The weekly Butte record., 1863-11-28
Letter from the East.

DgAR REcoRD:
The Aboltionists of the North, after the
fall Of Yicksburg, Gettysburg and Port unl
son.
Rescued, That the Earth is the Lords and
tie fulluess thereof.
Resolrsd, That the Lord has given the iu-
heri'aHcs thereof to the Saints.
Reso!rei, That we are the. Saints.
Applying the above to the Southern States,
they looked upon the inhabitants as the chill
dreu Of the devil. and themselves as tie favored
sons Of Heaven, destined to inherit the prom
scd land The leading radical press and
speakers had !, all arranged that the inhabi
tan's Of the South were to be stripped of their
homes, aud their property be divided among
the saints of Abolitionism. Bragg interTup-
ted their arrangements, and they coucludel 10
postpone the parceliug out of the plantations
until spring but it will surely be done then.
unless Lee should be as mean as old Bragg.
and throw some obstacle in The way As r5r
tie white people Of the South, they have 10
rights that Abo3ijionists are bound to respect.
The negroes will be kindly cared for, that is
all who are willing and able to work for very
low wages. The cid, the maimcl the halt and
the blind are TO have the privilege of starving
to death, with the blessed conso alton Of kuow
Ing that they are free. You may hoot at the
i1ea Of such policy, but talk FIVE minutes
with one Of the leading radicals, and lie will
tell you in substance what ! have related
above. In co1veFsttioa With one a day or tgo
since. be used this ?ression-'D D-n them,
they have % rights-they have forfeited every
right they had, Of property, life and everything
and the war should be enc of exterminatou-
make clean sweep as We go.@ l urged that
if a general amnesty were granted to all except
the leaders, the majority of the Southern peo-
pie might he brought back to their al.cgiaace
to the government-that many Of them had
been forced into rebellion against their own
wishes-ihat the certainty of losing their
property kept them from coming back bat
let general amnesty be daclared-let the
olive branch 20 to the front-and let the
Southern people know that the Continuance Of
tie war depends upon their return to their ale
glance to the Old government. without the los,
Of single political, religious or property
right, and We could then hope for peace and
the preservation Of The Union bat strip them
Of everything, and hey will fight to the last of
course. The end is not yet, and he who ex
poets to see the end of the war, under such an
eztermiuation policy, will have mary years to
live.
The leaders in the rebellion declare to TIE
people that tie object Of The Lincoln govern
ment is to steal their negroes and set them free,
dist.aacaise the whites. AID conGsca;e all their
property, and By pointing to the proclamation
and coaiscation act very their declaration
aud thus keep the Southern people united in
rebellion, aud, BY the hel? Of the radicals here
as,he North who daciare the same doctFi4e,
are likely 20 caa.iuae it cd fHun. There IS
no escape for the American people but in
change Of rulers-Nor,h as well as south
The sacrifice Of FIVE hundred thousand lives,
and many hundred millions Of treasure, but
wheis their appetite for more blood and more
money. and while they are retained in power,
one cal viii succeed another, for more money.
Need the people be asiouishcd that draft
shoald Immediately follow the Abolition sue
cesses in Ohio and Pennsylvania? The organs
Of that party repeatedly proclaimed that the
policies Of tie Administration were on trial.
and The elections are regarded as sustaining
them all OF course, the daTft being oae Of
these ..poIicies." it giu b persisted n Had
tie people repadia.ed them by e'ecting the
Democratic ticket, lie drail with other objec-
tioaabIe features, having been condemned by
the people, woald probably have been aban-
do1ed.
Thurlow Weed SAID, more tbaa SIX mouths
ago:
Il was read Ont OF the Republican party.
aad driven cut Of the Evening Journal. for
urging that this war should be prosecuted 70
overcome q wicked rebellion, to reestablsh
the authority Of the government. and 10 re-
store the Union. This alone was the ground
Of irrecoucilable difference with my party
That was the length and breadth Of my of-nd-
ing"
We have made some h;tle progress in these
six months. For entertaining such sentiments
as the above, Ban would not only be read
o.; Ct the Republican party" but denounced
as a traitor.
Can absurdity reach any greater length
than this?
The Administration of Mr. Lincoln Is viz
,aally the stronges. OF the century, solely be-