Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1865-10-03

can. His views the war were certainly as strong
mine He certainly was going to kill all the Yankees
III the country VIII en- he bought the pepper box pistols
for Patrick IS cavalry he certainly talked largely
about W hat he was goiug to do and most of all he
certain had health and strength to perform the duties
of soldier Besides all this Major NJ by tie and
the county the benefit of his val liable ices Why
then did he not go into the army He certain led
the people to believe through the public Press he as
going and that he going to do great things after
he got there.
In til month of April, 1861, he wrote furious ret
ter i'll reply to he had received from Yankee by
occurs the following remarkable language
"You damnable hypocrisy makes sny blood boil and
in spite of myself, max me pray that may have
the earnestly oped for opp tdnity OF meeting you in
have been shedding those ocodile tears, and there
tie stin in the sight of tn ashes Of the Fatherof his
Country, your sincerity in defending that flag
Aud ADDS, 'bu you wlli NOT oe There.
Thus he pubic will Sc 4, that direct challenge
was sent to this Yankee aud his friends by Nal Nc
Cue, to meet him and the Soothern army on the
banks or the Potomac, where the issues between the
Two sections would be settled by th arbitramenJ
the sword; out when the time came Major ..eCue was
not there himself. he concluded, suppose, that he
would put of gong to thu Potomac, but would
Mr.. Nichoas on the Dahigreen RAID, where they could
settle their differences IN the space of night The
balance OF the time be preferred beng safely en-
sconced IN bomb proof department., legisatlng Tor
sheep and against dogs, whle othe rs doing the
lighting /; Tor f'ike the war horse mentOned in the
BOOK OF JOB, he has most certainly ''smelled the
battle afar off, "
1t is useless for Major McCue to tell the publ &c
that he filing positions as much us euness as
the army tor at any time ne could have resigned
them wlshO ut any d.trlment the public interest,
ad taken his place in the army to do battle for his
country, as he had engaged with Mr.. Nicholas to do.
The argument that be furnishes, in exJenuAtIon OF
bis course that all could not be in the army" will
onl serve the public for its ridiculous anne
neSs and fimsiness. Certainly, every .'bomb
proof Gep rtment," can, with. equal proprety, urge
the same thing.
And lei me add, Mr.. Editor Major ID. must have
for gotten his record, or else he must have very
hard cheek, to have written the savage postscript to
"a NO /. and which provoked the whole OF this
unfortunate personal controversy.
In regard to the other points of Major MS letter.
shall be brief in my reply. He says he did intend
to make an assault upon the Breckinr age party In
his famous postscript. The public Will bear me out
in the ssert-on, that did not say he made an as
saolt upon the whole Breckluri &c party. said he
had made 1t on some OF them. which he cid beyond
doubt
He further says ne claims the merit of having
tried to discharge ms duties in the two evil Offices
he held. wonder if he though be was performing
his duly, in the winter of 1851 and g. while absens
from his The Legislature of vlrg several
months. trying to manipulate the Leg stature OF South
Carolina into a humOr OF buying the Patent CT the
Sibert gun, or his old lot of damaged musAets which
he bought III )m the Confederate Government by way
OF specu lation. Ii he did, certainly great many of
his constituents did not agree it'll him in that opn
ION.
He els the public he was in the ahlgreen fg ht
ana 'thinks it probab exposed to more peril,
and leaden missiles tnan Citizen" was IN his two
years campaigning" don't intend to be guilty of the
eg tsm OF buast lng about tle lighting dld 10 the
Confederate army Will leao that others to do ;
but VIII say any Confederate officer will agree with
re in the assertion that ole halt OF the Southern
women IN the enemys lines, have been more exposed
to peril 0a1 e1den mlssateS during the war than Ma
lor possibl, coua have been, had been in the
hottest of the Dahigreel tight
He also gives the public ong and graphic account
OF b. spending weeks and months in hospitals and
lis VOL deru kindness and be ality to soldiers and
refugees, and how much grdt at. on 1t afforded HIM
to know his kindness had remembered, and adds
"has cit zeu ever experienced any s.ch pleas =
LIS woader had ut tod the puoi C that dis love
and charity intense the soldier ana the
refugee. taa1 he sptcuia ed hogs liquor 70 get
money 10 aid them,-however, no body Will sdobt
that such Was the But TO mis- query luld say
to The pub iC how l used my sc ntY means during
the war; rests with the soldier, tAe widow, orp
and nay Sod | ce tanlg will not commit the Indel
ic.cv If IT the sin, OF trumpeting tothe world an
III order that MAJOR Nj may not comm again this
hbreach OF deiicacy nd morals wi call his
particularly TO the Oh Chapter OF Mathew, End and
Bird Verses, W hich reads ds follows
"Ihe' efJre wnen tho doeSt thine aims, do not
sound trumpet before thee, as the by .ocr:tes In
the synaoogues and in the streets, that they NAV
have glory of men, Verify, say unto you, they have
their reward"
3rd. But when tho, doeth aims, let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth"
He winds up by saying, "the CHI rye have taste
for controversy with individuals parties reg ous
associations is ratult us and will ,se your read
ers no doubt, as chmera OF "Citlzen's" brain.'
90 wad some pow'r the glftie ge US
To see ourses as others us!
1t wad frae monte bluuder free
An foolish nolon
As be does not EN- 20 know how such charge
cou be brought against HIM, possibly members of
the United Brethren Church. and many other ndivid-
uals, could enghten him little on tAe subject
ALEXANDER B. COCHRAN