scofi, d at
| hem for arming negroes: We hav"
pronounced it unchris,ianlike How
can we then. with any show of con-
sist-ncy or rrspec, ability, proclaim
to the world that We intend to arm
the negroes. The idea is rrrpos,e-
rous. and We think and hope our cor
responder; is mistaken or miSin-
formed; for 10 person with the least
pra,t cal sense, who will = W thu
subi.c: a care ul stuiv, could har.
Dor the thought, un IS his object b.,
to see tn, dow ntai! of this Contrder-
ary. Why should ". place the ne,
gro in The position of s"ldi-r>7 Sure
| " not tor lie lack eft fighting men
lh>p.c: our diifrr-n. armies and v"u
~i!l tiud fry "r sixty allrh"' led
| hue Lnen dil'i < wagons. Can
not the places of such men b." filled
10y negroes? And there are innu
mrrnbl- other instances. where lie
goes uid b. substituted. BY this
means, alone, the army could be re-
inturc.d to considerable extent.
That the matter may be introduced
IN the Halls OF Congress TO place ev
cry ahl.-bodied negro in be field as
a soldier is not at all doubtful, bu,
whether it will be passed and bccom,
law. is question difficult of solu
ton. Not less than $500, 0 Effrc
tive troops could be thus added tc
our strength, so far as numbers ar,
concerned. SO say the advocates o.
this scheme. Our argument. however
proves to the contrary. BY a north
rru paper just received, We no.
tice that the cry is already rnis
ed, that tn. South contclnplat-s
Introducing negroes in the field a,
soldiers; ",hat i, is proof positive o
of their weakness; that the supply
If white men IS ex':austed; and this
is the las; remedy, Or dying strug
gle" To a distant observer, it look
v,Iy much like it. Listen to tn,
Cincinnati Commercial in this con
n-cti"n, and say, whether our antici
pations are co. rect or not
! That the rebels cannot rrinforc
their armies So as TO hold their owl
: against us. from the exhausted whit