Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-07-21
From the New York Daily News.
A SOUND LETTER.

The following letter from Col. Marshal
An, sou, declining the nomination Of
s ..e elector on tie Ohio Democratic State
ticket, we find published in the Columbus
Crisis. Col Anderson is a brother to Gen.
eraI Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter no.
tor:ety. We commend this letter to the
careful perusal Of all our readers
SEVEN OAKS, April IA, 1864.
Dear Colonel -
[ ask permission,
through your columns, TO Withdraw my
name as q candidate for Presidential cleo
al district of Ohio.
There may be a seeming untltness IN
selecting your paper as medium OF pub
plain aud Justify nay course. My &C.
acknowledgements are due. anc they are
hereby rendered to the CarcIsvsLte Demo-
crat, tor the very complimentary, tor the
hattsring notice it made OF my nomination
at tho State Convention at Columbus
The announcement that my nomination
.'meets the hearty appreciation OF every
Democrat in the district" aud that s'a
more worthy gentleman or better Demo
crat could not have been chosen, is moro
than agreeable, it is highly gratifying
Bat SIR, though no man feels more sensib oily
the APPRECIATION OF his fellow men-though
no one caa prize more highly that harmo-
nious omblnation of gentlemen and Dem
ocrats, prefer the sanction OF my own
conscience to the approval OF men or mai
titudes, and my test OF the ''gentleman
and Democrat" shall he the truth, sincere
ly te!t an1 tearlessly spoken.
| do not accept the nomination for one
or two reasons-either / did not under~
stand the opinions Of my nomlnators, or
they did not understand mine. 1t is not
my wish or intention to deceive Or be de-
ceiyed. Iwant every voter to know that
! am Numerically opposed to the contin-
uance Of this wal. | will not and cannot
consent to advocate and sustain any man,
be he soldier or civilian, Who is in favor
of it's prosecution. [ now tully realize
aud comprehend the meaning OF the term
..norrida bella" Now that rampant war
has yoked her red dragons to her iron Cal"
now that all humanity, all magnanimity,
is trampled under feet, feel its full force
Our Generals blush behind the buokler OF
Mars, while the she devil Bellona, with
blazing torch lighls on our arms to an ig-
nominous victory over women and chill
dren.
Hannibal crossed the Al ps, and remain
ed for thirty years in the heart of the Ro-
man Empire, defeating their armies, defy
ing their power. Does the example of
that heather leader teach us nothing2 He
pessed through an enemy's country and
left friends behind. Cartlagenians and
Romans met in battle but neither waged a
war of desolation on women and children.
Kindness, consideration and manly for
bearance marked his course. Our war
riors silence the cries of hunger with
stones, and enlighten the very darkness of
distress with fiery fagots. In very truth
this war is carried on IN such brutal and
barbarous manner, it is SO disgraceful to
the Government, SO degrading to the scl>
diery, that il is surprising no new voeab-
ulary ras been invented to explain the
terms of our advanced. much improved
civilization. 1t is cas- er to declare what
we should do, than to lay down an I'M
changeable law for our future conduct
TO me, it is very clear that Democrats
should never sacrifice principle to popular
ity-better suffer defeat, centcnding for