Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-07-28
tFrom the Burlington Sentinel, July 2lst.l


TIE NATIONAL FREEDxEy's RELIEF AssocrA-
fIos.-A lady in New Orleans, n native Of Bur-
hngton, aud well and most f,vcrably known
among our citizens-the wife Of a distinguished
Union gentleman of Louisiana. seeing Messrs.
Conway's and Roses apoeils, in1ites the follow
ing spirited and indignant reply to the latter
gentleman. We have pretaced it with the above,
in order that our readers may better understand
its occasion and the illusions which she makes
in il:
NEW ORLEANS, June %, 1860.
Rer. a. c. Rose, Gen. -Agenf, ". F. r. a.:
have jast read Mr. Thomas W.
Conwsy's (Gen. Supt. Freedmen,) letter from
headquarters army and division of WesiM ississ-
ippi, Mobile. Alabsml,'' asking ofthe North as
sistsnce; and also your appeal TO the people of
the State Of Vermont, in the Burlington Times
of June 18th. Now. sir. let me tell you, that
the whole letter Of T. W. Conway Is piece Of
duplcity, humbuy, 10 excite the ignorant and
sympathetic; 10 make hero o. himseg. and
commerce of your generosiiies. Let me tell you
that the negroes (if they would work) of whom
he speaks, are deal sight bitter off than many
of your towns people, OF whom you ask aid
His whole letter is a misrepresentation, just TO
keep up this unholy excitement. The suiferinEs
he speaks Of are only the paper he sends
North. - Mothers, exhausted tbems lHes, left
their children on the roadside 10 die :" Now,
that is one of Mrs. Opie's black Ties, for # any
thing Of the kind did occur. il was because the
persons had been guilty of crime, or were too
lazy TO look after ;beir own children; tor any
one who knows the negro race, well knows that
they are not afraid 70 ask for what they want
Then the cunning Conway WORKS upon your
feelings BY such statements this. Il see freed
men every day who come SCARED, manglet,
bleeding from brutal treatment Of their oppres-
sors." He gives you to understand that their
oppressors are 1.-THE old slaveholders,' a be
calls them. will tell you that these " colored
people" are only oppressed by such men rs I.
W. Conway & Co, and his remarks upon their
masters is a base lie.
That their condition is a bad one, | acknowl-
edge; but want the truth told without duplici-
~. 1t is the Mortimer, with their mistaken
philanthropy and wicked fanaticism, that have
made it what it is. Your false sympathy with
your kindly souls has caused n thousand Of
orGres for these poor benighted but once happy
people; and let me tell you, for know better
than you, that the poor of your own town in
Burlington, need clothes heap sight more than
the negroes South We have a warm climate
and our negroes here South throw away-actu
ally throw away, more clothes than would supply
all the paupeTs Of New England and the Middle
s,a,es; so advise you to keep your charity
r,o n"s a. a. aJ nor 49,, iSvop nnSr
stood the first commandment of the negro cate
chism' which is Sweep out your own ca ca, !.
Won wcuId have plenty of oceIpaiion at home.
As for the young ladies that want to CONT
Soa'h 70 'eaeh nfsroe- p = Az in''y II, O' t1
tell them, that they reed not Lave their owl
State for an apfrcc atory ex rcise Of their "tru'
LOUISIANA.
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