Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-14
Four Letters.

. fsuous Jacques 6Ecss correspondence has
BE- completely esJrssi ~ 80 essr5 which have re-
Ger appeared m tbs Ys1ksc newspapers 10 shape
aad sture proudly eminent Beast Builer toSers above
hls Low letter Nri;eIs, Mcclellan aad Sherman, as
COS ,Oaousy as bis observatory rises above Granite
ca ycrks Els spiatls to Jadgs Ould Is piece o.
NOE s,ra6isnus which does oEeds 70 "a INT eyed
ma. or even a Of uaiupaired op les Toe obLqui
sy . zoe Beasts physical vision has been corrected BY
sGg.-erce, and however eross eyed he may look, We
have every rsaso1 TO believe that he sees straight a.
aay cher mau But the Whole Of bis Life proves
thas his moral eye-sgat is hcpeessy deteive. From
III youth Upward he has never been able to dsnS uieh
be zen right and wrong point out eo;ree y the
dd, encs between nslal sni tlsus. Hence his Pier-
ipss which are in fact nos theis but Au'ions Ct hs
sprtusl optics his twisted elei have Osen educated
to guide bis hAr ds esurasJ any species Of properly
re many fancy; eu When once his hands are fastened
o. Iaa property, 81 power Of deciding the true owner
slip Il wrested from him. For bis iis he cannot tel.
voet5sT j; belongs to himself 10 sOu body else but.
giving msslf the hen'6. Of thA doubt be quietly
.prroprs.ss l., and there the matter ends unIl hi
hlnds unfortunately again in contact Eith other
goods add ohAgels Which will thrust themselves IN hs
way. moss uDbsEply sO1s:iu,cd Bssst is he, to be
the Prey Of strAo o. he soul AID 10 be called
rogue il eJLs queLcs.
From sucA Beast . tOr.uoas argument in regard
% prgpstty il nan is no. at 81 uaHatUrIl but ne
cork crew Quality Of the logic vhea he addresses 10
Judge Oald deserves especial praise Nevertheless,
il TO be fesred TIA; the w5s'cAes who rong In The
pen a. Au9e1soDve, Without much though. about the
t1eory OF speo.A ethics vii cOUeOde that the ssere;
Of he Beasts sauOu3 augmentation Is 20 be found rot
IN the nevly-discoYsred OF duty the man and
q brother" ard a niger, bHt in mortal fear OF the
tu.n 70 the C5nedsrats ranks Of thirty thousand ve.
ra7 rosps burtiog % sveuge thsrloRg Imprisonment
And he world dali Of comprehension a. it may be in
rsssFd 20 the RICH Of tie u,h will be sure to detect
IL sapais.ry and condemn The bsr6sTisy Of The at
erd his bstlers, under whose orders no IA acting.
Touching CslAn's document 10 Hora,io Seymour
and Others, not very mich need be Ssj in the way Of
spfsse, until ws ara the Of the persons who
6o,A.d wlle DO vFat5. Fa,,sIy misplaced reeoils in
the ssspe Of shame on the AueIer. We therefore
who'd or appreciation Cor tie present. with the M
drsaadug shat ne 6e6s shall be pai3 IL fu whenever
l. - clearly ascsrssin5d that lnoni an1 Seymour rr-
nisheI The idsAs sad vaaads-an he grammar Of the
leler Of aea,p amos Qns o,hsr ~ aeshOald ke to
kaoS aae thai e tho nature cf The conversation which
Occurred 30 MCsllD's dining room library previous
10 lAe Vsiicg Of le letter. s,noyEspse Tepor. Of
TIA, o0aTessaoa Heui provo scarcely lass interesting
taAa aoC,elA-s His,ory Of toe Peninsula Canpsisu,
With ecas srd marginal readings by The military Cdtic
OF ,as y. I. Tines We naIyJ Hush whether tie
word "Ateata" OCeasred more Ssan oree in the eoure
OF hat rooysrsSaoi q, aud in vbas connection. We
should IKE to know precisely where Nr. Fernando
Wood vas a, me ams Shsa to ls. penned, and
what Mr. Woo = private sozsD,n we're ai.er be had
s.rsiu,y ps,uaod Is. Perhaps the n. Y gitss Wi, en-
lighten -
We shah notice brsBy toe lsiier o. Sherman,
Major General IS ne sgas himself q1.e il me s.yle
O. he elder leolesa =. sr the allan campaign. He
trsgs about il5 capture Of islts; ressPlulaes the
ems Of prisoners caaaoa, ETC., sad s1eiains, Ike
very J4i37, II tazs is no. scSesss, DO nOs know
What Il Imagine Genera Lee, after any ons Of hi
v.c.or, Wri..lg Z such a sJrAia We psss ever Ser;
nas les IN n g4se - oas Us e.. OF course be lies
VIA, ..S ee ever f,sd lie Hilh or W..hoUt pfoV0-
eatol /. q abide zagazs, So~evsr that bOss Hood
Aad Sherman psrsst IN saying ms, ,seis sggrsga lOs
Val oIly 500.
La. al leass comes tSe Ie.,sr Of Sfsn, 70 Wash
sa-ae. Tbs 3 precious, ray, precise. s1cl body
o. Rlias, c,o,i1s sn1 unauthorized truth vas never
'f2,s GRAN led n 30 email a pace. They (the
I'oa,J savj ribbed the cradle Al 30 gave equally
- gst t6o,s present force" Ta.s 70 not 4 POetcal
hcsnls il q hard, sri- y, nsSe6, tsAIlng, glazing
mathematical fact, as every zsy who will visit
Dixie and Il s9ecs rsircAa sd's'a a. Grant has 60
Ofieu done. The Petersburg sad bridge, for tI-
ample Is a tbs monsn; guarded By luadsed in
ANTS, each siK weeks cid, atioBod cradles the
bridge and Under Is. 'eo IN ant is armed wish Bs-
gan musket and sugar rag. and relieved once In
tEeusy-iOzr hours Ia Ike msgnrr the DanVille rail-
road bridge Is protested by few thousand skeletons
dug out d he ground a. Gold Harbor AM each sLse-
ton Is arne5 with a mountain no sizr. There i some
dspuse, though, Of tbs nativity these sksletOns
sons are OF opinion that they are ell Yankee.
Bat We esnno. do uiee to Grants let,'F At The close
Of sn article and rust devote s. ase az ele to L.
We promise ourselves moreover, the pleasure Of re-
tuning to il again, not again and agais Il % de-
hsatfal moral and intsise ual repssL