. The lost cause : a new southern history of the war of the Confederates : comprising a full and authentic account of the rise and progress of the late southern Confederacy--the campaigns, battles, incidents, and adventures of the most gigantic struggle of the world's history . and after the pattern of all its other pro-ductions in its last session—a pretence of doing something, yet so far be-low the necessities of the case, as to be to the last degree puerile, absurd,and contemptible. The proposition to arm negroes was made in Novem-ber, 1864 ; it was debated until March, 1865 ; and the resul
. The lost cause : a new southern history of the war of the Confederates : comprising a full and authentic account of the rise and progress of the late southern Confederacy--the campaigns, battles, incidents, and adventures of the most gigantic struggle of the world's history . and after the pattern of all its other pro-ductions in its last session—a pretence of doing something, yet so far be-low the necessities of the case, as to be to the last degree puerile, absurd,and contemptible. The proposition to arm negroes was made in Novem-ber, 1864 ; it was debated until March, 1865 ; and the result was a weakcompromise on the heel of the session by which the question of emancipa-tion as a reward for the negroes services was studiously excluded, and thePresident simply authorized to accept from their masters such slaves asthey might choose to dedicate to the military service of the Confederacy. Such paltry legislation indeed, may be taken as an indication of thatvague clesperation in the Confederacy which grasped at shadows; whichconceived great measures, the actual results of which were yet insignifi-cant ; which showed its sense of insecurity—and yet, after all, had notnerve enough to make a practical and persistent efibrt at safety. THt ^NV YORK \j AtTC. ^■«>: ■ Ijy Z 11 i
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