, 1862-08-22
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Gen. x4sa1aferss negro Rttsade i OF MIS-.

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~ the Editor e tha New Yo.k Tribune. j.
n z9otiss e .hs .saagrapn IN ths editorial
che effect that Ger. Hunters negro b3gade
hsd been dt56anded,.: because pi thsinsaIts
and abuses they Mars continually Bubieetedto
by some Of The Ehite soldiers. Thia Is q mtg
fake: The '.flrst Regiment South Carolina
Vo1unteerss ~ 9sds not Jeea disbdnGed Several
companies haEe been detached from the regl-
Heut, and sent, with sheIr HhitB> officers, to
st. St.nnn.s Island, on the, coast Of Florida:
and thoee remaining camp a<D DraYton's, on
Hilton Head Island; =#erey last Saturday, BY
edt1ee Of Gen. Hunter. gfFea Permission from:
/ time to their plantation hofnRa and to their
fan41ea- The majority Of the soldiers az ailpdl
thsnaAelye e. Of the pEiRtltge, but afsE 1f them
r. nFe1esed e 70 rssa u camp Iha1esson for
IN the department Is In 8. state Of inaetiyity,
md nothing can be'sd Until the ,hos fe7er
EeAtn Il o7er, and nntil the forces there hg7e
been multiplied EUnder The cilcun5faaces, !;
therefore, IT, Wss. deemed advisable; TO- send
agatn when their services were needed:9 Ri
nothing has been sid about dishand dinrt the1p.4 1
andI 'hasEposinYe knowledge that Gen: Hun.,
teE DOGS rot propose to Do, any such thing.
not unless the preaidents shoald iss1s 4 pe:4,
: And + azn not willing that therepost should
go abrosd that The noUle Unioh soldiers .Eiao
compr1 The army OF the departrn ent rof the
south ale guilty. of Bo reprehenBfbIex 80 de-.
Grading, g act aa to !" insult aud e ah1sss
an unfortunate snd unoffending people
though they be Of .Eshle complexion. I be-
Here the truth to be quite the contrary. Iu-
deed 4 IVES quite lats1y pleased to obsETYe t1,a
quiet harmony Nth which the so1dIers 9E Sftps
white snds 'black regiments worked ;asda bY
eide, In the trenches snd feIEng the outside
gtccksde at Hilton Head, during the period af
the, anticipated attack from the mainland op-+
posite DawfHskie Island; and from the Nps of
z1ore than cne officer and soldier.I heard re-
marks similar to tie foApWing.: = VI ell your
blsfE boys do bring the trees Gown lf'*eudf
Hunter raiEeE, Sf he'll centiuue Eeertf,g thezAz
/ mert I" -
Bet it canno. be denied that there have beea
| instspces-and am happy to say that they.
| are few and far between-where ignorant and
\ preju6iced officers and soldiers OF the Csuca-
Sit n race, for 1essous unknown even to them
! selves, have insultsd and abneed the uuoi-
lending negroes, whose only crime consists
IN their conple1ion and their loyalty; that
| they have been denominased aud spoken of as
nd-d black nlggers s"-accompanied with
the very chaste, t1egant and equally conpli-
! meDtary expression, IL wish they were ali In
he'll" The men who demean themselves By
giving expressions to their sick1y sentiments
In tones SO coarse and unrefned, are surely
not OF the ttaoHer Of tie army but they
! are men Who are constantly finding fault with
their superior oficers-te1ling what they
would do If they were In such and such ones
place-Who condemn aud deuounce that pol
icy, and who declare most prophetlcalIy and
fight for the nigge1s.". These are the men,
too, who are ont against ama1gamation with q
soFr of holy (although It be hypocritica1 aud
u-coacealed) horror: Ask those upon whose
| god Judgment and upon whose sense Of
| yH Ndt ,a1r 4r1 ~ ~.
army The a1nalga11ating or s'b1eaching'' pro-
.cess is prosecuted, and you will get the an
| s#er, thstit is confined exclusively to those
men WHO have no respect for themselves, and
are continually damning and cursing the
! njggers,' snd that men of refinement and
proper education know nothing Of these mat.
tere-or Il, shaving ,eyes, they see not; and
r.: My experience has been. and I thlnk
It. coineides with that Of my brother
I found 's0.conpetent and fitted in every
respecf,") and whom General Stevens, in
remcEs1Iance aehlnRt 60 large draft for
officers being made On his brigade: "the men
ftted for service In those regiments, snd the
men have already detailed, ara the valuable
ence Of those officers, as believe, viii be,
that they and their commands have generally
been treated With courtesy and respect by
1 tsose With whom they came in contact, and
thRt they have no occasion for regretting the
acceptance Of trust reposed in them By Gen.
Hunter, nor OF serving under 80 distinguished
colonel and SO accomplisheda gentleman a.
James D. Fesserdcn, believing that what Is
honorable for the major general to order, and
for lis aid.de'camps to assist In performing,
are In no manner SO disreputable for those
who received appointments under them And
80 al sensible people believe, and will con,
tinue to believe, notwithstanding the sIurE
and inuendoes so profusely l4vis5ed aud as,
serious volunteered quite gratuitously bS
many (who are in no danger Of being appoint.
ed to.a command) that they wouldn't &C
cept any position in nigger brigade.''
Very respectfully yourg,
Lieut. LUTHER @. RIoas,
Adjt 1st South Carolina Vols.
New Haven, Conn, August Is, 1852.