Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-28


Gersra Orders Ia HE letter to the Mayor and Council
Of Alan,a, published by % yesterday, the Yankee
General shsrnsn say: Those WAo brought war into
our county deserve ell mo curses and nalsdietionS
pscDls can pgur 1u.n What follows shows tia. the
va vas brought on, OSWould have been Brought o.
or A. sherman thinks, ssouId L-1e been brought on
by TIE United States, 70 def.si 1e determination Of
certain Safes 20 ssc.Jo, a-d 20 maintain the iotTassi
billy o, tAs Uaicu; Y-u earncs hive peace and 9
division 1f or county Ii the United States submits
Hto division nv 81 VII uOt stop but WI so on til We
"resp the iass Of M,1isO, which ia eternal war. The
"Cuted Sss d0s- sLd must assert lie authority Wbcr
sYs-it LAD POI r il relax ore b, 10 p,esLure il /.
"gr = I'D AEsH tat such is he uasioaal policy.
Tc, eli o. Re Sos l1Ck.i Only 10 psaes.ul with
SraEsl m 30, U-.sa s-oi States a. we're so dis
Jlsed. Tt url,so tls North, Is here defined BY
Sherman, vas ~ ersvsn. I-i II necessary, By force
~ var. Tee accident OF the h,si shot was, in such
-opdition Of t.iyss, = nstsr Of no importance The
Intention Of the N1rh was resort to war 70 prevent
What tie South was resolved On doing AID the action
NJ the North IN conformity with tba. intention was the
inmsdlSts fact thas brought war into comfy
20 TIA. upon those Who directed that a,ion must the
u,alsd;ctOus Of this ,nkse General fall If ,hs male
d,oaons Of sECa ~ he count Tor anything,
But says Sherman Toe Ssu.h began The war by
ss'1ng fcr,s. srssuas, mnts custom houses, a., g.,
long before Mr. Lincoln was ms Alsd, and before tee
south had enc 10. or s,s Ct proVoes.on." TIE South
vas eopa1tner with ths North in al the property Of
the United SateE-not only in forts, AIsenals, mins
aud Cos ON houses, but in the army, the navy, the
tras y, the public lands &. Waen her States dis Olved
The partnership aud resumed their independence, they
uatSEay a4d necessarily retained possession Of q c
snail ucrtion o. the common sfsc.s that inheTed 10
tbsF s9, ans that P,rtzined 10 their severe gu.y-
gatt5ey st Cnc5 sent commissioners to Washington
CHARGED With the duty Of accounting with the auhori-
ss Of the United Satss for the If.cls 80 70 aired
and Of making Al equitable Ee.temsn; Of all the part
uersho concerns. This tie su.to;i,ies Of tie
United Satss reiu1edr AID hsVicg in ths'r
possession vastly mOrs than their share Of the
somneu property they iriq1itOus!y and fraudl.
Ienty continued 70 hsli IT, and thus became themselves
the Io55srs snd rOgues they lave ever since charged
the South with icing. The allegation, therefore, that
lhs South bsgan tie war BY the sezlrs of for.s.
arssDsls, a., Is sophis,icL, deceptive and Ease.
We have already SAID TIA. the accident sac fret sbot
wss matera in considering the question Of rssponsi.
biity for the sar. TIE only Inquiry worthy Of being
made is: Who caused tie frt sho. 90 be Gr,d Nov, il
,on.rovery we're a. al useful if truth Lal any weight
With the adver=ary Is Coui be shown that the first
act Of var Wa med b. the regular military forces
Of the U,tsd S:aier, when N jor Anderson ev.cuaCd
aud diuantled font ls;onosd fer The protection OF
Charleston and occupied aSo:Ler, likewise so insnded
70. purposes Of menace aud nindlioa to that city,
Il could be ssoga tta after thjs, While Commissioners
II Ia,
In Wls51z fs tie express purpose Of everi9R hos
tug.es a. r.,=r~i~ peace, ,hey were KEEP. these b.
cslolegy an e. =, IN O,d'r that The United States
might 90 on secretly u-.l~ .psra..01s Tor va, and
that when these preparations we're complete, hostile
sq-adroD, arusd s-d ,ql'p7sd for battle, sailed Tor
Charleston har55T. NJ honest mai will deny Il a, The
sending Of this feet such eIranl vas as much an
&C. Of var as he sua iea, and oo1soq uenia opening
OF our batteries or Slnler N5i5r An6ersons strategic
increment from Mou trle 70 Sumter in the Christmas
Of 1850, &C; Of quasi war. Ths sailing Of war
ships from New York TO U arescn La1tor in the first
week Of April 1861 vss ,Lc initiation Of actual invs-
si7e snd aggrrs i7- hosJ,t,e1 TIE reduction o. Sum
ter followed o. Fussy defensive act. l. matters 70.
what m,y have been the io.Ecoors 10 the commander
Of the seat the Confederate authorities were Obliged 70
ccuoluds tha, be had come there 10 mike var and Sew
ard has rfrsed thas il intended that they should
90 conclude In declaring that he desisnedy so ordere
matters after resolved o., 10 make the Con
fsderates 6re ths first qua 1. vas eowardy arliHee
but charso;criiGc. i syhic,d TO tum5ug bis people
lat I'll no. save him and bic government, from the
elrscs o. pos;ery ard tho malsdictons Of history u-
voktd noH By Sh Fman CO those who brough. on the
var Sherman AnoFs well enough that be ultsrs false
rood When be charges la the South brought on" tho
var.
We have related the incidents attending the actual
'usbreak Of hostlitos bat # We would seek the true
ouIos Of the war Ue should have to 20 back
aDy decades beyond the election Of LINCOLN
sven before tha! remukAolo psSson came ilto tie
rorld, whom fac aud Circumstance have made
tls 50 strange a figure tbs reedl verO sow. Which
have eTer since bcen growing aad ripsnDg into the
fruit We now last II tie very Convention that framed
the Federal Constitution, the pOg'ai;Ors OF the present
race OF Yankees exhibited their aou7y Of the save-
holdas States, their greed fer PaEsr and their arfu
nes5 In uhtairing il By representing that as the latter
Ve moro wealthy ant pIuOus than the former, it
cesar and sh; tha. concessions in favor Of too free
ates should b usdo On tto gu ,cls Ct representation
aVigato- 81; aad from thA. day to the disruption o
the Uniol 4, there resting, ger and artfu
endsaTcr on The part o. tho free States, BY para
laws a. one sided policy, 10 build 10, enrich and
make powerful the free Safes st the expense Of the
slave States. Navigation aos fishery bOuntes, prOiee-
tive Allaa, land grants easy na.uazlO0 cheap post.
age premature erection Of tsrrilorss into atss VII
mot prOyIsOss and thousand other msaus and sgsr-
css, we're euBniugJ aud FeluoUsly employed 10 give
t.s EOF.h the MISERY over ths South. And in pro-
P0Ft0a %, under ihe operation Of these causes, tie
wealth Of the LATER gradually vent to enrich The for
ps lsd power stole ron one 70 tie ether the S'cT''