, 1864-02-23

chivalry Of the South, can be led by traitor
ous expedleucy to descend to, I shall give q
pI!ei epitome of them before exposing the
mEefaplo piana agreed upon, Of which the
letter signed T. Butler King, published bv /
31s e: Ns'9f GE;,s forms prominent paft.
III; 9amer. l. celebrated, or rnther notori-
have occasion to speak hereafter, said; IWo
have nothing to do with ethics-tha science
Of morals mnst give way to the science Of
Tar and politics are fighting for a priu-
clple-we must beat the enemy, and no mat
means. Our efforts as civilians and, poll
ticians TO overcome the Yankees deserve to
be called strategy as much as the mnnru-
vres Of our generals in the field. And II we
act boldly and shrcw dly We can trick the en-
emy and injure him more than 200, 900 ,nen
with Gen. Lee at their head could do.'
But to give the languagc Of these men res
pectiyely would occupy too much space In
your columns. Ali agreed that If the war
continued upon the same scale as before: It
was only question Of time when they must
give Wny to superior strength and numbers.
II they could put the reius Of the; Yankee
Government in the hands Of the Peace party,
they would be able to dictate their own
terms Of peace, and they had been assured
over and over again, by trustworthy friends
in the North, that that party could triumph
ifassisted By the politicians Of the South-n
tile Northern people could be shown TINT
some prominent Southern statesmen were In
favor Of reunion. Now, it would be easy to
send their friends in the North letters and
papers, over the names Of distinguished men.
expressing desire to restore the Union. and
1t would be just as easy, alter allowing these
letters, &C., to have the desired effect, for the
supposed authors to deny, and, If necessary,
disproTe their authenticity. They must help
their Northern friends either to run the Ab.
olittonists ont Of Office, or set the smart Yan-
kces to fighting among themselves Ike XII
kenny cats. -:
Such we're the ideas expressed BY the miscr-
able traitor have named For the purpose
of promoting their unholy object. the letter
published in the Mesr*, purporting to have
been written By T. Butler King, WIS pro-
'ra1ed, aad, with other letters and papers,
sent North. Not only did Mr. King not write
therletter, but he never saw 1t, and never
heard Of 1t until 1t had reached It's destination.
One Of the committee ut first doubted the
Fropriety Of takiug such liberty with Mr..
Kings name without his consent, Another
said he knew King well, and that while ht;
(air. K.) would not, il requested, consent to
lis name being used In this way, because if
1erud!ate the letter-he would nevertheless
be pleased when he learned that hia friends
lau taken such liberty with his name for
such purpose, without his knowledge. By
this bit OF sophist1y the sczuples Of the fas-
tidiou6 member were overcome -;
This letter was not only designed for pub
lIcation to deceive the masses, but also to
mislead men in official position It was
therefore necessary to glve It the appearances
of an original and genuine letter. Accord
ingly Confederate envelope, emhellished
with jeff. Davis postage stamp, was sent to
Stamford, GeorEia to feee1se p9st t ,a9t marx IL
The above place was selected because one Of
the committee knew he could make tool ot
the postmaster. Although this was In Octo-
ber, the postmaster's stamp was altered to
the 2Gth Of June. The letter, being now oil
ready, WIS handed to Col MargraYe, who
WIS again sent Moth in the early part Iof
November, and is now, believe, IN Canada,
It will be easy, I am aware, for the Ntlrs to
denounce this statement as untrue; but If
| the letter Is genuine beyond q doubt, US tic
editor declared In presenting 1t to his read
e1s, let him offer the evidence he has OF its
genuineness. 1fhc did not receive 1t from
t rebel, how did be obtain It? Let him call on
lii. King to declare that he wrote the letter,
| or Mr. Whitfield, q member Of the Rebel
Congress from the I'd District of Virginia,
| to whom the letter purports to have been i'd
DIRT ssed, to declare TINT he received, or that
hc ever addressed King . letter to which the
one in question purports to be reply The
Mrs is extensively read and copied in the
South, and Il the editor will call on Mr.. King
or Mr. Whitfield, both honorable men, to
youch for the authenticity. OF the letter, they
will, # it is genuine, cheerfnlly say 90 through
the t.Pezsonals,' or card in the Richmond
papers, which the whole Northern press may
copy. -
| / know, and the editor Of III" "Nts1s knows
/ that the letter is a hu,nbug, designed for the
imposition have represented. As for. Mr
King, be Is one Of the most bitter and. M
comprising rebels in the Confederacy; and
he would sooner cut his right hand OIL thaI
acknowledge himself the author of such ;
letter. Everybody In the South knows this
The bogus letter makes him quote from NJ
imaginary letter of Mr.. Whitfield, that hif
nomination for Congress "had called foItt
paragraphs in the Richmond papers to the
effect that he was Reconstructionfst-n
Now, know that no such; paragraph ap'
peared in any Richmond paper. Can the cdl
tor Of The Necs produce ono. Let him y r. E
such paragraph, and see If thy can find one
J. One Who Knows.