The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-09-16
The White Sulphur Springs
Correspondence.

AhO N ullG SulpuuI SpA l11SS
Correspondence.
The Letter Of General Rosecrans-
Reply Of General Lee and OTHER
Confederate Leaders-1he con-
dition Of the country reulewed-
Southern sentiment and aolshes-
Radical cazumnies refMed-HoU
national harmony can be res
tored.
The following letters have just
been made public:
LETTER OF GENERAL ROsECRANs.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. /
WEST VIRGINIA, August 26, 1858.
| General: Full of solicitude for
the future of our country, I come,
with my heart in my hand to learn
the condition, wishes andintentlons
of the people of the Southern
States-especially to ascertain the
the sentiments of that body of
brave, energetic, self:sacrifcing
men, who after sustaining the Con-
federacy for four years, laid down
their arms and swore allegiance
to the Government Of the United
States, whose trusted and beloved
leader you have been.
I see that interpreting estates
rights" to conflict with national
unity, has produced a violent re-
action against them, which is
drifting US towards consolidation !;
and, also, that so great a country
as ours even now is, certainly is
to be, must have State governments
to attend to local details, or go
farther and fare worse.
1t is plain to us at the West and
North that the continuance OF
scmi-anarchy, such as had existed
for the last three years IN ten
States Of our Union, largely in
creases the danger of centraliza.
tion, swells our National expendi-
lures, diminishes our productions
and our revenue, inspires doubts
of our political and financial sta
bility, depreciates the value Of our
national bonds and currency, and
places the credit Of the richest be-
low that Of the poorest nation in
Christendom.
We know that our currency
must be deprecated so long as our
bonds are below par; and that
therefore, the vast business aud
commerce of our country must
suffer the terrible evil Of a fuctua-
ting standard of value, until we
can remedy the evil condition Of
things at the South. We also see
other mischief quite possible ifnot
probable to arise such as from
failure of crops, a local insurrec-
ton, and many other unforeseen
contingencies which may still more
depreciate our credit and currency,
provoke discomfort and disorder
among our people and bring dema-
gogical agitation, revolution, repu-
diation and a thousand unnamed
evils and villainies upon US. We
know that the interests Of the peo-
pie OF the South are for law and
order, and that Ethey must share
our fate of good and i'll.
I believe-cvery one, I know
who reflects bclieves-that if the
people ofthc Southern States could
be at peace, and their energy and
goodwill heartily applied to repair
the wastes Of war, 1eorganize their
business, set the freedmen peace
fully, prosperously, and contentcd-
ly at work, invite capital, enter
prise and labor from elsewhere to
come freely amongst them, they
| would rebuild their ruined fortu-
nes, multiply manifold the value
of their lands, establish confidence
in our political stability, bring our
Government bonds to premium,
our currency to a gold standard,
and assure for themselves and the
whole nation a most happy and
prosperous future. Seeing this,
and how all just interests concur
in the work, I ask the officers and
soldiers who fought for the Union
every. thinking man of the great
West and North ask-why it can
not be done.