Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-26
BALTIMORE. Sept. 2lS


Tho American has been furnished with
late Richmond papers BY d Virginiau fe
fueee, from which the following interesting
items aud correspondents is taken.
The Richmond Examiner of Che 18th
says:kzs ~ -.
1t IS evidentsto every intelligent obser-'
yer, that the embittered remnant of the SUBJ
ruissiorist party which was fully represen-
ted in the Virginia Convention, is bent on
organizing a regular opposition to the Gov,
ernment, under all the names that it has
borne. That element in our politics has
been invariably against southern interests,
and although the events of last spring au-
initiated its material form, or at least caus--
ed it to disappear from public view, it ex-
lists with undimiuished yirulence, and awaits
the opportunity to spring into light again.
The following article appears in the Rich
mond Whig, over the Initials of +. M. no
doubt from the pen of Franklin Minor:
To WHOM IT MAY CoNcERN.-The fol-
lowing private letter to the editor is from
an old personal friend, but long separated
by party, first in position and intellect in
the great county Of Albermarle. 1t was
obviously not designed for publication but
on that very account may be the better
sign of things unseen and the better serve
to enlighten the Administration respecting
the temper Of the public mind.
ALBERMARLE, Aug. 29th, 1861.
DEAR MoRLEY-I am utterly disgusted
with your men and JEFF Davis and his man
Walker, and l want to know if you will
publish my spleen if utter it. l have a
letter Just from Manassas. Our troops there
one day last week had nothing for break
fast but salt and potatoes, and were sent
eight miles at double quick to meet a false
alarm, and got neither dinner or supper,
when they came back to Camp. Mr.. Nor
ley, it is evident to me that your Govern
ment is rotten at The head. Davis ought
to be spiked up where men can see him.
You have won great victory and got no
fruits from it. You have had charge of
the Government for six months, and have
done nothing. No meat, no bread, pow
der, no wagons, no anything but salt and
potatoes, and yet you sing out the Govern
ment has the entire confidence Of the whole
people. Now it has not mine, and want
10 know where l can get fair hearing.
The only smart thing | have seen is
your proposition to postpone the Presiden-
tial election. This is excellent-mosL ex
cellent. l trust this may save us. fl
was in Congress would refuse every one
of the appropriations for the war, holy,
though it is, till Walker was turned out,
and somebody put in his place with sense
enough TO attend to the duties Of it. do
not know either Davis Or Walker, but /
have seen enough TO raise suspicion in my
mind that neither is the right man in the
right place. Why then talk about tie con-
fidence of the people in the Administration
| do not feel any such confidence. be-
lieve l am not singular in my distrusts.-
If you editors would speak out in full tones
about the abuses which stink under your
nostris, things would get right. 1t is a
shame which cries to heaven for vengeance,
when you men of the pen are talking about
confidence III the Government, when our
soldiers are made to trot 6 miles on one
meal of salt and potatoes. There is rotten
ness enough in the medical staff alone TO
damn any Administration. Why hood
wink the people9 Your Government is
rotten and stinks. We must smell it at
last, and the sooner the better. You will
not smell any stronger 10 Yankee nostrils
after you turn Walker out, and make Davis
toe the mark. They know you cannot ad-
vance under them for want of victuals and
vehicles, and your weakness remains potent
to them until you repair the abuses of your
Administration. .... - ~
The smartest thing England did in the
Crimean 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 l am
decidedly in favor Of If they do not show
themselves more efficient. But all you ed
itors sing hallslujahs TO Davis IL Co. 1t
frets me. Your soldiers are starving, but
so long as the President aud Generals can
wear fine linen you sing peans. 1t will
not Go, my friend; somebody must tell the
people the plain truth, or we are ruined
Freezing and starvation stare you in the
face for the next winter, and you call on
the women and children to give up their
blankets and bread for the soldiers. The
women have supported the war so far
Y You could not be in the field without their
needle. You have had the government for
seven months, and you confess your ina
bility to do anything by your delay, and
still you speak of confidence. Its waning
hourly, I assure you, and unless the press
speaks out plainly aad that soon, all is lost.
do not know any politicians and do not
are for any; but do care for my country
md the brave men who are fighting for u
md it stirs my gall TO see them treated so.