Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-14

FRIDAY rvKs1No....,..IA .n.JuIY a, lsss,
A Suppressed Letter-Plain Talk TO
jefferson Davis from Gen. Hunter,

.xnartyoant.A lat, r...,..,. ..s.-o...
~" p~'ue" ie~
10 me nrst oiack regiment raised undel
the orders OF General Hunter. The SECOND
number OF this series of sPersonui Recol
lcct,ons,, contajna Inc foI,owIpg con, ~
.nonr..s A., $500 60, o...i
I.,L' :, .o.s' - ' u NJ huu'er "
Jeuerson Davis, Win an, accompanying ex
planation; a.T .n rH.~. .... ...
0a Hunter wrote tho following letter q
Jefferson Dayis--a letter subsequently sup
pressed and never sent, owing 10 influence,
which the writer of this article does moi
feel as yet al liberty 10 reyeal-further thar
TO say that Mr.. stanton knew nothing oil
the matter. Davis and Hunter, we may
add, had been old and intimate friends,
until divided, some years previous TO our
late war, by differences on the slavery
question. Davis had for many years been
adjutant of the First United States ORA.
, goons, of which Hunter had been Captain
commanding; and a relationship of very
close friendship had existed between their
respective families. II was this thorough
knowledge of his man, perhaps, which
gave peculiar bitterness TO Hunters pen;
and the letter Is otherwise remarkab as a
prophecy, or preordainment of that pre-
else policy which President johnson has
20 frequ emily announced and reiterated
since Mr.. Lincoln's death. It ran-with
some few omissions, no longer pertinent
or Of public intercst-as follows:
"WAsHIsaroN, Goth September, 1863.
$50 Je6srsoa Davis, 7Tiular President OILis
so-oaliod Co,lfedsrate Statsa
s'Sir: While recently In command of the
Department OF the South, In accordance
with the laws Of war aud the dictates. OF
common sense, organized and caused to
3 be drilled, armed aud equipped a regi nent
of enfranchised boudmen, known as the
First South Carolina volunteers,
"For this action, as have ascerta ined,
the pretended government Of which you
are chief officer has issued against me aud
all Of my officers who were engaged In Or
ganizing the regiment In question ageneral
order of outlawrE, which announced that
II captured We shall not even be allowed
the usual miserable treatment extended to
such captiyes as fall into your bands; but
that We are to be regarded as feious, and
to receive the death BY hanging due to
SSr Dsris 10 bsre 49, VI ,,,.,
intimately in the nast I'VE h.Ys 60
,,aI,,naS ,1,,n,ta, "e'S S"'u-
a sI Sea ssI l anu oue soeiai rsldtions
The oths,s ,horaS,rSin ,r S"Sh s'anu
~ /, hs aver in no,sr 49, 20 you inean,
fnII rigor orronr ,hra.t 80 Ill sn 'se
ana y9n ,v,lI ha,ara ~, aasa,,t" st
thsnIE son g. ba,,'s =" 'naH
.i,h ~ - ,hIs ~ 'onse
siuo,ssuo "G ns ny 49, tn.s enaP anI usc,'
sa ,ha Va p,ooap'y aceeps' hsuch
menace. snS 800 ", sne ma''yruUm you
nnIass 49, c'nassP c. 1ou no.leu tnAt
no nnIoa.s ha ta U'ue' asa'nsI INC snu
,bir,v aavs fro,, ,hs 49, ~ e, ,Sa Nhh'h
si,,, 81 ~. 49, - VI sH' " mis-
80, ~ .s, SUI uuuef nag OIL
sehp JVhi oSeioh Au Nuo UNIT
ing syara rah.i ,,aaop ioSa'c ~ hang.
IS IS h..sS. ~ u' VIM hoW 10, or
80 S,nS,, PisoIef ny tue
f, 0 u w " uisn GIN atout
peue'e me lnat reJoice a. the aspect |
now ooihe gwen 10 Tue war oy the course |
soa naSo suopteu. In my Judgment, II the |
unuouosou ieiony OF treason mad oeen treat
ea lon tne outset as II deserves TO be~
ING suih vi al ieIonlee aha cf!n ,his
IeoeilIou Wouiu never have ,.ino1 to-
efesen' ih"""H-.c.ng propnr ana Ths war
,ou and your is.,tow.er. .s,,r.,o,s vo no.,
waRing aysinst III, limited ststss mnsth'.
ro.srdsd oithsr o., A wnr of iuItiaaIIs d.,
fence, carried On for the int.pritv ~ tho
boundaries Ola sovareign canfsde,.,inn
OF States AGAINST foreipn sV,r.ssiIn or 49,
the most wicked enorm ons s,d bsIihsr,,n
lyplapued consDiracyayaInst hnman ,ih",ty
and for the triIimpli of treason, and sIay.
nv. of which Inc recorda of The ,vnrIdss his
tory contain auy note.
ssIf our government shopld paon, tho
frst view Of The case. Won and vonr reIIn,y
rebels NAV Justly claim 10 bs considered
n most upinstlv Treated hody nj dIsinter'
Gated psiriots-althouah- perhaps. a l,tti,.
mistaken in your conniyance with Nh,
tbefts nv which your agent. John Il FIoyd
succeeded i'm arminv the sou,b and nar,;a, ,
Iy disarmina the North. as a prensra,iv,
10 Inc commencement Of the stTuGgIe
.sBut N on b.other ba pd-as ia Inc tho
ory of our govern mept-lbe war Won havn
levied against the United slates he a r,hsI.
lion the most cAuseless- crafty. crual and
,bIoody ever kuown-a conspiracy bavin -
the rule r-ruiu policy for It's basis of The
African slave trade ior It's object the con-
Iipued ara further degradation Of ninety
Der cent. OF the white population of tb,,
south in favor of The slay. -driyiDv Ten prT
cent. aristocracy, and the exclusion OF All
foreign born immigrants from parLicIpa-
ton In the generous and equal hospitality
foreshadowed To them in the Declaration
of Independence, which three OF nv direct
ancestors sigued; II this, as believe, he a
fair statement OF the origin and motives
OF the rebellion of which you are titular
head. then IL would have been better had