Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-11-23
.Ssss Arming .the :Negrpes. I.

from time 10 tiinc curing txo years past nsrsr
taoagE until;now, has 1t neswi.h anythiag IKE
favor. 1st present thsre seem to Be as man., in |
favor Of itas sgainst "a; The measure is eyiacnt
iy; ;gsining ground ir nnllic opinion, The prcsi-
dsnt apicars from,hF late Inesssge;is opposed
10 q general levy aud armins Of the slaves as
solaiors; tina. il, pndor existing circumstances.
sNhen it shall become absolutsly necessary, thsn
be will,looIup it $50 says his mosiass} as IN
every way. ju;tfhsble. Gen. LEE on the .othss
hana, and bei. tho.bottar gonetil of ofsthetno,:iii
said to- faros enii,ting of asuficisut number
of ne5roes.to cnableus TO meet the oyerwhclm !.
ing forco whieh TIE enemy; will probably bring
against ss npxt spring. G ems. Lcses7sFET, gs-
ELL, and many othsr distinguished ofaears Of The
rin5 Virgins, arc said 70 concur With iGor
LEE in .thiI ma tier: - Il
!. And Why should Wo NOT bring them out to.aght
FOR us-and for tAemseioesf Yos, FOR themselves,
and for tho blessings of their presoat condition
for, thefaod and raimen. thcs noE hare With
out csr:sand Without pref hough.for the watch,
1ful attention besto Jed aron them in youth and
in old ase--for tho Institution which rerdefs
them morcsci.ili.ed, ,;mofs trmanized, and mers
blessed ii an they esn ever hope TO BE- uEdertke
f,sodonf which their Abolition friendsuss 50 fierce
and furious to grin for thom. We lpeak not
lightly; indeed VIC. do not think tho importance
of this matter can. be exaggerated CT too nuah
impressed upon our people. Undsr their present
condition hayenot our siavesyery many Blessings
worth sighting for7 Is not their present .condi-:
tien that state Of life unto which it has pleased
God to call them'" Arc. thoy happiar in the
frsa a.stesY = Remember that fifty tbossaad
a j;peaea" have died in Louisiana within two
years past, of hunger, di,easc and wreseandnsaI
Will thoy fight? Thss is, have they courage2
Not al. much as white men, bat still, enough.
They have fought fur the Yankess, lot US say
what we wilI5to the contrary, and they will fight
for US. For many, months, .bol:;ionis.s lave
-lookod upon the fighting qualities Of the negro
With delighted :a.l azsment. They have lacked
wofls eith which to sufficiently prxise the endu-,
rsrrs, gsrian,fy'and dash Of ,hs sablo heroes,
Gallantrya and dash ! that is9lll nonspnse when
speaking Of the Aegro; lut as to endurance, who
he's more?.. Who has aueh .rorcr of standing
and withstandins fatigue and lhard'hip2 And
vhxt is1n6ro absolutely necrfs.ry in a solditr
than this power. Leave negroes to them.olves
and they will not fight; left to themselves, Is We
all know, they will DO nothing. Our Southern
slaves gro accustomed 10 habits Of .cbsdioncs and
the rsstr.int, of discipline; organize thsm under
discipliue.snd regulations adapted &c faeir eaar=
actsr, and they will Hght--and that brarely and
we'll. 1t may be said the negro will not ashtin
our eai,ssz-nst sked his blood to, porpeiIats his
oun sesvltudo wo.d6 not bSlisfe ii, and even if
i! we're. .iruo, good instruction and ssrict diaci-
pliaa csa maks. Efficient troops independently of
tho oapss for. HLfeh they fight andiit may also
ho said that cur agricultural operations would
be seriously ezr4aiQd sud cripP!sd;b By withdraw
.inS from asld labor one. or tive hundred Thousand
sbls bodied. slaves. Tlis Ia in some n xsssure
trus ]. but .thcaa agffsultursl operations would
not,bs half go seriously crippled by the with
drawAl of one or twe hundred thousand as by
the w:tharawalsof tks.rkelo ssnainins whit \
male population between the ages of sixteen and
sixty. The President thinks the emergency has
not yet arisen for calling ont tho Slaves as sof-
dief,; he thinks tho policy good but that the
for 1t dsss not at present exist. Perhars
III. is. rigst. Gnixr and sREnnsS hsyu large
armies, but their armies will. not compare with
the hosts of Mcclellan in t1e69--or of HAL
LgcY in front of,corinth ;and over these hosts
we 4r;rmpked nightly. a; sOor, -hoWev,lr, as
tho necessity for arming our slaves is certainly
fund to exist, lot; This new vial of Southern
wrath be pincorked, AID let tho ebony Hcctors
md the. may AjsIe. 10 hurried to the fronk 1t
will DO sound Sar measure, and ono which will |
verg substantially ilcrca.e The sghting capabili-
ties Of The. South
SBut after they hayn served us faitbfary ax SOL
aiSrs, and le'ped us to gain our Independence,
let us not Hast them by making them free. Free
dom would prove . great curse to ,them--a great
danger to u.s., Undoubtedly they should here
Warded, gnanimousiy :res.rdsa, butlat eheir
reward come through such rise. .and liberal on.
aciasHss g would dinpforeth condition, with:
their status.
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"a RgNEDY FOR CoSsBsrrW CHIIhs-l
Z The mother of q soldier has sent the Pc
tersbufg Cypress Q remedy for .congestive
chills, which she has neyerknownto fail. She.
has (she saYs) for a number of years been
managing Il large boarding school, and has
had some experiencein nursing:
The remedy is spirits CT turpentine-gire
fren1 tentotdftesn drop, !, IN syrup CT todd
rub the spiaa. chest aud extremities ueH,
adding small quantity of oil Of turpehtina
to preFent biislcring. The extramities saonld
until reaction takes place. .Acloth .
saturated with the mixture should beiapplied
ctle chest. 80 .s..3 3;;s,s -
! srs-An opinion pssFsils, q. Richmond thst
Gen.. Grant nill 1eare q portionsaf his arny Gu.
ing tho winter in hisforlli snd.taEe ths
-sst down souih against WILMINGTON and CHARLES
ON, aud possibly sayspnat, keerirg the Weldon
.oad adforfeompaunientionsia and ueip tho Newborn I:
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