Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-13
RICHMOND WHIG.
Correspondencc of One WING.
TO HIS EX ,ELLENCY PRESIDENT DAv


presume to volunteer any advice about any matter in hs
range ofyOur off ,ia duties aud powers ii indeed may
be said to do so nov. au witness, no more.
am obscure and strictly private cit z,n not with
out some little experience in the world and MOI withcu.
lens: than orllnary opportunities Of knowing
something Of the subj on which propose address
you.
Nevertheless, am much concerned ia the fate OF
the revolution, as you possibly bs-voted for you
with pleasure as President and q native aud loyal
citI N of Virginia.
shall address you few words in terms aud in a
spirit of perfect respect aud frsey AMI :ruhuly
[ would to any other gentleman in the country.
You will find il yonr duty to appoint in few days a
high tcer OF Sate upon whom, assume you aud per-
tecIly agres must devolie the dii suit and delicate
duties in the path OF your administration. Though you
Iare military Ss AN not, We will hardly disagree
tie proposition that the preparation aud
Of the men and the of national Defence how
ever important and responsible, require different sort
of address, ability and experience, from such is
cetsy for the proper aud successful discharge OF the
duties Of the State Department, for such country
ours in the particular circumstances by which
surrounded.
about that. New York resrs cunning politicians; in.
sulions Of learning North aud South msks good scho
srs; but may graduate at West Point at the Uni
yersy Of Virginia, and T.mmany Hail. and still fall
ry far short ct being statesman. Great statesmen
rarely to be found in any country and 10 great
numbers snyuherc doubt II there Is more Il an one
10 be found in either the Federal Unon or the Southern
Cont, deracy And what i. not ess remarkable tie au
thortes OF neither fragment Of the Old Union to
have deemed Il necessary invoke the cooperation OF
the one or the other am speaking Of real statesmen
and cot Of such cattle Lincoln has sent abroad or
taned at home.
The great Importance Of this post TO my poor
judgment mmeasuraby magnfed by the unprsc ,dented
posture of our public sfTlirs The revolutions which
have from time to time subvered other governments
have hId ready to their haud the machinery Of the coz
quered and have, Of course great extent inherited
the ordinary conditions Of international relationship
which Pre- sded the changeibut in very diff,r
ent circumstances. We are naked Of such convent
snces as if freshly discovered contnent-anj
so:se than that, AS il had alongside of another
people, twice and ten times as strong as
ourselSes in all the resources of war (eIcept The
age and resolution Of people who have vo-ed 10
aud earth that they will se their last man. and
skat ID of more interest 10 them expand their last dol
lar, before shall be Independent state-snd are
nov, with the malignant fury of 6eads and with all The
OF civE and savage war pursuing their avowed
policy of our suhjugAtiou ruin.
But, might justly offend by seeming to suppose thai
you do not know all these things we'll and much bet
ter than DO.
l, Is currently reported that soGe gentleman of Viz.
glna ID to be invited to the place. Utterly rqpudialiug
the misehievOus and stupid doctrine of mere geograph
e,l selection should think this probable enough f,r
other reasons. Certainly thore is good reason for
such conclusion TO be derived from the fact that yr.
slna is mush the largest State Of the Confederacy.
The best man, even II he ia from Florida, should be
uksn. We have had enough OF this radioasm run.
mad in the distribution OF spos according TO territor
al di'ors and boundaries long Ago-and harm enough
Il has done.
u Is true that you to take virgiuan then |
would Ike to say word friend-A friend with far
more respec; for you and for himself than to indulge
in those strains Of hypocrisy ard adulaion which have
already begun 10 bc addressed to you siGc1 you are
certainly President for six years. by the undivided SUI
frage Of the whole country.
II you have not to such a conclusion IS to take
your from Virginia, then there is nothing more in
hIs letter worth your reading for whilst do not claim
to bs Judge Of the distinguished cit OF the other
States nor propose to interfere between them, pre-
sumo know as much of the qualifications Of those in
this State as any other citizen knows-much more q
cay it with the proioundest resrect than you poE
sbly know, and far than those people accustomed
10 regulate such things in Stat, either kuow or
capable Of learning. No not living in Virginia
does understand by what mys.ry OF party lcger.
deman the best pottiau-nsy msjority-of her pee
pie have been habituay easaved until man Of real
emincnSe, il firm ebough TO stand by hI honest con-
vicop had for all pup,ses Of public usefulness as
well b, in his grave as in Virginia You will establish
titles to public conf Iencs by driving CD such peo-
pie from about you.
All men, especially all men in authority, profess to
believe am sure you 10 bsltvsthat this is no time
to revive or to tolerate Nrences growing out Of old
party divisions; and it 10 me that tho general
public would bo gratfsd by one, though a solitary eI.
ample Of what sm your sincere convictions
on this sul ject, In the appointment of one
to really honorable and responsible position among
those who are conducting aud guiding the policy t the
Administration. Some who doss not cl ,m the
merit Of having b,en in the slang OF the day. ian orig.
nal scce,siOnIst" but who represents that far more
numerous and valuable class Who original s,ces
sionist bu! who dscbsrging their duty to the coun
try faithfully and brsvely, TO say the eas as al
ssoess onist.
In Virginia JUS. twelve month, ago, three or fur 10
one OF all tho voters Of the Com nonweath expressed
their emphatic opposition to secession or dsuniou aud
il old party leaders Of much inalence had not been the
candidates CT those theories do not doubt the disparity
would have been stl greater-teu to Que at least
But, the mtanest mounIebank OF President ard the
most shameless villain Of Premier that God, 10 his
WRATH permitted to the country. came in BY
very natural process to the of these saga
cious and patriotic ciiiz,ns "hs original te,ssiOu
i.t" and poor old Virginia. standing exposed to the fire
Of two adversares was as had been promised long be-