Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-18
For the Freeman.
Letter from North Carolina.
BLApEN Co.. N. c.. Dec. 9. 1867

BLADEN Co., N. c., Dec. 9, 1867.
EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN Please give M
little space in your paper to inform the
people in Vermont that the Old North State
is all right, and is sure of again becoming a
state, recognized as such in Congress. Out
of one hundred and twenty delegates we have
one hundred and thirteen Republicans elect
ed, and will have three or four more in the
convention. In some counties they have
elected delegates that cannot take any kind
of an oath except that they have done all
they could for the " rebs.'' These men will
not be allowed their seats, and as the Repub-
lican candidates got the next highest number
of votes they will take their seats. A ma
jority of the Republicans elected are radicals,
therefore we look for good things from their
actions. The people are sure to ratify any
constitution that is framed.
We shall have one Vermonter in the con-
| vention, A. w. Fisher, formerly of Danville.
Capt. Fisher served with distinction in the
4th Vt. Reg iment during the war, and has
done good service during the late campaign.
He is a staunch radical, and much is looked
for from him when he gets to Raleigh. You
may rest assured he will not disgrace his
tive State He made some very able speeches
during the late contest, and was the author
OF the Bladen County Resolutions, which
appeared in the n Y Tribune a short time
ago. Capt. Fishers personal popularity is
very great in this county, SO much so that he
carried majority of the . white votes y
cast in his precinct, feat not common in
this state.
New Hampshire has one able man in the
Gen. Abbott, who without much
doubt will be chairman of the convention.
Gen. Abbott believes in traitors taking the
back seats, and is not afraid of telling them
SO. wish New Hampshire had more such
men ;han she has if | think they would
not get quite many Democratic mayors in
some Of her cities
\ new set of laws is much needed here /
The military is much better than the civil,
but that is not quite enough. The civil law .
is just my idea of the laws that governed ,
Mexico fifty years ago. Whip for theft, no
provision made for schooling whites, and
state prison crime for teaching darkey to .
read Taxation under the present law is a
great nuisance. 1t brings most of the bur
den apon the poll. Personal property is not .
in the list. know of men that
own large stock Of horses, mules, cattle,
sheep and hogs, that pay no more than the
poor darkey that has only the ragged clothes
he wears on his back. We look t. the con-
venton to fix all of these things The Yer
mont school law would do us more good than
any thing else.
We do not take any stock in Johnsons
idea advanced in his message in regard to
It's taking n large standing army to govern
the South if the colored man was allowed his
chance at the ballot box. am sure it would
be the reverse of that but if you keep him
AWAY you may send the army, for if you take
suffrage away from him he has nothing TO
protect himself with. One thing | am con
,inced of, and that i. the colored people
would like another Moses.
Every loyal man here Is in favor of i'm
,cachment. They think the President has
lone moro than any man ought to be allowed
o do If he had taken course that would
rot have confictcd with Congress, traitors
would not feel as though rebellion was an
,onor F.