The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-02
The Roll Call on Bunker Hill-LetteT
From Ex-senator TOOmbs, Of GeOr-
gIa, 10 s'DpaT Dudley"

WAsHINGToY, GA, March a, 'G5.
DEAR DUDLEY: Mr.. c. c. Clay, late
Commissioner to Canada, who has been
spending about one month with US.
leaves to morrow for Richmond. and
avail myself Of the opportunity Of wri-
ting to you. Sallie will give you all
the local news She and the children
and julia are in excellent health. She
wrote you last night by one of your
Captains Of Cobbs legion. One OF
your men of the same battalion called
this morning and brought the papers
you sent me, which are the latest we
have from the North.
l have the most painful apprehen-
sions for the future, and they arise
solely from my entire conviction of the
total ineapaoity of Mr.. Davis, and con
sequently the utter failure Of all his
| petty schemes. We have given him all
the men who would volunteer, allowed
him all the men he could catch at first
from eighteen to thirty. five, then up to
forty-fve, then all from seventeen to
fifty. And the army is smaller to day
and less efficient than on the day the
FIRST oonscript bill was passed Now
Congress has given him al the negroes,
and the result VIII still be the same,
superadded 20 the most fatal conse-
queuces which have ever darkened
our prospects The negro, fret, is un
fitted for asoldier. Secondly, if I am
wrong in that he is unfit for our sol
der. II be is capable of making a
soldier, he ought TO be and will be a
Yankee soldier If twothirds of the
white freemen (as Mr.. Davis says) have
ingloriously abandoned their flag and
ran away from q standard in which all
the hopes of a true man are
centred, superadded to every indignity
inflicted by the Yankees upon their
wives, children, friends, homes and
property, do we expect that the negro
slaves Will stand IL What for In
the name Of Heaven, what for Is
their liberty involved in M SUGGEST
Yes; but against them. Are their homes
and property, wives and children, aud
county and all that men hold most
dear, 70 be ruined by Yankee success
I think not Have they q keener sense
Of honor, or more courageous hearts. !
han their masters If so, they ought
70 change places. In my opinion, the
worst calamity that could befall us
would be 90 gain nj Independence 10y
the valor Of ouT slaves, instead OF our
own. If we are conquered by the for
tunes of war, we may save our honor
and leave the cause 60 our descend
ants, who may be wiser and drawer than
We sre. and may avail themselves OF
the accidents of human affairs, andyet
win What we are ANONYMOUSLY throw
ing away. The day that the army Of
Virginia allow a negro regiment 10 en-
ter their lines as soldiers they will be
degraded, ruined and disgraced. Lee
had Just IS o have a negro as a white
in his army. So had West Point7gen-
Their system is to make slaves of
Ireemen;it failed and the men ran away.
Their remedy is 10 make freedmen of
That will not get far enough
along to fail it is a piece of imbeeiLe
stupidity, rs well as treachery 10 the
'suse, well worthy Of Davis and Lee
he base traitors of Kentucky and Ms
our, dc, who have no constituents to
bear, 10 suffer, or to be disgraced bv
hem. W. havea plenty ofmen in the
southern C~onfederacy to whip two such
revolutions, il Mr.. Davis did not Keen
hem GU Of the bullet department. He
las more men in the payroll not in the
letive field service than be has mus
And you may throw in the ne.
and not increase the army. But
T YOU put our negroes and white men
nto the army together, you must and
TiIl put them on an equality they
must be under the same code, the same
,ay, allowances and clothing. There
must be promotions for yslori or there
ril be no morale among them There 4,
ore, it is 4 surrender of the entire {
question.
The Government is becoming a stand
% menace and terror 10 every inter
Our credits are squandered among S
thcials, and nobody, neither army nor
paid for services or supplies. s