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Day
16
Month
December
Year
1864
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Public Domain
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■Billy Smith on the Negro. Earl) tliia week Gov. ex Billy Sinitli, of Virginia, in his message to the Legistature, say : He most respeclfully urge in tbis dark hour of our fortuoei, thüt the cntiro male population of our StJs be embodied for the purpose of cooperatiug in our great strugglo. It is first the duty of the Legisla! ure to adopt meuBorei! to bring into the field about all the abie bodied men who are not riecesary to t-hj State goveniraent. It ia ut rterly inipossiblo fo.r me to understaud logic wliicli ex'jtnpts State officers who arts Dot uecessary for ötate governtnent. .1 do not hesttate to saj' that I would arm uch portion of cur able-bodied slave populaiioc as inay b necessúTy to put theui iii the field, o as to havo them ready for the spring eampaiwt even jf t reauJted iu the iieedoni of ihoge organizsd. Will we not employ thein to fight the negro furce of the euemy, or Yankees themgelvig, viho boast they hava 200,000 of our elaves in arms against us. Why hesitate when the questiou i, wheïher the eneiny shall use our slaves against ui, or we sgaiust him. Let us reaember thatthe obligation of the oitizeni to rendar military Barvioe as a paramount social uiid politicaLdnty, aud pass all law neeesr.ry to give military organiztiin to ew people.

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Michigan Argus