Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-03-26


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Letter FroO john s. Burdett-HIu
pOAItIOn.
CoNNiSsARr DEPARTMENT,
2!Sn BRIGADE lsr DIVISION,
5TH Amy CoRPS, March .
Editors IatetIiysncrr:
| ImpeIIcd by sense of duty to myself,
most respectfully ask small space In your
columns. to disabuse the public mind OF
the malicious misrepresentation, being &C.
lively uade in regard to my opinions in re-.
ference to the public questions aYiIating
the country.
am sure, from your character for fair
dealing, that the appeal will not be in vain,
when assure you that personal enemies
! (tOO cOwArdly to face the man they would
unjuStIy asSaiI behind his back have taken
advantage Of my confined situation 10 the
army to steillhlly tMlsiIy my political re.
cord in regard to NY loyalty to this grent
( Government 10 devotion to which, yield
~ no man, indeed, and would think from
/ sacrifices too recent to he forgotten by any,
would havs exceeded the necessity Of u
further word by way Of cxlenunIiOn or ar.
gument.
/ 8utI will add TINT ! am just what ! am,
and always have hecu-A law abiding man
opposed alike. and in common TO all eK.
trrmes, rebels, North or South, l;uticrnuls,
COpperheuds, or Sucessiunisls, aud am for
putting down this d-d vilIainOus rebellion
r - al knvnr,ip nod o., tl,n InUR n-So.,,,;t,.
Am, nud always have been for new State,
would much regret its defeat, nud waiy;ug
minor differences Of opinion regarding its
success IN SOme form or other rs para
mount consideration, in securing our indie.
peudcncs aud avoiding state OF vasSnlagc
! 10 the Southern Oligarcby, would urge all
! 10 vote for the bill TO be submitted strictly
for their decision at the. polls
Apnrt frou these conGlusioaSI base bad
an honest dia, renee Of opinion as to some
of thr means sought to be used III suppress.
Ing tue rebellion, believing their adoption
inimcAl TO the purpose soughItO Lc nttain'
Ci: in other words, tending to strengthen
/ the arms orthe rebellion aud disIractIug
the ri'ut,s of the friends Of the Govern.
ment.
Ai.o, ! preferred that tho new State iu
! its Inception or formation, should have
ignored ,ht subject Of slavery, aud left il
subsequent question for the people, and
TO whose decision all would have iUll il n
/ patriots duty to yield concurrence none
clNiminc the lenst preteusiOn 10 JGMtfy can
do0bt the Ultimate extinction OF slavery iu
lIrN Virginia, uOmin0lly already "pIlyed
out could therefore see 10 necessity Of
hurriE,l percipitHucy, tending to fret, and
add to the already TOO much excitement Of
tie popular mind. will now say in con.
ciusiOn, Tor once aud for all, and it's no
new experience with me, that the war, It's
origin the mdIlHtr, aud object for which II is
manile,IIy heiug wHgrd 10y the Rebels, be.
ing wrong and wicked, offensive (in my
opinionl alike to Gnd and man, I care
moi. Tin the necessary and constitutional
prosecution Of the wAr,l that the last
remnant OF slavery becOm's extinct. Bu,
let II he tue necessary mrGirHt, not the
purpose Of the war on The par, Of the gor.
ernmenl.
The mean or jealOu', lying, Seiraggran.
dfzing politician. that otherwise represents
me, does so with full knowledge that be
is perpGlraling taIsehoold at the time
How could be otherwise than LnioH
man? Driven from Richmond bounded
from my own home hy Rebel cavalry
Tho Snnclity Of which was Invaded aud
desecrAted by the Iienlish aud wicket tramp
Of ,hr vile ninlOns OF Jeff Davis, At the
hour 0E midnight! The Richmond EH.
quirrr, With its usual hnte 10 everything
loyal, remArking lhereupOn thai they
.nis'ed the trfcrdLie Hnd Iqmnabit IIur.
dett, by q hairs breadth had they caught
him, but little time would have been spent
10 ynqrdiUg him. which were AZ though
my cup Way not IULl, scenes followed up in
rapid succession with the melancholy
cAsnhlily IA resultant incident IF all, Of
the ,ltnth Off lovCl son n stranger and IN
exile for the past yenr from the enjoy.
menis nf domestic comforts cOntribuI'
ing what Of strength and taleuts
mny have; towards aiding iu
the suppression Of the rebellion,
risking hrnl!h, and even lite itself imper.
lied. in the cause Of the country, in expo.
sure to the Incidental danger and harlships
Of war and and Nu outdoor life, amidst the
storms OF ran, snow and mud, In the poor
old CAnAan wilderness (nOw AFording only
half rNtiOnS Of tucl,) Of Stafford county,
and wOnlh think, with such n record, that
| would br exempt from the shafts Of cal.
umny ol lying slNy.at.hOnIs patriots, wllO
are meany seeking to ensCURCe themaHIve.
iuto the lew civil Offices Of the country
produced by the sacrifice OF those they he.
lie and abuse Especially if honorable
mention Is made Of your nNmO IN cUnncc
tIOnwith seat in Congress, or my Office
OF distinction, its signal and ut once the
hue and cry Of "hc's ssrcsIi," "hc's u hut.
teruut," "uOt sound, Ia echoed aud r0,
echoed by 4 certain class OF hypOCFilieAl,
apron string braves, sOmO honest differ.
euce of opinion on some abstract question
being the prGtG1t behird which they Gu.
trench themselves Ia illuminate their ialse.
hoods nnd lies against thOSC in whose
presence they quail aud drop ihClr eyes
Ia very shame, feeling guilty Of mylug
sIenlLblly sought 10 impFeIJ THAR unsus
pCcliug nSighbor with ialAehO0da dISCred.
tied by themselves, tho jealous uhject he
ing 10 dISpNrngC othura and got rltI Of oh
stEurlionS IN the way Ot their own prefer.
meat, acting on the principle "tIinl the
end IuOtIRrJ tho means" ........,
There arc few ultra, iauHtiCal fools,
that have (Iinss all immVlIutO danger has