Show oua REVIEW the andine and the future of the me merican Negro by D W gulp culp 41 M SM D VEZ NEGRO AND THE tar democratic PARTY liess one mouth month from the ii abraham IAn coln became I 1 president of the united states he issued his proclamation calling g foy for volunteers volun teera but the motto was no blacks need apply this was owing to the great prejudice in the north against the neg degroa een enlisting listing to fight for his freedom fre elom at that time the people of the southern states had already organized negro companies for the defense of richmond and for building fortifications the third and fourth regiments of georgia showed one negro company AS as they passed through the south on their way to richmond and tree iree negroes enlisted on the confederate side aide at new orleans axa and memphis they were highly spoken of by the newspapers of the south out but up to that time and for almost three years vears thereafter the leaders of the republican party and aind the people of the north were of the te impression that it would be a burning disgrace to permit the negroes to wear the blue bine gen V U S grant the hero and the greatest warrior of modern times declared that this is a white mans war and gen benjamin P F butler and many others voiced the same sentiments but they were willing to accept the services of the negro before they succeeded in conquering the people of the southern states thaddeus stevens who was elected to the lower house of congress by democratic votes was the first one to propose a bill authorizing the president to raise and equip soldiers of african descent 11 in the mean time edwin M W stan stanton ton who was an buncom compromising democrat v had become secretary of war and he be urged the members of both branches of congress to pass the measure mr staunton did not permit his prejudices to prevent him from pe perusing everything he could obtain perta pertaining inin I 1 W to the negro degro race therefore ther eSore he was not unfamiliar w with the tg fighting qualifications of the negro horace harac gre greela editor of the new doric tribune bune railed ins bis voice a em employment of ne gro generals ater arld and mont douar iisha th cause of fai aver w 1 notman y of the to I 1 a IT hig y ayi i bufi 9 M PMT w j t NR M sasi 5 feys a nw h r 14 miff V mi if li 1 ru at this all sEs wr WV d of va FY nr FW 4 an sa s1 vf ta 4 aaa A Q 6 a PM N white soldiers received thirteen doll dollars an per month with board and clothing but be it said to the everlasting credit of the regiment of massachusetts they would not consent to fight for less than the white soldiers which they finally received after waiting for almost two years edwin M stanton was in favor of paying the agro negro soldiers as much as the white but bat some of the other members of the cabinet were opposed to it now if it is true that the leaders of the republican party w aged aged the war for the special purpose of freeing the negro why did they want them to work for less pay than the white soldiers secretary stanton went wild over the great victory which was scored by the negro troops at the battle of petersburg and when the war was over that great demonra Demo t staggered out of his office into his grave and there was not one negro throughout our land who was so as to do him reverence or who was broadminded enough to pronounce an encomium upon edwin M stanton to be continued |