Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-05

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dent Of the College. III used 10 be Kings College, a.
Il was started by King Of Eagand) 1t Is rich, and
the salary large"
Nov cir. happen to be acqlNnted with all the
facts coonec ed with President BInards departure
from the South the badness was transacted through
myself as Under Secretary Of War. The whole story
about his reply to President wis about his boarding
the lion in his den is one Of those hctons which the
air of the North il so very apt to breed IRE truth
Is that President ID wis offered to make DR.. BunaTd
chief not Of the Bureau OF Ordnance, an Office al
readJ 6led) bu. Of Bureau OF Chemistry, which
he intended TO create. Dr.. Barnard was well quail
fed 10 fill that ofiJe, he had long oceu Died the
OhaiT Of Chemistry in the University OF mss'ssippL-
Il ia ri4n that he accepted, if he did not seek, the
oHics rendered TO him by President Davis. Having
obtained a passport for that purpose he promised
to accompany his wife to Norfolk, Hnd her across
the Yankee lines aud then return TO Richmond to en-
ter OH the duties - his ttSe Ia hI Oontede a'e
serVca But these Yankees, even when they are doc
tors o! divinity and Pes dents OF colleges, rave very
little OF the virtue OF the old heather R-guus. Hence
when D.. Barnard got to Norfolk be crossed the Yau
kes lues with he wie aud begsu, IL Is believed, to hsh
Tor better situation at the North. he not only got
as il appears "a glorious nibble but be also caught
the fs' and held fSs 10 the good t6i 40 President
OF Columbia .lego." Poor wan " he hadonly been
true 10 his professions while 81 tue south he would have
got far mers honorable pAoe-Fors Wsrrtn OF Fort
lafayette.
just before the war broke out Dr. Hodge publ she'd
an article ia the Princeton Rsvisio IN. on +" The
State OF the County," This article Auded by the
BLACK Republicans a. the most cooeus We and crush
log areun1 pat forth against the South. Hence
il was printed in pamphlet form aud circulated al ovtr
the country, both NGrth aud SOuh was induced, bS
the entrsales OF friend 10 "rits reply 10 this pampt'
let AmOug the many letters which this reply called
forth from She North As vel the South, received
one from President Barnard, whom have never se6D
Il Was an unsolicited aud unexpected tribute TO theJrs
lice OF our glorious cause.
Alter the clan6estine exit Of Dr. Barnard from & Q
South L had only one conyerIa ion sbJul him with
President DaVs aud that In reference 10 hs let er
simply alluded the fact that had such letter. and
had some uolon OF taking il with me to Eagland. Take
Il along" said great aud geatie PSeeldenti you
don't know EhA, may hAppea." So l took It along
The above paragraph hAppene', aud thereupon the
letter makes its appearance otherwise might never
have seen Ihs light Some portions of this letter migat
we'll be omitted; but give every word Of II, es the
suspicion might arise that the omitted parts contained
some little expression Of sympathy with the North.
"UNWKRsITY OF MISSISSIPPI, May Ia, 1861.
"Dsar Sir. had some time since the pleasure OF
reading the aSt Of youc articles in reply to Dr. Hodge
in number Of The Journal of Cohsmercs, which our
friend Judge Howry did me tho favor 10 lend me. A
short time after | eoeVed by mail q copy Of later
number OF the Journal containing the second article
Both these and particularly the second so struck me
by the renal .ble ability aud excellent temper In
which the argument managed. ald BIZ the rrssls-
u0lo cOlclu5lNeuc55 wan WHICH pO-
sition Of your OppOn, ut, and indicated ihs justice
OF the cause Of the South, that | felt compelled al
once 10 address you vote of thanks for the sgual
service which, preparing these papers, you had rem
Jered 20 cur common cause, | &c syed, however,
making this communication in the hope that should
have the good orlune to the third and ooncludii
article OF the SERIES As our mutual friend the Judge
"a about asteg from Oxford on visit to his bitEh-
place in Virginia, Will not bsstats to sez, the oppoF-
Iuoy which his departure Cjrs 70 carry out hastily my
| Il -
hoping has not been realized II probable that Judge
HOWry may personally mset You, aud tla' this letter,
BY such conveyance, may ind you more mmed ately
lhan il would DO we're 10 direct it, should have
done, before you laid down the psn for the sword.
'Ia thanking you for your vindication OF the cause
OF our injured Section cannot forbeSr 10 exptesS my
rse ret that Jour articles had not been prepared and
widely circulated through the North some months
Her. or rather that what has been into the form
of reply to De- Hodge had not been spread fore all
the people with the ability long before Dr. Hodge
wrote Embodyng ~ it does (at least In the two ar
Iices which have ready the most lucid, convincing
and dispassionate investigation OF the right and wrong
involved in the controversy between the North and
South which have met with. am Satisfied that
these papers must Lave piCdlced powerful Effect upon
al readers whether originally disposed to side with Us
or not
Excuse the haste Of this note. cannot conclude il
without adding prayer that who IL capable Of do
ing the State eminent service in 80 many Ways ay
be preserved through the dangers which his patriotic
self devotion must expose him in the pending sirug
GLE aud yet live to achieve laurels in the flds OF
seencs aud letters
"Very respectfully,
Your obedieut servant,
up. A. T. BARNARD.
professor T. Bledsoe."
With many thanks for the great interest AMI ability
you have always displayed In the Of the South,
Lave the honor to remain your obedient servant,
Auguttl8 A. T. BLEDsoE.