, 1862-12-06

ttat 1 would T r, E en:sed haFd before
soon be prisoners in their hands, that he
would thtfs dictate terms and would regret /
had not taken his offer. I told him he had to
catch bis fox before he specnlated too much
On what he would do with the skin. He was
him if he had ever heard Of Ben Butler and
Gen. Grant He answered In the affirmative,
I told him he had better be making tracks
EoEesTard ae Ben and Grant we're about COB
blirg up bis State, niggers and all; that there
would rot be slave u Mississippi belonging
He slid be was afraid the ID was to pay and
no pitch bot, but after awhile the *sAboiition
army" would be cleaned out, and sent home
honllng. When told him belonged to the
Sth illinois cavalry, be remarked, ST have
Rss5d Rh Of It before the Yaur Tsgiment stands
army as being good lighting regiment"
men fight bravely.n I told him that I
thought the Eastern. men were just as good
soldiere; he replied, "D-n the Yankees. we
ssn g. i st ss a aT Sr mt MT
nun bered US one-tlird in that battle, " he re-
piled. t'But." said ], .''one-.hird OF our
s1my-Porter's whole reserve CORDS Of 80 900
meD, with 1c0pieces of farti1!ery-never Il red a
shot. They were kept out Of the fight, and
We are now cour1martialiDg the man who
played into Your hands on that OCCASION"
He said that Porter WIS one Of the best Gen
erals We had. I laughed at the idea, aud
asked hin If he had heard that Buell., another
Of cur do-1othing generals, had been removed
and vas now being court martlaled. Yes, he
had heard It. Iesked h1mi If he was aware that
there bad been charge of commanders OF
the Potomac army. He said he knew about
the change two daFs before It took place.
He said he supposed that the soldiers Of the
Union army expected great things to come of
The chaDge-that now ne we're going to play
smash and b1eak down the Confederacy; but
be predicted that the Democrats of the North
would soon be IN rebellion as much as the
South Was. told him there was no party 10
the North opposed to the war, except few
secesh, whem our friends at home would take
good care Of. while We cleaned out the secesh
10 Dixie: ae wanted to know it had heard
Of the elections in the Nozth-in New York,
Ohio and Illinois. Your war party, said he,
got whipped in nearly every State. Yes, said
I, because our '.war party' had been boxing
the rebels with gloves, and the people were
diesa'1sfed; that three. .quar:e1s OF the Demo-
Gratis and all the Republicans, wanted the re-
be.llon pnt down in the quickest possible
time, and that our recent changes of COM
Mardets we're made BY the President in obe-
dierce to this public demand. But he said he
knew better, as he had seen letters at their
A,e+A%
North, saying that they had things nbout ripe
for an uprising; that Old Abe would flud a
hre.ln-tht-rear pretty aoen, and We soldiers
would skedaddle hcnle faster than VIC ever
came South. He said need not laugh at bis
predictions, that he was s'posted." I asked
him what he thought Of the Proclamation. Ho
said the Democrats of the North would not
let it be enforced. I told him the Union army
Wuuid enforce IL without asking per1uisbion
OF the te l1es whom he called Democrats. +
tod lin l had yet to find the first Union
soldier, and had talked with thousands, but
"as IN favor Of enforcing tbs proclamation !;
and tnat it would be done, aud
that there would not be q rIaye lett
BY next tpring in the rebel States; and il they
wanted IT, prevent their niggers from being
lreeo LheF had better lay down their arms and
oasEerse; that our soldiers had got tired fool
irg with The rebellion, and that we were 60
tbg in On our muscle this winter, would not
leave ease spot OF the rebellion by corn
| planting time.
But could not convince him the Demo-
! c!ats were for golrg ahead with the war. lie
| stuck to it that they would ioin tie South and
ove1tlroW our governmenT, hang Lincoln and
| Stanton and make peace. I hAYe no douht
that he told the truth about seeing letters
from Northern Democrats Of the tory breed.
stating Just what he told me. Such men as
Bright Of Indiana. Mahoney Of Iowa, and the:
editor Of the eecesh paper in Chicago. are as
big traitors ut heart as JEFF Davis and arc ri DC
| for just such move as this Mississippi officer
described. and bare but little doubt thai the
villains viii attempt it if an opportunity Of:
fers; and the way the wer has been conducted
heretofore, by Mcclellan, Buell., Porter & Co.,
has played into their hands. The way to
bring all their Internal Vaccinations to naugnt.
is for the President to dismiss every General
who won't fight OR follow up victory. Let
tie army be marched straight on the rebels,
H1sH ltf ha prnn1au7of;rr Ea 1t~;,
is the universal sentiment of this army--aI-
ways excepting q noisy eo:orie Of West Point.
cre and officers who owe their promotion to
Mcclellan. They are of the Major Key stripe,
and don't want the rebellion put do8n-par'
1icula1ly if slavery should thereby be hurt.