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

my, 1t they elect to do SO, there Is no
question. They can be impressed as
eas ly AS horses or grain. How eth-
ci-nt they would be, fighting for their
masters, IS aproblem that the trial by
battle only can determine. That
som. of them have more regard for
their masters than for their Northern
enemies. the history of the rae"
would lead us to expect; but We
know that throughout tn, South tn,
negroes ."k upon the soldiers o the
Union as their fri ndS. and aid them
in every way. They guide our r>-
capped prisoners by night. and hid.
hem by day. They serve as spies.
They run away from their homes t"
enter our lines. aud piac" themselves
in the ranks of our armies. Very
rarely do they briray "A trust pos
in them, by one VIII" Wears the hlu.
uniform. that they hav. learned t"
love as the color OF hop" for t:.ri:
people. The negro race is not a
. walk. as the white race. but ai,r;
patient discipline black regiment
becomes a fighting machine 10y II"
means contemplate. This has been
proven in this and other wars. Ih"
| negroes are not more iimid than the
southern Asiatics. and they are less
.ti,n.illlt,; and Yet the British srp".
is Formidable soldier. But neither
ia. African nor the A-ia,ic, the con-
| ;tabanh or the sepoy. is good tight
.r, or reliable soldier. unless long
and weil-trained in the school of th'.
soldier. Therefore. if the rebels
.hould bring up their black reserves.
=. will have n vast advantage "rri
them in the fac, that We hav. been
more than year convert the ne
gro.s into solui-rs-and they came;
wait 70 put their black through! Ia"
instruction they must hay. b-tnr.
:hrv can be- trusted even under =
>p inkt- OF fire. Aside from the un
itary ASPECT of the cas-, til, armln9
Il the negroes by the rebels Is hvii
liberation also. They must /" irrr"
r.tor- they will fight, They will b."
practically free when they are ARMED
and taught the use of arms. A mill
tary order from tn. Richmond War
Office. putting the atl--h"di"d black :
in camps of instruction. and pr"vi-
ding them with the accou,rrln-uts OF
soldiers, will be IL proclamation OF
freedom immensely NOR" effective
than tina, issued by Pr-siden, Lin
coin. 1t would not br documrn,
| giving freedom her. We were inca
PAIL. OF. enforcing il. and permitting
slavery where We had the force t"
-xtusuish it; hu, i, will go RICH, /"
,he spot. Some of t question. thai;
hav. doomed mos, omiuous of tronhl"
in our future would be dissolved sud
denly. Instead of cropping in the dis
NAL labvrinths of speculation, We
should stand ont in the clra, light OF
'hinr- accomplished. Air-ady tn,
u.crS>ities of the situation have com
PEELED more considerable tr-aim-u.
of the negro. in the agsrreat" OF
Southern society, that was induI g-d
before the commencement of the " IT.
! Ii. negro has advanced i'll impor,
ranc" nowhere 80 RAPIDLY a in tn,
slave States. where Ii. has cared for
thu wife and children of his master
absent in the army, and become III
il some ;. MS. the head of the house,
hold His business rs the producer
OF the r-crs>artrs of life, has b-culn,
,iignitird under the pinch OF, Il ,
blockade. III the eyes of his master
The war has gwen labor a dignity il
the slave States il never had before
aud where labor earns respect .mar.
cipation is, in the fixed logic al
events. inevitable. So it is written
in every page Of eur curr"n, hi,
tory, that the war, begun to cleo,
the ground for the foundation -: :;
magnificent slave empire, OF which
the Cult of Mexico should b. a. tn,
Mediterranean sea 10 Rome, will rnG
aud forever, OF TIL slave system ;ha'
/, was intended for its .orn,l stone.
We my err in opposing such ;
measure, but to TO us it looks Tx,
driving the nail in our coffin. An,
as a journalist, looking after the in
terest OF our readers and the countr,
at large. we are compelled, be til,
consequence what it may. to speal
plain in lie matter. Should our cours,
prove wrong. We feel tina, We ha,
done our duty, and stand guiltles
before our Maker, and our persecu
ted country. We never have, nor DE-
We intend to, throw any obstacle i,
the way Of success to our arms. Ye
we cannot refrain from expressin!
our candid conviction of the wron,
i, which will DO inflicted upon til
Z Southern people, when such a step i