The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-15
Fernando wood aud q. n. Lamar,
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Fernando wood ana a. H. LamnTs
Oh SAVANNAH Nice little AfrAngs
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From the Richmond Examiner, 4thl |
TRAnivG WIN ~ ENTsu About fortnight ago /
there Published IN This Iaper what purl ortet /
~ By ~ OF an intercepted letter irom one q. ID.
lamar, OF savannah, % "Iionorable' fernsndo |
Wool uf New York. contlning Proposition to ran |
the bloCk ade wi,h Yankee Goods with returns 10 cot
ton Ga coparihershp With the DISTINGUISHED Yankee,
nnd suggesting bribery. or IN ths parlanoe q large
transact ons "a little diplomacy" az Necessary 10
the mant cement 81 the scheme. That may no' |
be chargsd with any miscoustructon Of this extra
ordinary letter. VIC iepToduce the material portions
Of Il;
oAfY praR sra--Allow me 10 zrest fir your con.
sideraton a place for most profitable adventure,
which lls diplomacy can retder perfectly safe ana
practicable.
80 obtain the privilege, either tacit or writteo,
that it be reabie to run the line Of blockade with
cargo Of STAPLE articles from foreign port, aud 10
return with cargo Of upland or Sea Island cotton.
"-uch vessel coming IN at Ossabaw lulst, under
discreet anu retcent master, with vefst aud car
70, (when within Confed rate l'nes) in my name,
ironld be perfectly safs aud would iurnish Ber out
ward cargo-more than sunicient to pay for The ia
ward-and send sterling exchange for Niur halt oil
| the profits
! oihe profits would enable you to nay handsomely
for the privilege either by pro rata division or by
! direct bonus to whomsoeyer you negotiate with
| "The PROFITS ia add out could not fail far
short Of 800 to 50Oper cont the Investment, which
would be equally divided after deductng all ex
| penses. am, nc @. b. LAMAR
| FERNANDO
| This letter was rcpublished In many other Southern
papers, but with scarcely more expression Of Ia crest
10 IL thsn probably curious forgery copied from
Yankee Journal TO tue consts rnati0n, how sver Of
those WHO were thus ready suggest n defense for
| one Of the Sristocratic money kings OF the cotton
Stat s, Sir b. Lamar has, with bareiaced au-
docity that neither wealth, position, nor The native
impudence Of vulgarity eau support, published an
Acknowledgement IN the Savannah papers that the
letter s entirely genuine, and attempted defiance
only OF public sentiment, but OF the laws of hiss
country, aud those of honor aud civilization every.
where.
10 "run the blockade but to trade i0ih he tneDiy
and divide profits with him, aud thus TO omplish
a crime Infamous under every known construction Of
international law, and directly calculated, by the pc
cuniary fruits Of copartnership, 70 strengthen the
hands Of the enemy to Cypress II Is not necessa
ny T. add another color Of infiny 10 Mr.. Lamar's
proposals % the enemy, the circumstance that he
bad igned 70 aid them by bribery, what Is gin.
gerry termed " a bOHus,n to the authorities. The
transaction is bad enough without this addition Of
dishOnor It's results would be treasouaDe Tor they
would Increase the wealth Of the enemy, and We
him al he is fighting for-the trade OF the South.
What would be juslihabe IN Mr.. Lamar would, Of
course, be iustiuable in any other member Of the
| community, and the consequence Of bis reasoning
would therefore, be, that while our brave soldiers
are barring their breasts to the sword aud FIRE Of the
euemy, II would be right for the whole community 10
strike hands ~ commercial fraternity with the NORTH
establish a copartneIshp with the worst Of our
tn Is, trade with them by land tf coutsc, well ne
By sea, and pay them in sterling exchange or cotton,
| Or geld, Tor whatever they imported into our mar.
kets II this were So the old Union would be vi tn
| ally rces ablished, and Mr.. Lamar might safely 20
back TO his former occupation OF money changing in
| NHU-street.
The Letter Of G. Lamar, which we have quoted
| above rs OF far more impO lance than any personal
issues which we may choose 10 make ont OF IL. II Ia
| a melancholy instance Of the nfrmity of a certain
class in the South that class is compose Of certain
heavy capitalists chiefly in the cotton states rich by
accident but OF Goa greedy nature, who, at the
beginning Of the war wore for monOpc ziDg all tue
patriotism OF the country, aud furious IN advocating
| inns wi hpGL nnrti nnfa
people lighting to defend them 10 the retirement
Of their bones, are coOly counting their games IN
the blood aud tears Of this war and enriching them
selves as the convenient Iimps or The Yankee.
The class OF plutocrai pretendsrs u vol lllus
trated by G b. Lamar IN public, the incaud, scent
paui0t, but in reality the oJpartuer Of Fernando
| Wood and tho pTOposer Of a bribe TO Seward out Of
| tbs profits OF a reasonable commerce. aud one DE-
| cared Infamous b. all International law THIS same
man Eho writes 70 ern ,ndO Wood OF the arming
vision OF 3,O 10 blO per cent pTei on theT MUTUAL
VOCATION Of the laws Of war and the Obligations Of
patriotism and honor wa5, if we are correctly in
formed, president Of vigilance committee In Sayan.
nah 70 prevent the expectation Of cation ard gave
such evidence Of zeal IA this capacity on one occasion
to preytn Mt steamer-the Berinuda-frDm taking out
cotton, although the cargo she had brought Ia was
Government stores. Blu The insmcerlty the bogus
parlIt does not stop here even since the letter
Fernando Wog4 was written, and while il was sup
posed To be quite sale p TIE iByiOabe secrecy OF
pIftneIs ship In guilt We Gnd the same q. D. Lamar,
on the occasion of canvaEs for tho legislature ex.
pressing, in one Of the papers OF Savannah, the fol-
lowing hetoic sentiment:
I" don't own wharf in The city that would not
sooner sacrifice altogether, than that the Internal
| anl,ees inOg wagpg the most gayage warfare
agaust us, and using the gum Of Europe of all their
own large ciiis', as well AS their Billy Wilson regi-
ment OF conycts, 20 Kill aud deatroy our most vslu-
able oitzeus, as they have done and are doing }
ahegli be allowed 10 enjoy any right or privilege
| within THIS state - @
There Is no exception here from Z" the internal
| Yankees Of Ny Dear SIR" the q Honorable Fer.
nando Wood, aud apparently entire forsettulness
| i that little "priyil 60" which the said + Wood
YES % have in consideration Of half profits Really
| the o6se o. G. 3 Lamar, Of sham patriotism
and asslnine pieteng9n ths heroic virtues would
be highly amusing Il the cgse did pot have s serious
aspects as 3 deliberate injury Of our causg, q yioa
tiOn Of law aud an ilustratop Of depravity In class
in the South blown with nsClence Of wealth, and
occupied In this war with s own seld hnsss and
cuncet. 1t Is Ia some OF ihcss aspects that the case
Of Mr.. Lamar not only engages the public sentiment
bat Ieluirors tie nerposition Of the authorities aud
their Wind c'ton, through process Of law, Of the
pAyest interests Of the country