Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-07-31

letters, which it says have been received in that
city, the first by the Postmaster, the second by
the Chief of the Relief Committee:
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 8, 1866.
| ''P NJ Portland, Maine:
"DEAR SIR-General Sherman, the Great
Arson and Fire King, is once more abroad with
his incendiary torches; every day we hear of a
destructive fire in some locality at the North
AS long as Sherman remained stationary at St.
Louis and Chicago fires were principally con-
fined to those places. Now that this great des-
olator is on his march North, we hear daily Of
fires either in his front or rear. Day before yes
terday the town of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, was
! consumed by fire. Yesterday we heard of your
town suffering from the fires of Heaven, and
to-day another fire is reported in Pennsylvania
and look for such reports daily, until the ven
geance of the Almighty is appeased by the des-
the desolating march through the South by the
Great Arson-ires in his front, fires in his rear
fires at his right, and fires at his left hand, is
destined to be your fate at the North. The to-
! tai destruction of New York city and Boston by
fire would not equal the sixty mile wide tramp
Of Sherman through Georgia. / just call your
attention to this matter in order, that your Gu
riosity may lead you to observe, &c.
| "Yours, JOHN SMITH"
| Another writes s'To the Chief of the Relief
Committee, Portland, Maine, - from Richmond,
Virginia:
'sRIcHMoND, July 9, 1866.
80 the C1aef ofMe Relief Committee, Port
land, Maine:
SIR-Your city is quite destroyed by fire.
Your people have my sympathy. am be
lever in retributive Providence, and He dis
tinctly states vengeance is mine am daily
witnessing this expression being carried out
with the different and various ways He has OF
applying it to the North, practically and gener-
ally. You, no doubt, will say I am fool and
no prophet; nevertheless, deny not this ex-
preston: Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord.
The North has overrun the South by numbers,
destroyed her freedom, robbed her of her lib
erty and buried her best blood. Thousands up
on thousands-white as well as black-are in a
much worse condition than your unfortunate
people, and still no help, no sympathy are ex-
tended to them. Vengeance is mine, sayeth
the Lord From what is written heading fol
history of untold length could be written
Justice in every line yes in every word. Ven
geance is mine, sayeth the Lord, is my text
this embraces more or less the whole book OF
Christ. Now add the violation of our Consti.
tuition and the subjugation Of the South by su.
perior forces arbitrary power being applied te
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minded and Christian people still suffer by the
hands of you and yours, our conquerors-
Davis, poor fellow, included.
This caution comes in mysterious way
nevertheless believe your sufferings are heap
ed upon your heads by Providedce as retribu.
tion for your past actions, and particularly
your present unkind feelings toward your suf
fering cOuntrymen. .H
Yours, truly,
! "a REBEL UNTIL REPRESENTED.
"P. S.-This is written upon the best of rebe
the war. Keep it as memento of ruined
man as well as OF ruined country"
The President.
Every Southern man, with the heart of a
man beating in his bosom, will heartily endorse
the following from that sterling paper, the
Baltimore Transcript:
The manner in which the President has per-
formed his responsible duties, entities him to
the cordial support and confidence of the whole
country. Called to the Executive chair at a
suddenly summoned to bear weight of trials
and perplexities such as no President Of the
United States has ever before been compelled
to assume; with no clue of experience to guide
him through the intricate labyrinth he was call
ed upon to tread he has found, as if by intui-
tive perception, the path which the unbiased
judgment of every man now. recognizes as the
path which is pointed out by the Constitution
and the laws, and which is the only one that
leads safely back to the Union. In that path
he has walked with a boldness and decision
which challenge the admiration of his country
men and of mankind. The combined calmness
and energy with which he has pursued his
mighty labor Of reconstruction have secured
him the respect and confidence of the whole
world. The sagacity with which he has chosen
his positions is not more remarkable than the
care with which he fortifes them by authority,
reason, precedent and expediency. He is In
vulnerable to the assaults of his enemies, who
themselves afford the best attestation of the
merits of his cause, when instead of meeting
him with the legitimate weapons Of debate
they hurl angry and opprobrious epithets at a
reasoner whose arguments they cannot answer
and President whose patriotism they are un
able to impeach. .ie >e3
/ IfAndrew johnson is to be ostracised because
his soul is too great to be cribbed, cabined, cof
fined and confined by section then it becomes
the duty of all men, who are not sectionalists
to sustain him in this conflict. If he is to suf
fer for vindicating the constitutional rights o
the States, and carrying to their logical results
the solemn declarations Of Congress and O
President Lincoln that the war was for tn,
maintenance of the Union, then let all men wit
would preserve the Union unimpaired in it's in
tegrity and prevent the establishment of con
solidated despotism at Washington, rally to th
support of President Johnson. We are sur
that the South, for the protection of who's,
rights and happiness he has hazarded all per
sonal prospects, will give him its whole mora
! weight, and cheer him not only by words of di
rect encouragement, but by the continued ex
hibition of those loyal sentiments which are tn
best answer to the false assertions of Radical
that his confidence in the Southern people ha
4 been misplaced rae t. e.
Eternity.
Eternity has no gray hairs! p The flower
, fade, the heart withers, man grows old ant
dies the world lies down in the sepulchre o
ages, but time writes no wrinkles on the brow
!, Of eternity. Eternity! Stupendous thought