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Ui try nu Only Ul tbo Norik Maud , unud firm, and the rickety rebel etrmol-1 are will aor.n oome falling tlt;» the prunedr»T Uiuiif •( CoKrtd Treape. j In an ewer u* lu^utrio* by the Tough-kaefMKj colored Convention. Air. Wbi-ng «Wioiior of the War Department, «aya: jTlic employment of colured troop*, it true was exprrimenlal. The law el IHtiJ, which br«t auihonied them to enter the service, provided no •in arm of p«\ meQLThe a-oond law, which permitted their employment, authorized them to be paid ten duller* per oioolh and one ration per day. Ttija law war, however, made »iih reierence to tbuee who by loroe of arms, or bv provisions of ataiutea, had been recently freed from boudago.The important cbue of colored soldiers from the Free tka tea were probably notin the contemplation of Congreaa when framing tbe»e Acte. But now, while colored men are admitted to bo eilUoo* ot •ewnl of the Northern State* sod of the I oiled btatea, and aieee the Ooeachptioa Aut umkm oo diawauUoa betweea white and colored oitiaeiis. but r.^uirea them eijuilly to be enrolled end drafted, io the forces of the Uni tad Suusa, there seem* to be no reaaoo why snob eitixeoa should not, when Tula iteering to serve the ooan-Lr« Ku uLnvil Drum iKa ■.rw.. ( . •
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Keokuk Daily Gate City
Keokuk, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 29, 1863
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