Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-07-03
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Bunker Hil, is interesting as contrasting
the rule Of JEFF. Davis with the despotism
which the South is likely to suffer when
every State once more owes allegiance to
the Union. The sentiments Of the ex-
Georgia Senator are somewhat changed:
WASHINGTON (GA.), March "a, IS.
Dear Dudly-Mr. C. C.. Clay, our late
Commissioner to Canaka, who has been
spending about one month with US, leaves
tomorrow for Richmond, and I avail
myself Of the opportunity Of writing to
you. Sallie will give you oil the local
news. She and The children and Julia are
in excellent health. She wrote you last
night BY one Of tour captains Of Cobb's
legion. One of your men Of the same
battalion called this morning and brought
the papers you tent me, which are the
latest we have from the North. have
the most painful approximations for the
future, and they arise solely from my en-
tire conviction Of the total incapacity of
Mr.. Davis, and consequently the utter
failure of all his petty schemes. We have
given him all the men who would volun-
teer, allowed him all the men he could
catch at first from eighteen to thirty-6ve,
then up to forty-fve, then all from seven
teen to fifty. And the army is smaller to-
day and less efficient than OF the day the
first conscript bill was passed. Now
Congress has given him all the negroes,
and the result will still be the same, super
added to the most fatal consequences
which have ever darkened u prospects.
The negro, first, is untitled for a soldier.
Secondly, if lam wrong in that, if he is
capable Of making a soldier, he ought to
be and will be. a Yankee soldier. If two
thirds Of the white freemen las Mr.. Davis
says) have ingloriously abandoned their
flag and ran away from a standard in
which all the hopes Of a true man ore
centred, superadded to every indignity in
ficted by the Yankees upon the wives,
children, friends, homes and property, do
we expect that the negro slaves will stand
by it What for: In the name Of Heaven,
what for ? Is their liberty involved in our
SUGGEST Yes; but against them. Are
their homes and property, wives and chill
dren, and country, and all that men hold
most dear to be ruined by Yankee SUGGEST
l think not. Have they a keener sense Of
honor, or more courageous hearts than
their masters? II so, they ought to
change places. In my opinion, the worst
calamity that could befall us would be to
gain our independence by the valor Of our
slaves, instead Of our own. If we are
conquered by the fortunes Of war, we may
save our honor and leave the cause to our
descendants, who may be wiser and Drawer
than we are and may avail themselves Of
the accidents of human affairs, and yet
win what we ore ANONYMOUSLY throwing
away. The day that the army Of Virginia
allows o negro regiment to enter their
lines as soldiers they will be degraded,
ruined and disgraced. Lee had just as
soon have q negro as a white man in his
army. So had West Point generally.
Their system is to make slaves of freemen /;
it failed, and the men RON away. Their
remedy is to make freemen of slaves. That
will not get far enough along to fail ; it is
piece ofimbecile stupidity,a as well as treach-
cry to tile cause. well worthy Of Davis and
Lee, the base traitors from Kentucky and
Missouri, etc., who have no constituents
10 bear, to suffer, or to be disgraced by
them. We have a plenty of men in the
Southern ~Confederacy to whip two such
revolutions, if Mr.. Davis did not keep
them out of the bullet department. He
has more men on the payroll not in active
field service than be has gmuskets. And
you may throw in the negroes, and not
increase the army. But if you put Jul
negroes and white men into the army to-
gether, you must and will put them on an
equality {; they must be under the same
code, the sam pay, allowance and cloth
ing. There must be promotions for valor,
or there will. be no, morale among them.
Therefore, it is a surrender of the entire
slavery question. The Government is
becoming a standing menace and terror to
every interest. Our credits are squan-
dered among officials, and nobody, neither
army nor people, paid for services or sup
plies. The tax in kind is doubled and
squandered among post people, and the
army half subsisted BY pillage and plumber
of the industrious classes. All the reve-
nues of all the countries in the world
would not support Davis government n
year it is ono wild waste and pilfering
by his thousands of officials in the
rear. We have q post in all the
villages. Even here we have John
Weems, commandant of the post, six
or seven quartermasters, and several
hundred soldiers and other employees.
The country does not make enough sur
plus to maintain them all, and there is
nothing to send to the army. We have
but one hope in the revolution /; that is in
the overthrow Of Davis. Let US say to
HIM, Davis, BECOME, and make him obey
the mandate. I sold Hatchett for two
thousand dollars, and gave the money to
Sallie, or rather have it for her order.
Corn here is thirty-ive dollars per bushel,
and if these government rogues remain
here we shall have to remove to the planta-
ton in order to live. A month ago they
pressed one hundred and twenty mules
and horses in this county, under pretence
of carrying food to Lees army from this
to Abbeville, and have not sent the first
wagon forward yet, and about this time
have eaten up all that they were to send.
I suppose they will remove to another
field Of pillage as soon, as this Is fully ex-
hausted. All of our men ct home be-
tween seventeen and City are in the Con-
federate service. We have to get our
soldiers inside instead of outside. But
they are so close upto, JEFF. that he cannot
find them. We must fight the fight to
the bitter end, and will whit we can
got rid Of jeff; If not, not. nEav
Fam yours truly,
r. TooMBs.
.t.r ., .iln. --..----- . 9tfHogqas
DISTRICT CouRr.-Before Judge Me.