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COLONEL A. C. IIASIvELL,
COLONEL E.cQfc JIt'LTJRE,
ORISINit 'STORY.
a true st;ory oy
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*KA,t) ?T e(?wM5Bt? -?tu-&i|?^
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gllT i:.iC9*ITJIH};V.;. (COHTimj?^)"
S^ms^M^ saw Kate einriing up tho
.*'"? '? crowct of Hit jo negroes had followed
J^^l^j .and when they saw Colonel .Willis"',
?;h?ff .ecamporcd-. away, going homo across tho
K8$h! ?? ?
"Sod; w?ro very busy, Colonel, whon Ienn^d'
ixpi'^'-Po p;?t'let:me-diiitiirb you/' '
: "I was1 only scribbling in my diary. I came
?be. weet you; hat walking so far tired nio, so
I satdo^n- nnd rested. I am twonty-oight
^ca^^eld'to-day, Miss Kato."
""Oji I. I do wish I conl<ji niakc you a birth
flayf^rcscnrilt^ Uolonol. Mothor must try and
^ivo you a good dinner to-day.
"You d/nlnjak.0 mo a present." His voice
vfns deep aud low, and his eyes had a strange
light in them; ,{WiM you givo mo that prc
eonl, Kato? Wiil you gladden the heart of
a<f<mt!ly ntahj^ctJinb to his heart, and. chase
a^vay the uark shadows' that rest thoro," IliJ
vdkmwnndcd low, and he pleaded with deep
earnest??ss. "Mine has boon a lifo of sorrow j
fdw are toft to lovo and cbro for mo. My moth
or dkxl, before I lcarhcd to lisp her name,
airdoioy gentle, loving sifter, passed away iu
tlf?blootiii-of ;i happy young life. My fathor.
ifitj 4jrod, I see eim.iiow. As he lay, mangled
iind weltering in his blood, a cold, ghastly
?(arc rested ?h bis face. I tan e.co him now,
?*itl? "the tuoOuHght resting on his up-turned
ctveoi]' und -s?ii:- Only ^ix months /.go, I
idcr
a
ate, do not turn away from nio.
ma hnpeoWddy "to gain your:love ;-??o'Aly tell
'mo 'thatiyou .-Vfill. tf?member?rme sometimos.
CbAi you ovor teach your idienrt to . love mc,
[ My soul has been steeped in deepest1 woe?l
\,wa> hat tfobfo to ^hiiUca for-,days.! an%&?Q&s3
'the-.light6t- ?ryrltTO'Waa*uddenly put outv ami
Iii |raa lofi to mourn, and grope in~davktiess?,"fj-?
>'QhJ Katp. do not tell me that ? you lovo
1 J-:I>r.* vif*?, f - .jcrr*. noil ?:\\ :?>?>". . T ,?
another^ I cap rjpt give.pp all hope. I will
sefvo, iiko Jacob of olof,' glad to be near the
idol of my dreams, the' guiding star'of my
life. Yod do not lovo;another; Kato ?"
!"No,,I do not lovo another, I alluded to my
brother.". , .:1
"Then, Kate, I may hopOjjhat in timo.you
will loarn to lovo nie."
Kate and Colmiel ,WilHk reached the hou?o,1
not llphg'b'oforo t he dinnor boll sonfcflcaV''Krito
iplcnidod a' hoad-acho, niuf rctircdHo> licif room.
nd and the Colouol sat down that day
Sljrs.Itaymon
without Dr. Rutkind.' H?jhnd: gouc.out on
to.tir of A'iUBpeotionV.' ho toruied.it-, aud . WOU^I
bo absent sovcral days. The Yankees.had car
ried off all of Mrs.. Eaymoud's'horsesr.nnd
'hiulcs. Yory little was loft for them to subsist
'?n, ^nd tlio did Dpctdr had- goiio out'in 'IhiCr
ewnlry^w?^king^'tb get' the necessaries* 6'f.!i$r
A belt of'country; ttvcnt^fivb niilos'iii lengthy
and only ten iu breadth, had not hcc'n 'kiul0.s
From that source;/L>--: was to draw supplies^
until the next crop-; was* niado j and.it was in
that Bcctibu that Dr. Itutlaud-.had gone.
Soon after dinner, Mrs.1 Raymond and Col<$
ncl Willis wore talking. Suddenly, he ca"we:
and satjdown at her foet, and said, 'OhI.Mrs.
Raymond, I am so weary of this dull, and caro-.
less world.". ?. , ; , . ., :
"Popr/.hoy ! I am sorry for you. . What, is
your, sorrow. Tell me, I will listen to, your
I . V.'" ? -r r?i;sjj. ? r . <f.i.-JT
griefs. t : , ^ ,' ?
He.laid his bead on hep-lap, nhd told her of
bis ; lifc^-?of the many sorrows, that had
clouded it;?and then confessed to her his love
for Kate.
^r^j^oes shudbvo you.in return, Carter ?"
tlI do not know r\ but?;, oh 3 Mrs: Raymond',
what ia Rt^to'mewith'.i'nt'herdoW?- A:dreary,;
?ai*k: night.-^-a blauk I"
; "Carter, Kate is' very young, yet, i Sho is
?tfBly eighteen, and hoe seen but little pf the
world. JLJtuo.w she lovfjs jno one else. The
?dcatli of her. hr?ther hns cast a 'darkroom
over her lifo. Wait lor a .year, dcrir friend
then come to ors again". The keen agony of
her-first'sorrow will be soothed by tni'ie'." ''''*
j Mrs. Raymond had learned toiovo tho quiet,,
patient man. He reminded her a little of her
' xd bd^^InlnB^ti^ ifefoTen^al-'wS?ner^
^goHoO oooaM drjfoDaall "to vr^f
_ Btoty*toiawt?f^
? Kate did not como into the parlor, until near
tea-time. Por the.first timo siucc Douglass
died, did a smile play around hor. lip;- t'Twns
enddcubd," 'tis true, and' but a. ghost j a sh ado w'
of tlio merry laugh, that had formed a part of
Kato.'8rbxi8teucovr A-glow lighted up the face,
of Colonol Willis. He presaged a ? favorable
j Tlip fcyjwfcs, fJFore,Jfl&fyj, n?d fi?ch retired.
to dream,.of events past .and .to como.,/Need
arejy^hjQdJ' ?j/Hgjjj thojwarts^fajl truo..niaid
ons have bden touchoa in lik<).a manner;: the
dreams of my readers of the storncr box ?avo
I'.bj?eu hs 'full ofjoyous autioipatious, as were
tjhosbi of Carter W ill is a nd ? KafPllay mond.
^Q^I^Ot^^^I^I "cast thbir shad
jrqws before*/' and''so' it was with' our -poor,
crushed uatioh. "The folV of'Charleston, Co
lumbia,1 Wilming^'and * lastly Richmond;
crushed the bravo ' defbhdors/ A ; nation of
heroes w?ro reduced to slavery and ruin. And,
ore tho convalescent Colonol thought of turn
ing homow'ard, there w?? 'no" moro' 4<Coiifcdc
ratb S"ta;tbs.';J !n duo courso of 'fhi< Ccriorkr
Raymond camo homo. News from \L? had
lung bdfbro reached'him, atid he Was prcpavod
to grcot:the wounded Colonel Willis j but he
was little,prepared to rccoivo the tidings Mrs.:
Raymond imparted of his7 l?'vd-for K?te.
j Tbc bravo old man gaVo him a soldier's
greeting, and with it his consent to win hi??
only child. Whou, at length,'Carter turned
hi in homoward, he was^soon to return to make
his home among his /ne,\y-^ound and , loving
friends. ? His lonoly heart was choored, his
fainting soul revived. lie was to return, mid
claim the hand of Kate, and niakb liis'homo
forever with < those,- who had been guardian
angels in his hour of trial, and adversity.
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My t-Aovy is linhihed. I Uust my readers
will consider it no overdrawn? picture Those,
who encountered Sherman's [.army, can attest
Vb truth'. -The events' "rccyrdod aiv facts a.s
tjjjjj]^ possible t?
portray thorn stronger. The writoV "thinks it
nontVjro'tha?'Hvh'at Itt'dub'io tho' nBln^'geiQora
tion, to record in history, in p^ocsy-'rfh'd" in i-o
manco/'flio ?YOTi^'of thoSo^aysV'which tried
tho souls of allj'aud which illus'trnCed thoddpth'
of jthat" distress, with Vhioh au ' iiis'crutablcT
Prpvidohcb, for'WW?^'nds': s'?m?timcs^vlsita^aii'
uujmppy nation: v . : '? :' '".j^T
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!A'-Washington dispatch vf Fridaynight WL
tho Baltimore Sun says
io intornied go'htlcmch, just returned
from tho" White' Sulphur'SpribgsTmnTce such
statements concerning the interview of Gon.
llos'ccranb'" and South'drn' GcneralB there as
e
put that!' iritervjew iu a light ini which it has;
not bconJdtneHo'oxhibitod.' ;-Tho distinguish
ed Southern gentlemen thoro 'ti'sacmhlcd for
hoiiith 'dud ploi'sUro ohly^ aild not for any poli
tical purpose, received tho Gonernl with that
kin?ncsS ' ntid courtesy duo to' a distinguished
bfficor, but. anticipated, no formal conference
upon ' the political Situation, until Go?i. ;Itoso
crans himself', began "to" propound ;1q?e8ti6ns
which tho parties questioned were compelled
either to answer, or by thoir'silcnCo'to cause,
pdrhnps, .'oh erroneous impression as to their
views1 to get abroad. From the best sources
of information it appears, however, that these
gqutldmou would h?v'6nprefcrrcd to :hdvo/dis*
ousscd almost any 'subject rathor than that
indicated by General Ilosccraus. They wore
upon neutral grouud, for'; according to'tho'
legislation: of Congress, tho'State of Virginia
.is: not to be permitted to participate'in the
presidential election. They felt, 'too/ that
tljpir opinions were already wall enough known:
They' had' laid down thoir" ?rnis and admitted
tlie conquering power of the North J the/ had'
fully*aceopfod tho situation, and dotermincd
to follow a path of true allegiance to the Con
stitution of the United'States; they worg con
tent to bd tho.paesive objects which the people
of the Nprth wcto to control in their offorts to
oiganhxo thegovernment''''aVdfp^i'lt^npbn^'aii'
: enduring basis, and thby,' therefbro*, were
reluctaut to being drawn from tho retirement
ttiby had voluntarily sought and placed pro
minently, ' and as central7'figures in thb contest
now in progress. Thoy had no desire to be
the moans,' positively 'or negatively, of cfdating
j'apy new- iasuc 'in* the campaign, and tVe'rb not
ambitious . in the prescht cntclg'cn'cy1 of being
tho ' authors of any now plauk for cither tho
'Sotitherh people or' the Democratic jparty of
the cobniry'. " They': were intelligent'* "gontlc
' Wwho had carefulf^otodfe pwg^b&?T
Jt^aW a^-n?lfo^
al opinionsas to Southern sentiment-, an'd'
.Southern probable ootiolr^oWftf ffie^loast
Bfrecr'thd,H^ for rhV'kbW'thlit
a 1 in the North who desired to fully under-1
s and the Southern situation"'and Southern
people cbuld come, to an iutdlligent conclusion
^without their .? aid, at .this time; and they a^8n
know well that nothing thoy.could say;would
.cbnvinco that olass in tho. Nprth who wore
wilfully blind nud dptoriuincd to recognize in?
truth ;frow the South unless it emanated from
'Ttatjtcal sources. , Thoy had . no idea, whon
thoyr first freoly gaye^dir views nod opinions
<sjQpr;ith,ajt.. wha^as, done,^puld. bedjgo[.ficd
by tho 7namcv.pf a, b^rnial confer^nc^pr. tfat
tbo ;intCjrviQWS _,wpul(d \ ossumo tho importapco
subsequontly givon to thom by tho press and
people throughput country.
??My., ipformant is satisfied that if tho distin
guished - Southorn gentlbman with whom Gon.
Rosccrans conferred, had control of tho whole,
suhjoot,: tho result of the interviews would not
bo made public at least for the proscnt. While
no evil conscfjuoncbs couldjpossibly follow tho
publication, it is not believed it could bo pro-,
ductivo ?f inuoh good. '
, In conscqucaCG of tho proulinotioo givon to
the whole Subicct.'howovc^, it was conbludod
that somothing sliould bo said, and-honed a
letter 'was written in reply to ouo fr?nt'Gen
eral Hosocrans, embodying viows ou cortnin
points, but, it will He soon, avoiding all par
tisan rofcrencb. ' This lettor was signed first
by Goucral Lee, and subsequently tbo other
signatures wore appended, as heretofore stated.
ThO jfpllowing is tho corrcepondouco :
OKNKHAL llOSECnANS' LKTTKIt.
WitITl? SULPHUR SPItlNO?,
West Virginia, August 2C, 1808.
Wticrifll Full of solicitudo for tho futuro of
our country,'! come with my henrtin my hand
to learn the condition, wishes nnd intentions of
thd, pcbplo pf tho Southorn Statos?espocially'
to ascertain tho smitiinents of that body of
brave, oncrgctio raid self-sacrificing men who,
after sustaining the Coufedoracy for four yours,
laid duwii thoir arms and Hw'orc allegiance to
tho frovbrnnicnt ?F tho ?Hited'i?8tttteB, whoso
ttfuflt?d aud'belbvcii lender you'havo been.
I lebHhkt^ into^p*rb^^h^,,Ki?dcs, rights" toi
TC??flfyy'.with nationul unity hos produced a
vi?leut roiiction .ogniiist,tliGin, winc^'h^drift
Ittfl vb towards. co.n?olidatjpu bo
n.'?ti?foa',i*|j6;^.:>t ittthiaicii r&aJK?JVKjjiJ
.t 3 plain to uk rtt the AY^tian(fNevtl? tbat
thi^ &hlj^a"u^~tofnfc^
oxjs-jtfffoi1 th? last tbreo years! i?tdnStatwtffi
i^ur-/ bui?B, cinVg?ly ?,tnc^b*e*lfithb:dan^oir^
cbhtrfiiiBUi, swell* onr national expenditures,;
diminishes unr productions nhd our revenue,
| inspires doubtb of our political and financial
Bt4^ipty, defprbowtea the valiieCbf our national
b'c-Vids- rind currency,- land places the credit of
! thp^ rlohcst bclOW'that of^ thtf'pooTc^t-mttioii iu
l Chri|tcudotn, :'''
r ;Wttknbws'that ouV.etttrehey MusUhcyleitr?'*
oiatcd so long as our bopda/nro below par, and
?that,jthcroforo, the vast business aud commerce
j of* tbe. country mustf suflnr thd,.tcTribluloy;il.ofi
a {fli|iituating standard of value until we' ChP;
remedy tbo evil conditio? of things ot | the
I'Sduth. ^\^o also sec other mischief quito pos
sible! if "not probablo, to arise, such as from a.
fniltuje <of! crops, a local insufr.cetion, and many
othor-.unfo'r^oen contingencies^ which Uray still
morq'dopteciato our credit:add' currency, pro
voke-discou ton t and disorder nmong i our peo
ple, aud-bring ."doinngogioal ngitation, r?VoljLi-j
tion, repudiation, aud a' thousand, unnamed ;
evils and villauies Upon usv Wo know that
the interests of the pcoplo df tho South are.for
law and "order'/nud that thoy, must share our.
fato of. good Und i\V .
1 bclievo-r-every ouo I know who roflcets bc
licvcs^that if tho pcoplo of tho Southern;
States could be at pcaoo, and thcir onergy aud
good will heartily applied to repair tho wastes
of war, reo ^auizo their business, set the freed-;
men peacefully,.' prosperously mid contentedly
at work,' invite capital, cblerpriso'owd'v lahtlr..
I fromeiscwhore to come freclyL amongst thorn,
thoy would Boon rebuild thoir ruined fortunes,
toultiply many .fold of the value of their lauds'^
establish public confidence iu our political sla
%ilrtylfbring bur government bonds to premium,
our currency to a gold ataudard, aud assure for
themselves aud the whole uatiou a moat happy
and prosperous future , . ,
Seeing this, and how all just interests con
cur in tho work, I ask the officers and i.oldiors
who foUghtifbr the-.: Upiou,- tusk pvery thinking
?nlajp,.of thoi-gtcat Wcst-and h'ortb, why it canr
ubt bo.dqup-7 - | ?.. ..>,!? j-=
I We arq told, by^tb.os? wbfll.fifVTp, ?nntrnllod
'ino government fur the ..lu$t J'y.ur years, that
tho people of tho South will ubt do it. .That,
<i? evor doud all, it most be done by thVpoor,
Simple, uneducated, landless freed men, and tho
?#Hr1H??^ pn-bTre^pfio*n tftnf
setifniieiifrtf tho dntelli^on^wkife^ffdpl?-, 1st?
W?lij'g to attempt to lead, und make theirJiv
JfcglfcnVtbjwdT %notiuViUexpotie?Bj^{^orojuS
people, mostly men who laugt be needy adven
turers \. or without ?? any*ol'.'those, attributes t?n
which reliance for good -guidaueo;qr igoyerii
ment can ho placed:; A\re are told that this
kind of government must < bo continued at the
South until six or eight millions of intelligent,
energetic- white pcoplo give into ur move out of
't|ic''bouutry'; ?'.?.'.'? ? ? -u. '.'.: M ol v^ui?xnjj ,<
j j 'NAwyd th&fcptho UnionjArinyithinks, and
.people of the Norih and /Wtot^'I da?e sky, fbttr
Ijovo, there mast bo, or there ought to be, n
shortersurer way to got.good govorumen t for
^lLaditho S^o&r^)W?tVno^4U^ioj[^^q or
ganized and sustnincd thq . Southern Confode
racy iforjfour ,yoars .agaiopt,gigaiUio .offvrts,
Ought to be ablo to givo peace,daw, ordei and
|( protection , lo tho .wholo people of ,tlio So*th- .
Thoy havo'-tho intorust uud the. power.to. ouia
rjiloy^protect, educate aud elevate.tho. poor,
frccdmon; and; to rt-storo themHolvt?. nnd our,
dountry to all tho blessiugs of whioh I h^vo*
just sjMiken. The (puostion I want answerod
isi?ma re thoy willing to do it?" k , ,
I I canib' down to find out what tho pcoplo of
thcfJoiirh think ^of this, and to 'nSk you-what
the 'officers and soldiers who Borvod in tho Con
federate army, and the leading pcoplo-who sus
tained it, thiiik of theso things ?
I coilie to' ask moro. 1 want to ask you, in
ose purity and patriotism I here oxpross uu
|ualtflod confidence, and ^ many good meu us
you oan oonvcuiently consult, to Bay what you
think of itj and, also, what you aro willing to
dp about it V
(i j il- want a writton expression of views that
[can bo followed by a conourronco of action;' I
want to know if you and tho gentlemen who
will-join in that written oxprcsaiou, aro willir -
to plodgG the pooplo of tho "South to a chiv.
rmis and magnanimous dovotion to restoring
peace SUtl prosperity to our common country.
1 want to carry that pledge high abovo the
lovel of party politics, to the late oHirers aud
soldicrs of tho Union army, and to tho people
of the North and West, and to ask thorn to
consider it, and to take tho necessary action,
confident that it will mcot with a rcspohoo fto
vurm. SO ??imcrout? aud cou?diinr. that- We hlmll
80c fa tto svru)Hiu?<tfac rainbow of 'ptfnco in our
po itico)iA?liy,vPoW3tlAaok; ^ith.obu^ and im-.
P?fesfr, :?? ,i .r^idi-,*}
[ k^owVoji^ro jt^r^^ !n,*cX"
or< ncc ana regard Tor 'tho Uhionf the^oohsfitri??
tio a and tho wolfaro of tho cohritryj'ahd'^Wat
wl aVyWWc&Wf S*/ ivo?ld^d eVdewoVby'-ntuo-i
tbi ?ifco^)th^V?hplh.iBecjdo ofi^hb.%u*h,?bRV\
bIi >V;14[iH^(a^Vft^P i
re ?r^|pg|a?jj ?
4n your vidws
too from the
tativo nitoh'rt^ho'it ^thV^kfi^hen^y^
?eanflye,"pTo??reil't^l /?o$fiJo.od ?pit?- inrg oJ intl
-' hjhift5lcodcar'renQQio?: opinions eud wills,,all j
tofcdjijg^ fleapc, order and, stabiljty^wil} aft
B?ro ,p'ur U^iqn - s^oldjprs ^ndjhusiucss.^ncn,
waiit "suLstontuil aSi? Bolid peace, and >c
tlibm to riso ttf gWffifrf ifel^^a^j^l
aiftl tako such steps to . meet ^unTiB^wflT in
suro a lasting pcaco'with Aft its countloas Hess
lings.
i ' YctyUrulyyo^r frifendj'lv;!h?q >7,r
l^hM<I #J ?iW.1W^S/ROSEGBirUI& ??
Gen^&.'LtK,' AVhitc Sul^hur^luings, WesJ.
iVirginia. .. " __L ? -.??'?
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White Sulphbr Si'Hinos, WtfaVVA.,
VfAugust;26;-l?68.- ? -
General:?I have.the:-bdno'r to reooive'yout'
If ttcr of this date, and iu accordance with your
htiggcfitiou, I;have conferred with a number of
.gcntlcnionTrpm.lhc^South in whosejudgmout
I, tiavo, confided,'aud who aro well acquainted
with tho pubiio'soiiliniehf ?r their respecfivo .
States. They have kindly consented to unite
with mo iu replying' to -your communication,'
and their names will bo found with-my own
I appended to. this,i answer.
j With this explanation wo proceed to give to
ypu a candid statement of what wo bclicvo to
bq tho sentimentof tho Sduthbrn''pcoplo'id re
gard to tho subject.to which you .refer, ?.???&?
believe we express tho'almost uh&ni?a??sj?dg
uit of tho Southern people when wb declare
th'at they cousidor that those questions were
decided by the war, and that it is thoir inten- j
i?d down thetr' afnrs and sought to".'*?gK
tbeir formor relations with tho United States
'Government. , i}?rid \v
'secession, and'they'returned to their peaceful
p irsuits with a ?aincero purpose to ; fulfil all
their duties under "thd ^d?h?it?fciotf' of'tlity
United States, Which thoy had^woru Mft^trap
pprt. If thoir action in these particulars had
been met m'aTspiritbf TranknesVondcordiality,'
xL bolibvo thatlfiHilti^ld^^mlilnous wohu!
Lvo passed away, and tho-wounds inflietcd by
npalod. Ab far as wojrf^^|^[v?'l'c^' tuo P^p?
jpf the South entertain no unfriendly feeling
I toward tho government of tho United States,
,bnt thox^mplain that thoir fightst under the.
* Institution "arc witbjipl?^^ ad
iuistratiou. tboreof. .
in-., cos lodtujtitex i'.i- jTvutmr -a'J ?fo&wi
ml _ ? 3 . _ it . ?l_ - _ . _ ? . ?
j$ V?roJfi^,?oTr p^?w?r^bo do so; is entirely uif-1
Xbundcd. They havo groW? up-ltf dnr-n'ildstVl
and wodiavo boon' accustomed dVom childhood
look^upon them with kiudnoss, ^^geh/iggfrj
.important'^ar^ or ourLv
'i jig pppulaluhV.j'.r !v\^iTibut''their labor tiib, lahdV
of the South would be comparatively unproduc
tive. Without the employment which Southern
agriculture affords, they would bo'dostitutb of
tho means of subsistence, and bocomo paupers','
>j ir.tfi. ij ?: l J**at u.ntr ?.f ?? ?
denondout on public bouiity. . -'
,.?\ f wni ?'?! 'jt'.i ev. - > L-xtivr.i ?i-j?
Lj SDlf-ittterQaVpypn if there were up higbpr
liiotivo, would thcreforo prompt tho whites of.
t|io South to bx'tviid to "tho negroes care. .am^
protoCjtipn. Tho importantTae^^tjjat thp ,two
.tjiqps are, updor oxwtitig circuiiistancps, neces
sary to caoh othor, is gradually bocomiug ^p
jparent to both ; und we bclicvo that but for j
influences oxerted to stir up tho passions of tho
negroes, tho relations of thp two races would
soon .adjust themselves on a basis of mutua^
kindness and advantage ,
; It is truo that tho people of tlto South
togcthor with; the. people of. the s North \ and
West aro, for obvious reasons, opposed to any
system of laws which would place tho political
|, power of tho .country iu tho hands of tho negro
raeo.. Hut, this .pppositiou springs from , no
fcoling.of oumity, but frotn a'docp^?oated oon
ctiou that at present the negroes have neither
.40 intelligence .or, other qualifications which
trc. necessary to make thorn safe depositories
of political powers, They would iuovitably
bucomo the victims of. demagogues, who, for
iwlfishrpurposcSj .would misloa:d them to tho
acribus injury of tho public.
? Tho groat want of the South is peace. The
people-earnestly desire tranquility and the ni
storoXioh yf the Uiiio-i Thcv fieprec uc di,^
?UujIo to thoir proejippjfy;;^ r *?<y
f fhay at?k a roatormtuiri..of their "
Sr
thd COuSt
?ii j.
prtssive
pei 1 to thoir countrymen-for~tho ro-oflttS??S?7
me at in thp^o?^ri^
tly P^^IS^^ % birth:
&4iorioan?-the ?ight.of eelf igvorna**!.
Is
mfuo onlWJftS!rvcTf!KJ feowW??i^
th4y trill faithfully ?^^ewtoWitttti^
lafi of the United 8tatc?,4r?afc tfcecogfo *!&
^ae^d^^nj^a^^^
incumbent on peaceful citizens
Stjuthcrn people, aM of :thd officers and aot
diirs oahe^Oonfeilerate'^'&WyY^lte?ValKy
will concur Sri allthc intimerits-whithsw^^e
expressed. . .
?; UpprcdJitin? the> pattiettPATni*iWi'**ip&i
'iia!vo prompt ^our^lottc^
your expressions of kind regard, wo have the
a. If. STEPnENSj'Gcorgia.
u I a. iL n. sT#?ft%,-V4r^tt^^^^; ^> ft--: -
: j - IitNTOtf STE^U^ ovJt:1.
? j ! A. T' U a;FE UTONy West-Fifg?tia.,
H 'JOHN EUIIOI.S} YwijiniaLf % u: ^
' - f.^S; &TOCKDALE, :Texoia:;.7;;- . M'i
\ l P.AV^I?KENS,South"dd$
I * William j: ^R?BiNS?N^Firg^^ w.
I tf?SEVft E* JA N DEUSON, ? VfrjjW^m&xi
W. F^TUlt^rKU^VrosttY^rg^nia:
; -C.Tlltf'SU-llKUf South Gurolinai -f v !
E. fontaine, Virginia. :
VJOll^LEXCH?n^t V*^n?ofT ted> X
-JtWr Ji QR&BH> N?*tM3aroUna
LEWIS 4fifetfAft^?l#tt?ft
W SUTIf EHLIN?, Vlrgiautm: ; ; 1!
j A. B. JA^li^I&ulsiato*.': , ; la^uw?i. :
Ti BKAU?KGAi*I*T*fca8
T. F.? BEANCE,.Georgia.
JKRKtflA? MORTON- V?rg4?fcii
J. B. BA*ifr*Vi!fyVirgiafcW^fcfl^
^AMh^LYO^'V?^ini*. :
; MtixT<&,' White Sulpnc* fringe'"?*-; -fJ ;
i ? > f : mtk r iifriiiM * '
Hon. /Hehn W. Stevenson w*Vi???g*r&tirl
^t?s?t^&^*t^^oh^ue^b^T!
1. From his inauj
?iS<^aay:-auui! .?Over htm.
crnmont. Ii^?i^*it?&^}r<fc5'^ t*S%a^all* -
looks to the maintenance of tbo conftti(?tto&
aB ^^.ttrU*.% Pface, IR>
n^trtetjc
cons
hatifnVlo^ly^acted: BaV'tt*
iWlcutabM'j importance * fe ^the ' it
of idio reserved righta of the States.- J}{ thesfe
Lthojyigh^.of ,;9very ^lA|f?^J^^M/C^ :
t omcstic and internal afiturs,"
[\ ritiljtecotjtly^questioned. Ti
hob
von
' a
right IS
frcWA
lo^JrrAifttttW ?ti?ifh? ^4g*0$S& drf*
lessages of our oarlier Presidents,
pdostr\tcti?a ' ?f oar State Governments; bfffla
1 amuhilation of their control over the
i donecrris of the pe?plo; wd?ld l??d drre^tijf; ft/s?.
'revo1?tk>u ?nd anarchy, and fiualiy-tri d^nv^
tism and military-domination.. Tn pronoVifclf*
kflfcrAfdrcv *4wL the ??ieraV GoverhAent '%lr??
broacbes upon the right* of tho Stat?^s^
.8nnVor:pfoporfi?n' doea it impair its own pcftMr
and' detract- from its ability to fulfil the pW-^
p<?s?f of its creation.* I -will not bcli6v61lrm^
any 'such''usnrpatiou will bo everarxenjJ?eU .
upon tbo rights of Kentucky: Bu? I should ?
bo 1alsb*to the sp-rit of her people %iMW***
past and present devotion id tbo Cooslituthm- "
and Union of these States, if I did not sdleaini??'
i'-^ hv?^ that hd such usurpation can ?^??'1^
ijaado with iinpuuity."
Tbo now collector at Norfolk; Va:; Cokme! '
Seiden, rdports to Secretary JJeUulfocfa thi*(l
hia investigations of the books and accounts vvt"
his Hadicai predecessor disclosed a dcfaicatlS?'*
if two hundred and fifty thousand dcdli*^?1
Tut nouo but "loil" trlen on the d?tpost?ljras
the cry of the Radicals, and behold the result
a collision betweon negroes and: soMtett? (
currod at WaUerboro' on, Tuesdayi Th?
.grees fired \ipon the nobile*^ who 'dispersed Ctw
i)iob and wounded one of the negroo. About
ioi ty of tUc" J?tU'ir arc uudv.t rrtvt,