Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-17

presence In town Will cause rypout
to lock their Offices or remain in them 20
guard against your approach.
lam told that you have been often or
dered 10 the Geld to meet the armed ene>
mics of your country. l have formerly
expressed my surprise that you did not
10. You we're educated if am not mista-
ken, at West Point, by the Government,
and my experience among army officers
has been that as elias, they were men OF
courage, high breeding aud honor. They
have generally esteemed it their duty TO b0
in the front in time Of war. Blu. all gen.
eral rules are proven by thcir exceptions,
and you are the exception in this instance,
I shall no longer wonder that you remain
In Indiana nor shall be surprised if upon
another invasion of our State, you are
again put under arrest and relieved of
your command, Your vocation is certainly
not the sword. You should lay it aside
as too honorable for you to wear, and in
its place, AS the emblem Of your calling,you
should wear bunch of false keys, and a
set of burglars tools. MOI should you
keep the uniform ef the soldier any longer
its place should be supplied by the usual
DISCUSSES, false faces, wigs and gum-elas-
tic shoes, which night prowlers and house
breakers usually wear.
But word OF two, General, in regard
to the letters themselves. You have raked
dragnct over many years Of nv most
private correspondence. What did you
get after oil your kindness and all your
labor The result will hardly pay you
for the universal detestation which will
always cling 20 y,ur conduct. Let us see.
One ofmy friends writes to me that he
fe ars our liberties will be destroyed in the
hands OF those who are now in power --
He predicts that Mr.. LiUcoln aided by
such willing instruments as you, will at
tempt to erect despotisp on the ruins Of
the Republic. His fears aud his predic-
tions thus expressed in June 1861, have
been fully varifed. He says a peaceable
separation would have been better than
this 1t is not for you to complain Of such
a sentiment. l have heard you publicly
express your great admiration for Mr..
Chase. He held the same doctrine ex
pressed by Mr. Ristine, and at a later date
than Mr.. Rsline letter. l refer you 10
the speech of Gen. Blair on that point
But the Indianapolis Journal said the
same thing, only in stronger terms. So
did the Cincinnati Commercial, the n. Y.
Tribune, and many other leading Rcpub-
lican organs. What Importance then can
you attach to such an expression of opin.
ion ?
But you found an old letter from my
good old uncle in Virginia. Poor scandal
mopger a, You are, | cannot even permit
you much enjoy meut IN that. was in
IIarrionburg in June 1860 Mr.. Lincoln
was no: elected. There WAS no tax of
secession in Virginia. On the contrary,
The feeling in behalf Of the Union was
ovcrw helming. But there was deep ir-
ritstiou yet in the popular mind in regard
to the john Brown raid which had but re-
Gently occurred. was serenaded at my
uncle's house, and made short speech
Abiding to the murderous invasion of her
soil by John Brown, stated that such
deeds we're condemned in the State where
| lived, aud if needs be, hundfed thous-
aud men from Indiana would march TO
protect the citizeus OF Firginia against any
future Abolition raid In February, 1851 ,
when war became imminent, | suppose it
looked to Mr.. IiardcsIy as if 1t wonld be
an Abolition war, and he simply reminded
me of what had said on his door steps
to the ctizens Of Harrisonburg. Do you
think the publication of this BIT of stolen
information will materially affect the re-
suit Of the Presidential electiony Little
minds catch at littlo things.
But we found letter from Senator
Wall, Of New Jersey enclosing one to him
from geutieiuan by the name Of Carr on
t he subject OF guns. This seems to be The
desperate point. l know nothing of MIR.
Carr. never answered this letter. | am
not much of trader, and such matters AZ
this rarely hud time to attend TO. But
on this point do not mean to be misun-
derstood. fully endorse the constitu-
tional right OF the people to bear arms for
their self defense. The value of this right
is greatly enhanced when one political
party is armed by the Administration, at
the common expense,to overawe the OF her
You, Of course, will not deny that the Re-
publican party has been armed with Gov
ernment arms for neaIly two veAra Ia ia