Grant County Herald

Conscription of Slaves.—The Richmond Examiner of Oct. 18th says:

"It appears that slaveholders are averse for some reason to hire their negroes in the Confederate army. The prejudice is certainly an ignorant and mean one. As the war originated and is carried on in a great part for the defense of the slaveholder in his property rights and the perpetuation of the institution, it is reasonable to suppose that he ought to be the first and foremost in aiding and assisting, by every means in his power, the triumph and success of our arms. Good wages are offered, and proper care and attention will be given every negro hired to the army, and the slaveholder ought to remember that for every negro he thus furnishes, he puts a soldier in the ranks."

This rebel newspaper evidently disagrees with those "conservative" gentlemen of the North, who hold that Slavery hasn't anything to do with this war, and that the "nigger" must be "kept out until the war is over."—Ind. Democrat.