Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-07-10

FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
BLADEN Co., N. c..
Ttr. "a teg-

lpiADEN AOst N u.
june "a, 1867 {
EDITOR OF THE WATcHM,N- Dear Sir;-
Knowing that all of your readers have not had the
same chance, for the last two years. as myself to
see what is going on here and to learn the WAYS
OF both white and black, perhaps / can entertain
them for a short time.
know there is some anxiety among the peo-
Pile North to know how the coored man will vote
but far this state is concerned they need have
no fears, for almost TO man they will vote for
the Republican nominees. There are plentyof
not half reconstructed rebels that claim that they
can carry the colored vote as they choose You
ask them how they expect to do It and they will
tell you by purchasing them, to be paid nine cases
out of ten in whiskry. An they have to do is TO
wait until election and they viii find they are
badly beaten with those same colored votes.
The people, here, have great deal to say about
the colortd man not having sufficient knowledge
to go 10 the polls or as they term it they haint
gotsense enough butas far as that goes they have
as much and more than half Of the whites The
poor class of whites are very ignorant and are
making no effort 20 be otherwise, while the blacks
are doing their best, and most of them are very
successful in learning TO read and write You
hardly ever find colored persons in the field at
work without their book, TO which they will apply
themselves diligently as soon as they stop to
rest.
Webster's old fashioned spelling book, such as
the people OF Vermont used twenty years ago, is
the standard work here now. Another item is
going TO count at election. They have secret So
cieties all over the state, in which the coored man
Is taught who are his friends
In regard 20 the state OF the South In the
month OF Oct 1860, had occasion to pass through
4 large portion OF this state. At that time the
people would have been glad to have settled this
trouble upon any terms except confscaton; but
as the Presidents policy developed ITSELF the
people became more eNacting in iheir demands,
until u got 50 that they would not be satisfied with
every thing he policy of the administration
has actually caused the people here to think they
are the aggreved party aud that Congress is try
ing to force them into the ditch they used to talk
so much about. Prior TO the passage Of the Mill
tary Rec construction Bill, 1t was impossible &c 90
about on public day without hearing men say
that the war was not through with yet; that thew
were impatient to fight 1t over again; aud many
thought they would have their slaves back again
They thought there would be a war between the
administration, backed by the democrats North
and South and the Republicans. They had fine
picture nearly completed, but in putting on the
finish Congress made it look very different TO
them, so much SO that have not heard any thing
about il lately.
The same that were talking war and slave
ny are now talking Of quietly going TO the polls
ana see what they can do to settle the question
There has been no time since the surrender of
Lee aud johnson when the trouble could be set
tied as easy as il can now, or rather could before
the Attorney General gave his My Policy re-
port upon the bill. ! am IN hopes that we shall
nave July session OF Congress, for as long the
district commanders have the power to remove CIV