Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-16
THE HERALD.
important colTespondsnc-The Rebel Game in
tna Nogth -West.
REAR OF yIcEsaURo, Gay 25, 1853

During the recent occupation Of the city
of Jackson by the Union army, General j..
M. Tuttle, commanding a division in Sher-
anan's Army Corps made bis headquarters
at the House Of 4. I. Cooper, Esq, the ed
itor Of the Jackson Mississipplaa. Among
the papegs which the faoacious editor LETT
behind him, was The following letter from
Douglas NJ. Hamilton, politician of some
note 10 Louisiana, and his reply thereto
1 send you copies. They cohtain an inter
esting chapter in the secret history Of the
rebellion. The originals are in the bands
OF General futile, subject 10 the inspection
Of the curious;
Nav LArnEt nrtL Poar OFFICE,
WEST FEticiASA, LA.,Ftb. u 20.
70 The Editors ofMe MassisSipplan.
SIRs--In your paper Of the 9Th inst. i
an editorial article to which | desire to call
your attention. j Is headed "The Future
of the Confederate States" This paper,
for some reason, failed to come by mail in
due season, and arrived at the same time as
some Of the following week, or | should
have called your notice sooner. Since that
date. you have inserted an article intended
Tor De Boap's Re0iep, by python" and
notice the article editorialy with favor. Be
pleased to inform me- candidy, as true men,
IF you are serious ii proposing that any Of
the free States OF the old Union should be
admitted into the Confederaey! | can hard
~ realize that YOU can be willing to any
such proposition, but ut forth these prop
and TO stimulate the miserable Western
Yankees to perseyere il their opposition TO
Aincoln and his Abolition administration,
and by producing discussion, quarrels, aud
perhaps blows and bloodsbed among our
common enemy, relieve US Of a measure Of
the tremendous power they are preparing
80 bripg against us.
There is no doubt that our enemy is
greatly crippled already by the walt Of
unanimity OF sentiment and feeling between
the, people and the army On the one side
and the administrator on the other. Aad
By his private gaarrelling among them
se1ves, zoe haze profted a great deal, and
pM continue ia profit Until aOe gain our
complete indepelsdeace, by fostering and
encouraging 1t. But can we accomplish ali
that is necessary and proper, and at the
same time hold out no promises which iii
the future we may hesitate to fulfill. /
think we can. We can o3er to join them
II 1ecessary, IN aear against Lincoln,
abolition and New England Yankees, and
after catching and putting 10 death erery
public man an The old Union aoho has been
a counsellor or adviser Of Lincoln, we can
MAKE treaty ofpeace and commerce with
them, granting them the free navigation Of
the Mississippi 10 its mouth, Ia right we
never denied them, however) and MoDER-
ATE PRIVILEGES of trade with us. But far
ther than this | would not go, and hope
you would not either
Your paper, for some reason, is taken as
an organ Of the President, and these views
of yours may be taken as his. Pelhaps
they are, though trust not. | was born
Ia Williamson county, Miss, near N.here
jeff. Davis was raised, and my family We're
schoolmates and friends of his. |, myself,
have always esteemed and admired him,
and from the beginning Of this revolution
have looked upon HIM as a second Wash
ington 10 lead our people through it to a
successful termination.
But If he favors a Reconstruction of
Union of free and slave States, after the
experience we have had, have given him
credit for too much penetration and sagac
ity.
To several public addresses and messag-
es very lately, he has taken occasion to de-
clare most positively and distinctly, that he
would never agree under any circumstanc-
es to a reconstruction Of the old Union
But he has never declared that he never
would favor Union ofsidge andJree States
He is man who keeps his own counsel and
talks only when be pleases, and keeps ST.
Leaf when he peases. He may have re-
served his opinion for a fitting time for
public expression.
| am by nature, education and religion
1 Yankee hater. loathed the old Union,
and no act Of any people ever afforded me
hslf the delight that the secession Of the
Slave States from the old Union did, You
may imagine, therefore, my chagrin and
SURPRISE WIFI HollCe III the GOIutiiNS OF Il
leading paper ia one of the leading seees-
sion States, articles advocating a re con-
of the Union. And this at the very crisis
Of RESOLUTION, when our independence,
which we have suffered so much for, aad
fought 50 gloriously for, Is within our
grasp, and foreign nations, as well as Yam
keedom, are on the point If acknowledge
ing it,
!, Mf dear sirs, wrae TO me in reply and say
that you are not in earnest, but are batting
traps to catch green Western Holsters. You
caIinot surely be planning 10 let these yer
min, uncouth. fanatical and deprayed, as
lhey have proved themselves 70 be, enter
again our Legislative balls. divide our Ollie
es Of profit and trust, and partake freely Of
all privileges Of our own citizens, Of voting,
owning property, etc, etc You must
have learned by the experience Of the po-
liticaI agitations of the past twenty-five
years, accompanied By hatred, abuse and
jealousy, followed 10y war characterized
10 MON o.I.gagee. ,ylltlrcerjaos. buYninaS.