Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-15

are sufficient E0f the emergency. WheI
they are weakened so much that they can.
not hold their position against the enemy,
then we eau resort to the blacks, and
when We do that, as the last resort, then We
shall be willing to see slavery sacrificed &c
the independence of the country. That in.
dependence will justify any sacrifice
Everything is well spent that purchases
that boon.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. Q.
We have forborne take any part in the
discussions relative to the making soldiers
of our slaves, because it it had not yet
been formally proposed as practical ques.
ton, and we had hoped that it would be
passed over. We did not t0isb 70 create a
breach az a time t0he1T harmony Is so desirss-
Die. As the decision Is to be forced upon
us, however, we wish to express our oppo.
sition, and the grounds thereof, in as few
words as We can.
The t,ropositfon, in the first place, is totally
unconstitutional. We parted from the old
government because of its determined pur.
pose to interfere IN the domestic affairs of
the States. We're We still under that govern
ment, engaged in q war with all Europe,
and Invaded by d million of men, surely
nobody will contend that the general gov
ernment would possess the power, under
the pretext of necessity, to abolish slavery
in the States by making. soldiers of the
slaves, for such is the undoubted effect of
that measure. Now, we are not aware
that the Confederate government has any
powers which the federal government had
not.
SecoRd-Let it be conceded that the con.
stitutionsI power exists. The exercise of
it is, nevertheless, confession of weak
ness, or, rather, profession of q weak
ness which does not exist. We have no
occasion to resort to any such extreme
measure. Our affairs are in a better con-
dision, and our prospects brighter, than
they ever have been since the commence
ment of the war.
IHird-Armies must be fed, and in order
to feed them crops must be made. The
negroes are our agricultural laborers.
Take them. from. farm work and you de.
stroy the army more efectuallY than Grant
can do it, with million of men to back
those he has in the field.
{ Fourth-It would be powerful stimu.
liant to recruiting for the Yankee. There
can be no doubt that vast number would
resort to them who are restrained at pres
ent by the apprehension of being forced
into the ranks. They stay at home because
they are in no danger. Let them see that
it is as dangerous to stay as to go and they
will be pretty certain to go. For, with the
Yankees, they get high bouutyfOr enlist
ing, and liberty and equality into the bar
gain. The services are set before them
which of the two to choose, and there will
we fancy, be little hesitation as to the
choice. ---.- .....
Hth-We Cite up the ,ohOts question sOhrn
ne adopt this measure. Whatever we may be
fighting for, the Yankees are Sighting for
"the nigger.;" that is, to abolitionize the
South. We are not disposed to crafty
them if we can avoid it,. Henry Ward
Beecher, In one of his speeches, Inade about
q year ago, boasted that slavery had re-
eeived mortal blow; and that this war
would be the means of spreading New
England ideas )" that is abolitionism, Fonr
ierism, freeloveism, and the whole brood
of Yankeeisms throughout the continent.
These ideas, he contended. would make
Q surer conquest than the sword.
The lNumantians of old won immortal
renown by burning up their city, their
wives aud children and themselves rather
than be sgbjugated. If we are reduced to
the same extremity perhaps it will be we'll
to make soldiers Of our negroes; for it
seems to US the one is about as much an act Of
desperation as the other. But we deny that
We have come to that point or are likely
to come to it.
s The proposition of the Confederate Ex-
ecutiVe to Introduce q larger number of
blacks into the Confederate service as
teams ters and laborers cannot be reason
ably objected to. There will be some di-
vision on the subject of setting free after
the war such as are purchased by the gov
ment for these purposes. Itis to be hoped
that the discussion of the matter will not
be INDUCED to an unnecessary length, and
that the action of the government will be
at once prudent and practical.
THE NoRTHERN BLEoTIoN--THE UNITED
{ srATzs suRRENDERING ITS MBERT1Hs.
From the Richmond Dispatch, NOv.O.
7 YesterdaysWill belong remembered In the
annals of mankind. OD yesterday twenty
millions of human beings, but four years
ago esteemed the" freest population on
earth, met at various points of sssemblage
for the purpose Of making 3 formal sur
render of their hberties-not to a great
military conquerer;1 not to q renowned
statesman; not to fellow citizen who has
done the State services that cannot be es-
timatedr In WoEldIy wealth; not to one who
has preserved the State from foreign ty-
ranny, or increased its glory and its great
ness at home; not to 9 esar or Nspole-
on, the glory ot!whose achievements might
be pleaded as an apology for the abject
submission Of the multitude; but TO a vul-
gar tyrant, who has never seen shot fred
in anger; who has no more idea of states
mRnship than as a means of making mon
ey; whose career has been one of unttmtt'
ed and unmitigated. disaster; whose per
sonal qualities are those of q low buffoon,
and whose most noteworthy converse
ton is a medly of profane jests and OBJ
scene anecdotes-. creature who has squan
dered the lives of millions without remorse
and Without even the. 1ecencyi of pretend
ing to feel for their tnisfottuHes; who still
cries for blood and for money in the apnr-