The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-22
Rebel Lettor- Found Amer the Pea IIdae
Victory.

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Rebel Letters Found Amer tho Pea IlIds,
Victory.
Tie frat Is from q Texan captain to his wiio
and reads thus:
"NEw FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, March S. 1867.
| Thank God, dear Mary, we've got the Yan
KEGS in trap AZ last. 1hoy cannOt eacaue a.
now. We have moro than twice rs many mer
NJ they, aud we have a plan to cut them oil and
annihilaio them. Before n week has past, you
viii hear Oi a terrible defeat Of tho Lincclnitea
such one AS will offset to some oxtcnt our
murtilyiug surrender at Donclson. We ore ror-
thin OF success, and hope will lc able to
"'Ul' i've OF SIX lShkoo prlbonors to Galveston
next summer.
"Iho Northern men viii not fight whom they
can avoid At; but We intend 10 make them this
time, or cut their throats
"lhe coming battle will free Arkansa. and
Missouri from the invaders, and we viii then
march on To IT. Louis, AMI take that Addition
'llN, AM giNs tie oppressed Suuthern,rs there
hu opportunity 20 lie Tree once more. We hear
thdt We would he welcomed IN St. Louis hy at
least 10000 people who have long suffered from
the lNfihnN Ot the mcTCeuaTy Dutch"
lue second letter is iIum a louisiana Major
to his sister, resident Of New Orleans aud
bearing date, Little Rock, February "a.
DEAR SIsrrR CARRK; You asked me in your
.Si letter what thought Of the prospect of our
u"dlly beloved cause. 10 DO candid, | have liz
tie hope luT it's success now, though last Deuem-
her i,lt confident We would be recognized
hdore tho coming June. don't like
the Yankees "a lit; ! have been educated
to hato them, and | do hate them heartily;
but must acknowledge the South has been
sadly mistaken in their character. We have III.
WAYS believed that the Yankees would not fiyht
Tor nnNthing like principlc that they lad no
,hlN"lrN, no poetry in their nature. PER- lpe
t'IOY have not. luL tlpl iitoV aro IraN. ,l.I.r-
mIr'd' porsc'cring, they have proved beyond
question.
The trouble with them 10 that they never 20,
tired Of anything. They lost all the battles at
first, aud after Manassas wO d,splsed thcm.
ihis year has InauguTated a new order of
affairs. Wo are beaten at all points. We do
nothing but surrender and evacuate; and whils
! hate tine Lincolnitos more than ever, retp pect
ucm-l cant help it-ior their dogged obs Ina
cy, and the slow, but steady manner in which
they carry out their plans.
, have Iost heart IN our cause. There ia SOME
drew - into our present difficulties, aud now
have no way Of showing Ms out Of them.
If the south had known what would have
Icon the rr.ult uf secession, no STATE unless
South Carolina, would have gone out oi we
l'uiun. We ul Thought We could Ro Oul IN
reacc; | know d,d, 'nt laughed at ,he itea , OF
t1p Nurih attempting tO kHyp US in tie Union
d., force of arms II WIS not possible, W. sdlh'
We Ind too muny tricnds In the free states.
surl a stop would be- followed by revolution IN
all the AhOlltunhts out Vi once. '"' '"'
on, well, il can't be helped, Carrie. We are
iu for Il. h Is too late to retreat. We mast
d q. tle tlinK out. cannot
hi. agH,ris.g We will bo oyerpowered. We arc
growing SSaker every day. and the North
stronger. fear 20 look at our future. We
can't be- euhugEtod, we all say. ! hope not
but We ITO not ny the country, | fear we VIII
cNp,lioucr something like WlJugstion.
My le I'm gloomy todayi | reckon ! am
Who woul init 6ep intend 10 fight 40 hard ~
/ can, but can't see my way out.
Tear up this letter. Don't let mother or father
or any Of ON relatives see II. ! have expressed
my heart to you becau,e YOU are my dear sister,
aud always tell you what believe.