, 1862-01-20
OLE WASHINGTON LETTER.

:, k79titalle Lessons Of the War-Res;oaat;on
: osGTcta9y Cdnsel'on-Al}eyed Reasosts uferef;
noe9,Teta!y otanton--Ma1:s7al Ldn,on and Ii
/ Washington Jail Investigation Of the, 1rc,
mac ELgeditton--Neac National d1noyu-Al
Jufdnt General Thomas.
From our own Correspondent
. WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1862
IL Tie present war shall but teach th
American people the double lesson that the
cannot make chatte1s Of human beings. mn
that they cannot make money out Of paper, i
will be cheap at any price. Let the faint
hearted think Of these things and take conr
age. 1t is appointed to the children Of me,
TO 60 through suffering to glory. We hay,
hardly yet tasted the suffering that is in stor
1of us, and We are still far removed from t1,
slory winch, it is to be hoped, awaits US
ohFery must go down ere We have even tht
s1hlAtude OF peace. Printed promises to "a,
values which were never created must eyne,
u our gold and silver, and finally burn I'D the
lnuusfrs OF the country, leaving us all on the
common level Of poverty, ere we shall emerge
from the hldeous dream that money can be
made Of paper if it be only signed bv a bunk
cashier or the Treasurer of the United States
Lct Us make up our minds manfully to tue
oloodshed and bankruptcy lying between us
ana Tue goal which we hope at last to reach,
a country which is without q slave or O shin
| plasteris worthy Of our travail. Let it como
Ihe resignation Of Secretary Cameron and
Inc appointment Of bfr. Stanton are still the
thelnes OF universal comment. The leadinn
memoers OF the Senate do not yet feel sufi-
clcntly well informed as to the causes aud con-
sequences Of the earthquake.
| It is assiduously given ont 1,v arr
| Camefon's friends that he was removed an ac-
count OF his anti.slayey views. THIS is all
po5h. Hcrowded out of the Cabinet for that
reason, why washc not set adrift when he and
thc PRESIDENT guarded about his report, siv
weeks ago, and when he got the latter into
such scrapc By the publication Of the yrone
copy? Cndignidcd as was that fasco
NOBODY can believe that the feud has been
allowed to mou1der forty days, until the
people bad well nigh forgotten it, to break ont
anew, and result in the removal Of the secrc-
tary, at the very juncturc when his princjn1cs
haSe received an endorsement in the fitting
ont Of jim Lanes expedition. In the laneuape
OF the Washington hotels, "that cock Won't
fght.'' "0A
lherc arc reasons enough why Mr. Cameron
resigned, without resorting to that dcmano,-,e
suotcf1ugc. There were more speeches brew
ing IN both Houses Of Congress for his hencft
taan 1or any other topic Of political or morz,1
concern, always excepting the slavery oucs-
ton. That Of Mr. Dawes, which was he;np
delivered When the appointment Of Stanton
came H. vas not the first nor by any means
TIC last. No treasury that the world ever saw
could stand the drafts made upon II by Came
roh-whethcr fraudnlent1y or only neea1csz1y.
10 not undertake to say. His case was ycrv
similar to Fremonts. Both held the r;cht
doctrines On the slavery question, but either
o. tnein would llyc banErapted old Midas
H. Hu,sem. ,, tne alexander Cummings trausac-
tlon, ana INC contract with Beard for the sec
"lao lol ot fort1hcations at st. Louis, cost the
Government about equal sums of money. and
,1 "tlG sihliar Ill . moral point Of view, The
pillalcl might be carried t:arther to the in
gpsMpe1cncy Of the twain. Ne all know how
Lexington and laid siege to Afulligan twe1se
mortal mortal days; how lie swallowed the Irish
R1isa0s aud became torpid from the effects
1neEsol lwo weeks longer, and how he then
uraggsd ,n, us slow length buck to Arkansas, as
nc continent. As to Camcron's aptitude fnr
anc u y business nc bad to do, it may be mention
ca that, in his official report, be made = mis-.
take of 2tf~etccn Me7ssaad .f5atr I,,ndred and
S.a79 III TIC number Of troops raised by The
His report was made on the fth al Docnr,,.os
and n 1hc number set down for Illinois vas a.
wv. wv. Cn the lUth OF the same month Adinta,1t
General Fuller Of Illinois made a deta;ind
seatenient 81 en- 11 IN which the number was reduced
states were hardly more accuFate. The osu1a sm1,
total mentioned in his report was about I'd I'M
u excess of the tucts. So much for his h11e;~ |
ness qualifications. As to lis encrog 4
cons consisted in throwing vast sums Of MONEY
right aud left, with no more sense th,n hfrs
Toodles ut IN auction room. '-'n 4'Ais'
The gibcs Of those who onnoscd ra,,ouo,,,.
appointment in the first place. 1and thn;r oi,
is legion) are fearful to listen To- Eyerv pIsue Rn
ternlincdly hostile to t,,n on,,o;nte I'M mtac ue-
busiels Of letters, from persons whose onin.
IONS onght to have been regarded, were wr;t.
te1s 70 Springfield protesting against it. The
;. NlAefs .n' oi iAcse letters are now quoting the
s1v,nt s1y pnpAs4ea M U the Philadelphia inquirer
Ca1ncron delegation at Springfield. which was
" :. rite Mr. Cameron to "a place il. nv Cabinet
:. ana i ne does turn out badly, shall hold yo,s
:, gentlemen OF Pennsylvania, responsible. Tlp
- have urged him SO strongly upon me-; r.
Is asked, with much pathos, whether ths
'oa"f..y is to hold these PENNSYLVANIA h,acIs
guards responsible. Well; let bcrears be hoo
sars! There is still a country to be saved Gr
ozt: A. ....... -
Illc only apparent reason for fin, an.
continent Of Mr. Stanton is that the PIX *
lent wishes thus to make his acknow,aJn-
nents to the Democrats, in and ont of Co5-
ness, who have supported lis Administrator lion {
t Tunes when his own party seemed to All
lin; Yet the best authorities / can find ron
ur in saying that Mr.. Stanton asrces @ 1vn ~. I
lsely with Mr. Cameron as to tie slaFerv i
nestiqn and the vigorous prosecution Of the
allsiicd With the appointment on this scorc= m l
o great reaction rs the selection Of lnown
no slavery man for the vacancy. Womb w.
bly, prove fatal to tile Administrator ang ~ {
ountry: The Senate would not confirm annh ,n6 t
n appointment, and / am sure NJ chase mn t