Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-11-03
A new scfsesne eo AEokisionize aaae
South

It is painful to rehec. how soon the land
marks of great principles are lost amid the
tllroes of revolution. For forty years the
people of the South have been herccly
battling against the mad schemes OF the
abolitionists to destroy the institution of
domestic slavery. We have Uniformly
contended that negroes were property,
aud that slavery was local institution
with which no power under the sun could
interfere, save the soy ereign States them
selves in their individual capacity. For
this great principle OF the right ct = 3
States to regulate their domestic ins itI-
tions to suit themselves, we went TO var
with the Il ORTIZ, and ior nearly fonr yeaFs
have maintained the dreadful conflict w ii
uuexanpleu success. just Il the moment
when all the z igantlc schemes O. the eue-
my to subjugate us nave failed d-when
Grant is paating for breath to renew u
contest in which he has been upietely
batfied, and Sherman is to!ling to escape
from the coils of Hood, which threaten the
destruction Of his army-just at the an-
spicious moment when the bright and
glorious day of independence is about TO
break upon us with the splendor OF an suny
cpuded sun--jpst at such .,nonlent it is
gravely proposed by. respectable taongh
chimerical journals in the South to ignore
all Of our past cardinal principles, ssumen-
der the great question tor wEich We went
TO war, and do for ourselves precisely what
...,1c.lft aa3-lile abolition istss proposed to
s.o It..<srs without war-oboiasb sJ1verY.
ahis Is the naked propositions of those
who advocate the sconscrlption OF our
slaves as soldiers. They propose to con
script s.all the able bodied negroes of the
country, between IS and 45 years, respec-
tively,' arm and exuip hem and put them
in the field as soldiers, along with our
white lilsn. As an inducenaent to make
these negroes faithful to our cause, they
are TO be given their freedom, and permit
ted to live amongst rs after the war as
trcemen. Tne result Of aEch a proposition,
ii successful, cannot be mistaken bv blind
man Or All idiot. It will convert the SOW
ereign States of the Confederacy into free
negro colonies, with 1.-The social and po-
l1:cal evils attending the ANAL gam alton of
adverse races. It our negro men are made
free, then justice and sound policy would
require that their wives and children
should be permitted to enjoy freedom a.
long with their husbands and fathers, on
the principles ANNOUNCED blythe Richmond
Enquirer, ''that they who fight for free
dom. deserve to be freemei,." Whether
THIS DC 1iSt Or not, 1t is very Certain that
onr slaves once made freesnen, and train
ed ir the skill OF arms, aid the harsisE lps =
Of the camp and the dangers Of the battle /.
field, would rot only insist OF, their own |,
freedom, but On the freedoinsxot their en-f
tire race Nay, more. They would in
sist, and have the right to insist at the
point ct the bayonet, upon enjoying al ]
civil, social and political rights enjoyed
by their former masters, s3on the ground
that they had suffered equally the dangers
and responsibilities Of the struggle. The.
horrible result wonld be either the ANAL
gatnation OF the black. and the white races
In the South, will, all It's attendant shame {
and ruin. or dreadful cisil war ot1exter-
70 70 minakion between the white men and tIiei =
black Can ch Consequences bes chnug
templated by the Southern lplnd witlioutIt
? shndder Tor the, result And yet fliisis !
tue certain end to hicla it is now prtpos- !
ed toseducate ourslaves, tor wesheld it to &
De npessible that We. ssarI ESCAPE. these
calainitlens consequences with snalf d
iauiaon OF negroes trsiped 10 the uss ot