Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-09-09
GEN. RoSECRANS To GEN. LEE.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, }

WEST VIRGINIA, Aug. 70, 1860.
GENERAL Full of solicitude for the fu-
ture of our country, l come with my
heart in my hand to learn the condition,
wishes, and intentions of the people Of the
Southern States especially to ascertain
the sentiments of that body of brave, en-
e, getic, and scf-sacrifcing men who, after
sustaining the Confederacy 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.
| see that interpreting State Rights
to conflict with national unity has produc-
ed violent reaction against them, which
is drifting us towards consolidation, and
also that so great 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 tie West and North that the con-
tinuaace of semi-anarchy, such as has ex
ist,d for the last three years in ten States
of our Union, largely y increases the danger
of centralism, swells our national eXpen-
ditures, diminishes our productions, and
our revenue, inspires doubts of our polili
cal and financial stability, depreciatcs the
value of our national bonds and currency,
and places the credit of the richest below
that of the poorest nation 10 ChrstendOm.
We know that the currency must be de-
preciated as long as our bonds are below
par, and that therefore the vast business
and commerce of the country must suffer
the terrible evil of a fuctuating standard
of value until we can remedy the evil con-
dition of things a, the South. We also
see other mischief quite possible, If not
probable, to arise, such as from the fail
ure of crops, a LEGAL insuIreciion, and
many other unforeseen contingencies
which may still more depreciate our credit
and currency, provoke discomfort and dis
order among our people, and bring dem
agogicsl agitation, revolution, Reputation,
and thousand unnamed evils and villain
les upon us. We know that the interests
of the people of the South are for law
and order, and that they must share our
fate of good and III.
/ beleve-every one | know who re-
fleets beIieves-that if the people of the
Southern States could be at peace, and
their energy and goodwill heartily ap-
piled to repair the wastes of war, Teorgan
ize their business, set the freedmen peace
fully, prosperously and contentedly at
work invite capital, enterprise and labor
from elsewhere to come freely amongst
them, they would soon rebuild their ruin
ed fortunes, multiply many fold the value
Of their lands, establish public confidence
10 our political stability, bring our govern
ment bonds to premium, our currency to
| 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. | ask
the officers and soldiers who fought for the
Union, as every thinking man of the great
West and North asks, why it cannot be
| done?
We are told by those who have con-
trolled the Government for the past -four
years, that the people of the South will
not do it. That if ever done at all ii
must be done by the poor, simple, unedu
Gated, landess freedmen, aud the few
whites who against the public opinion and
sentiment of the intelligent, white people
are willing to attempt TO lead, and make
their living off of these ignorant and in
experienced colored people, mostly men