Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-12-12

They are Of class that never think tor
themselves. They are cOntented 70 be led.
and as they have never known luxury or
even comfort, they stand it very well. They
all hoot and yell at US as they 90 along, and
say they will bag Mcclellan, push the
Yanks into the River, &c.
"They may beat little Mac, but if they
DO, shame on our well dressed. strong and
hardy men shame on our Generals, Cabinet
! and President, who with the greatest and
most willing nation on the earth to back
them, get whipped by hungry, III clothed
and sIckly army Of rebels >"
Speaking Of negroes, here let me say r.
theT are used by the rebels Tor almost every
thing. They build Qualifications, sill .hc
soil, act in the army in every capacity save
/ that Of armed men; and yet coppeI-leads
think We ought not to free them
They are the strong arm Of the rebs.s and
are worth a million Of men. \ rebel cap
/ tain Of much intelligence said 70 ne one
day;
= You thought at the North, thl. our
slaves would De a burden on Us IN this war
/ but, sir, it has, | think, been clearly shown
that slavery is our right arm. More than
[ 100 900 Of our slaves fill places in the army
| that O,hc wise would have to be filed by
/ white men. over 800, 200 have been used
on flrti1cIti0ns. that otherwise could not
have been built. They till the soil and thus
we can take away every able bodied man
from the fields. We employ them as pi0-
nceTs and scouts, and under white men they
/ do well.
" You thought that We had 100000 81
| watch and guard be-; the fac. is, ws La.
/ 1000 GOO Of w01kmea ready O. BE- eui led O.
| help on cur cause -
Can any one find better reason .Jr the
/ proclamation OF Sapt. -, than what this
rebel has given3
Gen. o. b. Wilcox (t,en Col. Ist M.ch..)
a-k.d the Secretary OF the Treasury who
| called cu tia J-. Jay, what he thought
would he tie result Of the efforts Of some
OF our generals 70 use the blacks.
&c II, sad TIE Secretary. "they ID Us well
1T it IS We 90. (Ind | think they vii, ior
the yankees make good lrlyers,) they viii
find d thousand niggeIs as good as a thousand
whites for all purposes save fghting.'
''WiH Lincoln Try emancipation, i) You
think - said the Secretary.
" ! think SO, as soon as he is sure it Wi.
damage your prospects, said the General.
The Secretary seemed somewhat excited.
ami exclaimed Sc [. would only affect us
where your troops sl, think though an
not certain but It might cIuse an uprising Of
slave IN some districts where there are few
/ whites left, and render less 81 cure our tenn
stess, servants, &c, IN the army.
Col. q. b. W" VIII the Clnfedaracy
be able TO stand the present drain for men.
means, &c, another year
Sc. Treas -''les twenty yaars-f r-ver
! We have the advantage Of you in position.
md aHra1 1N .sA-.
able-a liied men for cur slaves can do the
WORK. We have thousands Of friends north.
We ge- intlrmLtiJu % all ylIr dOinEs. We
have -pi-s in your army, spies in your very
CIbine- We have been At this long time
we did not start in a hurry, We were pre-
pared both north and south. We have no
fears ol success for your own G5vernment
cannot VU- lortl half ier eGJrts She IS
chained 1y her seeming friends" "
Col. O. 3. w. have heard as much
betre, but never from So high slu--e.
Wei, sir. | thank Won lJr YOUR friul.uess
but let ire say that. though bese- by tlllt.r-
at home, Gud You Of the South without, w
shall surely conquer. / know the pelu...
Your synplthizers VIII have a slim chance
when the whole nation gets aroused, rs tt1-
VIII be soon. II tlo present troops clu1l.
I succeed, We viii call out half million more.
We viii take your slaves that seem So useful
to you, and see if they cannot alsl DO Us
some good we viii burn down cities If We
cannot guard them we viii take or destroy
all the property we en- get, ami see if We
cannot exhaust You and then crush you.
See. Treas. Spoken like q true North
eruer. Hating the Sluth-rea5y to destroy
it,"
i have copied from my j1urnal this c5z-
yersation, as set it down then, 10 show you
something Of the turn conversation assumed
when we had intelligent visitors. Tho mex.
viii show how an F. f. v. talked
Capt j., Va II Hlme Guards strobe IN
among US to-day, and gjing up to UJI.
Woodruff exclaimed
Right smlr, chance for blgging McCie.-
Ian reckon, soon"
Col. W.-"Why ?"
We'll, kinder reckon the Yanks wont
fight, and Gems. johnson and Lee are after
them, right smart"
Major Potter, 3Sth Y. y Well, ray
magnolii, why are You not down there WIZ
ming the victor crown in battle, and a
large amount Of shin plas,ers by poker"
Capt. j. Wei, reckon, if | was you
wouldn { get me prisoner. Why didn't you
whip Us az Manassas You-uns were more
nor we-uns, but Yanks can't fight"
Major Potter" You never fired a guu At
a man in your life, unless it might BE- 4
bound rigger,-yOu have only worn that
sword about 80 days. and you cJme In here
and talk to men about not fghtiog who have
been soldiers all their lives, who, X they were
not prisoners would kick you out OF this
room at once"
The captain left, muttering something
about Yanks being impertinent. &c.
Generally as this class Of men come in and
commenced with" Where were you all
taken?" e" Why DO you come to fight Us p
lie would Be stopped at almost every word.
by cries Of . Bully for the 'whar' - - Go in
my f. F. Fe-uns." together with rush to
examine his coat, the cut Of which greatly
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