, 1863-06-04

gan Of tho President and these views OF yours
nay be t.ken as his. Perhaps thcy are. though I
trust not. was born in Williamson county, Miss.
were scboolmntes and friends Of his. /, myself,
have always esteemed and admired him, aud from
the beginning Of this revolution, hsve looked upon
n aaa our people
But II be hsors reconstruction Of U'sion OF
FREE and SLAVE States, after the experience we
.haye had, haye given him credit tor too much
In several public addresses and messages very
lately, he has taken occasion to declare most pos-
tiye}y aud distinctly. that he wonl1 never agree
md. airy circumstances to reconstruction of the
OLD UNION But he has never declared that he
never would faTor Union Of sldrs and free States.
He is q man who keeps his own counsel, and talks
only when be pleases, keeps silent when be
p1cases. Hemly have reserved his opinion for a.
fitting time for public expression.
hater. M oathed the od Union, and no no act Of any
people erer afforded me half the delight that the
secession Of The S1aye States from the Old Union
did, xou hsteS? ny a2a
paper in Of the leading secession States aEtl-
tles sdvocatlns a reeonxtFncfion Of the Union.
And this st the ys1y crisis Of fesolntloa when oas
for, and fought 20 gloriously for. Is within our
grasp, and foreign nations, as well a. Yaukeedom,
are On the point of acknowledging It.
bly, dear eirs, write to me- fn reply and say kadk
you are noftn e0rnssf, bH{GFe 1atag traps ATcH
GREEN WESTERN HooslERs. You cannot surely be
planning to permit. these vEnA1s, uScouEn. "a
fA11cAL AND DEFnAfEp, AS THEY HAVE PROVED
THKasE1yEsTo TO BE, to enter ayasn our Legl~latlf6
AaA*, difsds orr qgees q pt1Ht and trust aad par
faksJreelyQf a1pIritges q our o,gn citiz<As, Of
learned by tls experience al ths Political agtta:
tlops Of the past TWENTY-FIVE years, accompanied
BY hatred, abuse and jealousy; followed BY a
ings, bnrninga. crueltics, indignities and blood
s hn n 9ny eG1 that our civil
interests too widely different, ever to permit us
to1iye together again un1er the same govetument,
with the same Laws and law makers, and the sane
nen to share in making md executing their laws
and administering this government.
I Eat down to write you six lines, and find my
self entering into an argument with you. NoWI
leet; as men csn only argue that about which they
hold similar opinions.
Should you continue to write similar editorials
to the one allnded to however, shall conclude
that VIC do entertain opinions which are separated
viii not let any Of your secrets out Of the bag,
II yon confde them to me, and request me not to
livu1Ge them; but allow me to proceed In yonr
batting for the Hoosiers and not interfere, though
Imay not entertain the same notions as to tie
strict morality OF the course. But II you write to
me- and cay candidly that you arc perfectly willing
to join them again, and live under tho same goFesn
15a 5 baass ss g9a2a asg asgnt gSs
ing against any Union with them, just as have
fought all y past life i trying to get rid Of them.
you stand, viii enter tie list, il in earnest but
If you are not, I will reserve myself for the drst
public man who broschcs this. to me, obnoxious
doctrine. Let hear from you, in reply, at your
earliest convenience.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
/, DouGlAs II. HAMILTON.
REPLY.
tPrfvate.1 M1ss1ss1rr1AS OFFICE, !
JACKSON. March 10th, 1863.
Doua1As NJ. HAMILTON Dear Sir: Your fa-
vor OF the 21st ult., is received You are right IN
your snrm1He that the article referred to- and simi
1ar ones. are aorakea mainly for Western consHmp-
ti9n. The papers printed here 60 regularly to
western Eoltiera, BY aome means, and aFe not u1-
frequently republished in Western papers.
From the beginning Of the struggle it has been
an object with me to draw distinction between
Western and Eastern soldiers, Of the Nofth-to
give the first credit for all the achievements Of Fed
malignant and intolcrant, hoping thereby to pro-
ducca division umong them, and thus relieve our
selves and this, 1t must be confessed ID about the
only object hope TO aid In accomplishing By pre-
NIT them into our Confedcracy, upon our Own
terms and conditions.
While there are certain conditions upon which
tise @ e1pstsion M y a5eitioais ond anatIelsns-
adoption ef Constitution, and Tho unresfralned
ttIsrationG5 ftarery-yetl I'm not wild enongh 10
believe tlat even the Western States will ever
reach this standard, and hence, poiiilcaz brother
Aaod iciM them T. something Ineikaer horde
sire Iy *ele o95sct Aer:fo,s, IN txea ed!'or.asa'
you refer Il tncrease Tie ao'0 rag
open rupture. This course tiink could defend
npon moral grounds, but that Ia not necessary
HOW.
It Is proper. to say, that know nothing q the
Presidents views on this subject, and tho 2Nssis-
sifpiaa Though friendly to him) Ia not his organ
Cordially sympathizing with you in hereditary
anu intense hatred to the true Yankee n character,
1am' vey respectfully ra,tar ET d;1s cooFEn as,ou