Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-10-30

this principle i perfectly true. To deny 10 the
United State, most Of our public writers dil
deny to them. the right Of putting down resis-
lance not justified by oppression, AMI 10 impose
upon them the duty Of submitting at once to any
resistance whatever. whether justifel or not vas
equivalent to maintaining that chronic anarchy
was the only state Of things which could exist
in North America Could any insult be more
gross and uanton. or proceed from meaner
grounds Was it worthy Of writers who assumed
to express the feelings ofa great nation to allow
petty spite at a nasonal humiliation ninety wears
} ago to induce them Ia diss,yow the fundamental
principles Of English freedom.
" The history Of the events causeI hy thi,
stAte Of things, from the Missouri COMPROMISE
down to the war in kan-a- AMI the Drci Scott
Gaze, is coming to be partially known to Eng-
lish readers who care to understand Americun
affairs. Besides this there Is every reason To he
llevc that to all their other offences the leaders
Of the secession movement added at the time of
secession gross treachery. They had in their
hands the forces of the Union, and they disposed
/ Of them IN such a way 10 enable themselves
to destroy the Union. The hrst act Of secession
itself was provoked by no grievance. Nobody
oppressed the South. They secelei simply be-
cause northern nan was elected President and
before they hal been nterferei with in anv re-
spect whatever. In word, the south, both III
what LED To secession and in the act Of secession
itself, gave great provocation 10 the North and
behaved as i'll TO them As one people could be-
have TO another. Al this We forgot In most
OF our leading papers the Coniederates have
been oppressed. fighting for liberty against their
federal OpprcssOrs, and We have been toll that
we, the people Of England, sympathizel with
the South not only because their defence was
liant l1tfR -
Con. TnoNAs' ADDREss.-The Montpelier
Freeman contains the following sketch of the
Address n Col. Thomas of the Nth Vermont
Regiment in the Representatives Hall ou
Friday evening last
He related hi experience a. an officer in
the Department OF the Gulf. He had gone
into the service. as many OF his friends would
remember, holding the opinion that all that
would be required oi the south should be- 10
return to her allegiance 10 the Government.
H. bad stated repeatedly, while eu route for
his post of duty in the south. that such were
ui> views. lie held these views for a time
after reaching hi, Position there. When
slaves camc into his camp It was hi, practice
20 advise them to return TO their masters.
He informed them that be had brought only
food Tor hi, army, and tnat he had nothing Tor
thc,c slaves, who applied to him. To DO. lie
had no need Of their services. anu could not
spare tu,m army stores But be found that
in this way be- lid not reach the people Lle
began tp conclude that il would be- better to
change his policy and give the slaves a little
better Glance When he dId thi,. he Was
-..-r-r..f f.,. itt.- -..rtl- l.,lfrr
camp lined on sabbath morning with iugi-
tiycs seeking a refuge. This continued until
At one time there were = 900 of these ebony
Iillar> of the rebellion in his camp.
When their masters found that their slaves
were missing. of course they came 10 camp
for them. col Thomas permitted them 10
see their slaves and gave thcma soldier 60 ac-
company them a, a guard through the camp.
On rcturuin. be met them with the inquiry
whether they had talked with their slaves.
They uniformly replied that they had but
that the slave, were not inclined % return
with them. They then asked permission 10
take them. the reply "a these applications
was always d" No, not from ViV camp. Il
came 10 h. understood that thcs, people
should be fed and cared for By the te,leraI>.
They in their turn were ready o. DO .ll that
they could o. aid the Federal soldiers. They
had entertained the opinion that when
Abraham Lincoln should De- elected Pre-
idcnt they would h,- free. They
had 80 been taught by their masters and were
very ready 70 fall into The arrangement
They were prepared 60 Join with tac F,dcrals
and 10 fsht with them " hen talked with
in reference 10 hshtin. they reasoned that it
wa- as well to fight tor themselves az 90 have
IL. IN,.t. d hr4t ~
and ready, 80 far a. could bc Judged from
their conversation.
When a c0lorcd regiment was organized hy
direction of ten. Butler. and placed under
command of Col Thomas. they showed by
action what they had affirmed IN words At
Port Hudson. it appeared that this regiment
could do good service. When they were
F falling rapidly under the fire of the enemy,
the survivors did not hesitate nor ialtcr.
/ Col. Thomas related conversation which
he had with some planters who came 10 his
quarters at Alexandria on the Red River,
complaining of the PRESIDENT ''unconstitu-
tional acts' AZ they called them. They ad-
mitted that it was constitutional for the
President to seize and coniiscate arms and
ammunition used in the rebellion every
,,berc and that the slaves bv their labor en-
m, l--l.,... .b. army and sur.
auieu tne i'O'' - ~ ~
port them there-and that '' Slavery j. the
strongest pillar of the rebellion. Then, said
Col, l. ,.. c.,..e.ic.-,h ,ho..
III IN addition TO furnishing loo' ioi ','o''
at home the aged ana III, Young h au' ,n;I5 iI
vision Tor those III thc army '"ey '.'iiI .tl-.
trenches and serve the guns u' NOT IleS