We don’t often get the full scope of reasons for opposing the recruitment of Black soldiers. This is the view from the Journal of Commerce a Peace Democrat paper based in NYC. It was reprinted in the Wilmington Journal from North Carolina.
Wilmington journal
Thursday, Aug 14, 1862
Wilmington, NC
Vol: 18
Page: 5
Nothing that surprising, the Democrats, and especially the peace wing of the Democratic party, ran on racial resentment as their best issue. Utilizing African American troops made a negotiated peace that much less likely, and they understood the civil status of African Americans would be dramatically changed by participation in a victorious Union war.
Thanks for commenting professor.