The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-06-10
HOW TO CATCH "GHEEN WEST
ERN HOOSIERS


When the Federal army was in Jackson,
Miss, General J. NJ. Tuttle made his head
quarters at the house Of F. T. Cooper, edi-
tor of the Jackson Mississippian. Among
the papers which the rebol editor left be-
hind him, was n letter from Douglas NJ.
Hamilton, a Louisiana politician, and Coop
cr's reply thoroto. They give important
information concerning the influences used
to draw the Northwest into the vortex Of
rebellion The originals are in the hands
of General Tuttle. From these letters we
mako tho following extracts;
BE pleased t) inform me candidly as tr ne men
If you serious in proposing that any Of the free
States of the old Union should be admitted into the
Conredcracy. can hardly realize that you can
be willing to approve such proposition, but put
forth these propositions as foelers among our own
| people, and to stimulate the miserable western
Yankees to perseycr0 ia their opposition to Lincoln
and his Abolition admin straton, and by producing
dsscnsons, quarrels and perhaps blows and blood
| shed among our common enemy relieve us in u
measure of the tremendous power they are prepar-
! ing TO bring against us
There is no doubt our enemy is greatly crippled
already by tho want Of unanimity Of sentiment and
/ feeling between the people and army on one side,
| and the Administration on the other. And by tbs
p,iratc gpdrrctimg among Memseira IRE hare pro6ted
grc0t dcoi, un6 ,rW continue to profit until zoe gam
ou' complete independence by fostertg snd encour-
aging IL. But can We not accomplish all that Is ne
ccssnry and proper, and at the same time hold out
no promises, which in the future we may hesitate
to fulfil. think we can. We can offer toJom then,
| II ucccssdty m iCdr against Lincoln, Abolition and
Ncio Englrnd Nmkcc' and after catching and putting
10 dsdh crcrV public man in ho old Union t0ho hus
Jcon Ucou,seiior ddri,or Of lincoln we can make
treaty Of peace and commerce with them, granting
them the free navigation Of tho Mississippi to its
mouth, "a right we never denied them, however,
anl MODERATE PRIVILEGES of trade with us. But
further than this | would not 60, and hope you
would not either.
My dear ss write to me in reply, and say hdt yot
not IN cd1pst bn are batting hdps to CATCH GRHBN
WEsrERy lIoosTERs. You can not surely be plan
ming to permit these vERMIN, UNCOuTH, FANATioAI
} AND DErEAvEp, AS THEY HAVE PROVED THEasBLvE Is
BE, to enter again Legisidtirc halls, dride on
oji''s ot proW ant tUH a,a Partake freely 81 VI
prirgv Of o,w o,rn citizens Of rot'nJ ocnny properly
Let me hear from you in reply, at your earlies
convenience.
Respectfully your obcdient servant
! DOUGLAS NJ. HAMILTON.
The following extract we gloan from thu
a reply of the editor of the WisSisSippia":
You are right in your surmso that the article
referred to, and similar ones rriton mainly 70
a Western consumption. The papers printed hero q
- regularly to Western soldiers, by some means
i papers.
:, From the beginning of the struggle it has bee
q an object with me to draw a distinction bctwec
Western and Eastern soldiers Of the North-to Civ
- the first credit Of all the achievements of Fedora
- urm1, and dGnOuncc the latter as cowardly, malig
- nant, aud intolcrant hoping thereby to produce
division among them, and thus relieve ourselves
, and this il must be confessed, is about the onlI
, object hope to MD in accomplishing by presenting
T. to the West seeming willingness to admit then
into our COntederacy upon our own terms and con
ditions.
i While there are certain conditions upon which
= wuuldnol be opposed to their admissiou--'he en-
tire expulsion Of ubolitiouism and fanutcisn--th
a adoption of our constitution, and the unrestraine
~ federation of slavery yet am not wild enough t
, believe that even the Western States will eve
reach this standard, and hence, political brother
" huoi with them is something ] neither expect no
If desire. My sUlu object, therefore, III such odt0
4 rals as you refer to- is to increase the dissntistac
- tion now raging in the West trusting il may 500
- break ont in open rapture. This course think
con'd d1f4nd upoum moral grounds but iti no: ncces
4 aary now.
y Cordially ,yumthiang with yJu in hereditar
. AMI ntcnau hatred to the true \ GLnkrs character,
uu, v,ry T., spr, tuIly, +. I. COOPER,
4 l,ditor OF HssisSippioo'.
Q What an rnviahle position is in reserv,
I)r those who are playing Il conspicuou
r. par. in the great game of dividing tn
II donna II of the grcon Western lioosiers
., frrln the T. Ist'