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prepared for the field, Ii We should need then
ana Tho donhts but what we will by tn
coming sprfug. It might bo said thes
ofdcers would object to Commanding negrt
| rsglm-t1s hno A-gto companies. But no
they Will not II thty have the prop4r quail
ttsa and qualifications for tfflcers Il vii
take lust such gallant meo as those who s.y.
alrt 3D. lost their commands By leading the q
| TO the tOretrUur OF tue b4ttie TO cp.l a4rd
TINT respect from the ntgro whicn the South
cr1 gentleman knows 50 well how to com
mana, at the same time that be slows, 1ite
out constfaint, the uttermost kindness; aht
no officer should consider it any disparage
ment to blu to comman1 these trIops, bul
Father look upon 1t in tue il git Of Il dlt11 eu;t
him for bis signal succees In the past, and hle
| ability to rtdoce to proper dl=cip!ine and
make good So]tiers Of the raw and rough
| material Rather let him regard such aa ~
s'gnnent or appointment as compliment Ia
h's fitness TOR conuaud. In other words,
only the best chc2fB should b. selected to
command 1h- SC troo.s, and, our word for 1t,
We Hu1 baGo in the fourth year OF the WIZ.
Few and powerful re1ufol GENE ent, force ca.
pablo of anything less than tnegreatest emer,
| Eency, SID an Offset to tue hireliDgs and
b)ace that the enemy are bringing sgalnst ua
which they pever oreamed Of. Do this now
ard We will only co what f6 evidently becom.
Ing more appa.t Mt we .ili hsye 20 do sooner
tr rlatef-namsly meet with the same ma
rial that clses Of the enemy's army which.
unless counterbalanced thus. will torn an
important Element in our defeat and subm.
cation. These remarks ale dictated bF a
clear conviction OF what is dali, becomiup
! more urgent hy the great desire of1he muiotitv
OF our people and Amy tor this enactment,
AID By the circumstances around me; for be
It poted that ~r1te from section of Yir.
gil Ia the most prosperous, and that there are
ten farmers living adjacent, owning more
tban twenty thcusand ceres of 1and between
gle soldier is furnished to tho army, Think.
Virgintans, Of twenty Thousand acres Of laud
in Virginia, Owned b. ten different iamllixa.
and not furnishing ningls Representative in
the army. If euch be the case In Virgiuta.
Whist mnst it be IN the less populous South.
Whtre the extensive cotton lands Of the rich
planter extend for miles away. Yet these
men are nilliIg, yea, many OF them anxious.
to contribute their portion Of negroes to the
service, and one hundred could be raised in
tlts immediate neIgtborhood without mate.
rial detrtncnt to the farming interests of the
countfy. Then can there be any reasonable
wish. on the part Of Congress, to delay leg
as1atlon On this subject, when the forces afe
wanted In the army. tue officers arc at hand
to commond them, md the masters are VII
ling to contribute them?
Let Congress take thfs into consideration
ut an early dsy. Let US have prompt and
vigorous action on this subject, and not have
to lament, in tie fall OF l6o5, the many re
vetses which would have been prevented by
the organization Of such force,
VOICE FROM TIE COUNTRY AGAINST IT,
correspondence Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 4.
Gentlemen: In the Eaqufrxr Of the 18th
ult You advauce and recommend the propo-
eition to conbctipt the slaves Of the south
for the purpose OF making soldiers Of them,
and claim for the Enqusr4T the honor Of mer,
1t, (which suspect none will dispute with
yCu} Of being tue first to advance It.
Can L. be possible that you are serious and
ea1ntst IN proposing such etcp to be taken
by our Government? Or were you merely
discussing the matter Is something which
might be done? An element Of power which
might be used-meaning thereby to intiml-
date or threaten our enemy with it AZ Wesp-
n OF otfense which they may drive ue to usee
Can 1t be possible tnIt q Southern man.-
editor Of Southern jourcal-recoguizng
the tight Of property IN Slaves, admitting
their inferiorty in the scale OF being, aud
aieo their tocfal infer{or1ty, would recon-
mepd tho passage OF law which at one blow
levels I'LL distinction, deprives the master Of
q ght to his property, aud ee7ates the ne
gro to an equality with the white mau u?-for,
u'sguts 1t as you may, those who fight tozeth-
e. ~ .' eounoa .uo ssnse. una " success win
tne same ireeoom, ENJOY equal rights and
eu'shed only BY culor. Are We prepared for
fpiE! Ii it for this We are couttnding? Is
it for this ne would SEEK the aid of our
sssvtes To win their freedom with our own
Independence, to establish In our midst a
half or Quarter OF million OF blacG fresmen,
familiar With the arts and discipline Of war,
and with large military experienced Has
the bitter experience of Vrgtnia with regard
to f1ee Legroes already been forgotten? Has
that bIed subject OF LEGISLATION found Its &c.
lutien and remsdy in the wise expedient Of
a1miDg and training to arms not only her
claes to be multiplied ten-folo By this slave
consumption? Will ignorant, brutal free ne.
grcee, be rendered less ignorant, less THEY
isb, more humane, by this training Of the
camp; BY the c :mpaigns OF three or four
yfarsr When President Davis said, 1--WE are
he mt att that the question and subject Of
slavery was matter to settle amongst our
Eelyee, and one that admitted of no dispute.
that he intended to be independent Of ali for.
eiRn tnfneEces on this, az we'll as on all other
matters; free to own slaves II he pleased.
tree to lay onr own taxes; free to govern
ourselves. He never intended to ignore die
question Of slavery, or to do aught else but
txprees the determlI alton to BIZ Indepenlent
In this, ss well as in all other matters, What
has embittered the feelings OF the two sec
tions Of the old Union. What has gradually
driven them to the fllal separation? WHAT
is It tbat has made two natlonalltles Of them,
II 1t Is not slavery? 1t was slavery that
caustd them to dcnounce us Interiors :; It Was
slavery that made the difference In our Con-
Ertteional Representatives; it was slavery
that u,ade this difference in our pursuits. ia
our inte1ests, in our feelings, ii our social
and political life; 1t is slavery which now
makes OF us two people, as widely antago-
nfstic and diverse as any two people eau De,
and 1t only needs difference Of language to
make the NoFtheFner and aoutherner
as opposite as the Frenchman and
the Engtlshman. fou say stne liberty and
freedom q ourselves and children, ths ,a-
!to"a4l4D OF onf country, &C. are involved in
this struggle" Yes, and Of this nationality
you "on'd deprive ne; 1or instead OF being
IS We Tow are, nation OF ffeealen holding
slaVts Ss our property, you would make Us
1at1on Of white men with free negroes for
our equaies Mtfsrs. Editors, II you had
soueht IN the political body OF the Coded
eIaes lcf come spot at which to aim and
Strike one o!o@ Which should at once de-
pflVe II OF nle, yo1 could not have found
one more s1tA, or nave struck with more
oeaa!J certenty lnan Eou nave done oy the
aoVocacy o1 suca scneWe; ana, 1t there IS
a.y memps1 o1 Congrees 30 loet 70 his senss
~ ..e euty Wn1cn as o"sa 70 ma country
es aeo ~ eo1s.lluton - .s "a!ca ne mas s~ofn 10
oeleno I1efs 10 one VINO fs not tired OF
tee s,se se~nes o. olooa ana run and devastation
t,na msn ~ nnse eSlnsa a, ano aesotatea many pof-
80 uu1 " oaa a psoseu aaua ". yet oelfes 20
etdfa e.d @ ano ~ .aousaha loio moIe OF tae
o;ai1 .s1nin+to - auu nsssIy 5eRutsen Dy
- n,as snoh 1sW ~ ~ ~ psuaue Congtess
soah,Sa hs' sss,aqn "a ~ ~ tS1ap ~ 10y oot
hten III; 10 na9hinG @ T. 1res tha s,,n masen t aass
.hs1i teHthe revn3nti6n - ana do a sar'ss r "ncd d
nn1tnred and r,oinp IL n1r mfast ~ .ba,i aha hs
Witch we ara now ennsoed az ,hs o. n1;5 snd -
desoletine Tornado eomnared tn the mia at