The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-29
NAanEE MnIrEs ANOrmnn LErrER.

NAuHEE WRITES AaOrHER LETTER.
It Is remarkable fact, and one worthy Of
notice that Immediately upon certain officers
being mustered out Of service, they discover
the war has been conducted on a false plan,
| and that the election Of General MCCLELLAN
will remedy the evil. or course we do not
mean to insinuste that the lo,s Of their posi-
tions had anything 10 do with their sudden
change in opinions; but we only regret that
they had not discovered the error Of their way
until the Government discovered the imbs-
cility Of their actions.
HENRY Nj. NAGLEE, after having an
initiated, I'm his own opinion, Judge K2L-
LEY TO his satisfaction, by the original
and gentlemauly plan Of violent abuse and
threats Of "personal meetings" now pro-
ceeds TO write another very yoluminous epi5-
tie, giving aid and comfort TO the traitors
of Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky and
such information as 10 possible to their friends
on the other side Of the lines,
General NAGLEE favors the election Of
MCCLELLAN and PENDLEroN, ofcourse, and
announces authoritatively that MCCLELLAN
scan send properly authorized persons to
Richmond" Ia order TO procure a cessation Of
hostlities. Mr.. HAGLEE entirely forgetJ, if
he ever knew, that such action on the part Of
the Government would amount in the eyes Of
Europe TO a recognition of .he Southern nation
ality; and, In case ofour suppllcations for peace
being rejected, as they undoubtedly would
be, that foreign powers would allow the Con-
federacy to take its place among the family Of
nations. This is not very encouraging to those
who desire Union more than peace.
Mr.. NAGLEE then proceeds to paraphrase
the Chicago platform, especially the plank
referring to the four years of war being fall
ure, and to give to the Rebels such informa-
tion as may encourage them to continue the
war. Speaking OF the West, he says :-"The
i" Western people feel the effects OF the exhaus-
ton, already carried to such an extent that
many of their farms are abandoned, and those
that are not abandoned are only worked by
" the old men and women"
This is, undoubtedly, injurious to our cause
abroad, and we doubt not that it will so please
our Rebel opponents that it will be repub-
lished in the Richmond papers, and inserted
in the next circular which issues from the pen
of Mr.. BENJAMIN, as another proof of
national bankruptcy. But, besides its being
injurious to our cause, the statement is de-
liberately false. 1t needs but glance at the
number of votes polled in the Western States
in 1860, and those polled in 1884, TO prove
that this announcement has no foundation
in fact. The number of votes actually
polled show an increase during the last
four years, an unanswerable proof of the
abundance of citizens at home; and this in
| States where soldiers do not vote, as in Indiana
Mr.. NAGLEE goes on to state that "the
Army Of the Potomac has lost 100000 men,
and will winter before Richmond" The loss
given is a gross exaggeration, and the fact OF
wintering before Richmond is by no means a
certainty, or even probability.
He says missouri is overrun," while in
truth PRICE is terribly beaten, and has fed
the State. "The Mississippi river is Of no
use." This we will not condescend to contra
dict. No intelligent person will believe such
a bare-laced assertion; and, finally, "we may
well fear that the Army Of the Cumberland
will winter in Tennessee" To any one pro
Tossing q military education to make such ar
, assertion, must oither be imputed to lamenta
BILE ignorance or wilful falsity.
The whole letter is written not only agains
the Administration, but against the nation
} and the nation will hold the writer and hi
party responsible for the injury which he ha.
desired 10 infict.