Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-03


FEW DAYS ago the Raleigh Conservative tool
~ occasion 10 dissent EOm the opinion oi th'
WAC that majority OF the people oi the So"'i
had come TO a conclusion favorable TO the employ
mani of negroes as soldiers IN Tie army OR rather
the Conservative applies its dissent 10 the people oil
North Carolina, whom it declares 20 be gcner"!N
opposed 20 the measure. The Goldsboro S'dt
Jo.rsg, on the contrary, supports the views oil th'
Ufig. even TO the extent OF asserting that puOh'
opinion Ia North Carolina far from being hostile
20 IS deciieiiy favorable GO the project That paper
stvs.- Uur belief is, founded upon pretty genera
q. intercourse with the people Of North Carohu"
particularly OF this section o, the state, that IN,
e. UTi9's statement is correct. The only men We
Is encounter opposed 70 the measure, are those who
81. have steadily opposed every act Of the Govern
ueut aud Congress tending 20 q vlgoitus prosecu-
e. tiau ot tie war. The men who opposed all the
CONSUMPTION acts, because they preferred SUbmiS-
sion 60 a manly effort for Independence, now OF
" pose the arming Of the negro ior the same reason
1t Is undoubtedly true that those who have cher
ishsJ a latent opposition 70 our struggle for indie
peudouce, those who have become hopeless OF the
cause and wish 10 abandon it, are opposed " this
measure. They very naturally argue against the
employment OF any means that may contribute L.
prooug our resistance, OF assure our success. U.
coUrs they DO rot rest their opposition these
grounds because Il would then De deprived OF any
efficacy JuJ they eagerly seize upon the objections
which have been urged against the experiment, and
which though at first entertained by almost all OF
QUA people, have al last b-en abandoned by largr
proportion vi hem. IL IS noticeable fact that
she very persons who, Influenced 10y this latent
hostility o. our cause, have taken up and warmly
pres, these otherwise rapidly failing objections, aye
Tie scr, persons who, with the ~aoe motives, IL
tle sarh.t stages OF the war, urged objection
against tie Confederate authorities thar they did
not adopt tins very eNpedent. IL spcciously
alguel 90 be an eyiieHce @, the intrinsic weakness
or our system thar w, did not venture TO avail our
selves ot the resources offered by numerous class
Of our population. Nevertheless. 10 would be eN
tremsiy unjust attribute such motives L. all, or
even o. majority, OF the opponents Of the project
ia question Most OF them are sincere Ia then OBJ
position. They cling with rcr,isteucy TO the idea,
which verc certainly dominant ON this subject
throughout tie South bUJ i,w months ago. But
the DO tue hazard of making themselye, liable
go the suspicion which must attach 70 those whose
objections rest upon other grounds than those OF
dis,rust ot the efficacy of the measure itself. II
other words, there are some people, not many per
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