The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-18
THE NR0Ro QUr.sTEoN.

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will use him sgainst US These are ths
words OF Gen., Lee, and Lhey are cur con
/ clusions aid must DO the maj conclusion
OF all who VIII seriously ana hougat ul
/ ly examine he SUBJECT, Iurn the quss'
ton which way you VIII; examine II IN
all its details; hold 10 the oR]ections o.
the agriculturis.s; SIDE nith the Ginger
to all the old PrSJudices OF tDe tfue
Southfon ABOUT the lntegiNy OF the ltF
stitutiontof slavery; weigh the cnahees
of desertlon ana cowardice; ana tne
effects o. emancipation, liii the wnoie
Iquestion fever's and resolves llsell INTO
the 'terse Gnd starting sentence OF ben'
Lee that we mustsuse tue negro Or the
enemy will use MN agaist US J!
Ifanargunont CAP aderlre adaitlonal
| force from occurring events, that ot EN-
| ploy ing our nblebodled slaves IN our ar
lnIies, and of pltting them ~ that posi-,
tion in the shortest p s'ibie time, mas
derived Irresistible 70 'cf 10 our minds
from Sherman,s march olover three nun,
dred miles through the very heart o.
Georgia. The Federal General r Porls
an addition Of seven Thousand black sol;
diers to his army recruited ~ MS march
from Atlanta TO Savannah, and the
Southern portion OF the State now ~ his
mercy untouched. According TO Gen..
Lse's statement OF the case u fourteen
thousand against us, rs the seven thou
sand were taken from u.s. How many
such excursions by Federal armies
THROUGH the South will ltitake TO absorb
the able-bodied fghtins material among
our slavesS This ~ question subinltled
for examination by hose who OFFSET to
the use OF slaves tor tue army.
Lincoln has called fopthree hund-ed-
thousand more troops and eye,y energy
.of the Federal government Will be
brought to bear 10 enforce this call. The
men he is determincdto have and he will
have. Substitution is permitted, and .
large proportion Of this 100000 will be
negroes; and We may expect to hear on
all hands Of the. able bodied negro men
being sept by the men Of the Yankee
army as substitutes. The Federal gov.
ernment know the val ue of negroes and
will gladly receive them. They have
tested them thoroughly as soldiers and
find them efficient. ii Is folly longer TO
argue the QUESTION whether rood and re-
Liable. soldiers can be made from the |
plantation negro: If there were not good |
and sufficient reasons beside, the expe.
rience OF this war abundantly pioycs it. |
Lincoln has DECLARED that without the
neefo he would have no hope OF subdu |
inc the Southland We sincprel, believe |
that If ever 40 untoward an event ia the |
histcfy Of these times must be recorded. |
Il will be- brought about mainly from sol. |
diers recruited on our own soil.
How ia itithen about the question OF |
Weshall mourn the day I
when such "a day shall pass upon us. In |
the soiidi,y of the institution of slavery |
exists. in our humble judgement, the /
plory and stability of this SsuihernE
but come veal, come woe,
we are first and always for the separate
or the South; everlasting
,everance from the hypocrital liars Of
New England, the isnl loving Yankee
OF the North and West; and ii the me
gro stands in the way of this indepen.
dence, let him go. And in. this we find
another argument Tor. transferring q fair
say one hundred thousand of
our able bodied slaves to the army at
once.
1t by reason of our inability TO post
force in the interior to hold in
check and drive back large forces OF the
snemy; and by The constant drain upon
,ur already depleted armies we must
them all at one or two points
he whole country is left unprotected and
lie negro at once becomes the easy prey
Il the Yankee, and will be atonce trans
erred from the field--as we know and