Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-26

say: "Air. Bolts came to Richmond on quite
n differeut erraud than on marketing
expedition. He came to draw some twelve
or fifteen thousand dollars Of the govern
ment which he delights to abuse aud affects
so much to despise. He abhors tue govern
mcnt, but loves its money" In the first
place, let me say that whatever ! may
think of the government, yet have never
felt myself entirely at liberty in this land
Of freedom to say half as much against its
administration as have read In your OWE
editorial columns; but 1t have never
made professions Of devotion to the gov
ernment, | have never ceased to feel q
warm interest in the welfare of the people
of Virginia, with whose prosperity aud
freedom my own are entirely identified
and will lake occasion to say here, what
said to General Meade, aud have said tc
oil, that my earnest prayer is that this
revolution may result in whatever may
contribute most to the permanent peAce;
happiness, prosperity and freedom of the
people of Virginia. These are the bless
iugs Of a good government. This is what
suppose is desired aud aimed at by all,
unless the selfish politician aud the cor.
rupt spectators in aud out of the army
may constitute an exception. They care
not under what sort of government they
live, provided they Gil the high places and
have their pockets well lined. We may
differ possibly, aud perhaps honestly, as to
the best means Of obtaining these dssira-
BILE ends; il it is by the success of the rev.
olution, then pray God the revolution
may succeed; bnt if by restoration of
the Union, then hope the Union may be
restored. What ! want is a government
that has the will aud the power TO protect
,,,., and nennaRkv anainRk al
abuses; aud would prefer living as did
before the war to living as have done
since the war, is beyon- all question; and
| would be madman or fool II did not,
and knave or a hypocrite II i were to
pretend otherwise.
Secondly, hope l committed no uu-
pardonable offence If did go to Richmond
to collect or try to collect some twelve or
fifteen hundred dollars for which furnish
ed supplies, or rather for which supplies
were taken from me for the use of the
army, all of which were GER
titled to as being due by the commanders
Of regiments or by quartermasters. but
which were not paid because the accounts
were not made out in the precise form re-
quired, at what you have called the "red
tape aud circumlocuti0n Offices" which ac'
counts are still due and unpaid, aud fear
arc likely to remain so.
Finally, It has been announced that l
have been arrested aud sent to Richmond;
but those who made the arres I, and those
who made the announcement, have taken
good care not to mention the cause of the
arrest, thereby leaving the public to infer
that | had committed some grave offence
against the government which you say !
20 much abhor. God knows 1t and its
agents have given me no great reason TO
Worship It.
Let us see bow the aseoant stapdS, On
ny part have done noahlpg from first 20
last of which the goverS7SenE can complain,
unless IL be that have hotiheeeIne demo-
cratized and have made NO concessions to
democracy, and have none to make here
after, and because have not chosen to
follow biindly wherever democracy might
choose to lead.
On the other hand of what have to
complaint First, the legislative power of
The government has been especially direct
I'd against me, while ] was leading the
most retired and secluded life, as was
.learly admitted by MIR. Henry 8. Foote
It the following session of Congress, when
be said he had been induced to vote for
The declaration of martial law aud suspen.
sion of the writ Of habeas corpus upon a
representation OF the conditions of things
to exist in the neighborhood of
The city Of Richmond, but which turned
cut to be entirely grounlless. Secondly, |
Lhe power of the executive branch of the |
has been exerted against me |
when, under this detestible, unwritteu, un-
known code called martial law, upon no
charge preferred before the Court of In
1uIry, they had me arrested in my bed,
between the hours Of midnight aud day
break, hurried ME OF to dirty, filthy
negro jail, where was kept 10 solitary
for eight weeks, when, with
all the vigilance aud research OF their nu-
merous detectives, they could fod nothing
upon which to hinge charge; aud now
comes a second arrest without charge,
while the army itself has been turned loose
upon me tn destroy my property by design
and by order of officers in high command,
which can establish il l can procure their
arrest and trial by court martial; under
which order my yard, garden aud cOrnhelds
have been ruthlessly invaded, the fencing
into general camp ground,
camp fires built and horses turned into
each by the Fourth Virginia cavalry under
OF Captain Randolph; and when
DR.. KidWell-with whom had been until
ten o'clock, picking up and nursing the
wounded men of both parties, more than
twenty of whom were brought to my house
with them, they said it
was wrong, and should not have done 1t,
but they were ordered to destroy "what.
ever they damn pleased;" and upon this
being repeated by DR.. K. to Captain R he
neither affirmed nor denied that such or
ders had been given. From which scenes
of violence, together With the effects pro-
duced by my arrest on the next day, one of
my daughters has been i'll of nervous ty-
phoid fever since; aud not only has my
fencing been torn down and destroyed in
every direction, but some twenty-five or
thirty of my best hogs have been shot
down, and have not been left one ear of
my entire crop of corn, all of which could
not be used was carried of and destroyed.
And now challenge any aud every man
of the Southern ConfederacV to come for