Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-07-05
FROM TIE SECOND RECIPIENT.

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The Second Vermont Regiment are
lust now making their camp ON Capitol Hill, one
half mile in the rear Of the United states Capitol
while your correspondent posted upon box OF
camp bagg &c, which commands prospect CT the
whole City cf Washington aod ;ae 'ean'iiUl val
lies lying TO the north and cast is trying " p'"
you q rapid account OF our experiences mus '"''
before the sun goe down oeHin' Tie Virginia INNS
We have experienced 'He generous N''P''''l''l
Of our friends in Troy We have met inc KAMA
reception Of Verwnt5 sons 10 Nc" to'N' We
have participated in the unexpected i'9erality Oh
the traditional spirit 81 HrotAeily love- III tne
Quaker City. " have passed lnFous pau
more amid the sulay AID suI.cn faces oil those
wIosc Unsurpassed sympatAies WITH secession IL
bat Zoo plainly manifest And We have 10" ar
rived at the seat Of war-at the very border OF the
cncuy's country.
AS you pass through from Vermont 10 W asning
ton, it is interesting indeed to observe the changes
in the atmosphere; from the most burning inter-
they 60 to defend, you gradually approach the
most cold and sullen indifference ms Is 'Ae
rule, to Whleh 'here are eAcep'i0LS'oi 0'u'so' l"
Baltimore, as We pissed the large mecAAhic'l cs-
Adjustments northern workmen, by hundreds,
hailed and cheered us as we passed and in the
streets, here and there, a face would show most
upmi.takabIy. how difficult 1t was to repress all
signs oe r-ids and p,triotism.
The negroes were universally juJilant They
are evidently under the full persuasion that 80 de-
lireranco an gwine to come" and ever since our
arrival in Dixie, they hare taken frequent occa-
sion TO make US aware Of their state of mind. The
slaves at work in the fields through which We
passed, if in sight Of massa or massas residence,
looked on in silence and saw us pass, but when
they were assured that no enc was watching, such
demonstrations as they gave vent to, I have never
seen before. Ano old nogress, but poorly concealed
from the house by an interposing bank, looking
back towards massa with solicitude, and towards
rs with hone, waved an old red bandana most fu-
riouslv. as the train pa .sed through A negro, to
whom had ventured few iuterrogatories intend
ed to draw out from him his views as to the object
Of the passare Of SO MANY troops. replied: 1--WE
can read the papers. magss. and We knows what's
e'vine on and if we had de chance. we'd fight JUS
as quick as desc eresreriments." The norraA- -%~-
disposition to familiarity with the soldiers, which
they would, OF course, be SLOW to manifest TOWARDS
any Of whose sympathy they had the slightest
suspicion. A negro Of Havre dc Grace. CT whom
L enquired as to the condition OF business sald'
nothing doing at all, massa; ives glad to see the
troops passing on though and the expression oil
his face showed very plainly that there was much
stronger antithesis implied in his " though, than
was expressed
l cannot but feel the conviction, that the mere
fact Of the passing Of United tates troops into and
thro any portion OF southern territory viii have
most Important influence upon the stability CT tho
peculiar institution, and weaken very materially