Washington telegraph., 1862-01-15

ruins; we then have an empire rich and
great beyond description. No state has
suffered one tithe as much as ours for
opinion's sake. No Confederate State
will ever suffer as much. Oiious un
heard of oaths are daily imposed upon
men 1T their homes, aud The man who re .
fuses to swear, dies within the hour! Wo-
men are compelled to swear that thew
Will abjure their husbands if they prove
untrue to Liucoln's government. Girls
are compelled to swear never to espcuse
rebel. Houses are despsiled Of AL their
goods even to baby shoes aud lsdys Jew
elry aud wearing apparel Whole com
mnnltIes are forced by the bayonet to
transfer all their properly by Iced to the
Federal Government to become absolute
upon condition they do not play spies on
their neighbors, aud betray them to death
whenever they can. IL is nothing 10 re-
ply the deeds aud the oath are not bind
iDg Inc torch and the sword follow a
suspicion of a breach of the condition.
he fatted hogs which the Federals can
not use, are left dead in their pens Fed
eral soldiers of the most brutal and savage
character are quartered in private houses,
and contributions in mooey are levied by
thousands for the support OF tory refugees
who have never been disturbed Negroes
are forced to leave their owners and driv
en- off by hundreds A reign of unknown
terror and h rrible cruelty affiicts the
land The burning Of beautiful and pros
porous towns is pastime Would Mis-
souri, suffer thus if she had not counted
the cost aud bargained for CONSTITUTIONS
liberty! Now these oppressed people on
y lack organization aod the presence OF
our great commander to rend these chains
asunder, and become the instruments in
the hands of providence to administer the
blIghting. red hos wrath of righteous
Heaven upon thefe assassins. Missouri
bieeds and writhes like struggling giant
and only wants the cooperation of fifteen
or twenty Regiments of brave Southern
ers TO aid her iu unbinding her suffering
people. and then she could offer an army
TO her allies If they should require il. =
W hlle We wait with intense desire and pas
slonate hope for the orler that is to b. made,
aud the cooperation that is to be ordered,
we are refreshed with telegrams shat some-
body is to be appointed 10 come from Vir-
g'nia To supersede Gen. Price in Missouri
10 this rulnor We have attached no great
Importance, as We could not conceive az
asslgnabie n"tIve 10 superssde; before his
own people, an officer who has fought and
won more battles than any officer com
ulandlng on this Continent; an oliicer who
never yet lost siugle engagement on tile
held; VINO has conrended alone during a
campaign glth vast uuinbers OF well-ap-
pointed host le troops, killing and captur-
Ing thousands OF the enemy and taxing
thelr guns aud stores aud delivering from
Virsiuil aud Kentucky al least $4,000
OF the common euemy, But contention
about precedeDc, amoag officers, when
our h0ues are being sacked i.u burned
would indeed be pittable aud conteuptibe
to the last degree. Send US 20 900 light
!, neu and let us first achieve our Iude-
pcadence; aud let the good sense Of our
people aud the records OF history settle
the question OF merit afterwards.
The Duke Of Wellington, ia his living
aud best days could not exactly fiji the
place of Geu. Price 10 Missouri. aud such
a conception is omlDous and disastrous.
Will the people OF she South make them
selves heard and felt 10 this crisis
could no longer resist the promptings OF
my anxious, aching heart, on this subject.
L speak not altogether to strangers. In
South Carolina, at least, my ststemenis
will be credited aud my motives will not
be miscou ceived, but will be readily aud
rational appreciated. ...