The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-11-26
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
SATURDAY NOR. &c, 1864.
THE RICHMOND PREssoN SEFE's
RESSAG e. .....s-..F

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A. nntaber Of the head devils Of the
rsbe,iion who style theuaselves,the ''Con~
fsiar4ts Congress" assembled in sOlemn
aonslaveI At Richmond. in the early part
Of the present month, When His Imperial
Highness submissea his regular ''annua
message" In which he very strongly re-
oommsads the policy Of enlis+ing about
forty thousaad slaves into the confederate
service, 10 be used for various kinds of Ia
boriog work, AMI finally put othe ranks
IS soldiers. For the services thus to be
rendered the state he proposes to give the
negroes their freedom.
This Recommendation GINNING from tie
Chief Exeeetise--the "head of the Gov
ernment" causes great sensation among
the chivalry. The Richmond Eramteer,
especially, is previously exercised over the
tone Of tie message. He goes on to the
extent Of column or two to prove that
negroes win never make soldiers, and d.
naliy concludes by the assertion that let
them be ever so cap sble Of bearing arms,
the policy is in direct opposition to the
genius ofthe confederate constitution, and
is ipso fitcto moral surrender to the alb
slitionisss. Hear him:
But the existence Of = negro soldier is
totallyiacousistent with our political aim
and with our social rs we'll as political sys-
tsm. We surrender cur PISTON when
ever we introduce the negro to arms. If
. nsVro sGt to be soldier he lie not DC
to be slave, and If aby large portion Of
she race 10 Ct for free iabor--at to live
and to he useful under the eempetitiy.
systs of iabor-shsn ths lie RICE is &
for il, The employment OF negroes az
soldiers in our armies, either with or
WITHOUT prospective emancipation. would
Be the frst step, but step which would
involve all the rest, to universal abolition.
a. would be 81 understood and regariel
By all the world. Our enemy would per.
ceive that he had succeeded 10 h design
to tn point of moral subjuyation, AMI
would It doubt that eur absolute sui
mission WIS n't far removed. To our
own helrts it would be confession, MT
only of weakness. hut Of absolute iuIbIl ty
b secure the object for which We uu ler-
took the war It would be felt by all a.
= compromise to the abuli.innism of the
warId, incounp .tible with tn It in in1spen |
snce uf action for which the South strives,
The following extract from the same
paper:is "cIincher," and sets Mr.. Davis
10 a very unpleasant position before the
confedsracy:
But the objections to this project are
90 manifest that it IL unece=slr. at present
even u suggest them. The President op
poses the introduction of negroes into the
amry a. soldiers, but desires corps OF
forty Thousand to be used in labor on
fortifcations, rs engineers. as teamsters,
ard as sappers and miners, To pro-
osition OF that sort no enc could have the
least objection, IL he had not concluded
with an obscure passage, which, if it
means anything means that the forty
thousand slaves 30 employed shall be se
free atthe end Of the war, - reward
for their service. Here, while refusing 10
employ the slaves under arms, he adopt
che fatal principle pf the original prsI.
ositioa 10 its fullest extent, and put.
forth an ide, which, If Admitted BY the
Southern peapas as q truth. rem lers their
position 90 thu inttter of slavery utterly
uatsnabls. Wshdi thas the a gro is IL
his proper p ssi1n --shat is to $ J, in the
eondiiiou which is the best for him, where
here he reaches his highest moral intel,
Iectual and physical development, and
can enjoy the fun sam Of his natural hap
iness; IN word, that while living vita
the white man In the relation Of slave he
Il ina State superior and better for hiln
than that 0f freedom. BHs tie aegre's
ftsedoh . 10 Be siBes Aim as q resoard
ysr rs ssspice 10 tAs eoaatry; hi free
dom, tberefare, i o booa--it "a a better
stsse---a satsrm good ef snkirk Oh, saps
dspstse him aad keep hins frsm N"s
asas % Gle asAaLe theory 0f fhe a5oitfiaRisfs,
and Ne have the sorrsw % think that il
one parsioa af The Presidential message
a.ssns anything i means shas.