Washington telegraph., 1864-12-14
[rrsm tbs Shreveport News
Aiming Negroes.
MARSHALL, Texas, Nov. u, l3e

MAasIALL, TvxA-, Nov. l3. l56.
Editor NcsSs:-lt is said there ,.T1
be . proposition made 10 Congress u.is
ession 10 arm negroes Tor the nilit.r.
service. and that a Southern Govern
..nd few sDuthr0n editors are Ia ,ayo,
Of Ills policy Now Nr. Editor. d.
maud Tue rigIl - brave, aud / trust
= s..l.ut though private solder. ",
yrOlxst through yanr paper as lIilsl tli,
pol!cy. | I ve vaitsi IN vain t. bear
!. voice Of condemnation for tbs d..
trins. Humble - ! a,E ] caau-t remain
4n:st while this horrible doctrine. a,
think. j. boiu1 discussed around ne.
Aiming slaves ruined Greece ana
Rome, xmd 81. Domingo, and most II
he West India Islands. Ii deJaz=d Liz
civilization Of the apcieHi republics, ali
rendered them : heap Ut raias- Ii L.,
ruined tLs United states, aud would
ruin as Arms il tie cEase vi truth Is
the uublcst calling that q R1n or uz-
tion can pursue. al history at.eats
.ha. military prDwsss j. La y. chest lss.
If q nations gTeaLues,. While Sres,s
Aad Rome were viriuyus sui pure, ttsy
were invinciblc. Their soldiers were
/ ths wonder OF the world, and the Gre
IAN PhalanK and tbs Roman Legion.
and L jman aud Grecian virtue, are ex.
ponents ef greatness IL their kind to
/ this day. la tbs early days of shoGs 70
publlcs, the best citizens alone wers
soldiers. Flcbians and slaves were aot
allowed the privilege. Bat virtue d.
serted them; they armed their slave.
and they fell. Hannibal At the gates Il
the city did not tvrrify them to the ara
| ing Of slIyes, bat aroused them ia their
manhood aud carried the war into Ain
ca, and destroyed Carthage
Afterwards, however, when Rome armtl
her Plyebs ana ter serEs, honorable mea
lost their taste fyr arms, and the barbara
ans oyerran the Imperial ci:y. The Iyirlt
Of the Roman army was gone Its ns~-
bars were Increased, but IT, nIzteJiqL rII
\ Iabased. WHAT II il that has saved tie
Crufederacy so faFl What protects
Charleston aud Richmond to-day! Nun.
bersy No! Bn material, u.d0u.ita5!.
yoRzE EDutlcrA cAica!ry TIE D=sE aioy,i
and the best Il miles " tue South are
there Seventy Thousand Of them strBr,
Cling against Dsats OF corruption, of oe-
.roes Yankees, Dutch aud Irish. Wh.
doubts theuu' NJ true 50ulasurner
This seveny thcu-ald viii hold Rich.
m0ud a. long IL ls necessary, or If nec.y
-ary theycaY Concentrate with other sTuies
Ut ours. cryas th= o IL aud march frya
Bsaon I'd -. LOUIS. Tao huadFgd aud
ilty thousand PeFsians are nothing 10 sey.
euty thousand Greeks. Lee holds Lynch
burg, Pet=Fsb lTg and Richmond easily.
Let a. cultivate . - esprit a4 cDrBI aud
leave brute force t0 OUT Brutal tie All,
ca and Sparta were scarcely larger ta.a
B1ss!er aud C4ddO parishes. Yet A,:s
could aVt conquer utsn Oortez with q
lew hundred heroes sOnlIered I'd emairs
1f eight nIliliCn Cn5 vi Bar5Ariaas. Broke
up hls Iats aud marched upon tha carl.
.,ol. God forbid that We saouId forse:
The !essCn. # bisicry One southern r.ls
caA whip AMI las EAippad Z TO aId fur
Yankees. ~ pO.sOn saIl moral il 10 gtFs-
.cll force IS tBreo is % I'VE. Eithsr s.y
IS one Is 10 three Lst u, stiek 40 %.
Almost every battlefield atLesti a. ShA -
- H. Idea VI =ruiiHg negroes III H=a=-
| >ary lot " ATn every waite man able d
Gre gun, aud every by and 10 nan t9O
| yes, ars1 sAem) bu; cur slaves, never.
Let Us better equip and supply those gJ
lAnt Inan In frunt. But lot "a. nev- g.
bass then BY equIlizDg them ~th r.
sroes, o. pllsi-g brutal negro eu guar.
over their homes aud families. ATN e.,
women and children first
This il written BY soldier WHO viii q
again to the frolt with cne arm, il Hecss
sary, but whoss heart would almost brssi
at the sight Of negre soldiers uudsr 81
| Confederate Aag
Co. y, Sd J. q. lNF'T.