Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-22
LincOIn's War upon the scaths.A John
Brown Raid upon an ExtenafVe scale ,

| From the Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 49,
Capt. W, A. Morgan, Of Col. Stuarts Cavalry
Regiment, picked up on the battle field Of Manassas
day or two after tie action of the zIst, let
| ter written by the notorious and infamous Red
| path, q copy eff which we have obtained for pub
! lcation When found, the letter, with another
address to the same person. Chitterden, two others
directed to Theodore Brown and TWO tax receipts,
were in the pocket of POCKET Diary" for the
year 1859, from the press Of Hubbard & Burgess,
New York. On the fly leaf of 1he diary is writ
ten in bold characters: Theodore Brown. Monti-
cello Wright county, Mia.,1 and with sundry tri-
vial and unimportant entries One written with
a pencil and femenine penmsnship we copy:
THE Lord watch between me and thee when
we are absent one from another.
Remember the Sabbath day 70 keep it hoiy.n
There is nothing else so worthy Of note about
the book as to detain US longer from the letter,
which is q curiosity in itself, spaFt from the
bearing it may have upon the pending contest
between the United States and the Confederate
Government. The direction upon the envelope is:
Richard a.. Chittenden, Esq, Company Ar 7lst
New York Regiment Washington Navy Yard,
D. CT - S At7-fs S
The portion Of the letter sheet enclosed lis orna-
mented with sort Of vignette, in which West In
dian foliage, army standards, artillery, muRkets
shot, shell, drums, &c, &C., are grouped together
Below this in large letters "Repubhque D'Haiti, ~
and above. in smaller capitals, 'Liberte . "Egaltes
all printed in red ink. The letter is muck plotted
and stained, owing to the rain which fell upon the
D1Ile HRlQ the MOnOAy la1neoESCely succeeding Ine
fight, and traces Of vhiesi are plainly discernibe
upon the book in Ehich the letter was found
Stained the letter IS the chirography is entirely
legble, gad is without any omission, as follows:
IS. "HATEN BUREAU OF EMIGRATION
p No. Washington Building, 221 Washington
street, Boston, July Is, 1861.
Richard III CAiasrc1', Company "a, I" list Ne'o York
Regiment; - +. sea CO g.
"DEAs S1R. If you will be the medium of trans
hitting John Browns pen to me- shall be happy
10 yardi oil ~
to John Brown, Jr., his 500, as you the present
holder Of tmsy direct ls does credit to Mr.. Jor-
dan to have refused TO sell it, and to be willing TO
restore it. a
"John, Brown, Jr, (as he iRiOrmsusin letter just
received,) has determined to enter the Army, with
or!under Montgomery. May success crow nyour
ef0gts-may every tap Of your drums call up free
men out of slaves. yearn to be with you, but this
brilliant future is denied me; to me has been assign
ed the humble, but not unimpoFtant task, hope Of
providing for the fatare Of your. eolOrsd contra
bands Of war. Yours truly, 5 JAS. REDPATH
y" send you several copies of my paper The
Ptae and Palma ! will continue to send it to you
and to Mr.. Jordan if You desire it. 1rf
Fas..rf,I, 1r JAS REDPArz
Such is the letter, the original of which is 10 the
possession of Augustine J. Smith, ESQ.,, tobacccnist
Of this city, and who has kindly allowed US to make
this copy. Now. what does il meant Are we to
down in the peninsula to COLOMBO Heyti
Is Redpath a colleague Of Butler, Mcclellan,
Wool, RoseeraRs and Fremont-all alike acting I'M
der the commands Of the Illinois Ape? Who can
doubt it With this testimony before his eyes "May
every tap of your drum call up freemen from
slaves says Redpsth, meaning, esteRl every slave
that comes 10 your way, send hum here and we Will
ship him to Hayt" That is the noble work to which
the Federal solderlis called and Redpath, syearns
TO be engaged in. - .s.- - 49,.
Thus it seems that the present war, as ragged by
the North, is but John Brown raid, upon an ex
tended SCALE Whatever the pretences of sus
tanning the laws sad preserving the Union the real
animus of the contest is hatred TO slavery and the
real object its extirpation. Two things seem to be
resolved that the negroes TO be taken from their
masters, and secondly, that when torn away from
their Southern homes, they shall find no resting
place in all the Northern States but shall be forced
to emigrate to Hayt. sThst is the scheme, and Red
path the infamous is chosen instrument. rsio7 4