Smyrna times., 1862-05-15
FROM HALLECK's ARMY.

Recent dIspatchG indicate that Beauregard
Is stFalning every nerve to augment the NUN
bers of his army opposed to Gen Halleck.
Wherever the great baltle is 10 be fought
" neither at Coriuth, at Columbus, or at Grand
Junction, the rebel leaders videnlly consider
now that the fate of the rebellion hangs upon
its results The conscripton act is being rig
diy enforced, and the conscripts hurried to the
field, and all other points in the Southwest are
being weakened to swell the ranks Of the one
great army. The Confederate pckets at Co.
ruth are within rife range oe the Federal out
posts. The force there at present ia eslimat d
at one hundred and ten thousand The latest
advces receIved It the War Depa rtment from
Gen. tla!ecN' 'sarmy bear date of Saturday, and
state that the forces were moving on CorinIh
but had been much Impedeu by heavy rains ard
bad roads. Two skruishes have recently
taken place with loss OF several hundred on
both sides.
LetteE from Hon. Geo. P. Fisher.
a friend has permitted US to publish the fol-
lowing private letter from Mr.. Fisher in an
swer to one written to him inquiring as to the
specific language used by him in a recent
speech:
WASHINGTON. May 10, 1852.
My Dear --: Yours Of yesterday is al
hand. thank you for it. My wife, IN nv
absence, ihls morning, sent you copy Of the
GIode containing my remarks, as correctly as
they are to be found in any of the ne wspa pers
I HpnV "a Ods fh,t,
made with view to correct the impression
attempted 10 be made by Mr.. Salisbury, that
there had been arrests made of loyal white cIt.
izens III Delaware without just Cause, aud that
they had been discharged, no fault having been
iouud III them. THIS was not the fact They were
arrested Tor their open and rampant manifesto
tious oi disioyaliy; aud proved 1t. Aud this
is the reason why their disloyaI assoc a tes are
So indignant aud full Of wrath. Htnc uip
Iachrym0!
The expression in the Globe is not exactly
correct. speak, generally, and did on that
occasion, with great ra pdlty, and without notes,
except the expressions OF The parties 10 whom
| referred, which were furnished me in writIrg
7 by men OF truth and character What [ sa I'd
was this: He (McWhorIer) is a DIsLoYAL
white man, and as such is not so worthy of
commlseratIon as a loyal negro;" aud then
|
once of his disoyal feelings, as the reason why
he is unworthy Of sympathy and commisera tiou
for his arrest IN the use OF such expressions as
appear IN the subsequent portion of my remarks
| am no believer in The doctrine of the
equality OF the negro with the white man but
when man, who damns the flag of his country
which has protected hm and his fathers, who
expresses a burning desire to commit murder
| by hanging the lawfully elected President of
the republic tor no other cause than that of
being engaged In the suppression of this foul
and wicked rebellion. and to place in his slea d
the chietof that rebe iOn, ,smea red a nd wreak king
all over with the blood 0f tens Of thousands Of
our brave countrymen, pretends to hold himself
out as loyal citizen OF Delaware, and to claim
the public compassion in his arrest, have no
patience, or sympathy, or commiseratlon for
him, as | or any other reasona Bile and humane
mao would have for the humblest IOyal negro
10 the land, IT arrested without cause. If thus
sentiment IS wrong then right is wrong, and
Justice and punishment are wrong and crime
and dlsnyal'y are right in the sight Of God aud
man. But know this sentiment will find a
responsive echo in the breast of truly loyal
Union men every where throughout the land
1t will be the same in Georgia as in Maine By
traitors aud secession sympathzers ii will
right for the rich and Overbearng Rabob of the
South TO denounce the IGbOring achite men OF
The North as the MUDsILLs Of sOciety--rght iC
deuounce them as poor white trash" and az
interior to their negro slaves IN mud nd NOR.
ais; but their ind gnation and SYN atty arr
, suddenly aroused when the Representative oI
the labOrlng white men of Delaware proclaims
as unwo thy of cSmmiseration a man who il
the blatant outspoken enemy of his government
r and his country.
J., was borO IN Delaware, Of saveholding pa
rents, and have been for maay years of my life
a Shareholder in Delaware. ! have never vel
treated or regarded the negro as the equal O.
the white man. and never caa. There re mer
in Smyrna and throughout the State who have
n known me from my boyhood. You are among
that number; and you know, and they who mir,
represent me know. right we'll, that entertair
= no undue sympathy for the negro race, and M
n such sentiments as they have ascribed to me
i Tell the traitors and disloyal pretenders this
J.. and tell them, too, that they may hang me a
high as Hamau, in e6igy or in the flesh, AM
. yet to the last Of my blood and my breath
e shall cherish in nv heart of hearts the palroti
= sentiment that a disloyGl American is north
,. efnO cOmmiSerdtiOn at the hands of those noh
= lore The glorious inheritance bequeathed 10 u
6y our fathers. Yours, very truly,
IN