, 1864-08-24

NEW YORK, Aug. ~. 1861.
Ihayc iutt received the following most interest
ing LITTER izcm Gen. Truman Seymour As it is Of
the g1eat.st ct consequence VIC should know just the
condition OF tho South. i beg you Will publish It.
TONED mary years at the South, was with Gen.
Anderson at Sumter in the beginning Of the war,
and knows tne Southern people well. 1ic was one
& hss nstp bssn ressed
brave, tue soloier, devo.sd to The Union. and,
athoach accused OF too close adherence to his old
to s M E
every trch loyal 10 the old Gag.
GEN. sExzora's 1rr1rr.
W1t11Ans1ows, Maes., Aug. Il. 1861.
the pr sent eotd1tlon Of the Southern Eonfsde1a-
cy, and you shall bare them. For the benefit OF
our couEe, wish they might be impressed upon
ten ct nv three months observations In the into
nor of The South might be shared BY every man
who has tic least connection with this struggle,
10 ny eelf Every one Of lho dIty otlsers fust &
chAprtd Will e1plcss the eame; every one OF our
meu. whether from the jails Of CHARLESTON Or rho
pt Is Of M.eon and AnderEooville, Will confidently
II Tne ne rebt cause is fast falling from exhaustion.
Their two grand armies hare been reinforced this
| GUNNER l1tn the last resources of the South.
From evcrY corner Of the ! md every old man and
every bog capable Of bearing rIno has been I'M
r.ess. wil,nsy os unwiilnsy ana hun hn,1ifa fda to
ed. it wns 1t tic ezpenae of Hoods. Governor
| Brown told the truth with plalnncss that vas
| ycrg bitter; but 1t WAS none the less un.h. Let
! me extract few pro1linent statements from bis
proclamation Of July ., addressed 10 the r:setVcd
militia Of Georgia;
!. IA late correspondence with the President Of
the Confederate States fntisGes my mind that
Georgia is 10 be lett to her OWL resources to snp
| ply The reinlo1cements to General Johnsten's
army, which ere indispensable to the protection
OF Atlanta, and to prevent the State being. orer
| run bv the Overwhelming Numbers NOW under the
co5nnsand Of the Federal General upon our soil.
j." But there is need OF further reinio1cements, AZ
Joirston. - and It becomes my duty te
call out every man in the State liable to bear arms
us fast - theE can be armed toaid in the dsiense
| OF our homes and altars and the graves Of oul
Sifthe Confederate Government will not SEM
the larcc cavalry force tnow engaged In ra.dtus
o1s;
supplies from Nashville, and thus compel hin tt
retreat with the loss Of most Of bis army. the pco
pie OF Georgia, vino hare already been orawn n?o,
more heavily in proportion to population thai
{hoEe OF nny other State in the ConfederacY. must
ut all hazards and at any sacrifice, raah to sh
III General Johnston's army Is destroyed, th
Grill States arc thrown open to the enemy, and Fl
- AThere must, indeed, have hecn desperate weak
nesa when Georgia, asd thu Southern cause wit
made equal to tic taak otholdiDg Grant to the Po
tonac or the J31ncs; and the people Of the Soutl
are Intelligent enough to understand and appEe
cac tho taet, and they have lost heart accordingly
iIe loHo"!Es - ..on tn itei III ~! ~! ~ ~
hards e Sf ane Of nv fellow psIsouers. and ior ta
| authenticity Of which youch:
FcIy !e% pStsoos a5o ,9IepaI.ns 70 ..tny uuny ~,
and % heaitiy "a tire of ills hateful Hopeless ssriis
: They would 4 era It II tEey could; but oo
tulitY be- given the people t. vote n.atnet It. D
lies, by fraua aud by ehlcanery thts 1eToutlo
was inauE nEsea: og 1qice, .; tyranny "a aha oy snl
tl11e that It should end and oi saeer depletion
1unst eAn heiole ionG: re naxs nao G enossn
want md ct %oc. eEoasa & o. &eslpp,es aau sospses dee
There Is an abundance Of bGEsayed parents, weef
ing widows and orphaned children u the !9nd.
ne can, let Us n9t INCREASE pug namoet. Iae ne
VITO, to sssrandlze themselves, Or to. EEatly thel
upon peaceful apa pIospeisus country, wi!l nav
tAfcnder leaHa! eceount OF taet mis4esas 70
onEed robbed aaa outraged Re@1ple @ Earia 1 Ia
be her md Ts viii hatdIy be bot esou:n TO scash
TRe9e IS Certainly no zma proportion OF til
eo goqe
qs be- to aiy b. our Complete M
THes hsre had too much of despotfsrn. m
: crnncb n the trinmnh pronisei them, Many il
tt1I'ren, Southern gentlemen do Indeed expires
| Intimate
,,c Gen. ts nat shared bY the masses. Dist
nni1tf4 rom The fIst in rot being acknowledge
bv fcreion powere nore bitterly disappointed
hos 1.Ger,l eTnectatiuns that No1tnern coT aroc
~ ditsension Wprid eecu5e thefr cndp. but e,u.I
ch.,ee 1emaina. aid that le tbs result Of our mex
ei.n.fcn Jn1 prrsdent If Dc:nocrat aucceeds +
Siee e. i1c.n ibey nioiets TO lcei sure OF nee,1tis
t9on1 e arS their eonfe1eTacy. They believe Den
c,ot eli En eiected. In Mr, LIucoIn5 rcelectio
1elat ~ W. !,y suhn.stion. annihiiation. for n
LEY TIu then contirue. and rontinuance ia tel
+ ',rra %It nu md min.
~ ~ ~ crny 6ssires IL f not enna1ir t,n
10 ;irsS CeftSiu il is that tho rcma,i;in1 hnn
" Pu Ina sonsh lies In III. Ltncon's tiaeat' '400
u ,ntv !n nm not ruoreh Of noiif,clan tn Inn,
t.tn.r N1m he election Of Democ.as can rcanlr