New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-17
AHJ7nNG NEGROES IN DEFENSE
eV SLAVERY.

AHy7rNG NEGROES IN DEFENSE
| or SLAVERY.
| A few weeks since, Tie Daily Nctcs threat
cned and The TRIBUNE hoped that TIE slave
holders Rebellion was about 30 decree q gen
cral arming and emancipation Of its obie-Dodied
slaves. Three Hundred Thousand OF these, We
were ominously assured, would soon be called
/ into the Rebel ranks, organized. armed. drilled,
and let loose upon the haplesS North. to Kill,
burn aud destroy. Wehcpod, apd barely hoped,
that the experiment might be tried since the
desperate will resort to The maddeSt expedlents;
! Tor We felt sure that arming slaves to fight for
| slavery was the certain way To make speedy
end of both Slavery and the Rebellion. Our
Government could well afford TO supply cloth-
| ing. arms and equipments to every black regi-
msnt that the Rebels would raise AID put in the
! field; for we should soon have our arms back
again, with strong and willing men to WELD
| them.
The following letter from Rebel spy at our
National metropolis iorcbIy sets fo,th the ar
eument in favor Of the proposed act Of Rebel
desperation:
! THE Ag,iisG oF THE SLAVES.
Washington Correspondence of ne RcimDnd FJoNiaT.
WASHINGTON. Nov. = 1864.
should prove false 10 Ivy nai4'o land IN closing tiis
communication without urging rpDn the Confederate
Congress which learn is shortly Ia assemble their IN
mediate aid favorable consideration of the prospeei'e
c.nsclIpti1n Of Stoves. This population 81 three NIL
lions VIII rcsdHy AMI without driTpent to the agricul
.ufal DpcIut.uns = lhe South, aiO.d strcc hundred
thcuaHd ebc-bodied ohso:s TO the negroes VINO have
already been Stolen seduced inio tie rcd
,ral service. Tie negro IS emhen,y tue eIeh-
igre of association aud iusnsction. lie readily
adopts and idc,tics himself win ia ~ Of be
sgperors As a. incentive o them IN 6s WORK OF
killing Yankees Guarantee them ther liberty aid teach
them that they are called upon u light TOR their homes
The first battlefield in which they appear viii show
which IS The better warrior, the fahui servant oi Tho
South or The u.itive iirc.nG u tle Noita Ihefc IS
Of pablo import ~ this project than seems
10 DO routed ~ the Soaih Inc pare iU'nof WAT the
intention OF aimlng be slaves was beng sitertancd IL
Richmond sen. Consideration through every department
a this Government, and Oh IL mention ~ tc stoca IHr
kct the price Of god tn. real test OF pubc 'ng ad
,anced twenty per cent IN single day. The truth -,
that granting the South three hundred thousand abe
bodied Africans ia their haQ0s. t" p.ool "a
tion Of the j. idcLnlte os to ino1thls out ou
Of G 90 l0J eternal Ia proof u tha power sDG hold
in this element Of strength tie rGyr1 pordiAi'n' ana
the iear and trembling a.cA ttc prospective co.erl'
lion has excited observe the ccu"> e'r,trrt nervous
persistence with which the Back Erpgtliran pres )
throughout this oonury is arguing e i-possbiiiy %
The purpose being executed
Nov the fact that we were a little "ne-yOu~'
with regard TO this scheme NAV be admiiten;
Lat we feared that the Rebels would not. bl e.,
means that they ,eould arm thtir slaves; 30.
We -aw that thcy could not 20 It without prac.
ideally abolishing Slavery, and T.. the same time
strengthening Our armies far more than their
own. Ignorant and stupid most slaves may
be: but there is nOi one Of them so ignorant a.
not TO know Slavery TO be the impulse, end and
hahn Of t5e Rebellion, and not one OF them is so
stupid as willingly TO fight in such a cause.
Our fears that the Rebels would not, therefore,
outweig hed on hopes that thoy would do what
was threatened; and the event proves that oar
fears were well founded. Outnumbered,
pressed back, overbornc, as the Rebel armies
are, with the conscrption Of Whites already
pushed to its utmost limit, the leaders dare not
adopt the ready expedont of arming their
slaves knowing as they do that this would at
once dieallect their white soldiers and fill their
ks with men certain to desert to Us on tie
first opportunity, and fight on our side as they
never could be driven 20 fight for the perpetua-
ton of Slavery. This fact Is as plain TO .the
shrewder Rebels as to US; hence the rejection
of the scheme at Richmond, after it had been
approved in council by the Governors Of the
Rebel States this side Of the Mississippi, and
been partially acted On by those Of Alabama
and Louisiana.
The Richmond Enquirer still persists in its adj
n, ,.c tccua of tho I'm inst time
combats one Of the most annoying objections
TO IL:
But the discussion has been cIOadsd by the PROPOSE
ton Of freedom after the war; aud sone sly that, II
freedom recognized as boon 10 be given hs the re-
ward for fidelity. blow is struck at SlayerJ. We be-
eys that but state III the Coniederdoy !Srblds
manrmissiop. In Virginia. any person may enamel.
pate any OF hs slaves by last will in writing or by deed
recorded in the courts Of lis county or corporation.
Is this statutory boon denial that Slavery is tho
best condition for the negrof Unquesonebly mol; and
vet fidelity 10 the master IL here permitted ~ he re-
warded by emancipation. Now, cannot fidelity to
the National cause ,tested by endurance Of hardship
by rsllantry in acton and exposure to DEATH be re-
relation in which those are sim Held Who have given
no assurance " such hdctyt We cannot sec that re-
ward for faithful services in the least conflicts with tho
reasons and arguments which support and sustain Negro
Slavery. We hold the belief that the negro ia best off
is in the right place, when he has good MASTER but
the negro may think otherwise aud 'GSs pqpah which
induces his employment as soldier, demands sacr ces
tina, shall secure his fidelity. This sacrifice is made in
Offering him his freedom fatAulness. Nothing is
yielded 10 the ignorant prejudces OF tho world q
pie bargain Il struck. Tie negro Dsnfs his Jfedom;
whether boon ouyse IL v0n's H. and for u may be
willing faithfully TO in the army OF his country
That country stands in need Of those services; one 10
offered for tho other II has touch OF philanthropy
abost itno tyni .tby or connection with Aboitonsm'
This is well done; but the difficulties Of
the position are not surmounted. Tho admis-
sion that slaves desire freedom is fatal to the