The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-13
What Intell cent sleeves THINK

| have talked with many intelligent men OF
color on thlS SUBJECT The superior man oi all
is knuwu IT Tom | one Gay dr.w him out
o! his guarded si.cuye on thie theme by saying,
lam surprised Tom, that the negEaes i'll this
Ieuusala dom fight fo' us.
reckon yon amt, Mr.. W. You know too
much.
Why dent they SIGHT tur Us, rom p
They expected 10, SIT, and al the colored
men lrom here ~ Texas. expcc,eu To-
~ lly diam I they?"
>, Yea know Ar VIII q: l. We wtrc driven
from yaur lines AID camps, Az: pretty plainly
told that von did not want %ryaSlng 20 Go with
MS hat YOU Meant c. cATrp o. the war. 81 as
10 cave Us in slavery at the enc 81 The war. 40
we lci vou t. carry on the war ;ss YOU could,
and pretty poor fist y0a arc making Of it, too,
Mr.. w." said Tom. war'nin@ into e&Inestness.
The North can't conquer the South, without
the help ol the slaves. We men Of color, who
have communicated with each other through aN
the States, IT," leading men, | lnean,) kaO,D
this. We know, too, thatlf the war lasts one
party or hS other party will give us cur free
dom.
lat is that You say--thc shareholders frco
their slaves
They certainly viii d, it, if they can whip
trisads at the South alittU ne this
Our position, MIR. " is like The San Do
Virgo blacks. They put their aid IN tie mar
ko;. b.twlon the hit4s and The muiaLtves-put
it for saio rne price Was them ire9dom w
,aegu ,o sci ourselves lor iracIon-- We h0pe to
you Northern nsea Ii your politicians aud gen.
erals kick us away, we viii try 10 make our
market wltf the rebels. Bat yml had better
Lin with ns--hnd better fee u. and arm US
How long would this wor last if we We're Ire, d
i,Y &C: ot Cone1e4a and lio Presidents proclaim
atiUn--b0tl Of them ratified in general orders
hy the commanders OF all the Urio.. armies in
the South? Why, she rebel armies woulI melt
away in week. Every ihUcr and every pr-
lttc who had any ln!er 81 81 any kind in :.
81 tatati0n, or Village, even, would run straight
uome to protect 1t agGins. imagined injury.--
Consider US armed THERE no ube oi think; I,S
Mr.. w. The revolution Il: the South Is &C
uomplished and the Cnjon Is saved, ant you
cunt SaUe il ,Uut0W The SoClal rcrotut,On. And
mark my words, MIR. ", The attempt 10 SAGE al
wAhoM dong as Just'cs, wH End IN your olo,.
political SlaGery, and y0ur rum and in this, Eng
land will be the principal @senc. There al4
sol. REQ men in Washington VII" know the val,
ne 0. the dlnnertabIu talk oi great mon, and
jeff Davis, ana Keit ard Floyd. have always
made much Of the jealousy in England of your
North. You have got to have us, Mr.. W. Our
climate will kill your troops, save in December,
January, February and Malcn The South is
wilderness. You are ignorant OF It, and can
Be amhushed every day. And il is so big that il
with hall ii millson men you oyerrun il, 1t would
lake million to occupy it, And chen, what
sort OF a Union viii you have saved, in which
,he people OF thirteen states Refuse to take 20
Htlcal action, and have but to set them loose
upon you, and drive You northwa1d. You had
better take US. hr. ". Indeed, you have got
% ,ake US. forV you wish 10 back ont Of fA,S
War, yOu pW not be permitted to do IT, You
Lave got to conquer OF be conquered. know
the Shareholders. Thcv went into this war for
Yower, ,nG II YOU don't whip them IN Virginia
and south Carolina, they will Whip you IN Penn
syyania and New YORK. and then reconstruct
the Union with themselves at the top and YOU
at Inc bottom. You tOhHt men Of the North
r,H 90 into s'ar@y, unless you take us black me'.
y the South cut OF Siorcry; and Mr.. n, you
Eoro net greet deal Of Time left m mAich to de-
'ide arhct you ~W do! i James Rirer Cores
poqdcm Of ", Y Tribune.