Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-19

HOW SOUTHERN NEGROES TREAT NEGRO SOL
DlERS.
Message of the Governor Of Georgia.
ADDRESS TO VIRGINIA SOLDIERS
The Whig of the 11th says:

taken from private letter just received
from the vicinity Of the late battle In that
State:
At Ocean Pond the Yankees placed the
negro troops 40 yards in advance, and de-
termined to shoot them If they ran. TWAS
death to retreat and, as the sequel proved,
but little better than death to advance, for
our men killed 500. After the battle, a gem
tleman, accompanied by his body servant,
went over the field looking at the dead and
wounded negroes. Having proceeded some
distance, theservant's attention was attract
ed by an excellent pair of boots on the feet OF
anegro soldier, lying near where they stood,
and, after getting his masters consent, seiz-
ed one of the boots to pull it off.
He had hardly done so when the wound-
ed negro commenced kicking furiously, and
cried out 'sLet my boots alone; / am not
dcad!" The servant startled, stepped back,
and asked, "What did yol say Il say
let my boots alone; amt dead! The
servant picked up a lightwood knot, and
coming back said, I" You amt dead :"
den, if you amt dead, I'll deaden you,n and
Immediately dispatched him with the light
wood knot, and bore off the coveted boots.
From the Richmond whig, March li.l +
RECOGNITION. 'el
The latest advices from Europe renew
the rumor of recognition. There may or
may not be foundation forit. There isno rea-
son to doubt the desire of the Emperor ofthe
French to do us this act of Justice, but
European diplomacy is so involved and
intricate web that no sovereign Is power
| full and independent enough to do what he
pleases when he pleases. State necessity
| Is more potent than the mightiest potentate.
Humanity, justice, consistency, good faith,
everything, indeed, that may be presumed
to sway. the personal feelings OF rulers,
must Weld to it. Nothing else but this hls
restrained Louis Napoleon from acting thus
long.
| England has been influenced by consider
ations less respectable-conside more
selfish and mercenary, more cowardly, too,
we think-but the time will come when
| both these Governments will blush TO be re-
minded how long they delayed according
| to us right SO indubitably ours. Happily
we have managed to get along very well
without it, and have learned to regard 1t as
a matter of much less Importance than those
Powers seem to consider 1t. Let 1t come
tomorrow, and it will make us no more in
dependent, really, than we have been these
three years. 1g Do
ADDRESS TO VIRGINIA SOLDIERS.
The General Assembly of Virginia have
issu ID an address to the soldiers of that
State, urging them to be of good faith and
hopeful. In the course of the address, these
paragraphs occur: .gr.
Nothing but wretchedness and untold
misery await us if we stop short of the un-
conditional acknowledgment of our inde-
pendence. This your valor will surely COM
mand. Men of Virginia! you are soldiers
of renowned Commonwealth, whose fame
YOU have illustrated and borne aloft on
every battlefield. We need not unfold to
you the muniments of your right to self
government.
We are assured that you fully compre-
hend the necessity of a successful assertion
of that right, and that you will never lay
down your arms until you have secured 1t.
Born to an inheritance of freedom, you can
not hesitate to choose between slavery or
death. Submission to an enemy who has
exhausted every infamy is not endurable
even in thought; but were we base enough
| to desire peace upon any terms less than the
unqualified recognition Of our independ-
ence, self-interest alone would teach us the
folly of relying upon the forbearance of a
nation, who have shown in every step of
the war that their faith is pertidy, and their
only policy is rapine, plumber and oppres-
sion. f.r .+af f.
The whole history of our former associa-
tion with the Northern States admonishes
us that in a common Government they will
never fail to employ their power to take
away our property. Their present malice
springs chiefly from baffled cupidity. But
| for this master passion Of their nature, an
honorable and speedy peace would be easy.
The war has fully developed all their pur-
poses, and you now know the fate that
awaits you in the event of subjugation.T
Your liberties will utterly perish. Your
State organization will be blotted out. .5
All your property of every description
will be confiscated, for all of us have par
ticipated in the revolution. Your lands will
be divided among the banditti Of the North
and from Europe, who have invaded our
State. A free negro population VIII be es-
tablished in your midst, who will be your
social equals and military governors. Negro
guards will, at their pleasure, give you pass
es and safe conducts, or arrest you 70 be
tried and punished by negro commandants
and magistrates. And to these, yourselves,
your wives and children will be menial la
borers and slaves, except those of you whom
the malice of your enemies shall reserve for
the dungeon or the gallows. s,9s
Speaking of the situation at the North,
the Address says: t5l ,.,s Ae.-.
The war is no longer popular. The rich
are allowed to buy an exemption, and thus
cast all the burthen and risk upon the poor.
The laboring classes have already revolted
against the draft. To escapeits odium enor-
nous bounties have been offered to volun-
teers; but all these expenditures have failed,
and again heavy draft Is ordered. The
armies Of the enemy are every day dimin-
ishing, and it is evident they cannot recruit
them to the numbers with which they be-
gan the struggle. WI yodi Il. f,a,i..tc
A large and growing party are tor peace.
A still larger party have discovered that
the war has SO far only served to entail
upon themselves despotism which tram
pies down every public and private right.
| They feel and acknowledge that they are
the slaves of one whose character has made
him odious to the world. Torn by party
and personal strife, and conscious Of the
| impotence of their scheme Of conquest, the
ranks of our enemies are alreay beginning
| to- wayer. One more resolute effort, and
the day is ours. ft,e.a $50, a5l0r
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
MILLEDGEvILLF, bGA., March 10-Goy.
Browns Message was read to the Iegisla-
| ture to-day. He recommends vigorous
State policy on the questions Of relief to
soldiers families, cotton planting, Illegal
distillation, impressments of provisions, re-
moval of slaves, and desertion from the
army. The following is Synopsis Of his
remarks on general subjects.0l VI ~ g9f
He commences by saying that the late
action Of Congress has shaken the conf