The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-01
CONDITION OF TIE REBEL ARMY.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 81.

The american has been furnished with late
Richmond papers by Virginia refugee, from
which the following interesting items and cor
rospondence is taLei
The Richmond Examiner Of the l2tI inst.
says: ut is evident to every intelligent OBJ
server, that the embittered remnant of the
submissionistS' party, which was fully repre-
sented in the Virginia Convention, is bent on
organizing regular opposition to the Gov
eminent. Under all the names that it has
borne that element in our politics has been
invariably against Southern interests, and al
though the event of las: Spring annii ilatel
It's msnerisl FROM or at least caused it TO dis
appear from public views, it exists with undl-
muished yrulence, and awaits the opportuni-
ty to spring into light again"
The following article appears in the Rich
mond Wig over the initials Of +. M--no
doubt from the pen of Franklin Miner:
! To whom u Concerns:
/ The following private letter to the editor
is from an old personal friend, but long sep
arated by party, and one first in position and
intellect in the great County of Albermarle.
1t was obviously not designed for publication,
but Oh that very account, may be the better
sign of things unseen, and the better serve 10
cnlighten the Administration respecting the
temper Of tho public mind:
ALTERNATE, tug. 90 1861. D'ar Mo.o'
y: am utterly disgusted with your men,
jeff. Davis and is nan Walker, aLd want
to know if you will publish my spleen If |
utter it. l have letter just from Manassas.
Our troops there one day last week had not :
ing for breakfast but salt and potatoes, aud
were sent eight miles at double quick, to
meet false alarm, aud got neither dinner or
supper whom they came back TO camp. Now
Musey, it is evident to me that your Govern
ment Is rotten at the head, Davis ought to be
spiked up where men caG see bin. J on have
won great victory, and got no fruits from
II. You have had charge of the Government
for six months and have done nothir Q, no
meat, no brcad,no powder, no wagons no any
thing but salt and potatoes, aud yet YOU sing
out the Government has the entire confidence
OF the whole people Now it has not mine,
and | want to know where | can get fair
hearing The only smart thing have seen,
Is your proposition to postpone the President.
iaI election; this ia excellent, most excellent.
! trust this may save US. Ii | was in Con
gresS, | would refuse every one of the appro-
pratipns for the war, Hoy ihougt. 1t Is, till
Walker was turne out and somebody put in
his place, with sense enough to perform the
duties Of it. ! dou't know either Davis or
Walker, bat have seen enough to raise sus-
piclOn in my mind that neither is the right
men in the hight place, when they talk about
the confidence OF the people in the Admin
Istratlon. don't feel any such conf lence
myself. | believe am not singular in my
dlsruot. II YOU editors would only speak out
in full tones about the abuses which stink un
der your nostlila, | think it would get right
1t is a shame which cries 70 Heaven for ven
gence, when you men Of the pen are talking
about confidence OF the Government, and our
soldiers are made to trot sixteen miles on one
meal of S1E amt pO!9toss! There is rotten
ness enough in the medical staff alone, to sink
tho Administration. Why hoOdwlnk the
people Your government is rotten and
stlnks; We must smell at least and the soon.
or the better. You will not smell any
stronger to Yankee nostrils after you turn
Walker out and make DOvis toe the mark -
They know you cannot advance upon them
for want Of victuals and veh ;cles, and your
weakness remains patent to them until you re.
form tho abuses e Your administra.ion.--
L hc H'uilNtSL luI1iB lsUHIduu ull, III tlle Sil-
mean war, was the reformation of abuses in
full view of the enemy and her rival too
Your enemies know you are rotten. You
will not tell them anything new by turning
out Davis and his whole crew, which | am
decidedly in favor Of if they do not show
themselves more efficient. But all YOU edi.
tors sing Hallelujahs to Davis IL Co. 1t frets
me- Your soldiers are starving, but so long
rs the President aud Generals can wear fine
linen you sing poems. 1t will not do friend,
some body must tel the people the plain
truth, ar we are ruined. Freezing and star.
yation stare you in the face for next winter,
and you call on the women and children to
give up their blankets and beds for your SOL
diers. Tho women have supported the war
thus far. Gou could not be in the field with |
out their needles. You have had the govern.
mcnt for seven months and YOU confess your
inability to do anything by your daily ways,
and still You speak of confidence. 1t Is
wayeriug hourly, assure you, and unless the
press speaks out plainly, and that soon, all is
lot. do not know any politicians, and |
do not care for any, but ! do care for my coun
try and the brave men who arc fighting for
Us, and it stirs my gall to see them treated