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The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], Yankee view of the question of putting Negroes in the army. (search)
Yankee view of the question of putting Negroes in the army. The St. Louis Republican of the 10th contains several columns, made up of articles from Confederate papers, on the subject of employing negroes in the army. The same issue of the paper contains the following letter on the same subject from its Washington correspondent: Washington, November 4th.--The agitation of the rebel leaders and press of the policy of drawing upon their able-bodied male slaves for fighting men is received by many able minds on our side with ominous forebodings of the consequences, while the interest and attention it is known to excite in official circles leave no doubt that the Government may appreciate the advantages the rebellion will derive from the proposed measures, and at the same time feels itself poorly prepared to counteract them. Mr. Lincoln and his supporters have, time and again, defended his emancipation and negro soldiery policy upon the plea of naked necessity. They have