The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-12

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The Tribune 10 not troubled like the App
peal, with difficulties about the negroes af-
ter the wal. e.. asA4a@.9 ,lss,45 rs sta|
'sWhile we are by NO means prepared to
say .'After US the Deluge,' We see no me-
cessity for raising prospective dimculties.
Free negroes are now among ~ in very
Louisiana. they are permitted 70 organize
military companies, and to be drilled. and
have never given trouble from their acqui-
siti0ns of military knowledge. After the
war the free negroes will be governed;
laws proper to their government and con-
troll VIII be required, certainly, but not
more SO than for the white man" -sg
Az to any confession Of present exhaus-
ton, We do not see that it is implied any
more In the conscription Of negroes than it.
was in the extension of the conscript law
to embrace persons OF fifty years Of age
So far from confessing our exhaustion, it
10 the earnest avowal on the part of our
people not to be exhausted, never to give
up the contest ~ long a. there is . man.
weakness, is the strongest assurance Of
using all our power and strength. To
bring into service . quarter of . million o.
men, is no confession Of exhaustion-no
sign Of weakness. To proclaim our purpose
to odd the strength Of four millions of
SLAVES to that eigh: millions Of whites, has,
We think, rather the appearances Of power
than weakness. As to the effects Of. this
proposition on subsistence, II should be
borne in mind that the production of sup
plies il not our present difdculty, but
their transportation and distribution; that
we have an ample supply Of provisions for
the whole country, IL It was properly dis
Transportation Of supplies, but, when in the
army, they may be sued to further that
great military end, as well rs fight.
The objection that the negroes will give
trouble and become dangerous, IL refiited
by their docile and subordinate behavior
during this war, when 50 many of the
whites are from home, and when the emo
points. Never have the negroes been more
easily managed or exhibited more subor-
dination, or less sympathy for the Yankees
than during the years Of this war. The
many thousand who have gone of and are
now with the Yankees, went because they
were demoralized by the flight Of 30 many
whites from the Yankees, and because they
were deceived by the promises and driven
off by the military power Of the enemy
This war has not failed 70 teach the negro
the lesson that his interests and those of
his master are IDENTICAL; that his only friend
is the master, and that he can find no rest
ing-place with Yankees. The suffering Of
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told over and talked over by those who
have remained, and the loss, though heavy
upon the master, has not been altogether
thrown away upon the negroes. ~
1t is objected BY some, that to give free
dom to the negro soldier In to acknowledge
that freedom is 4 boon, and hence that sla.
very 10 wrong-that the atroug argument
slavery il the God.appOinted institution for
the negro, will b. weakened and refuted,
il freedom 10 given as the reward and price
of military serviQe--that liz negroes are re-
quired for the army they should b drafted
AZ slaves, treated ~ property, whom lostin
the service paid for, and after the war r..
turned ~ slaves TO their masters. But II
should be remembered that whether fres-
dom to the negro be really . blessing or .
curse. that many negroes desire II, and are
willing to take it even from the Yankees,
Freedom Is given TO the negro soldier, not
that We believe that slavery 10 wrong, but
because we must offer to the negroes in
ducsments to fidelity which they regard -
equal If not greater than those offered by
the enemy. The Yankee makes the negro
free at the North. We offer him freedom
ut home. Our correspondent, "A. B." be-
lieves the negro would desert from M to
the Yankees, and calls attention to the fact
that the negro does not desert from the
Yankees to Us. The reasons given fer this
by our correspondent are correct and pro-
per. The Yankee negro at present Sara
as more than he does the dangers Of the
Yankee service; but, when he once sees
negroes In our army, and understands that
freedom and homo in the Conlsdsracy ID
the reward for service In our army; that
here the field Of labor 10 open to him, willis
It is closed in the United States, We believe
that the tide Of desertion would set strongly
in our favor. 4 IN -
But a. b." says the negroes will NOT
fight: We confess that ct one time we en-.
tertained the same opinion. A distinguish
ed General officer, writing to NJ privately,
tie public thc Wsl9ht ma infissnce ~ IN Liz