The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-23

nm ~ military anai1 before a. there can be no doubt
OF what yin be % Jake up aes"!al'ons when the
esswcss u end absolute subtugssIonf WIN he listen 70
terms vhep there y 10 longer coai:dssats army N the
douaI submisson He has already sbol shed slavery
fss = h eaa he has already condemned our whole
courts Of conrscsiioa N ali the states be has
evsrun He talks continually Of dsposusasing
che old inhabitants and settling the esrnry anew W..
Confederate arm facing, and very often sgnally de-
feating him what then win he do when those armies
bent upon negotiations know that armies being
once removed he will At once proceed 70 carry al hrs
.. INTO soa omen % bs
into execution only be done under the guarantee
of our army. Take that away and we are helpless We
shall then have peace indeed; peace such as the
Caledonian chief spoke OF In connection with Roman
oonquests-they win first make desert and then call
We assure the Confederate Congress that The eos-
~ becomin0 esceedingy alarmed at eiv neosctino
10 pass ne nay bills They look upon indicGtiow
Aes ConUess IA: sisen up ne easss-that they think
stronger s:s 70 ssness ' Ss sn q emmy .
change The public spirit 20 powerfully Is the Attention Of
Congress 70 this branch Of tbr dues All other duties
shia We do hope Congress win arise end exert Itself
Evading the Conscription In North Caro-
lima.
IFIUm tu0 Hal6lgu (OuIeoefove.l
the present Legislature has created thirtytw Now
magistrates in Wake county, where there already
about one hundred ana hity IN: Wilmington Jo'"sas
Negro Soldiers Preferable to White Men
Over Fifty Yexrs or Age.
From the Richmond Wing, Jan. 1871
In war the greatest wisdom Of nation should be In
It's councils is highest physical force in its army This
T. IN full accordance with the sage proverb-0ld men
Armies be supported and IN order to their sup
prudence would dictate that the old men and boys
should be assigned agriculture and other departments
Of production II Is not well TO place vigorous men Of
middle age and strong active and robust youths Of
little boys and old men do the work Of camps and
battle fields Nevertheless this has less, been
Of the war
Nor is a corporals guard Of supcrannuated men and
boys adequate provision for the agricultural and police
necessities Of county having population OF Eve TO ten
thousand negroes Nevertheless this 10 truly fearful
extent, has been the policy Of the government II has
elsewherc or excusIng young men and middle aged
from arma and transferring than 10 agriculture the
plea Of necessity; while older men, much beyond the
age usually allotted 70 OF sober and matured
knowledge In agriculture, with fixed habits, uniting
them for war; with families At home and with their ply
steal force abated by agehavc been called to meet the
enemy.
The act Of Congress Of the nth OF February
1854, makes all men between the ages Of seventeen
and fifty years liable to military service According TO
the construction Of this law in the War Department
man who was nfty years old the day before the law
nifty old the day after the passage Of the law Is
bound To serve during the even If should continue
for twenty years Now, the difference is founded en-
tirey upon the difference OF age And what Is that diff
ferencei Is two days BY this construction OF the
law the who Is day fifty years Of age At
it, passage too old for military service and yet when
the other man. who s day under fifty n the passage
Of the law becomes nfyave or sixty years old, be Is
still young enough for military service The judiciary
has wisely conradicted this construction but the gov
eminent docs not appear to regard its decision. is
absurd suppose that Congress intended this law should
bear the construction which the government has
The constitution Of the army Il otherwise materially
fault As the federal government indicated its
purpose to introduce the negro into its ranks, and
especially the Southern negro Il should have been
serious question with US whether should employ
slaves In somo kind Of military scrvica But we have
failed to do so Our enemies not only had the ndvan
tagc, which could not prevent but we have permit
ted them 70 come within lines and there recruit
prevented We might have defeated their policy Of
crutng among our negroes by placing In our own
service not soldiers at least accessories We have
lost much BY neg citing this policy hitherto II Is not
yet late 10 avail ourselves Of H. Let not blindly
neglect II altogether Much still may be made by US by
utilizing portion OF the negro population that
remains to us for military purposes We should not
leave homes in the tracts Of country 6Veun by the
enemy and suffer our negroes to become hostile re-
crults To do 40 IL to put rod into the hands of
enemies TO break our own heads
some persons might be sensitive under the invocation
OF such assistance. But they would not be sustained by
reason or precedent Neither should we object that our
negroes should be parties the they
not inter sted in the result In Fact they Interested
The condition Of our slaves ia better happier than that
. worse condton-the Yankee would reduce them; and
slaves indebted people and laws for the
difference Our laws nure TO the benefit 10 the happi
ness OF slaves They protect them and provide for
their we'll being, IN the way not In the same de-
gree they provide for white people The slave does
not vote In our e!ections, but neither does our young
quired 70 enter the lists Of xar. IL IS. -. ,