, 1866-02-12

tion W 10 your rs7oiu.ion1 His children fouQht 70,
3s o9s saEa a' es f {d {ead II 1en nd 10
I cere. -.
It yon you'd glre evidence q your attachment
dom, and readily distinguishes between mere hl
| service md Esnaine devotion. You will not be
Rumor hath.it Inst nm 10 be defeated, nay,
crushed. annlhlated by come unseen handsome In
tangible adversary. Il Il b sour purpose 70 @ bring
me INTO contempt, you had better srsost 70 pianSs.
from my purpote-you tauuot weaken my consic-
dops OF nhat l. due TO ny ta3tactef. ny sclf-
respect md above eli, ny deyotion to the Govern
Mtut lore l am prepared Tor thu sa.ritce-iet
the suspended sword fall Thank Heaven, I am
Injured 10 Rreater evils thau your cisp'casSse-.
hare suffered much for MY opirtous. Gun endure
i, Understand nc, do ntt complain, and viii not
complain; tor shall have right 10 do so Il In
CITIZEN of similar sentlmes, On account Of superior
moral worth or taleut-hut When- forgetting the
hs.pleas eond,tton Of cor peopie dcEsndsnt upon
they now enjo5-you shall madly and Ecyensefully
choose man over me prominently identified IN
either civil aud military capac17y Wfzes1he rebel
tou o1 the art.
II + generally understood that you Hill make
shone q Distinguished geutleman Prominent for
and, regardless Of hts earnest renoca1anca as set
forth tn the letter Will ral yoE force upcu him,
DutECl1OK &QH IGlHCtaNt H8 ne may 31, L34 nigh
trust. II you really bis friends. you will better
serve hun by foregoing the use Of biz Exme- care
pot II man be considered As pure auEt5, IN.
der such circumstances he cannot escate sHspi-
cion o! encouraging the act. Ny altitude may bias
ny Judgment o1t Will stake my reputation that
est COMES OF the deed But the fat has gone FORTH
some profess 10 beheye, that there is little al:
ference as tothe status ol men, and that I'll will be
regarded mike. Il is nothing that such Is /, con.
demnng the revolution, and abstafatng nom its |
commencement to fss close, from participating In
any pubic meeting, from casting yote TOR any
oftcer OF the prevented new government, and lro1
my act voluntarily At war with obligations tony
soanify-ls there, In 5onr judgment, no difference
petNetn fneh man. and one who took Office under
~ s olssa.zauon 1osti!e and a. war Win INC Gov-
e1nntnt 70 Mn.cn MS aueE1ance WAS one! u you
aeletmlne fhere IS nor, the senate OF TIE United
Sntes WILL reverse your Judgment. hememnef
1haI Is Q! iar Ieas Consequence what may 6e The
s!aoolns o. your taFof1le In GeofHla, than what
the cstinafe Of the Senate In regard 70 him. That
body, and not the people Of GeorEi3, mnet pass
upon bis eligibility.
mare hcaru that an censnrct tor having made
sReech on the occasion OF ralelD:s nahnoa! dag
at inc military headquarters at Augusta I did :!
MAKE re speech-at The solicitation Or Gen. Stetd,
ma1, . orase and generous man. and ny personal
if1end 10 whom am indebted for many kindness ses
70 othe1s, granted as hvoss TO me- What should I
nave dons-fe1used the act o. courtesy! Let me be
nanE and declare to you that never looked upon
tne nag o. NY country, nor 1sten 10 the stzH1ns OF
on nhuonal alts Wlthout ieeilng ny checks glow,
and my pnlee quicken. sought 10 promote, on
the OCCASION referred to. spirit Of kindness and