Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-22
ArAaing NeErOSs!
MARSHALL, TExAs. Nov. II. 1885,


Editor -Nc,rs 1T is said there
vii! br a proposition made to Con-
gr"ss this session to arm negroes for
III. military service. AMI that .
southern Governor and few southern
editors are in favor Of this policy.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l demand the right
as n brave and l trust . gallant
though private soldier. to protest
through your paper against this
policy. l have waited in vain to
hear u voice Of condemnation for thia
doctrine. Humble % / am cannot
remain quiet while this hsrribl. doc
trine, As l think, il being discussed
around tn.
Aiming slaves ruined Greece. and
| Rome, and ST. Domingo and other
West India Islands. 1t debased the
civilization Of tn. ancient republics
and rendered them - heap Of ruin.
! |, has ruined tn" United States and
would ruin US. Arms in tn. cause.
of truth is the nobl.st calling tina. .
man "r n nation can pursue. All his
tory a.te>ts that military prowessis
! tn. hi :h. 1t ties, uf u nations great
ness. Whit. Greece and Rom. were
:ir,n"n- AND pure, they were invinci-
h.. Th.ir soldiers were the wonder
"f,h- world. and ia. Grrcian Phalaux
and the Roman Legion. aud Roman
| and Grcciuu virtue are opponents of
greatness in their kind 70 this day.
In til. early days Of those republics.
the hest c,tiz-us alone were soldiers.
! p,rhians and slaves We're not allowed
/ the pr.viir.. But virtue deserted
them they armed their slaves and
they fell. Hannibal at the gates Of
the city did no, ,errify til eth to tho
arnins of slaves 8. But aroused them
/ in their manhood and carried the war
,u,o Africa. and destroyed Carthage.
Afterwards. however. when Rome
armed her Plo-bs and her scrfs. hon
"rablr men lost their taste for arms
and the. hnrbavians "v.rran the I'm
pcrial city. Tn. sp,yit OF the Roman
army was gone Its numbers were
| increased. bu, it's material was de-
based. What ia it that has saved
the Cont.d-racy so far What pro-
l-cr> Charleston and Richmond to-
day ! Numbers ! No. Bxt material.
! MiomatfnhIr yoxn3 sostAers ch.ral,v
IN. hes, blood and the best families
of lii. South is there. Seventy
Thousand u; them struggling against
"A mass Of corruption. Of negroes,
laukr-S, Dutch ard Irish. Who
doubts them No true Southerner.
This seventy thousand will hold
Richmond AS long as it is necessary.
ar il, necessary they can concentrate
with other armies of ours, cross the
O.io and march from Boston to St.
Louis Two hundred and fifty
thousand Persians are nothing to
seventy thousand Greeks. Lee holds
Lyn .i.hurg. Petersburg and Rich
.noud easily. Let us cultivate this
esprit dn carp, and leave brute force
to our brutal 70. At:ca and Sparta
were scarcely larger than Bossi.r
and CaddJ I>rish-s. Yet .Ana could
no, conquer them. Cort.z with q few
hundred hero. conquered AN empire
Of Eighty millions of Barbarians.-
Br"k.. up his boats and marched up
on tn. capital. I'd forbid that We
should forge, thu. lessons of history
On. southern MAJ can whip and has
whipped three and four Yankees.
Let us sick to it. Almost every
battlefield att.sts it. Shame on the
idea "f ar:niug gru-s. If necessa-
ry lie; u~arm every white man able to
lr" gun and every boy and woman
too yes, arm thcrn) but our slaves
never ! >EvEs!, NEVER !! Let
us equip and supply those gallant
men III front better. But let Us never
irbas- them by e4ualizing them with
n.sr"-s, or placing n brutal negro on
guard over their homes and families
Arm ,h- woman and children FIRST
rhi. il written by a soldier who will
80 again to the front with our army
Unnecessary. But whose heart would
almost break at tn. sight Of negro
soldiers uad.r the Confederate flag
Co. X, 3RD La, my