Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-06
To Whom 1, Way coneernl

Old personal trent but long separated oy party, ana
one OF the fret in position and intellect in the great
county of Aloemare Ii obviously designed for
publ caSn but on that very account it may be the bet
ter sign of things unseen snd the better engh
en- the Administration respecting the temper of the pub
lie mind.
ALBENARLE, August 2eh, 1861.
DEAR NosELEY:-I utterly disguised with your man
Jf Davis, and bis man Walker; and want to know If
you viii publish my spleen, ii uSteF it, have letter
jus from Manassas Our troops there day last week
bad nothing for breskfas. but salt and potatoes
sant eight miles at doubleqlick to meet false alarm
and got neither dinner supper when they back
10 their camp. Now, Aoseloy it IA evident to that
your government is rotten in the head Davis ought
be spiked up where men car see him. You've
great victory aud got no fruits from it, You've bad
charge Of the Government. for six months and have done
uothiDg-ao meat no bread, no powder, wagons, no
any thiag. but salt and polatoes-and yet you sing
cut "he Government has the entire confidence Of the
whole people Now il hasn't mine, and want TO know
whether csn get fair hearing. The only smart thing
have seem s your proposition to postpone the Presi
dental election That excellent mos; excellent Push
tha it may u.s. If Iwerc in Congress, would
fuse one dollar Of appropriations for the war; (hoy tho
e. until Walker turned out and somebody put In
biz place with enough to attend TO the duties of IT,
don't know either Davis or Walker. But have seen
enough raise suspicious in my mind that neither is the
right man in the right place. Why talk then, about the
confidence OF the pecpls in the Administration don't
feel any such confidence myself and believe
singular in my distTus you editors would only speak
on: fuloued about the abuses which stink u1dtr your
nostrils, things would get right. Il Is shame which
crss TO Heaven for vengeance when you men of the pen
nro taking about eo1dieucs, SO and soldiers
made JrOt sixteen lies meal Of potatoes and
salt Tlsre is rOtIeuness enough in the medical staff
alone to damn any administration Why hoodviuk the
peopleS Your Government Is rotten and stinks. We
mus. suel It at last. The sooner the better.
You wou't sme! any stronger 20 Yankee nosrs after
you turn Walker out aud make Davis the marx than
you Go nov. Thsy knOS you caut advance upOa them
from vie.uss sad vehicles and your Seakuess
ma patent 10 them til YOU rcfaru' III ,bres q your
Administration. The sUs-; st tllag Eagsad d. 20 e
Crmean war was lhe reformation OF abuses in the full
view Of tho enemy and her rivsl too Your enemies
kacw you are rotten. You won't tell them anything
new bv turning O.. Davis aad bis whole er,w, which
am decidedly IN favor Of Il they don show bems lses
moe ,fscieut Bot all you Editors sing alslrjabs daily
to Davis Co. Il freis NE. Your soldiers are sarvirg.
But so long as the President aud Generals eau fine
lren, s., YOU sing, 10! &, I. woa't do, my friend
somebody tell the people the plain nuh are
ruined Freezing al starvation stare you in The face
for 1t wi1tr and You call the women aad children
to give up their blankets aud bread for ihs soldiers The
women have supported the so far. You couldn'tbe
In the I'D todIy bul for their nsedleS You've bad the
Cover meIt for months AID you confess your H.
ability by your daily ways and still you speak Of conf
dsaee Is waning hourly, assure you, and unless the
press speaks out plainly, and that soon, all is lost
don't know any politicians, and don't care for any,
Blu care for NY country and the brave men who are
fghdrg for US asd it ssirs my gall to them treated
worse than treat my dogs and hogs.
Your proposition In the last Wig gives ue some
hope. bsseeCh YOU to open ire those who deserve
IL. Don't be afraid OF showing your weakness to the
Yaakees-ihey know It, Show your strength BY putting
things TO rights at home, and you will be then feared
abroad.
Very truly yours, IN.
A word Of comment. Our very good friend holds as
responsible for all the acts Of the Administration be-
cause we have avowed confidence in President Davis
AEAh SOuA was paS-N gu Shu1IseuleLlo Win
which he came amorg u. The frst men Of the States
south CT Ne had by general acclaim assigned him the
foremost place in the great of section for
Freedom. We had reason disrust their judgment,
and every disposition eoDfie IN it. Neither person.
ally in the past politically, there any ecnnexion
between Us and President Davis but when be became
the representatives Of the case which stands first in our
Affections and the of which depends the safe
" Of country and the preservation Of the liberties
Of our and Of the civilization of the age
deayored give him and through him the cause
whatever aid this journal could exert If in the stern
trial of events he should unfortunately prove unequal
10 the dreat and responsible position, which be holds
not broad enough and high enough intellectually and
morally for the emergencyis would be the greatest
calamity that has befalen Freedom ia any age-for cir
cun5tanees have associated him almost as intimately
With i,s Washington in our first struggle
for Independence But great the disaster might be-
it would not be irreplrabls. This cause cannot fail il
may encounter reverses its triumph may be delayed but
ita Ultimate inevitable. II one agent or set Of
agents prove unequal to the crisis, another will be
fopad.
While avowing a general con6denes in President
Davis there indications wo are free to say we
do lot ike Like our Albemsre friend, We have been
taught to believe that loose League or Conederacy OF
free sovereign and Independent commonweahs consti
tuied The hes. frame of government for the happiness
and freedom Of man, which human Ingenuity has de.
v.ssd The old Articles Of Confederation which bore Is
trumphany through the Revolution, is our beau ideal
Of perfect Government Tass was shipvreeked BY the
financial emoarrassm uIs which followed the Wal, aud
vas substituted BY the Yankee concern which, 10 our
day has snnhiaed every vesge of liberty throughout
the NOr,hern States. We would Il ws ccud restore as
neatly changed circumstances admit that Confederate
system which, without an elective king ard an army Of
gree " oseseeker would freedom and iUds-
psrdeuee. We fear there sgns VI tenieacy IA ees
iAo quarters relapse iaio the OF the old wreck "
We do not like the disposition to concentrate in the
Confederate Head functions that properly belong the