The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-27

We wish Il could be- lscertained where the
money went 10 which was received for thcenor-
nous sales Of white soldiers, said 70 have been
made in this city during the war. Has II been
invested in any q the palass. and farms. and
costly equipage- that some men have l,econe
possessed ofs Who got the soldiers sale-money
here; In Washington il is likely 70 be ae-
counted for a. 90 egroes. IT arcccut meeting
in Washington % consider the subjeet Of negro
suffrage, now agitated IN Congress. Mr. r. +.
LLOYD. President II the Board Il Aldermen
made the following disclosures. a report Of
which We copy from the National Htelli-
geRcer
1T wa stated hy Mr. T. l. LLOYD. President
u the Board II Aldermen. ia his remarks upon
the subject 81 nero -rIfrage ri the last meet
ing Ofthat body. that most q the negroes who
went from this District into the army were
taken pos-s sion ~ By men II their own color,
and sold into the service II the United states
and II was added by Mr.. Gulick, that many Of
them were credited 20 the state q Massachu-
setts'
All who are acquainted 10 any consider
able extent with the manner in which the en-
listment a colored troops in this District " a.
conducted understand very well that the above
statements are positively true. Many soldiers
We're enrolled in the spring Of 1854 for the
Flfth Massachusetts, fc0loredf cavalry. For
each Of these recruits the state paid bounty
Of $50, and the towns and cities paid ar ad-
ditional bounty for each recruit Of from $50 20
S2OO. IL j. n fact susceptible Of the clearest
proof that none ofthe-e recruits ever received
over 800. OF the residue Of this bounty they
were robbed by Government officials and
Massachusetts, agents.
" II NAV be further added that thi. infa-
nous robbery Of these poor cOlOred people who
II l. rlfl
20 Massachusetts,, but was perpetrated in ey-
cry state that received col0red soldiers 10 fill
IL quota, and could the facts Of these wicked
Transactions be spread before the country il
would awaken tempest Of Just Indignation,
and cause all good men 20 blush for the heart
les deprssity of their species.
" Mr.. Lloyd continued, and said all he had
stated could be proven. The negroes now
most active for suffrage were not those who
Were i'm the service Of the United STATES. How
was the first negro regiment raised here! \
company Of colored troops paraded the streets.
followed 10y a large number Of idle colored
people. The company halted IN front Of the
Treasury Department. and, at the word OF
command, each soldier seized an idle negro
and carried them 10 Analostan Island. and
thus the first regiment was started. Yet to
these resident negroes j. ascribed the greatest
praise. while scarcely company was in the
service.
.'One Of the great arguments was the SER
vices rendered by the negroes during the war.
He was not there 10 decry their services. but
on an occasion Of this kind when il was as
serted that the negroes. ont Of n population Of
/ 1900, had furnished 5000 soldiers, and that
the whites out of a population Of $4,000 had
I furnished but |. 800 soldiers il become our duty
10 nail the lie TO the mast. OF the negroes who
were residing here in 1861 and 1862. when
| these troubles commenced. not one hundred
entered the service of the United States; but
those who did 90 were refugees and contra
bands. who came here 10 seek bread, and who
were taken possession Of 10y men Of their own
color AMI sold into the service Of the United
States