Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-08-01

GEN. DUMoNr ON THE Moro QUESTION.
AT a war meeting in indianapolis the 9TH
re day. Gen. Dumont, recently from Nash
lille. made sensible speech on the negro
question. lie said:
In fhc South every man has gone to the war The
conscrption takes ybody aud yet takes nobody
all. ln the eye II the Almighty tohody Is worth
much red headed woodpcckcr unless he works. No
recruits who enter the southern army GO there with
emhrowned nFehesd IDS and hands hardened by honest
dusry. The demand for troops takes away set uf pam
pered mcu--yery good men for the purposc-men who
are sort Of waHnr arsenal not devoid of courage or
talent but it takes away nobody from the producing
classcsin other words ID takes away nobody At all -
Take the three congressional districts lying immediately
around Nashville Go among the people there aud you
viii ma mat At nearly every hou'e you come 90 the lady
is widow and she seeks protection Tor herself and
property. by repeated declarations that she is a lone
widow ic with alarge number # negroes u lros After
But when you come 20 investigate the matter bulc more
closely YOU will fed, almost without exception that the
negroes belong 10 who IN the field with the
upon their shoulders and The kuapsack upon their hacs
men who, iurgetlul OF their sacred duty 70 their
country, have taken up arms au,iust the best goyer
ment the sun ever shone upon.
"We, Why can these men 60 to war while you cannot
Smuly because they have the negroes At home work
for them. and you have aohing 20 depend upon bot YOUR
own honest industry, Besid,s When As is most Eeuer
ally the the wife herself is hc better man OF the
two the prop'ry we'll taken care OF in th. absence
Of the husband As when he Is AZ home and thus these
men into the army and sta there until che last
star falls from Heaven, aud their wives and children be
none the worse oh by b. Within che territory have
mentioned there leo 900 Slaves tong day ahe day
cheerfuS aud uncompaningly fur the support " their
masters who are in the rebel army Now, suppose YOU
give notice 90 all mankind and 'hr human family loo par
ticlar, that every who shall Gail 10 his Al
lcgiaucc within given time, bling forth fruits meet r
repentance aud give suitable guarantees f1r his good boz
htvior 10 the nturc-his ufgrues shall be couhscticd.
Don't you suppose there would DE terrible skcddadug
among these men about that time They would soon
learn by mysterious intimatuu Of Divine Providence
shat they had gut their rights already and that The
thing they could do was 10 gn home and cnj1y them
happened TO meet one day IN tho road near Nashville
vodng man whose appearance wrctchtd and
ful enough by his clothing that he had been the
army, and said 20 him. Ny friend where arc you g1ng
TO SAID be- Il am going back io Old keutu,k, Where
have yuu been. and what have you hecu doing & Ills
reply was, i wasa soldier ia the scccsh army 'W,l
said l. how long did b. take you GET your rights after
you gi there Co., said he Il had them before start
/ cd, but ddu't know IT, Oh, YES would Or but
very little while after such ton that should
wish to God they would go home for one reason rnrc-
ultry, II other Tho ladies' who are 40 homo are inst
jealous and bitter their husbands were when
they lcf for the war They imagine ther husbands arr
Just what they were when they lcU huioc they do
know what terrible falling off there hs. been in their
devotion to the cause, aud Wheu their husband do come
home hey will hardly know them. Laughter have
had hundreds Of them come to after having bcru
Che rebel army, and bcgto take The oath If allegiance
saying that they had been deceived, and oh they would
say, what terrible wild goose chase is that We have
been led since We were induced iu JOIN u This rebellion
DWELL say you would sou take these negroes into the
army Wuul not that he like winning the elephant
In regard 10 what would do personally, would Just
say that CHANGED 20 capture eleven good looking negroes
u the little fight AZ Lebanon. aud have lust brc stand
do nor much want 10 see them 100 tine army. want 60
hit the enemy hard irk possible and do NOT
know how better 10 do than the say have already i'm
dictated 10 you