Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-04
r ON the richmond Sentinel, May 10.
vfsvvs OF a New EnRlander.

4 ON the Richmond Sentinel, May 70.
vfsws OF "a New EnRIander.
We publish below letter found in the deserted
quarters of Yankee quartermaster at the reeese re
taking OF Fredericksburg by the driving OF Sedgwcl
across the river We confess that its pesusa, We
could not have regarded il as genuine but for the un
questionable through which obtainsd it, and
by which its authenticity is fully vouched
The writer is that srewd, keen, calculating, and ye1
mpudent and brazen william, which, in equal perfection
Is found nowhere but in New England. His specula
lions concerning the and its effects upon the
spective Interests Of New England and the 7rhwes,
eminently ssgaceus; but yet the unmitigaed and
cold boodtd sefsh1tss by which be avews his policy to
be gudd should hardly have expected have been
50 plainly confessed How this full edged son of New
Engard-ths repre- sentative man Of that paguespot
Of the earthgloats the fraudulent gains plfered
from the South during the period OF our unhappy
ciatiou with Cape Ccd How he fecitatts himself
that New England q auaged to convert into bewers oil
wood sUd drawers Of for herself, those to whom
with tie iorns tina. pass for solemn among honorable
people she bad pghted Ter affections and her faith -
| What unspeakable villain And gee how be turns
to the Northwest the most promising prey, to
secure which be consents to let the South go he
speaks too of bis intended victims with the utmost
tempt, at them for the dull thick brains
which make them iacl,e victims for Yankee " cute
/ ness
We have ialiceed come of the words If the letter
altering it, however 10 other respect. We trust it
may chance fall into the bands of citizens OF that
NorthEcet whose 10 crests made to sport OF Yam
kee cupid y, and who themselves coarsey rdi-
culed ard dlsparaged.
This much may be said for the writer OF The letter
the viainy which he appIauds in bis people, he fifty
repreat in his personal conduct il 10 be-
Iieve bic boasts of an ilIgot'en fortune:
| FREDEn1cKsBURa, May 2, 1868.
| DEAR john II write from the town of Fredericks-
burg, witch, the papers will lave Informed you, was
taken by sic orious troops. Sedg corps made
easy work of taking this plGce end also Maryes Hill
| S,1p Rhn$it
| of Lees tricks. We had been under The impression
that Gen uooker had been entirely successful but the
reports have from tie Confederate pr soners and
0the circumstance, induce US 10 moderate our Joy
You may he surprised by the avowal, when tell you
| that | Peace [ do not thank john
Van Barren for his speech 9uraging volunteers to
enlist cause those in 'he field require succcr Why
does b" gu and not come himself? That will be a
test ii his real patriotism. have enough of tie
carnage ard ~ounding of not 10 say hing
of the deceased and dying in camps, to sicken of
this Al yet would he willing TO go with it
if any rational gofd could result to us in New Eogland
or the y oTtEern Atlanta states. But | regard the
continual c. ct The ruin LIT the South 60.
| Let them take Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee
We tuiId another capital 10 place better protect
ed na'urlay Besides, il will do to let capt.
tai remain the border and there will be nice
thing the grounds for the cite of the capt.
! tai. We, in New England smart enoug to know
how to make it good thing You see how the rail.
road interest has prospered during the war. The
closing of the Mississippi has caused all the trade of the
great West to come to directly railroads.
Open the Mississippi and fCr-hhs Of the trade will
go down the Mississippi apd the price Of railroad
stocks will go down with it. Besides, if the Union is
restored, lines 1T railroads and nails will be built
through Virginia they are more than half finished
These will draw off The trade from u.s. and build
large cities in Virginia. l patriot of such
large heart to wish this the direct expense our
own cities in which both have large interest.
II is natural Tor the people of Ohao Indiana and II.
l1nols 10 enetoin different Of their pot,cy Their
1'erest IS dr. ec}y opposed to They have contr-
buted largely to the war; and will continue in spite of
Valandgham, to be for the long and no longer
than they think the Union be restored and the free
navigation of the Mississippi be secured 1t is pain
ful to our army to acknowledge that the prospect of this
IS but FAINT be perception OF Ms lmpOssibty is
eriug the dull, M1ck brains of our Hestcrn men
They slow to perceive this-but like oil sluggish
dull men, wien they do perceive it, they will scihdyac
from the and rent their rlHdicre malice 0e0anSt
This is my great fear. We must retain the great
and fertile West and IFS hard sboring simple minded
people. We have gro1Cn rsch and strong Ne,y En-
gland, Ic0ns yinana and Netc York, former times
from our Sou hen Stat Blu. their statesmen have
taught them no longer to be used ss hewers of wood
and drawers of water for 1t they back, fare
we'll tt the ter fl, fishing hountis and great rail-
roads 20 California. tere enough voters in the
West vao by uniting with then could defeat the tar
if n CtECr essential to u.s. Aud fortu-
natey, lose the South, old vassal, we retain
the great West. This will secure cheap corn, and
we will get cotton as ceap ever from the South; for
it IS evident that whatever they may say now in mo-
ments o. pes ion, th cotton planters who largely in
the Dty, will not consent to 10y export duties
cotton. They have not the population to 20 into man.
ufacturirg and to shipping, end will thus continue
to furnr them with b0th except so tar certain
portion OF The trade will come from Europe But do
not think this loss to b: weighed against the other
advantages Of peace Sides it is evident we cannot
conquer peace The cotton States will 60 certain
Iy; anu all We secure will be Virginia compel
tor by should we lose the substance in grasping
afeI tht shadow ! fcar it this war continues much
longer, tat the West will all this plainly as do
and will lie for making peace for itself, and secure
their real interest, either by Union, treating with
the South
You K, DIV how We were all frightened about this
some months since. They quoted by the promise
that would conquer the South ard restore the
Union But we have tailed at Vicksburg, we have
tailed at Charleston and lear shall fail here The
war will be long ard bloody I fear it's effects
upon the West. The South offers them the free navi-
CATION Of the Mississippi, and her interests, you and
knew Nth the South. She best obtain her OBJ
ject by abandoning this war, snd uniting with the
South. fear she will do it, and will be left out in
the cold. You knox ho~ We all shuddered at this
thought last fail ,itk tue great West an adequate
compensation Ter fhe t4Es Of thc South. Look how
much more rapidly b>r population increases The South
was everything to rs ven baoFe the West set
lied and tGa .dts bas ben fo5eed OF rs By our faith
ers tnat the South MAS initial Bot ali things change
with time.
You may, at frat view, say that peace will DOT se
cure these objectsthat the West will leave after
peace Iou were never in greater error-now is her
only opportunity and if lost, she is hooked to us by
links OF steel The memory of this bloody struggle will
long survive, aUd the West will not wish to encounter
us. She will be easily managed and kept quiet in
time of peace. You know ho1 long caioled and
used the South, who have much more intelligence and
of,foro fAe 10l