The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-03-23
BY ORDER OF CON.
The Bill to Put Negroes into the
Rehel Army---Tho Rebel Gov
NSS :. IL. Cf..l..l.
,rnp,snt Commits Suicide.

Rebel Army---Tho Rebel Gov
ernmsnt Commits Suicide,
The bill 10 put ncgrocs into the rebel
army, which wa, sometime ago defeated
IN the rebel Senate by one vte, was
sgain tgken up BY that body and passed
by majority of ono on The Slh inst -
This change in The result was due 10 the
fact that the Senators from Virginia vo.
ted on the lost OCCASION in favor Of the
moasurc, having been instructed to do So
by The Virginia legislature. Mr.. HuN
TEs, In casting his vote Tor the mcas
urc, spoke very strongly against IL, pro-
,cs,inr that he voted IN opposition to his
own conviction Of What was txpedi NJ
rnd proper, and only because be was 10
,,rncied TO do -oby tho pow cr that he has
always thought ,ycry representative
should obey. The rcbcl odvooo,cs OF
the measure concede Mr., HuNrEn's great
devotion to tho robel causr, hiO "ihor
ough know ledge of tho country ard oc-
suain'nrce with the negro charaetci;"
and admit tLat these en,iile his opposi.
tion to great woiaht. WIoFALL. of course
spoke pgainst tho measure with his
usual violence OF sound ard fury, Mr.,
GRAHAM, ef North Carolina, tho candi.
date for Vice President on the ticket
with General SooTr. r'-- -rrosaA Tho
bill, He declared TINT its passage would
be violation of S,nte rights and an as
sumption cf powers by the orntrul Gov'
crnmcnt that would indicate to tho States
that the con 'cdcrate constitution wps no
better for them than that Of tho United
StOtes had been.
There is in this question mora point
and a practical poin, and In both points
Of view tho passage of this bill is the
greatest blundsr yet commh,rd by the
rebel leaders.
Mn. HuErrR. Ia his speech--whieh is
really an open, honest and frciblo one
considered tho MEASURE in both views,
and was against II 10 both showing that
he, nsa true and consstent toceder and
rebel, 10 still with the real rebellion, III {
now only sxi.ls where slavery does--lp
the Cotton Slates--and that he he is
Just as ready TO rebel rgainsl tho rebelgov-
erument. as he wrs To rcber ngains, th'
govrrnmen, Of he United States.
In the moral view we SEQ this matter
simply US question Of riyhis. an'
theories. In that Wow the rebel govern
men, by. the psssaEe OF this bill. very
distinctly changes sldes upon The great
Issue il has been fighting upon. That
l., II sbsnd7ns is cause. AcSrnHi
GRAHAM and WicrALL. three very sttong
rebels, declare this TO be the case, aud in
those very words Southern men did
althcy could to break up this Union
assigning aa their cause specific rcoson
And now. tho samo men rccant tha
reason, aud declare ,hnt they were wrong
and that consequently we WIN op
posed chem wvh right. IIUSrER, VIC
TAIL aud GRAHAM, b igh P'ss,s Of seees
sion, slavery aud state righta, declare
that the rebel government has Dbapdonc'
the s.use Of The Southern people. Wha,
Then, are Tho southern soldiers nov
lighting for ! Is il merely for tho am
bhion or the safety OF Davis and his re
tainerr I Arc they only Sighting 70
terms
But when we o"mo 60 the praciicn
view ofthis bill we hnd hat IL isu s,i
greater blunder. Govcrnments, eve
rehenious. may Stand. lfthey uphold
cause deeply rnoled in The pnjadioo'
'he ignors"ce, the necessities, or tho al
feetiors Of people; hShsy may stan
wiihRt any t'uie bS ,hgin Ola few,
t,sr, kxrcat rnSr-rial POW %r<BSsthx
must 6te,her great mn,eriA power or
: esnse vide spread with The people N
government can stand wi,hou, one q
the oiher. And we can understab
why the rebel government, seeing ma
ural decay ofits cause with tho peopl,
shouid wanionly kick that cause ava
:. - means Of which to do without {.
hot hsre we SOC that, having Kicked ,h
esnse swhy to grasP the power,i IL hos n,
go,,sj The power Aztec pf. For this i9a
.fsf.gs ofnearo seidierAthsi has tempt,
mo robel government ou. Of i,s rosd ar
kept it hnundering in the mirc until !,
4 isss and does NOT know where il is. vi
q proves an ssais fasuus stiiI when the reb
q sashorisies si's~p, to seize il. 1his b
Z VIII never reinforce the rebel armies.
doss noi ofdss tils negro soldiers Into d