The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-05
Slavery in The War.
LETTER TRoa GEN. HUNTER w IAE REV, sTEPHE

We have been favored by briend with
copy of Gen. Hunters reply To- Oh, inq'nrfsa 81
the President of the National F,eedIuah -AssC
citation:
! HEADQUARTERS DEPART. OF Tns Sou III, I
Hilton Head, Port Royal, s. e. July Il
Rsr. Stephen II. Tying, President Of the Ma
honGi Freedman S Relief Association, Neic
York city.
Sir: | have the honor to acknowledge The
recelpt o. your conis unicatIon dated Inne z
1862, expressing to me the approval of my
course ln regard TO the freed slaves of this De-
PARTNERS by the impostant and benevoleat as
ISOLATION OF which you Are President.
Satisfied of having attempted, in the aksence
OF Instructions, to do my duty in the master,
according to the best lights OF my Judgment
and lung experience, evesy assurance OF SUN
pathy IRON men whose characters | esteem 10
gratifying, and enables me to wait with mere
patience for those inevitable days which are to
give policy on the slavery question to orr
Government.
1t is my only fear that the lesson may not be
understood and acted uponun1'l read III charac-
,ers OF blood at the treside ri every Northern
family. 70 attain wisdom We must suffer; but
that wisdom on the Slavery question must
finally be obtained is my sustaining faith,
Our people are not dull OF comprehension in
regard to matters abous which trse play is given
to their common sense. When tire Is spread
lug through BLOCK OF houses, they do not hes
ltate t. batter down al intermediate house TO
save the remainder OF the block, When the
plague occaples an Injected district, the district
Is Guaranteed, aud every resource OF science
and industry put forth to rid the locality Of it's
presence The soldiers OF health are by no
means ordered TO mount guard over each smitten
house and see that the vested interests o! pest
lence are protected. Break open doors, il they
be not opened Is the order on these occasions
: Let IN fresh air and sunlight let purity rt-
place Corruption.
But in presence Of one great evil which has
50 long brooded over our country, the ntelli-
sence OF large portion Of our p"oplo would
Seem paralyzeJ and helpless. Their moral nerves
he torpid under It's benumblng shadow. Its
breath bias betn the pestilence of the political
atmosphere in which our statesmen have been
nurtuyed g., and never, | fear, until its benk is
dripping Win the best blood of the country.
and liz talons tAugled in her vtalS will shs free
MASSES OF the loyal States be fully aronsed to
the necessity c abanng the ahomna5,on at
whatever cost and by whatever agencies.
This Is wrlttrn, not politically, but accord
ing nay profession II tho military sense. look
Ing forward, there looms Ny possibility GonlY
too possblel Of y peacc which shall be n~thlny
but an armistice. 9Th every advantage secured
to the SebellIUl, Nothing can give US !.-rma-
nent peace but a successful prosecution us the
war, With every wearon and energy at our com
Inand, to It's logical and legitimate conclusion,
The i0Meutlng Cause OF the rebellion n4rss be
ab"ted > the axe must be laid to the root Of the
upas tree which hes raneh down such sitter
fruit upon our co~ntry, before any permAnont
peace can be justly hoped.
Already See slgas III many influential quay
tiers, heretofore opposed TO NY views in favor of
armRg the blacks, Of change Of sentiment
Our recent disasters before Richmond have served
to illuminate many minds.
70 speak OF using the negroes merely for
THROWN up intrenchment3 is d step in, the
right direction, though far short of whas p.As.
be the end. 1t has the advantage, however, Of
making the turther and hnaI Steps Necessary ::
for men working n face OF the enemy must t,aye
arms With which TO protect ,hemsel~ es # sud
denly attacked.
On the whole there IL much reason to 10 sat-
listed With the progress made by public aen:i-
ment, considering how deeply rooted ven she
prejuaices to be overcome, the general ta;4are of
the nation to realize at tirst the proporti9as Of
the war, and the lmpunlty still extended E"shose
Northern traitors who are the pIunderers of the
Government by means Lf fraudulent aray and
navy contracts Oh the one hand, while using
every energy vi tongue and pen TO excite dis
content With Na1 Government. and sympathy
with the more candid and COURAGEOUS traitors
OF the South WHO are in arms against Is
10 conclusion, 1t may not be inappropriate to
say that In transmitting the approval Of the
National kreedmans Relief Association of nv
course, vow were doubtless unconseiouslv-
ENDORSING views which your own earnes, elo-
9ueDce had no slight share in maturing. Though
without the pleasure of your personal acouain
lance, was, during year, a member of your
congregation, and take this opportunity of
gratefully acknowledging my indebtedness 10
your teachings.
Your letter would have been earlier ansv cred
had not pressing du;iee fully occupied my tine
Believe me, Sir, very truly, your obliged and
obedient servant ID. HryTrp
L. S.-N0ne of the carefully fostered deln-
sions by which Slavery has sustained itself Al
the North, is more absurd than the bugbear O
)" general migration OF negroes to the North ,
as necessary sequence OF emancipation. s.
far Is this from being the tact, that although i
is we'll known that give passes North to al
negroes asking them, not more than u cozet
have applied to me for such passes since NV ar
rival here, their local attachments being anna
rentiy much stronger than with the white race
: My experience leads me to believe that the ex
act reverse Of the received opinion on this 81 b
Iject would form the rule, and that nearly # no
quite all the negroes Of the North would mi