Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-28

we yesterday received manuscript copies
of the following letters from hon. Edward
Bates to hon. John Minor Bolts. They
have never before been published. They
were written in reply to letters of Mr..
Bolts, that have been for some time be-
fore the pablo. They will be read with
great interest.
WASHINGTON CITY,
Monday, April %, 1881.
Hon. John 81. Bolts, Richmond. Pa:
DEAR S1R:-DaY before yesterday, SAT-
urdav, Col. VIM, Henry Russell, of Kansas,
/ (uow sojourning in this city, handed INC
an open note from yon to me, bearing date
Richmond, April 23d, 1861, in which was
folded up, but not mentioned in the body
of the note, printed paper (npparently
clipped from newsPaper) which purport-
| ed to be n letter from you to me. say
purported, for although you may hare ,crV-
ten such letter. certainly have received
! no such letter in your handwriting nor in
any form except tho printed clip folded in
your note.
You and I, Mr.. Bolts, know each Others
characters very well. Heretofore, yours
has been marked by bold, frank and man
| Is traits, which won for you many friends
and admirers all over the country, and
hehce my astonlshInent on receiving from
yon sQch note WIN such an enclosure.
DO not lmpate tue blame to you, for L
cannot avoid the conclusion that you are
acting under dlress-thatyou have become
the victim Of set OF desperadoes, who
having wautonly plunged into the guilt of
treason and the danger of ruin, would
gladly sacrifice you and me, and ten thous-
and such men, if thereby they can make n
way of escape for themselves, from the
least OF the dangers which they have SO
wlckedsy incurred
Here at Washington, perhaps, we know
lttlle more ABOUT the macnmatlon5 OF
the consplrators at Richmond, than they
are aware OF. bnt besides that, the docu-
ments (y0ur note TO Col. Russell, your
note to me. and the printed sllP,? bear ln-
terual eviuenre OF concerted plan, IL
scheme invented (not by the bold and pat
riotlc Bolts, nut) by those same conspIra-
tors, who, failing to lntlmldAte the Gov
eminent by bullying violence. have cta"g-
ed their tactics, and still hope to win the
victory and destroy the nation, by less
hazardous but more cunning process.
|. Your note to Col. Russell (which he
Showed mel imports that YOU are safe and
comfortable at Richmond. while we have
melancholy testimony that such men as
you are neither safe nor comfortable there.
., Your note to me of April 23d (cover
inc tho printed letter b,,t mn, ,De0tjonjno -,
contains several phrases which am pcr
! suaded Won wouId not Anve used If left
to your own free action The note BEGINS
by stating its main object thus-"I write
hurrietlly TO say that / have consented to
the publication of nv letter to YOU. with
the hope, &c" Which letter to me2
have received several letters from Won.
hut none of the 10Th of April. t,Consppt
| ed to the publicntion''-at whose instance?
| The phrase and the context invite the in
ference that the publication was made MT
inv instance. and that inference was. he.
| lieve, generally drawn in this CITY. and
| will nrobnblv ha drawn nII OYER the conn.
try; whereas. you do knoz0 that had noth-
! ing to do with its nnbIirat1on
THE n0re concludes with This verv snc.
FESTIVE line-UI m.no& AT liberty tn snoolr
/ 0r what 10 Co;po nm herr " ;.,n cash.,
| comDreberd that hum;l,ot;ng tact. orJ +
do uainfuIlv sympatlIise win ynn and viii,
all good and CaitbTnl men in nv native
| State, when / behold the cnDitnI of tho
once free and proud Virginia subjected to
| the tyranny of u lawIess mob.
3. The nrinted letter. AIasI that
should live 10 see such a letter un,ler the
hand of the gallant and eyiIta,l Linn NJ
! Bottsl | shall NOT ro into any n,iDTIa
criticism of the lett.rsto sbev how Il ,.one
trndicts all the main facts in vour hirh
and honorable political history and ronT.
tcrmarvhed the whole line of yonr active.
and useful career. onward and inward for
the last thirty wears. Nv personal regard
aud my great respect Tor YOUR cbnrS deter
forbid me to dn that Rnt I canno, rorhoo,.
to say that the whole srnne and ,endsn,.,.
of the letter. if not its DESIGN. lam aro,i,
tnent in favor of dissolving Tie Union :" -"
bIotting from the man of the world The
nation of the United States It il s;lont
approval (by failing to condemnl of Sl'.