Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-09-27


am utterly Disguised with your
man, JET. Davis and his man, Walker, and I want
to know If YOU will publish my spleen if utter It.
d" have a letter Just from Manassas. Our troops
there, one day last week, bad nothing for break
fast but salt and potatoes; were sent eight miles
at doubIe-quick to meet a false alarm, aud got
neither dinner nor supper when they came back TO
camp. Now, Mosely, it is evident to me that your
GoperHnsnt rs rotten the head Dav's ough 70 he
sp,nsd Up Whsre the see HIM
" You have won great victory and got no fruits
from it, You have rad charge Of the Government
fyU xix months and have done nothing Nomeat,
70 bread, no powder, no wagons, no any thing but
salt and potatoes, and vet you sing out, The
Government has the entire confidence Of the whole
people Now it has not mine, and want to know
whether can get fair hearing
90 The only smart thing l have seen is your pro-
position to postpone the presidential election.
That is eXcellent-most excellent. l trust that it
may save u.s. If were in Congress | would refuse
one cent of appropriations for the war, holy
though IL is until Walker was turned out, aud
somebody put in his place with sense enough %
a end to the duties of il. l don't know either
Davis OF " alkcr but have seen enough 20 raise
suspicion in NY mind that neither is the right
man in the right place. Why, then, talk about
the confidence Of the people in the administration
II don't feel any such confidence myself I
believe I an net singular in my distrust If you
editors would only speak out full toned about the
abuses which stink uLder your nostrils. things
would get right. 1t Is "a shame, which cries TO
Heaven for vengeance. when You men of the pen
are talking about confidence, etc and our sol
diers made 10 trOt sixteen miles on one meal
Of potatoes and salt
"Tuoro is rottcnneSs enough in the medical staff
alone to damn any administration. Why hood
wink the people Iour government is rotten
and stIuks We must smell it at last, and the
sooner the better You will not smell any strong
er to Yankee nost.ils after you turn Walker out
and make Davis toe the mark. They know you
cannot advance upon them for want Of victuals
and vehicles and your weakness remains patent
TO them until YOU reform the abuses Of your ad-
ministration.
The smartest thing that England did in the
Crimean war was the reformation Of abus in full
view Of be enemy and her rival too. Your enc
mics know you us rotten. gu will uot tell
them anything new by putting ont Davis ard his
whole crew, which am decidedly in favo- cc II
they do not show t-,uiSelves more efficient. But
all you editors sing Lalclui Ihs TO Davis and Com
pauy. Ii frets me. Your soldiers arc starvin z ::
but so long as the President and generals can
scar hue linen, tic, You sing - Jams etc. Il
wa! .5t H., iAy fir. END. ebJiy must tai tie
people the PLAN tru.l, or ne are -Jjge1
Freezing and starvation -t4Ie vol tp the faco
for. tho revt uiu-. ~. I'D yUu call On the women
and children TO give up their blankets aad bread
tor the soldiers. The women have supported the
war 50 lar You could not be in the fell to-day
but Tor theiI needles. You lave had the govern
iaent Tor seven months, and you cou4ess your ina
oilIty 20 DO anything, by Jour daily waysand stlI
you speak Of c, influence. IT Is wauing hourly
assure you, aad unless the press speaks out p2 IN
II, and that soon, al Is Iost.
81 do not know any politicians and l do not
care for any, but do care tor my country and the
brave men who are fighting tor US, and it stirs IN
gall to see them trea1ed worse than | treat nv
dogs and hogs. Do not be afraid of showing vour
weakne to the Yankees for they know it. Show
your strength by putting things to rights at home
and you Will then be feared abroad
very truly yours, I'm"