The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-01
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AnotheR Letter Eron Gen. 6heF.
HEADERS DIV. oFTHE MISSISSIPPI,
In TEE FIELD. ATLANTA, Ga,
81 September a., 1864. -
James M. Calhoun, Mayor, =. E Rawson
and s. Z. Wells, representing the City
Council Of Atlanta: e#
GEuTLEMHN-I have your letter OF the
l1th, In the nature of petition % revoke
my orders removing all the inhaoitante
from Atlanta. have read II carefully,
the Distress that will be- occasioned BY It,
and vet shall not revoke my order, AMPLY
because INV ordersare not designed to meei
the humanitiee of the case, but to prepare
FOR the future struggles in which millions,
of GOOD people outside of Atlanta, have q
deep interest We must have peace, not only
at Atlanta, bxt in all A,nestcn. To secure
this We must stop this war that now DESC
lates our once happy and favored country.
10 stop war, we must defeat the rebel ar
mics that are arrayed against the laws and
Constitution, which all must respect and
obey.a To defeat these armies we must
prepare the way tc reach them in their re-
ceeses, provided with the arms and instru-
ments which enable us to accomplish our
purpose.
our enemy, ana that we may have years
Of military operations from this quarter,
and therefore deem it wise and prudent to
prepare in time. The use Of Atlanta for
warlike purposes is not consistent with its
character a. . home for families. There
will be 10 manufactures, commerce or ag-
riculture for the maintenance Of families
and sooner or later want will compel the
inhabitants to 60. Why not 60 ssOs0, when
all the arrangements are completed for the
transfer, instead Of waiting till the plung-
ing shot Of contending armies will renew
the scenes Of the past month? OF course,
l do not apprehend any such thing at this
moment, but you do not suppose this army
will be here till the war is over. cannot
discuss this subject with you fairly, be-
cause i cannot impart TO you what I pro.
pose to do, but assert that my military
plans make it necessary Jov %the i,'ha bitants
10 90 au0y, and 4 Oan only renew my offer
direction a. easy and comfortable as pos.
sible. You cannot qualify war in harsher
terms than win.
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it;
and those who brought war on our cOun.
try deserve all the curses and mAledictions
. people can pour ont. ] know had no
hand in making this war, and I know !
will make more sacrifices to-day than any
Of you to secare peace. But You cannot
II the United States submits to . division
now, il will not stop, hut will 60 on till We
reap the fate OF Mexico, which is eternal
var. The United States does and must
sasert IL authority wherever il has power;
Nit re1axes one BIT to preserve it, II q gone,
md know that such 10 not the national
issling. This feeling assumes various
shapes, but alweys comes back 70 that of
Union. Once admit the Union, once more
Government and instead Of devoting your
houses, and streets, and roads, TO thedread
mes Of war, land this army at once be-
come your protectors and supporters,
shielding you from danger, Let itc0me from
what quarter It may. i know that . few
individuals cannot resist torrent Of error
and passion such a. has- swept the South
into rebellion; but sou can point ont, 90
eminent, and those who insist on war and
IL desoAtion. You might a. we'll appeal
against s,thunder storm ~ against these
terrible hasdships Of war. They are inev.
table, and the only way the people Of At
hnfa oan hope once more to live in quiet
and peace 1t home, is to stop this war,
which can alone Be done BY admitting that
i began in &rror and is perpetuafed In
peids. We don't want your negroes Or
JOUR Aopsss, or your land, or anything
you have; but we do want and will have .
ilst ohedience TO- the laws Of the United
Mates. That we.win have, and II IL in.
valves nthe destruction Of your improve
nents ~ cannot helm t. You have here.
hlors read pablic sentiment in your news.
npezs, that live by falsehood and excite
mt and the quicker you seek for truth
y hother quarters. the better for you.
Irepeat, then, that by The original com.
paz o. Savey~ssent, the United states had
eetaia rights in Georgia which hare ntuer
lees reliNQEisAcd, and Hever scill be; that
~ South began war by seixing forts. arse
nas, chstom-houses, ETC., etc, long befOre
lacoin tCos isstalled, and before tie South
Aa{ one i0t or title 81 prorocdtiOn. ], my
~ have seen ia Missouri, Kentucky,
Innsdsee and Mississippi, hundreds and
iheusands OF women and children fleeing
hsm your armies and desperadces, hungry
ID with bleeding feel. In MempkiS
nnds upon thousauds Of the families g.
Mel soldiers left on our hands, and whom
y could not see atarve. Now &het war
0nes homo To you, you feel very dideroUt
you deprecafe it, horrors, but did not
~ them when you sent car loads Of col.
GGu and ammunition and moulded
Aells and shot TO carry war into Kentucky
IA 1e00e9o99, 0uO O0uO1nb0 I00 0OW0D OF
landreas arid THOUSANDS Of good poople.
rio only ask TO livein peace % their old
lemes, and under the government Of their
nheritance. But afhese comparisons are
IA Iwant peace, and believe it can only
= reachsd through Union and war, and 1
uill ever condpct war purely with view
eper5eet an senrly success. si .'Ha
But, my dear airs, when that poaco does
0me, you may call ON me for anything.
nm Twill share with you the last crack
/ - and watch With y0u to shield your
onss and families aGainst danger from
~ quarter. Now, you must 30, and take
viii you the old and d1tebles feed andnurss
I'm, and build for them in more quiet
hees proper habitations to ahield them
insS the weather until the mad pdssiosse
gMes cool doson and 0lIos0 tAe UNioH and
lesee e~os more to ssttls oH yossv Old homes
= AfIont0, 0zE vt41a8tts
Yours in haste, II Ese
W. T. eH1u14AN, Maj. Gen.
TIE REAL T1CKuT.-Ihe Detroit AdUes-
- relates the following: I'VE were amu-
dths other night at the attempts Of ono
sne unwashed, whosotongue had become
e0nlot thick from the afkecfa NJ hia fhvOrit0