Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-10-04

DEMoonATIo UoRREsPoEDREoH.-A CORES
poudence Of the Bulletin" furnishes the fol-
lowing ironical letters from leading Democrats
to the Doolittle Philadelphia rebel convention:
Day ToRrUsAs, July, ls6e.-Gentlemen -
Circumstances over which don't appear to
have the slightest control, render it Impossible
for myself, or Spsngler, or O'Laughlin, or Ar
mold, to accept your invitation to attend the
Philadelphia Convention on the l4,h. But we
are with you, heart and soul. always, during
the first two or three years of the war, preach
ed the doctrine you now endorse hence
helped to plot the removal of the Tyrant who
then occupied the White House, and was partly
instrumental In giving you President who
will conform to every demand of our chivalrous
southern friends. The Northern Abolitionists
complain of our President /" going back on
| them" while the truth is. he is going back on
us here who gave him his present position.
Believing that, If your Convention is success
| full, my self aud all Of my kind will be pardoned
and proffered the best offices In the gift of the
| Executive, | wish you God speed In your noble
work, and remain truly yours,
| SAMUEL A. MUDD.
| To Messrs. Randall. Doolittle, and others.
Fortress Monroe, August lst, 1856 Accept
nv thanks for your invitation to the Phladel-
phia Convention, although am uAable to avail
| myself Of the pleasure II would afford me to
attend. | thank Heaven the day has at last
arrived when the blind passions of m en- are
swept aside and they are ready to acknowle edge
the South right and the North wrong.
| | ieel weary and worn this morning | was
unable to eat more than halt OF my breakfast OF
broiled chicken, fried oysters, and other deli
| cacies. | lost several hours sleep last night.
A little mouse kept up contiB ued gnawing in
one corner OF my room. The guardian in
human Yankee monster-refused to catch the
animal, and after painfully enduring the noise
several hours, was actually forced to get out
of my couch and scare 1t away myself. Ho-
ming that your new party may be a success, SC
that Southern gentlemen may be treated as
SUCH am, with great respect, your obsdienl
servant, JksfEssos DAVIS.
t To Randall, Doslittle, ct al,
New Orleans, Aug. 8.-Gentlemen-I hav,
to ack nowledge the receipt of your letter
Invitation to the l4th Of August convention
am compelled 10 foreRo the pleasure OF par
ticipating with you on that day. have ru
mors Of another meeting of Union men abou
that time, and my presence here will be neces
=, sary to urge and encourage my police to breal
up all such meetings, and shoot all such Uniol
, men SO convened, or attempting to convene
i | have orders from the President to that effecl
The late riot gave such joy and encouragement
: to the new johnson party, that am almos
. persuaded to Issue proclamation, ordering
all men and niggers to be put to death. Re
= | epectiuily yours - - "0"noH'
9 To Randall and Others
n wheatland, August e.-Gentlenen.-Yor
= | invitation to attend the Johnson Union Cor
!. vention, has been received. It possible wi
n be present. | rejoice TO see movement O
A. foot in the North that can ssmpathise wit
IL Ny sympathes hereto fore have all been with Il
"a South. | hope you will do nothing on the lat
A that will irritate our Southern brethren.
me YOU have a good precedent. When I VIZ
"a In power, | allowed the South to take all 81
~ wanted and more too. see that you propo
~ to do the same thing. ! suffered them to II
~ the forts, the treasury and the arsenais. Y
~ ~. wish to place them In Offices where they G.
or repeat the same game. But don't do anythi
w., to irritate eur Southern brethren. encou
s ~ aged them to 20 to war, and aided them as
~ as could. You are doing the came thing.
~ Praying that you may succeed In these undo
takings, I subscribe myself, yours truly,
JAMES BUCHANAN