Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-04-25
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BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL Is. 1862.
A Correction.

To the Editors Of the Daily Times
| see in your paper of this morning an ar
tiele from which make the following ex-
tract
We learn from the last Sern.i that Col. 3. d.
smaIIey, Aid of Frederick HOlbrook, Governor OF
Vermont, reports that the Vermont soldiers are
not we'll pleased with the contrabands; and iurtA-
er, that " if any Of them carried With them any
thing of black-republicanism from Vermont
" when they went away to the war, it has been
pretty edectually used up and done away with
by their personal observation of the subjects OF
"a the 'peculisr institution at the South.
We pass this slur upon the soldiers and upon
the Republicans of Vermont. 1t comes with III
grace from one who holds Office only through the
liberality of black republi an Governor
As to the extract from the Sentinel desire
to make the following explanation doubt
less have said, that some of our Vermont
troops do not like the contrabands, Tor | was
so informed by them, but as to how many
like or dislike, am unable to say. As to
the second clause of the sentence, the Editor
of the Sentinel misunderstood my remarks,
for knoio that he would not mis-represent
any person. did not state that "if any of
" them carried with them anything OF black
~ republicanism from Vermont when they
went away to the war, it has been pretty
efFectually used up, &C." nor did desire
to give such an impression to any one. As to
surs upon the soldiers, | have never made
any remarks derogatOry to our Vermont
troors, for | know them to be as line body
of men as there is in the Army of the Potc-
mac," and as to their bravery, all they ask
is 10 have chance to prove 1t.
Trusting that you will pardon me Tor thus
trespassing upon your columns,
remain truly, your friend,
b. b. SMALLEY.
Burlington, April Il, lsG2.
The remark quoted by the TINES from the
Sentinel had entirely escaped our notice, and
in fact we cannot find it yet in our COPY Of
last weeks SennHel. 1t appears, however,
to be pretty eGectually disposed Of by Col.
Smalley, The result of that genjlemau's
observation, in a three or four days visit at
Fort Monroe, appears to be, that soHse Of
the Vermont soldiers do not like some OF the
coutrabands and further than that, he made
no such statement as that imputed to him.
But the statement, had It been made by
him or any SDts Coulu AaNl A4A N-ikAA N4A-J
with some of those besotted partizans Of
slavery, Of whom there are few still left
among us-whose horror Of anything anti
slavery haunts them by day and kegs them
awake o'nights Il Ifanything Is clear, 1t is
the fact that the war and observa tons Of the
workings of slavery, on ITS own soil, have
made and are daily making, strong anti
slavery men Of thousands Of the soldiers, who
were before Indifferent on the subject. The
Times mentions one instance, as follows
capt. Bowdlsh, who has a gang Of these
fugitiyes under his charge as laborers at New
port News. is well pleased with them. lie
is not black Republican to be sure, but
now disapproyes the views Of the 'bllck Re
publican editor Of this paper because he
does not 20 far enough IN his ideas OF eman-
cipation. This is the result Of personal
observation, entirely And this Is but
one of thousands Of similar cases.