The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-22

| SdeTyIaOO Ill tOoV Amy JO0niOn 0Iu "
Tennessee. Kentucky you think saved
hope so, but have fears she Is not. Sb,
has bad no Military Governor. The
President appointed General Saxton Mill
taFy Governor Of South CaroIina-is she
"Saved Y" and why notf Not for want
Of ability and armed legends OF his com
mand, but because Of the impenetrable
swamps on her border, which like North
Carolina, afford rebels an impregnable de.
tense. When J. left North Carolina, OuT
troops held Plymouth by an army Of g..
800 men and several gunboats. After
left the town was carried by storm and all
the troop. captured.
When left We held the town OF Wash
ington. Several months ago it WAX evae.
uated and has not been occupied since. -
When our troops left, pursuing the aboli-
ton [NOt the ''rosewster') policy, they
destroyed nearly the whole town bV fire,
reckleSSly consuming houses Of old and
young, of on.comba batanis, and Of widows
Of men as devoted 10 the Union as any
member of Mr.. Lincoln's Cabinet
Which is preferable, the rosewater,
which wishes to protect from pillage and
plunder, or the ''power" policy, Is illus
trated in this instance? resigned rarly
in 1868. The Administration, which
ought to be better Informed than you can
he, found no fault with my conduct: and
have not sent any one to supply my place.
Why has not North Carolina been zap.
preached or a different plan?"
Are you correct In saying I charge the
woes Of my beloved North Carolina" to
the Emancipation PrOclamatI0Mi ] charge
the continuance Of the war TO that; but |
have always charged the wicked secess-
ioniSts "a the guilty authors Of cauSel, q
war against q Government Of which her
people never complained, aud which they
know only by its blessings.
You express q desire to know how !
heard that devils in hell rejoiced. Iplead
guilty to the charge of presumption in
having spoken Of what was believed to
have taken place in the region referred ia.
without consulting with some Of the &C.
cupants Of printing Office. When the
serpent led our frat parents a>trav, was
he not rtjOiccd At his KUccesSf did not
his evil spirits rejoice with himH We are
told that "thtTe is joy In heaven over one
sinner that repenttth," ETC.; if 80. infer
there is joy "in the other place spoken
Of" when civil war RACES, and thousands
Of men, unannointed, are slaughtered
daily.
You say that I "want q change Of Ad
miniNtration to save the n.groes Of the
South" Are you sure this is entirely
warranted by anything have written !
| want a change Of measures to save OuI
country; to save white and black from
destruction. II, as you say is recon-
mended by the Richmond Enquirer, $50.
900 negroes should be purchased bv Ih'
rebel Congress to 6ght against the Union
no one can condemn il more than ] would
The thing is absurd and impracticable
but, il carried into effect, are not those
who now buy them to fight against the
South altogether to blamee
You say disagree with ian ally" thu
Richmond Examiner, which says, "In all
probability the next sixty days will II
fact decide the contest" know nothing
Of thu Examiner, or the silly persons WIN
conduct it. In the opinion expressed, i
is your witness not my "ally." lf yol
rely upon its statements, you will ceas'
to do so upon hearing further from it,
| have before me q late number Of tn,
National Intelligencer, giving extrac,l
from that paper. In late number, tn,
Examiner predicts that "Mr. Lincoln i
lost" 1t adds, " He has served our turn
his policy has settled, established and
made irrevOcable the separation"
! = Al -
the thing is over with Grants armies
that they are unable to advance one yard
out Of the protection Of their ships. and
therefore they discontinue. the campaign,
with the loss Of I5O, 900 killed, wounded,
and missing" 1t says: "The enterprise
is abandoned" etc. The Richmond En-
quirrr, your other Stiffness, also Gays, Il
late as the 18th Of August last: "ID view
ing the wh"le military horizon within the
sweep Of our telescope, we have every
reason to hope for favorable termina.
ton to the campaign. and q demonStra.
ton to the enemy that he can only expect
{ to conquer the South after he shall have
slain her last defender, and involved him
self IN q common ruin" These are your
witnesses, not mine. pay no atteRti0n
to their tanatical rawlings. Do not, ! beg
Of YOU, refer TO such detested traitors rs
allies of mine.
You sny: "Mr. Stanly thinks the South
ern love Of bossing it over the nrgroes too
murh for all the treasure and blood, and
devotion of the people to the country be
queathcd to them by their fathers" On
the contrary. have said this war has
proven slavery was an evil; and have be.
lieved the South would voluntary take
steps for emancipation, and expressed the
hope that the negroes could he transferred
to Liberia. ! have argued against the
madness Of emancipating several millions
Of .groes without providing for them,
and shown that shareholders and non
shareholders alihe oppose it. .-
You state that "write myself down q
Democrat" Tfmy language bears such q
cOnsiructiop, ! was very unfortunate in
It's use. have never been 9 Democrat,
and probably never shall be. II they
adopt that policy which my conduct and
Judgment have long approved, | act with
them. .f
There are crazy advocates of "Misce.
genatiOn," They will vote for the men
you support. Is it fair, therefore, to argue
that you maintain their doctrinesI
You cannot tell whether am War or
Peace Democrat. That is rot my fault.
If you will read the letter Of General Nc
Clellan from camp near Harrison'S Land
ilik. July z, 1869, and quoted in my letter,
you can. II you will, be able to tell. will
not lrespAss by repetition.
YOu Eay seem "tO have swallowed the
platform entire" This, / think, is . mis-.
take. bavs paid no attention TO It, dis.
approve u q portion OF it, and regard Nc.
Ulellan as the candidate Representing his