The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-17
U.s. CoNsUiI. ~. GENT. B. N. APP,

U.S CONSULATE, 9EN'I, b. N. A.P.,
+, MoNTREAn, Sept. 2p, 1865. II
To the Pres isntof the United stGtess
SIR:-But a little more than two
years ago. your iIlus Gus and honored
,pTede ecessoEs the lamented 1incoln con-
ferred upon me without solicitation the
position of. Consul General for the Brit
fsh North American Provinces which1
have held up to the present tme.-'F
When came here, the fearful conflict
OF arms, from which our nation has but
l,reeently emerged, was still in progress,
Provinces led on by rebel emissaries /
/ from the South, and encouraged by the |
l poll tical organs of the Canadian GoY-I
eminent, animated by bitter hostility /
to the Government of the United States,
/ and loud in the expression of their de- |
Sire that the Union of the States should
,Iibe severed and our national power tQr-
ever destroyed. Their sympathy with
the rebels in arms against us was warm
land outspokens The hadazwtth them
inc active cooperate the. Pro-
vineial judges and the courts
lover.which- they presided, with very
few honorable exceptions. The press
in the interest of the administration
4 was daily filled with the most bitter
Land violent denunciations of our Gov
eminent; and with the vilest personal
\ abuse of its honored chief. After his
assassination, and on your accession to.
the Presidency, this sIanderous abuse
was transferred, to yonrself, and be-
came especially violent and unspartng
after your enunciRtion of those patriot
] ic sentiments in relation to the guilty
instigat tors OF the bloodshed aud strife
which had deluged onrJ fair land with
the best blood of the nation, in which
you declared "that the men who gave
their influence and means TO destroy the
1.GoyerhEnent should not participate in
a. FNf1 MI
thoseuwho brought: this misery upon
! the State should not be permitted to
ri control it's destintes : that If 1thisoWer
allowed; thenialls the precious blood OF
tour4 brave soldiers and Officers will
have been wantonlyi spilled, all the
glorious victories won by our noble
9 Earmies go for naught; and all the bat
9 tle-helds which have been sown With
j dead heroes during the rebellion will
have been made e memorable In
Vain.D Asa proof Of the intensity oi
this feeltpg,,I would respectfully refer
Z you to theNile charge. publicly made in
= the etnewspapers of this city, over the
e fsignatures of two of the leading men o.
y the rebellion, then residents here
Il against yourself as having insttgatec
y the assassination of President Lincoln
y AS soon, however, as you had indicated
radical change in your policy toward
= tthe rebels, d change almost Rsgreat anC
~ astounding was apparent here amoIIgs
- those to whom i have1 alluded Thos
men who continued To; Hillify, slander
70 and abuse Mr.. Lincoln up to the time o
y his assassination, including the rebe
\ " emissaries from the South, who cam
y y here to incite murderous raids upon tn
I = peaceful citizens OF the United States
] are now your Warmest admirers, de
y tenders and friends. Even the noto
~ - rious DIR. Blackburn who attempted t
~ spread yellow fever and other infection
diseases among the patriot soldiers {
" our noble army, and who Sought t
~ ~ Compass the death of President Lincol
=. u by the same fiepdish means, has recent
u lily given in his adhesion to your polio
" and announced himself as your frienC
~ Your recent violent denunciahon
q o. of the Congress Of the United States,
.Ee ~. co-ordinate branch of the GoyernmeI
ch of which youiaTe the Chief Executive
w: ny us traitors and enemies of the Union
~ ~ In speeches made during your recel
n progress through the couptry@-has IN
~; parted new life and renewed fV1gor
all those -adherents- of the Southel
W rebels now .domiciled in these pro-
tiSt n inoes, and. are. most heartily iapplaudt
iiS iaS by every hateri of republican 4instit1
az az tions resid lent upon. British soil: Und
SS. such circumstances, and believing IN
esS your policy will inevitably lead to di
l aster, in the restoration of guilty me
1 'A7 to even more than their former pow
~! on' In the administration of the Cover
Gu GU ment, my position has become mo
s1i 1si mortffying and int0lerablelto me, an
-, .ne as cannot possibly defend you eour
= ": -. against the daily censpres Of the te
: 99ln las Government through all its past da
VI gers and tperils, / would esteem II
Le great favor to be relieved from n
Z 70 present position at your earliest conN
: one ny nfence. Respectfully, your obedie
tpn !sa servanty2 iIIfNVi JOHN r. POTTER
.H.Ha aHHN .