The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-11
AUGUST II, 1861,
Negro Troops.


cling The negro troops Coz their oowsriioe at fesef''
bang. and GIANT tor putting them in Nont Some
Of thcm qualify their dcnunciation of Grant by ac-
cu~ine Lincoln in complaissnce 10 whom, they SAY.
,ho cxpc,,ment was made: lat they all agree that
the duty upon which the negroes were ordered wa'
sa.h AS demanded the service oa the br,vest and
most thoroughly regiments in the whole army
and that the most Indifferent AMI least experienced
were thru, upon IT, So, it seems, this Is all That
the POOR ncgzo gets from his new masters He
is first pushed forward upon the most dangerous
service that can possibly be required Of soldier
he takes the bullets ana havonets which his better
disciplined white co,alade. shouli rece've-he acts
as Il living rampant 20 shield them from dangaT-and
when he is compelled by = fire which no troops on
earth could stand to break ana run he gets nothing
bnt curses and jecrs IN rctnIn for his devotion =
This is Yankee all over, and Is the attempt to prove
that had tir place OF the negroes been filed by
white regiments, the event would have been different
There is nothing in the history Of '1hc Army of
toe Potomac" to prove the truth of This assertion,
or 10 show that the best of its white troops would
not have been beaten quite as ciieetuaiy rs were the
unfortunate negroes whom they forced INTO their
ranks in spite of their wishes and circumstances,
This trial of the negro, however, seems to have
euSStlailS ltSptitd NtlS INST
the services expected from that race Before the
war commenced, the Aboltionsts, totally mistaking
the character of the negro, and the condition in
which he existed, constantly i'll The habit of
representing him rs an oppressed captive, ready to
take vengeance upon his opprcss"rs az the first sig
ma. of a li1cgating army. The most glowing pic
tures were drawn of midnight murders and conha-
aratinaS of huge slaves brandshing axes and
1,i,,ll ,..,,
upon their hearthsones, fleeing to the woods for
safety The negro was represented As the very in
earalation of the tabled Nemesisthe Avcngcr of the
WRONGS Of whole generations-the Fate OF the UNI
fortunate white The progress OF the war
soon dissipated all these idle imaginings.-
Exocp: in very few instances, the negro manifested
no hostility whatever to his MASTER for the simple
reason that he had never been oppressed, as the
Yankees presumed he had beon-prcSumcd 50 be-
cause if they had been in his masters place. they
would have wrung the last possible exeron from his
tortured limb>-and that be had nothing TO avenSr
Thus they got ri OF delusion, only to fall into
another The negro, from the very law of his origin
in tropical climate. i. indoent, and will not work
If he can avoid it. He il, moreover. ignorant,
eredulous, and peculiarly open to temptation.
band OF tolcraby good music can allure thousands
OF them TO any exodus that the performers may de-
sire They will follow it through field and forest,
through bog ana mirc, TO the end Of the world
Having become aware OF this, the Yankees have !
employed this expedient with astonishing success
A band in any neighborood is sufficient to attract
al the negroes from all the plantations III five miles
around Other temptations added; and thus |
have been tolcd off from homes better |
and happier than they will again; and this
circumstance gave rise to the greatest deusion of
all namely TO the belief that the negroes could be
made soldiers of.
The negro is patient, enduring, and by no means |
He Is naturally, fespectec of autho-
aiy and is the most acute person in the world in |
the real gentleman from the pre- |
tender. Neither fine clothes nor fine airs I'M |
pose upon him. He knows Il gentleman by instinct,
and he respects hun though he b. III tags, while he
has respect for the vulgar pTctcnitr, though clad
IN purple and tRe linen. But he cannot be made a !
soldier of, especially by the Yankees, for whom he
has respect and whom he cannot be induced 10 |
treat otherwise than equal He knows,that !
white man ought not to pat himself Il level with |
hun, and he despises HIM Tor doing it, He Will not !
respect his Yankee officers and therefore Mr.. Lin
coins hopes blasted lie Will hardly be able to
conquer the South by means of tile negro, !!
and he has found it out This is his last card. lie ,
has tried every other and each has ftiled him i'll its :
turn. About year before the war began Mr.. |
OF Pennsylvania declared speech, t;
:. IS 900 600 beat ,0DG 000 It has not turned
out So Ii the Yankee nation had proper sense Of !
The attitude i'll which they stand they would hang
their heads in shame They three or four times
more numerous than are. They mad, at the be-
ginning OF the war, all the old army ana old navy.
while We had not soldier a ship. They have
heaviest guns known to naval science. They had all
hs arsenas and all the manufactures that belonged
to the old United States They had the seas free,
and the arsenals and manufactures Of Europe at
their service. They had population Of 21,o00, 900
rom which to raise and recruit their armies. They
lad free access to ireland, from which they have
,een drawing troops ut the rate of nearly 10000
rear They had access to Germany, whence they
lave imported quite as largely. They have called
INTO the field p 900 troops and have actually put
n 10000 according to their own showing. They
awe ran themselves in debt to the tune of five
thousand millions. They are eyerlastingy boasting
# their honor and their determination to wipe us out
# existence. And yet, with all these advantages, they
lave been compelled to call for help the poor
ro-to tear him from his home and force him into the
anks-to put him forward as a living rampant for
heir white troops-to teach him cries which
hey know must add ten-told to his dangers-to see |
aim slaughtered without mercy, and without daring
% reinforce him. II s the most shameful, the most
lumiliating, picture ever presented by nation to
the world. And YET the Yankees boast of it-abso-
utely glory in their shame-s utterly dest.l1e
are they OF all the feelings which ennobie a.ah and
end to redeem what is least commendabie in his
haracter. They cease not TO boast, though the
Jonfederacy, everywhere successful, stands to give
he lie TO their vai~glory; for what poor, ptiful,
miserable set OF potroons and liars and braegarts,
must compose that nation, when it is not able with
VI its advantages even backed by our own negroes
o reduce US to submission!