After what has been already effected in the border States and South
Carolina, it would be impossible to leave the Negro and his owner in
such an undefined relation as now exists. And yet this very fact--one of
the strongest which can be alleged to prove the necessity of legislation
and order--is cited to prove that the matter will settle itself. Take,
for instance, the following from the correspondence of a daily
cotemporary:--
THE ARMY SPOILING THE SLAVES.--Whatever may be the policy of the
government in regard to the status of the slaves, one thing is
certain, that wherever our army goes, it will most effectually
spoil all the slaves and render them worthless to their masters.
This will be the necessary result, and we think it perfectly
useless to disturb the administration and distract the minds of the
people with the everlasting discussion of this topic. Soon our army
will be in Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, and the soldiers will
carry with their successful arms an element of liberty that will
infuse itself into every slave in those States. The only hope for
the South, if, indeed, it has not passed away, is to throw down
their arms and submit unconditionally to the government.
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