Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-09-17
|PoRTANr CORRESPONDENCE,
ler from General Rcsocrans IA
General Lee,
n Of General Lee and other Distin-
gulshed Southerners.

"A be following correspondence full,
|ilnins the purpose OF General Rose
tts late visit 10 the Virginia Whit
|'thur Springs, in relation 20 whicl
IVA has been 80 much idle ncwspa
n rEossip;
IN hirE SULPHUR SPRrNGs, W. v, |
August 26, 1868.
#fNERAL: Full Of solicilude for IN,
~ Of our country, | come with m,
WI IN my hand to learn the condi
~ wishes and intentions of th,
o|'e Of the Southern States-especi
w ascertain the sentiments Of thai
Al of brave, energetic. and selfsac
b men who, after sustaining tn,
'ederacy for four years, laid down
arms and swore allegiance to the
<Hnment of the United States,
No trusted and beloved leader.you
M been
10 that Interpreting State rights
II
iilct with national unity has pro.
1| b violent reaction against them,
p drifting us toward consolida.
Nnd also that 50 great country
o'Ife even now is-certainly is TO be
have State governments to
70 local details, or 60 farther
re worse.
plain TO us at the West and the
@ fhat the continuArcc OF semi
@<Ny, such AS has existed for the
fpfee years in ten States of our
'9r largely increases the danger of
|centrailon, swells our national OK
|1itures, diminishes our productions
oHr revenue, inspires doubts of our
'''ea and financial stability, depre-
|ce the value of our national bonds
tqrrency, and places the credit of
riohest below that of the poorest
|9uin Christendom.
<e know that our currency must be
ret'ated so long as our bonds are
)V par, and that therefore the vast
mess and commerce of our country
y enffer the terrible evil of a finc
I'rs standard of value, until we
renedy the evil condition of things
tc south. We also see other mis-.
4 9uite possible if not probable TO
'---snch as from a failure of crops.
oat resurrection, and many other
'fHfen contingencies-which may
Nore depreciate our credit and
'fupy, provoke discomfort and dis
e among our people, and bring
'H3pgieal agitation, revolution, re-
Ia<ion, and a thousand unnamed
nnd villanies upon us. We know
<ne interests OF the people of the !
Y Vfe for law and order, and that |
Mpst share our fate for good |
Ne''eve-every one | know who |
|.''F believes-that if the people of
thern States could be at peace, /
t4e'r energy and good will heard- |
1riIed to repair tho wastes of war.
saNize their business, set the freed. /
11eeefully, prosperously, and con.
f1'y az work, invite capital, enter.
D tnd labor from elsewhere 10
ely amongst them, they would
i'{ tbeir ruined fortunes. multiply
''Np the value of their lands. |
1''ab public confidence in our polit-
ability, bring our government
NJ premium, our currency TO a
andard, and assure for them.
and the whole nation most
pa prosperous future.
this, and how all just inter-
FUR in the work, | ask the off
@a soldiers who fought for the
M every thinking man of the
<> est and North asks-why il
|otb Dc dOnoY
y 4re told by those who have con-
11 the Government for the last
nv prs that the people Of the South
1oE DO 1t; that, if ever done at all,
a be done by the poor, simple,
4cnted, landless freedmen and the
VA ties who, against the public
|1H and sentiment Of the intelli-
bite people, are willing to at
q " lead and make their living
" gnorant, inexperienced colored
'ffnostly men who must be needy
H<prers, or without any of those
Qt<es on which reliance for good
'4ce or government can be placed.
IA told that this kind of govern
Wnst be continued at the South {
or eight millions of intelli-
Hergetic white people give in to
u2ye out of the country. :
M ! think, the Union army thinks,
te people Of the North and West /,
tfay believe, there must be, or
ght to be, a shorter, surer way 5
1EDod government for all at the '
+ nov that they who organized {
aimed the Southern confedera- :
n four years, against gigantic .
pught to be able to give peace,
''''er, and protection to the whole z
|4pf the South.
V hsye the interest and the pow !
tmploy, protect, educate, and y
NJ the poor freedmen, and to a
'f themselves and our country TO v
4 plessings of which ! have Just j
' The question we want an
"Are they willing to oit% ?
''Ne down to find out what the :
NJ The South think Of this, and !
~ what the officers and sol. G
ho served in the confederate c
*4d the leading people who sus.
4 4 think Of these things. r.
1*'e 70 ask more; ! want 20 ask q
" whose purity and patriotism a
sFxpress unqualified confidence. g
Hany good men as you can II
|'1ently consult, to say what you h
u, and also what you are II
+ " do about it. 81
written expression ofviows a
s te followed by a concurrence ls
! want TO know if you and |.
sH''emen who will join you in s.
'' en expression are willing to u
Pc people of the South to a n
and magnanimous devotion o
ng peace and prosperity to =
~ country. want to car
" T'edgo, high above the level 81