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BFAUFOIiTt* 8. C&L J AIT. 17, 1863. 1
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Agent* tor *?e Free South. ^
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F. ?I AX IPAIIOX,
Whether the negroes id the South are to j a
rot on every hill-side and plain on which | 0
th< j now dwell, or to rise to all the immu- *
niiiee and blessing of a noble civilization, P
cur duty and our interest now is?Eman- ^
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cipution. We have a deep sympathy and *
y>itv ic?- this down-trodden race. Their j r
du?nborrow appeals to us like that silent ; ?
griei thpt is "too deep for tears." But
still, if we meawire suffering by sensibility,, D
the wliites are greater sufferers in tliis P
wrong, of Slavery than the blacks thom- a
* selves. It is a law of the moral universe
that he who inflicts wrong suffers fnore
than the object of it. Most clearly is this a
vindicated in the history, of Slavery in l
^ulus country. The fEantJTSBwrtmnr-UKv i
w . k ~ dmukenness, and the violeuce of Southern- ii
life; the uhtluiftiness and the hopeless s
poverty of its laboring "white population; s
the "skeleton that sat at'the feast" of $
' every planter, in the fearful shape .of i
" Insurrection; the recklessness of the young;
the hardness of heart, and bitter ambition ^
of the old, which any onejeould observe t
in Southern life; the sensitiveness that 1
winced from the least touch of censure on ^
the sore of their political and social body, i
and the desperation with which- they weald r
expose it to the hardest blows; the waste- \
fulness that passed for generosity 'r the (
hectoring that passed, for bravery ? the (
assumption that passed for honor; the 1
religionism tliat passed for pioty; the shal- j
lowness thai passed for learning; the dil- t
letantism that passed for literature ;-*-all .<
showed tlmfc the Southern mind and heart ]
were utterly subverted, corrupted, and )
turned to froth, to "bitterness and gall." j
"Whatever went into this horrid chaldron \
Slavery, like that of the witch's, had some t
unseemly and fearful shape, where all was j
' Bubble, bubble, toQ and-trouble ! <
If there was one estate worse than this, j
it was that generated at the North in those 1
who sympathized with Slavery at the i
South. The hardest, the meanest, the t
narrowest and most selfish, the most truck- t
ling and base extract of human depravity 1
dwells in the bosom of pro-slavery men at
the North. Esau was wise compared With i
these men, for they sell their birthright 1
for a " mass " of pci9on. t
Now dou\ let our readers think we mean t
i, Hi-j mf?l, don't mean .V>?, 1
44 high-sonl?i eaviOUU, jjur r <? hoflest' t
Deacon Giles." We simply mean to say 1
that Slaveiy has done more harm to the i
white m m than it has to the black, i
Morancr, must confess that with us, t
"blood is a good deal stronger than" i
?whiskey, and we value the little finger a
of our white brother Jonathan r?<w? t
we d<; the. whole body of our distant couAa 1
the Negro, "hmcg we say, no matter what t
becomes of the negroes, we desire to see y
; their Emancipation; for that, we believe, t
is the only way that wc can rid this conn- e
try of this plague-spot. And by Emanei- t
pution we mean immediate and Mat Eman- j
apatioH. 4 4 But the negroes cannot take c
care of themselves," Ac., &c. Then "kt c
tke.a ix>l"?they are nothing but vermin in 1
the way of nobler creatures. If the negfoc s e
must be hekl in Slaveiy in order to be "]
tolerated m this country, then let them be t
poisoned by wholesale as we do rats, for
tney wdl eat us up as nation, soul and t
bouy, u tney are held as slaves. 1
jL>uc the truth is, among the fallacies t
that we are exploding in this Department 1
is this, '* that the negroes cannot take care ]
l vi themselves." What does this mean ) ?
, ' if it means anything bearing on the ques- <j
tion of their Emancipation, it means thai &
as yet they are not competent to assume r
the direction of their own action as per- c
sonal and legal freemen; that they must fc
still, 4'some how or other," be held as v
quasi staves. This is false. But if by this v
is meant that they are not as yet able lo r
Jaake their own laws, and extemporize ^
lawyers, ministers, physicians, magistrates, j
teacners, Arc., out of their slave culture,
then tell us, Where is the mere labeling f
population of any country that is able lo t
do this V Is thai any argument for ee- f
slaving them? It is proved that the nt- t
groes will neither become paupers or crim .*
lual if left to their personal freedom, one t
that it is all that should be required in ?
reference to the question of Emancipa- :
tien. ^ rj
But we have deeper and nobler eonvic- *
tions with regard to this race. The goous,nso,
the humanity, the helpfulness, tin ?.
deep sympathy and tenderness of then ?
, heart; the heroism and self-devotion which
we have seen at times among this people, e
are the highest and most indestructible t
elements oi human character, and out oi i
those will rise a grand and self-sustaining j
civilization, which, clothed with their lovt i
of ornament and sensibimv u> narwui^, *
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will at some future Jay sliow tlie worlu 1
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so ne u cw and beautiful form of human j
character, flowing into wonderful organi- t
zafiona of art, virtue, atid intelligence.
Kow, this we say because we have ob- r
served, even in the missionary superin- (
tiudents of this Department, a disposition S
to hold on to the negro as a servile tool; j
a fear that too much personal inde- t
pendence "will not be good for him." It i
s is th? and <
; "
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inmaiiity that lurks at the bottom of]
lavery ileett, that gives rise to such fears. ,
he.^nljS r^yTOutions in this world tliat ^
less mankind with a hiai=- of glory, are ^
lie ra Hod 1 evolution#, that tear in pieces ^
he selfish interests the lionr.
The only enures \iiat are worth anything, !
re radical. ho would have any other 1
nre for his disease than one that is ra'lieaL
lenee, I beiie%e the more swideu and coin- ^
lele the change from Slavery to Freedom,
he better for all parties Concerned. Let (
ie negroes have ektire ikuookal fher- , 1
? j? i ?i ^ I i
\j jo. 'i hi in ijir unit uicj nui ivik u m i
nee all the conditions necessary to tho j (
.'clings, responsibility aifl^dutics of hn- i 1
urn life. But any half-way freedom will j (
artake of the combined evils of Slavery ' 1
j ? , .
nd unbridled license. <
MEGROPIIOUIA.
Negrophobia f like Hydrophobia, intkcs ! (
man extremely nervous und unrensoia%
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?le. This disease is of several kinch;
h*iri3 hi fhf X.grophobia, aid q ]
? of two kinds, the Pro-.slavery and Aati- 1
lavery Negrophobia; then there is he 1
ocial, or rather unsocial, or NoV-me-tmtere
Negrophobia ; and finally there ia tie j
latnrul, or is egropkobia of Race. - \
The political Negrophobia affects thos? 1
vho are.bitten with the rabies of politics, ^
ind who think the whole moral world ^
linges on fours of government; whereas,
government is but a small part of society ; ,
t is but a brick in the great social fabric,
tnJ rather troublesome when it gets into
he hut of the great social man ; it indiiates
that he is somewhat drunk with old
>r new wine. Negrophobia puts the
"brick " into the political hat; it ny^6"
he extremes of both classes, anti-slavery
yjrl rTrrrAnrclJ, reel Under tllO Weight of
he negro, . The reason iac+hcy'wont allow
lira to walk by himself, they must carry
vm !?but this is only a pretence, the real
purjKise is just tho other way ; they desire
hat the. Negro j/toidU c/rry them! "We
ire convince*! this political Negrophobia
a a curse to the land. It in just now the
xmtagfona and wide-spread disease that
It desolating the land. We know but one
remedy for it. The one will be cured by
he '* administration of the Negro in sub
stance," ana tiie omer uy reimmiug jiom
he substance altogether : a little " bloodsetting
" will be good for both.
The social Negrophobist is the man or
iromnn, of some refinement of manners,
rot rather superficial character. He fears
hat the Negro will contaminate the " outride
of his platter," which is alone clean.
Lake Hotspur's dandy, he does not wish
ihlS ^unhandsohn- cor]r^-"?m?~cvm&
>etween the wind ar.d his nobility." He
8 extremely afraid that some Negro will
narry his sister, in which thought ho pays
i poor compliment to that sister. He is
lot satisfied that education, manners, and
toCial refinement make srsti ,VTr~
rtrvcw -taxr-mnvmcH U> i Negro is as unwiling
to pass as he is, but he must maLe
hat barrier eternal, and he can never see
vhen it is really pulled down. Othello is
0 him a black man, wliile to oil others ho is
1 hero and a gentleman. He would not
ouch a Negro's hand with a pair of tongB,
ret I would not insure him against other '
ontaminations. Away with this, pliinial,
synical, pusilanimous fear that the
"iegro may prove as much of a gentleman
is yourself, and go prove yourself a better,
[his kind of Negrophobia is simply conemntible.
r??Then
there ia the plain, downright, naural,
almost wholesome, but wry stupid
Negrophobia of race, or species. A child
hat never saw a Negro is afraid of him ;
mt so is the negro child of a white man.
it is the natural antipathy of different
pecies or varieties of animals. Hogs and
logs, heus and turkeys, horses and cows,
.-e mutually rcpellaut, and come to toleate
each other only under artificial coalitions.
This antipathy is most observa>le
between the blacks and lower class ol
whites, but when it is overcome, it gives
ray to " lap-dog familiarity." Our con on
soldiers are full of this land of Necrophobia
; they damn a Negro who comt s
n their way as naturally as a jackass kicks
i pig. The politicians make great use of
his natural antipathy in the North, and
nreaten the people that they will be overun
with the Negroes, who will cat up at
heir fodder, if they are permitted to go
ree. The Negroes will certainly go where
here in freedom, " fodder or no fodder,"
>ut lor the Litter they had rather remain
South, for it is much easier to get here,
rhis Negrophobia is likewise cured by the
Negro ' utoninistered in substance," onh
t should be Hum wp<Uh icaliy.
In fine, this Negrophobia is a miserabh
lisease, offspring of ignorance, prejudice,
ind vulgar passions. If any one desires
;o be cured of it in all its toruis, let him
some down to the 44 Department of the
kmth " as a Superintendent of Plantaions
; then let him purge himself from
1 ?....? on omufin *11(1 " flllYYW 11 n
BUttUUlSiU) iaau nu v ajuv iav v .. ?j.,
politics," " take a sweat" with hard work
it " overseeing the plantation," and take
he "Negro in substance" daily, and he
rill be thoroughly cured of Negrophobia.
Ln other words, let him come into actual
?ontact with the heart and mind of this
icople ; let him feel their true humanity,
heir deep sense, and their joyous noniense,
their helpfulness and their helplessiess,
their* innocense and their vices;
hen let him look into the mirror of his
>wn self-consciousness, and he will see an
mage very much like a Negro, bailing
lie superficial conditions of the color oi
he skin, and the little learning on his side
hat has served only to " make him mad." I
then he will learn that Negrophobia is j
. "
THK L1>D Ql rKTio j? l ,,i: I
[Thfe ^Kclobeinpomittjfthe ?
edition of our l~t>crj infconO^01" rir0Illa" '
kion in this DepnlWcuv, 4 ouiv pub- t
ished in the small edition tfcent North. 1
tYft3 thought advisable; cikunt of tire .
mpcrtnnee and cloae-praJ^i! re of'
die subject, to publish it the
present number of our paper.^^^
Tliis is a serious question f the- Govmment
and the negroes. *0 Tax Com- j
nissioners are here and ar^ont to sell !
he lands under tho tux law. |lie estates
)f the different rebel owuf willbe put
ip at auction, each as a lole, and of
;onrse will l>e out of the reh of small
myers. Meanwhile we heaiiot a word,
>y authority, as to what is i be done in
lelrnlf of the laboring a*id ldk resident?:, j
>n these estates. Their ens is very (liferent
from that ol other lalscre generaly.
They are truly <Tkv/W tthe soil, and
vill be sold with it, unlets ggie provision
s made for their indepenAec from the
iibitrary will of those on^?l"Jl
hey ^ill be denizens at will' These poopic
are as yet otlioir in tfir new-bom
reedom. TLey are tendei timid, suspicious,
and especially afrtl of the deligns
of white men. TheVtre as yet igrorant
of their lights andean bo easily
lectored ont of them, for ewy white man
appears to them as a maste^ No severer
threat cau be made to a cored man or
woman than this?*' I will ind you away
from your plantation," for ley were born
and bred and have all theirelations, for
the most part, on thej plantations.
Whoever owns this lonc^will hace the
of this people han^fs.
Now let an>??i?^who hnfui? humanity,
put these conditions tofether and he
will see what room there i^iere for abuse
and cruelty. Even?bhwy had some
guarantees that will be tafcn away from
these poor people if they Jb thus thrown
upon the selffslincss of prate owners of
the land, with nothing bu a material interest
in the laborers of th soiL
This is no 14 chimera ofan ovcr-raught
brain, 'V It is the cool eqviction of one
conversant with the actual ondition 01 the
Negroes and of tlieir cbracter. Tlie\
would be '' sohl,M if tjiu lails are sold with
/??rany regard to their hferests. Is tlii:
worthy of a great nation.lighting is thei
now are lor the vindication <rf free institu
and tlie protection of ttw people agann
a landed aristocracy ? /licy will tlui.
create a landed aristocrat worse for tin
nogioes tliau tlieir former wasters. Th<
linger of scorn may well toe pointed at th<
mushroom nobility that^Hil spring mp in
stead of the old fainilit^wfij^fc had at teas
the sanction of " time-honoredusage'io
their abuses.
Two or throe remedies have been suggested fc
the prevention of this coniiug evil. The iirsl i
that tho Orovernmcnt should buy the land at th
tux sales, and then partition n sufficient portio
to serve r.s homesteads to the Negroes. Anothc
^ tir Go\crument authorize tl ^i^le c
these lands in parcels sufficiently small ro brin
them witbin the reach of the Negroes themselvej
TWs is by no means impracticable n
far as the negroes are concerned. Wit
their moderate wants, no family need
more than ten acres to make them inde
pendent. This at a doll?or and a quarto
or even two dollars an aire, will cost a
most twenty dollars, and we know fror
personal observation, that lm^st of the n<
gro families can raise thus much, an
more, for an emergency, like that. .
moderate credit given thein for one c
two years will easily cover their deficiei
cies.
It is a great mistake te suppose that tl:
urgroes on these plantations arc ah jet
paupers and altogether destitute of rnonej
\Ve know an old woman and we learned u
enquiry, that she was only a specime
"brick," that olTered to lend a Superii
tendantfifty dollars, to buy hind for hin
self, siipi>osing it would be sold so as t
be entirely beyond her reach, and not dai
ingto suppose that an old black woma
would be allowed to buy land. We are va
sured that the majority of these negroc
have money laid up which their thrift
ness under great difficulties lias savec
and timidity keeps concealed. Only gi\
them a "chance," and this people wi
never give the Government or public elm;
ity the trouble of taking care of then
rliat "chance" consists in making thei
independent of the system of wages as t
the lund, for this, to them will be oppre
siofi, under any system likely to be inauj
uratecL
One more suggestion is yciy worthy of n<
tice, and may U the onlygemedy on ham
If tfie legislation necessary to aiTectan
good cannot be obtained in time, and
is doubtful if it cam then let all who ha\
been interested in the cause of the Frecc
men of this Departmeut of the iSoutl
unite what means they can spare, to thof
of the Negroes themselves, who can 1
easily induced by the Superintendents <
the plantations to contribute their all, an
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let these means ue empuiyeu iu pill CAiiW
these Liuds in Large tracts as sold by tl:
fax Commissioners, to be afterwards r<
divided among the Negroes at the co:
price.
This plan especially commends itself I
the benevolence and immediate attentic
of the Associations in New York, Bostoi
Philadelphia, Cincinnati and eLsewheri
for the relief of the Freediucn of the Sout!
ern States. Even if the Associations 1>
come land owners to a large extent, it wi
be better for the poor negroes to work an
pay the Associations than to be given up 1
the tender mercies of private and irrespoi
sible parties. Already some harpies (
this kind " scent the prey from afar," an
we observe them looking around for "
good plantation and a fine lot of negroes.
Let the friends of the Freedman stril
quick here, for we are in danger of havin
all the fruits of our labor in this Depar
ment blasted in the bud.
Unless something is done soon to wai
off the corning evil, the North will lun
to bear the disgraceful stigma of havin
liberated this poor people from one bom
age, organized and public, to give the]
up to another, private, chaotic, and if po
sible more irresponsible,
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Port Royal, 8. C.
A place comparatively neglected, and 0
Unknown except as to its first discovery 'gj
find settlement by the early pioneers of 0
this now vast and extended Rebublic?is 0
now beginning tp command an importance 0
not only as a military and NavaljgyflkJjut jj
as a place offering ad Van- <]
fagrrtu fii'Tpnsi ng classes who are
HpifWaily arriving from the North in pursuit
of employ and business. ?t u
This spacious and safo liarbo*, now ?
claims to rank among the best, if not'the ?
finest on the Atlantic Coast, possessing as v
it does many natural advantages that con -n
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not be overiooKeu, are sucu a? ucuvciuiw
must give it an important position as a 1
commercial town. Already chosen and t
occupied as the principal rendezvous or j
: station of the Naval squadron of the de- }
partment of tl\e South, numerous ships of ?
j war, gunboats, and tenders of which, now '
j lie at their chosen anchorage near the J
eastern side of the Bay, nearly opposite J
and about three miles distant.from the ?
| . . .. . rf j****- tmTrinwii -i
Head, having a sufficient depth of water j
for vessels of war of the largest size, as 1
also abundance of room to accommodate
all the Navies of the World to ride safely
at anchor. The merchant vessels?of
which there are always many in port?find
it more convenient, and principally choose
an anchorage on the westerly side of the
harbor, near the town and military post,
I where for their accommodation a commo|
dious pier or dock has been built, extendf
ing Borne fourteen hundred feet from the
J shore and landing. Aim.commercial mart
' or key to the navigation of the seas In
I which it is situated, this port bids fair to
l"become of incalculable importance, the
rise and progress of which is entirely attributable
to its geographical position, being
in the direct tract of vessels running
between tlio gulf ports and the northern
ports < ?f the Atlantic states.
Trade and Commerce, which has hitherto
been scarcely known here, is rising
daily into importance and the town bids |
fail* at no distant day to fill an important
' position as a commercial city, possessed as
' it is, if not the best, at least one of the
' finest harbors of the United States. Situa
j ted. in a healthy, salubrious climate, and in
* ) the midst of the finest cotton growing rei
gion at present known, accessible at all
t | times to vessels of the largest class, and
s ! so far as present information goes, with
3 a trade flonrni enced an d firmlj established,
3 and -with every prospect existing, according
to precedents of liiatory, for its maint
tainance.
r Trading posts or ntor*~ "
i merotis, ffnd with a few exceptions are
m ' principally confined to the sutlers departe
j ments, whoso exhorbitant charges (with
? some few honorable exceptions) too fre,f
qnsn t exhausts the hard earnings of poor
g soldiers, depriving in many instances,
^ needful find suffering families from a relj
j source, intended and required for their
b I support.
| The productions of this region of coun*
try is principally confined to Sea-Island
q cotton, Kice, and Tobacco. Indigo was
fornlerly cnltivated to some extent, but
d has long since been abandoned for the
^ more profitable oulture of the great
j stuple cotton. The yellow pine here grows
I in great abundance, of the largest and
c best qualify of timber. This, with the
: Live-Oak, which is also abundant, afford
y most excellent material for ship-building,
n which must soon become important, rei
quiring only tlie introduction of an indusl~
trious and eaitcrprising population to de^
velpp a great and profitable business, thus
u ! rivaling, or largely sharing with its nqj?3
1 boring cities of Charleston and SAvanTOn
.8 j a business character, "which before the
| present rebellion, enable them to occupy
e prominent positions as commercial towns.
11 Already a Post-Office, Express-Office,
L* and Hotel, liavc been established at this
place, where at the latter a traveler can sl0
ways be sure to find sJ comfortable home.
s- By an act of Congress in the early prut of
V | June lest this town was made a port of
I entrv, open to trade, and a Custom-House
1 1 organized and established under the suy
per vision ;uid direction of Competent and
it experienced officers, the business of wliicli
lias become one of much convenience to
1 the shipping interest, as also of impor>e
tanee and revenue to the government.
>e Upon the waters of this Bay, some 14
miles up the liiver, is situated the once
^ beautiful city of Beaufort, the '* Newport"
te of the South, and until the present rebela
lion, the residence of many of the mast
st j aristocratic families of the South. It it
^ now principally occupied as a military
,n post, and many of the palatial residences
a, of their former proud master's are now
B> tenanted bv their more humble, sable
p_ brethren. _ __
ill The President has directed that personf
; of African descent, (negroes) be enrolled ir
I TT J-; A rmr It is true that this grate*
jf | harshly on the nerves of the lick-spittle*
id j of the sacred institution from the Fre<
? , Slates; some too, who eat Uncle Sam'i
_e j)ork and beans, and pocket his green
g J backs. But how can they help themselves'
t- What will they do about it? Surely, thei
^ ought to have the courage of their leader
,p J. C. Breckenridgo, and follow him.
ig The cringing servility of the Democrats
1- i party North to the rebel slave-holding
in party South, is only equaled by the con
s- tempt of these Southern rebels forJafeir
Northern allies,
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We commend^to the special Attention of
nr readers the foUot*tng ctittdid and senLhlc
article, in reference to the policy of
f employ mg nfgroea in ,fhe suppression
f the sl .veholdexs''reheilion, which is
opied from the Loudf/n Spectator of De?fni?er
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The Policy of ? Negro Array for the
North.
If the statesmen of the North hod any moral pcrspochre
In their minds K they could see the advantage
rhaving a point of sight to which all their efl'orta
hould converge, if (her could appreciate the vigor leut
o the intellect eren of interior jioliticLuw by keeping
onstantly on the lookout for opportunities to further
w greatnnrpose, they would now, we think, be feiriy
uP a ntW P?''cy of inconceivable imortance
which" events have thirty forced upon them,
fed which might bear fruit in a gradual solution of the
notttkUflfcak problem of their "destiny."
The Swt neurn reiriments have been raised. They
iave shown remarkable spfrit and remarkable subordination.
One ofdhem, raised by General dim Lane, won
he day against heavy odds in a little engagement at
sland Mounds on the ?7tb of October. A company of
he rawest negro recruits sailed up the Sapelo, inflorda,
under Colonel Beard, early ju November, twice
anded under a bean lire-and dispersed their enemies,
md bch- ved altogether with the most ardent enthnsiwm
and courage 'daring thin, .their first military trial,
rhe negro roinnteeis are as eager and forward"as the
American recruits seem now to be reluctant. What is
more, they are much more amenable to discipline than
he native Americana. Tbexc Is Jnst t*ic uiflereiice J*atat
between them and their white officers, which"* **
jecret of all effective military discipline. And jf ttW?1
I Ill Ill'fflW |l^"i pw 'he is'ortl. ... white labcrcta
State now gained for The'North wllstrengthen" me
foundation of their freedom and extend the area of their
own safety. The difference in the future of the negro
race between a South closely hemmed in by a free and
compact Union,?and a South strong enongb to dominate
a divided Continent will be enormous. None can
now have the some stake iu the contest as the negro's
themselves. All this is beyond the possibility of question.
and is quite clear to the negroes of Port lifcyal md
of Kansas thcuu dv. ? lint the statesmen of tb North
have Coiled as yet to see the bearing of H. Th~* are
drilling blindly, and almost reluctantly, into an etuin.
dpation jxdicy; s.nd bo may loee half the politico f'bts
of it If they make this the recognized center of ih*i
policy-as it r; oat become, tithe war lasts, its obscur
unrecognized center-they might grasp a hundred op
portunities which wontd otherwise escape them. Ant
especially by a rompreh??rid\e consistency of polic
(which it is almost Impel'-w to expect of "them) the;
might now turn Impending uiuurhj at borne and millti
ry Lmgor into coherent purpose uu<l icgiineutal zeal.
The New York Tribune comphuus that even Ibc N?
2>o regiment which won iU military rank at Islan
Wothubv hit present no pert of the "national army,
but au "irregular levy, exposed even by the Jaws <
war to the fete of guerrillas taken in arms without.ai
thority." We know well what fate this would be at th
hands of the South. And the New York Tribune
right In saying that the very first step of the Unic
should be to ipve all the negro regiments the foil priv
leges of Union soldiers, and absolutely enforce the trea
mont of prisoners taken from amongst them by tl
South iu all respects as prisoners of war. Without th
step how is it even possible to expect negro recruits f<
a flag which disowns them at lite first risk ? The sin
pie truth is that the value of a negro army has not y<
dawned npon the Federal politicians- And Feder
Generals are still permitted to issue, such pieces of of
clal insanity as this of a General Uoyles, in Kentnck
dated Nov. 27th" All commanding officers serving i
I this district are ordered not to permit any negroes <
I slaves to enter the f snips, and all offio rs or privat
i are forbidden to interfere or intermeddle with the slav
' in any way-" 1 hat such a policy should he running t
| side bv side with the negro recruiting system is one
those "innumerable Httle facta which show op. that state
mnnship does not exist at the North- The repnblici
leaders w ork away at the war like so many moles, ne
or knowing when- they mav emerge, and never carfi
to secure that their efforts shall be convergent; Let i
look for a moment at the " irrepressible negro - fro
the military point of view, and see ho .v many probleo
he might, if steadttb regarded in this light, help to sol*
In the first place, the negro would probably snpp
tbe North as good or even a better military mater!
thAn tha mean whites snppiy to the frouth. Tbev a
quite as strong and quite as hardy, apparently quite
courageous, nearly c* Intelligent, much more faithfhl
well treated, and ranch more deeplv habituated to th
obedient atfltnde of mind which is the essence of mi
tary discipline. The Northern armv has always been
free and easy armv; fighting bravely it is said, but al
determined to exercise the right of pnblic opinion as
tbe moment when they have done their share. The e
tiou seises them in battle that thev have accomplish
mta
military afhirs. The Southern <?.<!*, nccr-romed
an aristocratic caste, do not judge tor themselves in U
way. They spend themselves at the command of th<
officers. Ana thus, too, ft would. In ail probability,
with A negro army. Their fidelity and their respect f
the white race would alike keep tfrhr the bonds of mi
??r? sntboriiv. now so loose at the North. Tbe uegrc
would be Sepoys without any disposition to treachei
ana with more than the' Sepoy phiaique. Xoreovr
tlvy would be even Ice* exposed to the malaria ai
ejhaustion of the Southern climate than the Sonthei
ejs themselves. Again, the negro jnst released frc
slavery would thankful^ accept low wages in the N<
Qiern army, instead of the enormous bonntvard p
now claimed by every white volunteer: and they woi
be easy to satisfy with wholesome rations of any ki
aa the present army is hard. Every element of the
dier is to be found in the negro, unless it he nattr
military tastes, and this the canst now supplies. Tbt
is physical strength and a body used to unlimited lien
ships. There is deference of spirit, clanship as bet we
man and man, and affectionate fidelity to snperto
There is the willing hand without the meddling be?
and the greatest of all motives for desperate valor.
Bnt neat, a lanre auxiliary negro army would help
solve a great political problem. Under the Preside*
emancipation policy a great number of negroes must
attracted northwards, and the greatest jealous}' is felt
the Northern laborer lest they should reduce his noir
wages. By employing them freely in the may this d.
ger would be partially averted, and a peat boon cnnl
red upon the Northern laborer, who dreads the draff
policy of the Administration. In this way the half
iuctant States of the North wonld be reconciled to
first steps oT the emancipation poller, ?and if, as
hope, the regiments thus formed should prove the m
effective anu beet disciplined in the army, the m'lit
pride of the North wonld soon convert them to the fi
dent's policy.?for no susceptibilities of caste wonld
hart by the glory of black regiments with white comn
sioned oflleens? the unjust rule of war bciusr that all <
play of public gratitude is lavished or. the leader, hi
ever much is dhe to the followers.
Bnt not only would this policy enormonsly lower
cost of the army, spare the labor of the North," and rec
die the Democrats to emancipation?but it might
made one of the most powerfal elements in what
may call the foreign policy of the war; for there wo
be no better means of avoiding all the dangers of ser
insurrection than peeing the ftigitive slaves through
discipline of a military regime. The least raanigenr
11 private license or viiulicttvene*- might then be pauis
by instant death withont any undue austerity. Tn
way could a severer control "be kept over the risk
emancipation on a larp- scale. And thus the naP
Knrop. au suspicion of all sudden emancipation wouh
i best removed. Nor would this be all. One result
snch a measure would be still more important. A ne
array once established wonld probably become the
cicufl of the permanent military system of the Nortl
1 and ao a most important check upon the South,
course we are assuming what all Englishmen now
stime. that absolute subjugation of the South is a dre
that the war is a qnesfion of boundaries ?a question
mathematicians wonld say, of the marlnnm or minim
i extent of the alave power. Now, assuming Uiia, w
could be more important more decisive for the sla\
i policy of the Sonth, than the existence of ft negro ai
across the border,? c.pubic of large iacreut?\ and re
and eager to act in all causes directly Involving the
tension or limitation of slavery? Th<> kno.vledgi
snch a fact would be by far the must effective check
slavery propagandism that conld be exerted by the aj
cy of human fear.
' In whatever light w> contemplate the question,
i principles involved in tne crcatfon of a negro r.nny ?
to us most pregnant of weighty resnlt and gradual p
leal transformations. But if the Northern stntesi
will never look beyond the hour, what can save tin
Foresight and combination are only leas needful i
strict Justice in dealing with the emancipation of
? "irrepressible negro."
Port Royal Relief Committee, Phi!
, Stephen Colwell, 1031 Arch street; James
Olngnorn, 1504 Arch street; Jnmes A. Wri,
115 Wnlnnt street; Benjamin Coates, 127 M
ket street; lie v. l)r. Newton, 251 South 13th
Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, 514 South 10th strc
1 ' TT?Tahoc Oi; Walnnt stii'ct l'i
#1. rillllUIlgUtSlI WVUtr, v?? _, . _
l ii|> P. Randolph, 821 South 4th street; Monk
5 L. Dawson, 1420 Spruce street; J. M. McK
106 North 10th street; E. W. Clark, 35 So
i 3d street; Charles Rlmnde.. 513 Pine strc
3 Francis K. Cope, 1 Wnlnat street; L. Montg..
^ en* Bond, 53 South Front street: Ellis Yarn
118 South Delaware Avenue; William Bid<
* 17 South 7th street; Wistar Morris, 209 So
? 3d street; M. W. Baldwin, 500 North Broad
. B. P. Hunt, Corresponding Secretary, No.
North Wharves, care Thomas Wattson L Sor
> All contributions in money for the nl*re r
ject may be sent to E. W. ClarV -aq., Treasuri
No. 85 South Third Strc*f ?r to either of t
- .tbovc-named mcn-W of the Committee. Co
? trilmtions <A?othing and other articles may
Vent to Messrs.''Cope, Brothers, Walnut Str
| Wharf, or to Messrs, Peter Y?*right & Sons, 1
1 Walnut iirect,
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THE SHORTEST ROAD TO FEACE. ,
As the chief object of the rebellion* is I
to establish a government on slavery, I
when the institution is abolished, the I
sand wifl be knocked from under this oli- I
garchical structure. Burn the wood and the 1
fire goes out. This is the view taken by I
Gov. Gamble in his message to the Missouri
legislature, and it is the doctrine 01 common
Sense. The rebels conquer no territory
in the free States, black night cannot
invade the day : but the domain of slavery
is being constantly narrowed, for light
will penetrate the darkest abode. Take a
single State, Illinois or Ohio; is anybody
so stupid as to believe that the Confederate
States of America, headed by Jefferson
Davis, could reduce p. county in either from
freedom to slavery ? Yet we see whole
! fttates of this so-e:?U -J 1-otf -?craoy, break
irg the cords - '-< * Ixmnd them,
life, re-cntrr
^ The President has, doubt, natiaSac^
tory reasons for excepting some States
?nd smaller di\ isions from the effect of
his proclamation of Or?- 1st m?t. but to
! is, whose life has bee passed amidst slavery,
who see the and mainspring
of the rebel1, m precisely as proclaimed
by Yici President Stephens, it seems to
i the extent of those exceptions, a further
prolongation of the war. While there is
! life there is hope, but when the pulse
stops, when the heart becomes cold, what
1 further to expect but a certain and speedy
\ dissolution. J - >
Gen, Butler's ronvirttooM on Slavery.
d | Gen. Butler's experience has l>een the
experience of most of the Generals in this
Jf war : and in spite of their old and almost
v inveterate prejudices, the worda of his
u* farewefl address, so sensible, so earnest,
* m eloquent, would be echoed from tho
i- depths of their convictions. Ho says to
j? the people of New Orleans :
)r "If yon .desire to leave to vour children |
a- tho inheritance you received of your fathjjj
ers?a stable constitutional government?
a. if yon desire that they should in the fair.
ture he a pottion of the greatest empire*
? the sun ever shone upon?return to your
a alleginhce.
J There is but one thing that stands in
of the way.
* There is but one thing that at this hour
l?. stands between you and. the government, I
iar and that is slavery.
' The institution, cursed of God, .which
m, lias taken its last refuge here, in His pror e.
idence will be rooted out as the tares from
/] the wheat, although tho wheat be torn op
rc with it.
"' I have given much thought to this sub.Ht
j^ct. I came among you, by teachings,li
bv habit of mind, by political position, by
.* social affinity, inclined to sustain your doto
mestic laws, if by possibility they might
?- be with safety to the Union.*
Months of experience and observatfon ,
lb nave forced tne conviction that ihc exist^
eBce of. ^torv is incompatible %ith *h%
?ir safety either of yourselves or oi tne 'Cuivu.
be As the system has gradually growu to its
present huge dimensions, it were best if
*? it could be gradually removed ; but it is
7. better, far l>etter, that it should be taken
out at onee than that it shonld longer vitin
ate the social, political, and family raiara
tions of your country. I am speaking j
fj with no philanthropic views as regards *
Ja the slave, but simply of the effect of sla^
very on the master. See for yourselves.**
rai We need not tell our readers that Gen.
*c Butler has been a Democrat always of the
Cn ^traitest sect, a Massachusetts Democrat* j
re. where the specimens are so few that they *
,d* ate obliged to imbibe a tenfold virulence j
to in order to make their party known at aO, ]
'? and one who labored and voted for BrockbT
inridge, tho candidate of the Bon then j
Ml extremists. No man in"* the nation waa |
more active than he was in the late presitog
dential campaign, and as he had been for |
r> - many years working and speaking on tho I
same side, we are bound to Suppose that
ost he was entirely sincere. He was, of course, J
ar? op^'osed to every interference with tha 1
^ institution of slavery; he would not so
much as tolerate the discussion of tho
?*' subject, much less its agitation ; and, in
common with the late Bufus CUoate, the
tl* iate Benjamin I\ Hallett, Caleb Cushing,
?b* Greene and others, he did everything that
we ue could do to suppress, not only the pejjjj
culiar abolitionism of his native BUte,
the but even that modified and timid ftnti?
.^lav; ryism which hid itself in the bosom
of the Republican party.
Officers of the tdscafioMl Corns*ls^
11* sioas Bokiob.
President?Hon. .John A. Andrew,
nn- r?v j'resident*?Rev. Jacob M. Manning*??
Rev. Edward E. llale; Rev. E. D. Huntington]
2 D. D.; Kcv. T. B. Thayer; Rev. J. W. Barker,
air IJ. 1).; Her. James Freeman Clarke; lion. Jacob
"< ?*_ *j 1 V Unn.^a
I, J* N(J^pCT j l/i. lUJUCii t? . uw|/vi,
mm Treasurer?Mr. William Emlieott, jr.
J" Secretary?Mr. Edward Atkinson.
miT Committee on T'whtr*?Ml*. George JJ. Kmeradj
*011, l)r. I^Baron Kus.?el, Mr. Luring Lathrop,
,fX: tier. Charles Jb\ Barnard, Mrs. Anna Lowell,
f0c Mrs. Hannah Stevenson,
icn- Committee on Clothing?Mrs, Samuel CV.bot,
|r., Mr. George Atkinson, Mr. Edward Jnckson,
Mrs. J. A. Lane^ Mrs. William B. Rogers.
r?lit Committee an fixwe?Mr. Edward Atkinson,
am Mr. Martin Brimmer, Mr. William Kndieott. jr.,
j J Mr. James T. Fisbcr, Mr. William 1. Bowdin k.
Committee an CorrexjtooHeare? Dr. Henry I.
Bowditcb, Prof. V. J. Cliild, Dr. fSamuel Cabot,
jr., Miss Ellen Jackson, Miss Anna Loring.
Heavy Defalcation by a Paymaster in
i h* Army?Half a Million of Dollars
u,1' Gone?Arrest or Gamblers.?Maj. Isaac
^r* .V. Cook, Paymaster in the army, of Cin,cl"!
cinnati, has been arrested for a heavy de- j
toll falcation, amounting to half a million of
jo*} dollars. Most of the money was lost ha !
im, gambling. Simultaneous arrests of gam- )
utli oiers have been made in Cincinnati, Cairo,
et; Chicago, Louisville, and other place?. '
1,1 * About 870,000 has been recp^ered at O; "
ail.
nth A ^ shows! that 5 *00,000
st.; P6*80118 * Euglanu i Pj.-^rted by
142 CQttm. _ /' ^
Jjll Taere have boon made this year 150,000 m
sr. gallons of Sorghum syrup in La Salle
n' County. F
The Supreme Court of Georgia has de?
cided the Confederate conscript law uncoaF ^
stitutioftal, I
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