The weekly Butte record., 1863-07-04
OUR EASTERN LETTER.
[ED17oRIAL coRREsPoxDEscE.l
NILES Mich June 5. 63.

The brilliant exploits of Grant, or somebody
else, have apparently had the effect Of causing
every other army to hold on in admiration, or
they are remaining inactive becaase they see
that the Western army has oatstripped them,
and left them hopelessly in the back ground.
Grants battles in Mississippi, during the
month of May, are the universal theme Of
praise with every patrot All feel that be will
certainly capture the rebel force al Vicksburg.
He has Invested that place since the 20th Of
May, and should he now pull up stakes and
retire he would have accomplished more than
any other Major General since Mcclellan FIRST
gave organization aud efficiency to the army.
But he viii not do this. Grant VIII have
/ Vicksburg, or never leave the locality alive
Backs has invested Port Hudson. As the
latter place IS but 60 miles below Vicksburg,
the armies of Grant and Banks are within sup
porting distance Of each other, and there is
really no danger but that the Mississippi river
will soon be opened,
A ripple has occurred in Hunters depart
nent. That sagacious general has written
JEFF Davis threatening letter of retaliation,
because JEFF hung some of his colored Ameri-
can citizens DO not enclose it here, for the
reason that you have doubtless seen il. 1t
seems to me to be one Of those things that
would be speedily gobbled up. or gobbled
down by the Abolitionists of California. 1t
is rumored that he has been removed, but we
do not credit the rumor here. The President
has not yet wholly escaped from the control Of
Wade, Chandler, Sumner, Greeley & Co., and
although there are rumors that he is about 10
to it yet. These miserable fanatics kick and
cuff him arouad as though be was kitchen
scullion, and are determined to hold high car
nival while they can. They know they would
be poweress if the war was brought TO close,
and hence they have recently visited Hooker,
and paralyzed his army by some outlaudish
proposition that will keep it in inactivity for
the next three months, and then send it forth
to another defeat. The spectacle was never
before presented of a man in Mr.. Lincolu's
position being so outrageously abused and vii
lifed By the men who are controlling him
Burnside acknowledged his incapaeity and
asked to be relieved, but Lincoln sits there TO
be snubbed and kicked and controlled by the
Abolition fanatics. The following will show
how much these Abolitionists think of our
% noble President =
Wendell Phillips, in the fremont Temple
last Monday evening, said " Thank God for
/ Mcclellan, for Cameron thank God for de-
feat. With man for President, we should
have put down the rebellion in ninety days,
and left slavery where it was"
From this we judge Phillips still holds to
the opinion he expressed before the issuance of
the emancipation proclamation, that the Presi-
dent is not a man but turtle Vallandigham
never said anything so disrespectful, or, if be.
ieved, more likely to dishearten the people in
the prosecution of the war.
| believe I have mentioned, in a previous
letter, that Burnside's war upon the press was
likely to fill his headquarters with proof sheets,
and otherwise cause him trouble II has met
it somewhat sooner than I anticipated. His
success with Vallandigham, and in suubbing
the pGsillanimous people Of Ohio, opened his
batteries on the Democracy of Illinois, and un-
dertook the suppression of the Chicago Times
/ He succeeded in placing it in the possession of
I the military for one night. when a howl of in
/ dignation went up from Western freemen that
started old Abe and his Abolition advisers cut
of their boots, and the President revoked his
order. 1t looked at one time as though war
had really begun in the loyal States as though
the people had got to fight for their constitu-
tional rights. Regiments were whrlcd into
Chicago by railroads, but still the people met
and demanded redress of grievances, aud
they got it. After this gallant exploit, Burn
side appeared to think it would be safer for
him to meet armed rebels than the popular
wrath he had aroused, and Immediately started
into Kentucky. 1t was there that the PreSi
dents order of revocation reached him, as viii
be seen by the following:
LEXINGTON. Ky, June 4. 1863.
" 70 the Editor OF the Chicago Times:
BY direction of the President of the United
States, my order suppressing the circulation of
yolr paper is revoked. Yoa are at liberty to
resume its publication.
a. Z. BURNSIDE, Maj Gen.
The Times says 1t is by virtue of this
military order that We are permitted to
issue The Times this morning. for. from We'd
nesday morning, at o'clock, until last evening,
I
ment has been in military possession.
Gen. Burnsides order is revoked By order Of
the President Of the United States Ii is due
to the President 10 say that we have believed
that the order would be revoked by him. The
promPtitude with which be has revoked it
indicates how entirely he disapproves it. We
scarcely need add that it is unconditionaly
revoked.
We haze, then, still, FREE PRESS Major
Generals may not interfere with it. The fet-
ters which have bound it in certain of the