Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-03
HON. JOIN A. OAhPRELL

To he Eiito0 of hs Who:
vii you permit Q subscriber 10 s.A1 q fee fca In
reply to your sli,eIiI In tbs Wing Of the Ah Iar.AnL,
concerning tbs appointment Of JadEs Campbell - an
Office 10 TIE War Department. Il nay not bs kucvn 70
you that Judge c received . military education Of West
Point Before completing the eOurso, he YES compelled
10 leave, =. he death Of his father, il order to support
4 widowed mother mother. Nor 70 hs altogether With
oIt some practical knowledge Of var, having served, If
| An correctly Informed, % CJousI IN the Greek var.
Il 10 not hoseVer, on these srouadI thai hs hneI for
the q e rss, but on that clsarnes Of i~ntsIIec;, and
diigens attention 70 business, Shch IlsAyI placed hin
saOag the forsaOs: 10 every P~OSi,iOn which DO Au held,
sasiber 10 he Legislative Council, al the bar, O., on the
bsoca o, the sdprsus COorL
Ba: Judge u refined his seat on the beEeh Of the
| 5uprsue OJuft several ss kI Al.er Al.bAnA seeded -
(" rhs very Heai and front Of ks ossn ling hath this
eI.snt, no more" when PR ldcs aud passion are aid
aside, and Inc history Of this great movement shall DO
written BY tie impartial historian, Is vill then be seen
that Jl5ge u. wa Se,usLed BY the pursst and mOs! pat
rioi, roiVes. Iades5, Il u siris salt 10 see hos any
other motive CAP DO assigned l. vas veil kaOsn to bis
friends that it Was LVAyS his determination 10 50 With
Al-b1na. Hs did no. derive AS appointment from Mr.
Lineolr, 10; cd he Erte undeE him, or eIeeuIs any
mandate Of his. The Curt formed an independent de-
p.rlnea', over which the Prssideushld no control. He
had lAto ed successfully, in conjunction With Jadge
Nelson, daring the later part Of Mr.. BlcGlasa's Ad-
minis.ralion, 10 prevent the enforcement Of E5s nEviEA.
rol and rsVeLuj laws, and thUS avoid . solbion. He
attempted TO accomplish the sans 70 u' Hnder NJ. Liz
colns Administration. Judge Campbell b ,LisVsi that =
Dc. c able separSti5n might bs ~ cysd, and that his posi
don would enable him 10 aid 10 bringing about 90 deIin.
bic q rssuls. II he had bsn successful, the country
You'll never have kno0n the extent Of is obligations to
him, because 10 YOU'D no. hAVs GnoVa the horrors Of
var. With the lea OF loo. 00O Of OIr best ei.ixe5s, .
d.b. Of fsO or sH huntrsd UilionS Of dollars. and tbs
dssIuc:iol Of hundreds. nay, Thousands Of niniOns Of
property, Ne can nos Sss LOS desirable voall have
been . peaceable separ8iJl. That his hop . and IIpse-
tati0ns Uere dlappOin,ei, Gas no. hi, fault. BI. Judge
O. va no. Alooe in this hopa. Tue fac. shs; car Gov
crnmeut had a. that tine Ihses Com nisiossrs Ia wash
logon shoss that they Iec,sn AID the portability Of such
4 thing. The c1nnunic liJn OF Pr siden. DAVIS to ON.
gress shows tia. hs possessed at the time The eo.hdsnce
Of the President aud Gas ia eornspondenes silh hiH.
Although hs hlod 10 bis ,aJfts, b. I'D great service TO
eur caus By biz clear sIpjse Of the GsSehSSy and du.
p!ieity Of Lincoln aud Seward.
tn sIilsI has no ps0saA SSsiaAass 60 Judss
o., but has kuosn hm by shsr.SSr for hiEy yeaIs,
and believes him 10 BE- IS pure Sad patriotic - aaV s.n
IA the South.
Nos. n, 1863 ALABAMA