The weekly Butte record., 1863-02-28
LETTER FROM THE EAST.
IEDIToRIAL coRREsroxDExcE.l
THREE RIVERS, (Mieh- Jan. %, 1858.
March '6I and January '63.

" | have no purpose, directly or iradirsctlu,
to interfere with the institution Of slavery
where it exists | believe l have no lawful
RIGHT TO do So Mr.. Lincolns Inaugural
Address, March i. 1861.
It is said that the Devil is . the father of
liars" If so, he has lost much Of bis reputa
ton since March, 1861. At the latter date,
President Lincoln pat forth the above. At
the beginning of the present month, be put
forth proclamation declaring the slaves free
a NEGRO ARMY IN PROSPECT.
The following extract from the correspond
ence of the New York Herald, from Hilton
Head, shows the success of the effort to raise
colored soldiers in South Carolina
"A tragedy occurred in the camp of the
armed negroes on Sunday last, resulting 10 the
death Of one contraband and the serious
woundng of another. Both were soldiers Of
the First South Carolina Volunteers, and
were fred upon By the colored sentinels while
attempting 10 get beyond the limits of the
camp. OF course the intelligence has quickly
travelled upon the tongues of startled Africans,
and its effects are by no means favorable to
the speedy filing up OF Gen. Saxon's famous
corps.
Like its predecessor 10 the hands of General
Hunter, this project of General Saxon may
by this time be fairly considered failure
Several weeks ago there was an awkward halt
in recruiting, to remedy which the steamer
Ben Deford was dispatched to Georgetown,
5. c., and Fernaudina, Fla, for the purpose
OF bringing in all the able bodied blacks to be
secured, and extra measures were adopted
whereby to drum up from the plantations all
whom the glory OF brilliant breeches and
bright brass buttons could allure. Yet weeks
have heightened into months, and the regiment
is still so far from complete that its field Off
GERS canuot be mustered into service.
The armed negroes, however, have achieved
one thing which had nearly forgotten to
mention and for which their friends may
possibly glorify them. Admiral Dupont, as
learn from a prominent naval officer, had oc
cason recently to secure a quantity of fire
wood, and made application therefor to Gene
raj Saxon. BY order Of the latter detail
from the negro regiment cut and delivered to
the squadron FIVE hundred cords of fuel but
along with the wood came bill to the amount
of five hundred dollars, which the Admiral
paid, and which has been placed to the credit
of the contraband fund" Who takes the
money. who expends it, and for what purposes,
| cannot answer"
1t would appear, however, that this failure
of the darkies' army has about discouraged the
leaders of the abolitionsts, and Horace Gree
ley, who now rules Mr.. Lincoln, in a recent
number of the Tribune, puts forth the following
alternative for the Republican Administration ::
" If three months more of earnest fighting
shall not serve 10 make a serious impression on
the rebels if the end of that time shall find us
no further advanced than the beginning-if
some malignant fate has decreed that the blood
and treasure of the nation shall ever be squau-
dered in fruitless etiorts-}et us jow 10 cur des
tiny and make the best Gttaihab'e peace"
WADE AND CHANDLER.
The re election of Wade and Chandler TO
the United States Senate, must cause every
rebel, as we'll as every Republican, to rejoice
1t insures the continuance of the committee on
the conduct of the war, and the forcibly fee
BILE policy heretofore pursued by the Admins
ton. 1t is a guarantee to the rebels of their
ultimate success, and the Republican leaders
are already paving the way for a dissolution of
the Union The indication from the Tribune,
above, is not to be taken as something certain
to follow. The Republicans are about equally
divided between those who wish to dissolve the
Union, and those who desire to continue the
war simply for its profit to themselves-be
tween fanatics. If Republican leaders had
ever intended earnest fighting" the crusade
against our Generals would have long since
given place to a crusade against the rebels.
Their present policy appears to be that of ma
king all the money they can, and then, as
Horace Greeley says, bow to our destiny,
and make the best attainable peace" And
this is the conclusion of two years of blood
shed-of sacrifices such as no people ever made
before for their Government This is the na-
tural result of the imbecility which has neither
originated wise policies nor listened to wise
advice. This is what the nation has gained
by mounting the no compromise " doctrine
of the Republicans before the war; and by en-
during the negro equality doctrine after the
war began.
During the agitation which preceded the
election of Mr. Lincoln, the Republican party
announced certain conclusions which they have
nothing to say about now, but which were
powerful arguments in favor of their success.
These conclusions may not prove uninteres,ing
now -
lst. They declared that the South could not
be kicked out of the Union That was the
exact expression-" could ncrer be kicked out ~
and they were very severe and scornful in
their attacks upon the Democracy who re-
sponded that, unless Repubicanism altered its
tone and purposes, the South could not be kent
in the Union.
Now we ask, as a matter of fact, who was
right-the Republicans or the Democrats?
ID. They assumed that, if the South went
out it would only be a thirty days job TO whip
- l. IL