Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-26
Second General EpislIc or Sam. Wal
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HUT,
The following letter from Sam, Wallace, OF Blouut
county came through FROM Georgia BY flag of truce,
Tho letter aud our roply will explain themselyos
AUGUSTA, Sept 2lstp 1904
w. q, Br0pniolo, D. D,-DEAR SIR / hayo
heard that in your Issue Of tho 10th Of August you
have q letter from me TO my wife said to have boon
captured ! have not seen the paper, bat suppose
The letter Is correctly reported and NJ there may be
Others ria underground that might fall into your
hands, | will say i Il suits you as peH leave of
many iloma that an old man would BE- Hkely 10 Dre
his yolmg wife, but anything that Is contnband,
why "vontilate' of course,
have quit writing letters and turned my alton
ton to writing the history Of Guberdom
further heard that Mrs Wallace I, u tenant Of
yours She Il mighty clever woman, and hope
your terms will be liberal,
You will please -oEd her word am well mud do
ing we'll, eating sweet pototoo. aud gubor, aud
fighting mosquitoes by way Of exercise,
with duo respect
SAbL WALLACE,
y. B-l would be glad you would make Old Abe
quit his "'oolishncss, rs | want to 90 home
KNOXVILLE, oct, 2lsli 1864,
Sam. Wallace EsY.-DEAR SIR; Your favor Of
the 2lst ult, per flag Of truce is received and
hasten to reply. As you evidently intended your
letter for publication, give my rejonder through
the VINO, It is more likely to reach you through
that channel, your lirc-eotng population seek it
eagerly while they denounce me and my doctrine
You have been nisiniormod ms to my publishing
your letter in my issue of the 10th of August re-
ceived the letter. an exceedingly long one closely
written and gave two or three very brief extracts,
in which you spoke Of the probable fall Of Atlanta
and claimed that it would be ruin to the South
Another extract was in regard to Mcpherson and
the cost Of his living. These points / regarded as
legitimate game aud when | reflected tkat ii was
IAN old man writing to his young wife, | believed
you would be candid and state facts rs | have no
doubt you did, gloomy as was your account Of af-
| fairs in the South
Your "many items of domestic nature and
your many expressions Of love, | was considerable
and manly enough to "loavc of, regarding them as
the natural expressions of esteem on the part Of ian
old man to his young wife
| Ii is true that Mrs Wallace is tenant Of the
| Federal Govcrnmcnt--not Of mine--though | am
the agent Of that Government and rent TO her al
most upon her own terms the fine farm You so fool
| shly abandoned She has called to see me, and |
believe you when you say "she is mighty clever
woman hay She is lady and | treated her as
such
As SHE doubtless sees every issue Of my paper /
viii have occasion to send her word that you were
well at the date Of your letter,
You desire me to "makc old Abe quit his foolish
ness SO rs to enable you to get home Make youl
bad man. JEFF Davis, quit his toolishncss, and
cease fighting against Il Government that will even
tually crush him and all who are in arms against it,
and you will soon be able to come home. | think
you have seen enough Of the destruction of life and
property in the sunny South to agree with IN,
that it was the perfection of foolishness' for The
South to have plunged into this war. If you have
not yet made Mat discovery hold on through another
season. eating sweet potatoes and gubers, and 0ght
ing mosquitoes, and YOU will yet make the discoy
That you have, yourself been guilty Of create
"fuolishnessn than old Abe has think you are pre-
pared to admit 1t was the very climax of folly il
YOU living in comfort, to join SCI Of the worst mcp
that ever God permitted to live, in villainous wal
upon Government that never did you any harm
but had protected you, and secured to you life lib
erty and property-eyen the pcaceabla possession o
the everlasting Niger. But to run from "a young
wife of great personal beauty and domestic charms
was It degree of madness that no one but dcudel
sece.soni,t could be guilty of For this folly you
deserve to be annoyed by mosquitoes bed-bugs, seed
ticks and Confederate lice, in your down-lyings an(
your up-rsings, at least during the war. AnC
sweet potatoes and gubcrs are toe good for a rebel
Hoping to hear from you again, ! am, very truly
&c, w. 6. BRowNLow,
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