New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-15
had arrested him. and proceeded to the carriagc,
which was waiting below.
I'm ROUTE TO FORTRESS MONROE.

which was waiting below.
EN ROUTE TO FORTRESS MONROE.
IL Is underSto, d Shat Mr. Mitchell was sent TO Fort.
rcss Monroe He was conveyed from Gen Dixs head
quarters 81 pier No. near the Battery where ne was
comfortably installed in the same steamboat which
carried Gen sherman To- est Point few days ago.
Tho destination al the craft kept profound secret
hut it generally understood by the deck-hands.
boy AND sy
would receive the renegade IN Its adamantine
arms.
HIS LETTER.
Very apropos Of his arrest-with kind of
prcscencc in fact said to DO common to the possessors
Of guilty conference.-the. Mitchell improved his last
hours Of liberty by iracting the following epstle,
which appeared in yesterdays Daily Nsrn
NHw-YoRK, June ~. 1865.
To The Hon. BENJAMIN WOOD. Proprietor Of The Duly
DEAR Sir: Asmy arrival in this city, and connec.
ton as an editorial contributor, with your Journal has
loccasioned much hostile comment from some other
ewspapcrs Of New. York which persist In terning me
a Rebel" and loudly call for my punishment as q
traitor think 1t desirable that should once for all
'lcfne nv position that seems TO be subject OF
some inte est 20 n portion Of the public.
So long as n Southern Confederacy existed was a
Confederate Secessl9nisi: or What some persons S
Johnston's surrender TO Gen. Sherman. ut Greens'
borough perceived that the cause OF the Conederary
was utterly lost. There was no longer Confederate
Government; it had disappeared from human eyes;
and inasmuch as county cannot De without "a uov-
eminent and the only Government then IN Iact sun,
sistng being the Federal Government OF the uhiteu
States owed 10 H. from that instant. full obedience;
which obedience ut once Yielded IN good faith, rs
think my fellow citizens at the Sonth very gehe,any
did Mt the same time and for the same rsnson' su
therefore longer SecessioDlst nOr a hepcii pu'
Unionst and lawful citizen .,
By appeal 10 arms In assertion Of the right 10 secede
the Southern States accepted beforehand the arp.a
meut of tim, sovereign tribunal The decision has gone
against them--no matter y what means or by virtue
81 what overwhelming odds-ogainst then II II. Ana
/ believe that oil Southern men Of high ana honornoc
character do frankly accept the position that war
has made for them and acknowledge the duty OF apply
ing Themselves to the task Of reeoDsructng aud re-
establishing their society uIon the basis OF the Union
and the CONSTITUTION of the Unred States This they
will assuredy do IL they arc permitted 10 90 IL ~
peace; II the successful Government 90 NOT Hampe
Them into the earth OF torture them by persecutins
for the crime Of having asserted right long known 70
have been claimed by most Southern politicians and
admitted by many at the North Also.
The institution Of Slavery II virtually abolished on
A this cortiueut The irrepressble conflict between
7 Free Labor and SLAVE Labor has come; ana slave
Labor has gone down. To this also the Sou'hsr p'o'
pie submit On this point also they necept the 'ecs""
Of the war; and If they do with reluctance ana re-
greet II is but Just To them 10 say That In most cuse-
. Their sorrow is more for tire fate which threatens mat
unhappy they have protected 40 long man 'or 'n
loss Of The money value Of Their slaves which money
value indeed lea than nothing nnsfnch rs thel
could at all times hive had labor on cheaper terms. l.,
l. Some newspapers taunt me with INCONSISTENCY! u,
thar stood up for liberty In my native county, ara
L then and advocated slavery here J cannot vi
ceive the moons stency. Inc ADefty "hieh sv.t
e for Ireland national Independence only: and taI
j. only wa. what sought for TOE south wished thh'
10 Ireland should have the power 10 iegustc hei Isuu
ton, in her own wav and wished the southei Sta'es
* 10 have the same power wished TO repeal an eu,
or oiccd Union Of ireland with England and aished
n g. resist the enforcement Of Union between 'HkihH
and New.York. Where is the inconsSienoyf
T. Others persis'enty charge me wlth having N'''su
&c ever thing obi cOnable Ia them which they can IhA
up OFT Of The calumes Of IAs RieAnosa LsgA"1' an
TIE Richmond E1aaKsr for some yeas past Was
never at any time the editor OF either oil spo>" joui'
sals refuse be sponsibe for all that appeared ~
thom never Tcsd then pcrsonas ana never ue"n
that medium 10 give aid and comfort 10 the enemy ~
either o. the enemies. Further never. by writing or
speech, approved of any naltrcsment or OF
Union pfl.Oncrs at the South. Nor vas aware tLat
there eter was any malireniment or starvation Ihe
orders NJ knew. were 10 give those prisoners III.
same rations which ConiodcTa. soldiers received and
| understood thai these orders were carried out 10
y he sure. Confederate rators vc" sometimes esfef
n enough bnt must be excused II decline to believe
o. all he dreadful stories told about 'hs hat'er o' III
deed about ANYTHING else bY witnesses before uS NIL
u Itaiy gentlemen at Washington. -,
IA What more must dcuyi I never recommended The
roasting Of nv fcowofesturcs with yitTiol and cam
phenc nor with either OF them. What morcf never
devoured NY enemies. whether roast or eon'l' WIN
vtriol s.uce or with dragons blood. And " any one
nfirrns that logged TO d-ath my negro weoches IN
Alabama with a cuiiogsy twisted coVhid.-or That
hired BoothoT purchased The bowie sn'ir Tor iHbe
II would mOdesty ask him 20 prove the ia.i-but not
before the military gentlemen al Wa hihft"i. p''
that
10 rnuch for the past. A. for The present aud future
have thought proper. without leave asked oil any
one 10 offer YOU such assistance IS can give IN TIE
only daily Journal In NewNork which las steadily up
held the true Democratic principle Of state Rights has
deprecated war a. enforce an unwllhng mon ia,
advocated. when TINT war ceased system oil reh
peace and cancellation such would enable southern
men heartily TO cooperate IN tho tack ~ Ieconstue-
ton and above hl has opposed scpeleSs pr"srcut"ns
for what L. most improperly called treason, ana The III
omened Practice OF military courts IN tine oi peace
The separate Independence ~ the south being proved
be impossible II has seemed 10 me That the be-i nope
Of presery ing the liberties % the whole country Hes ~
the Democraic Party With which the whole south VIII
naturally ally itself az before. and Of which conceive
IA. Dahl Nsus ~ be tue truest and boldost organ
say that 1 asked leave Of nobody Ia come To this
city and TO write In The Nps Further. DO not con.
ceye myself 10 here and going at large by virtue Of
the "gmnesty" that some papers have mentioned
Neither have | asked any pardon" and trust the
President will not press paldnn upon me Ihti sha'
have been first convicted Of something / should be
Obliged with thanks for his polteness Ia decline It, He
is very kind; but do not the article.
JOHN Mitchell