The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-10
FROM THE CAPITAL.
MIR. JEFFERSON DAvIs's LETTER.
G'n.sshermnh's "Den"-Speculntion ns 10
Whom II Was wrltten--A Lively Intcrest
Manifested In it--0oncrai Congress.
honhl and Washington Notos, ..

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IN ,ho oa,,,.a,,a '" De'. i,'.uies'
:" ''o eo',''o'efsy Detweeh General Shcr'
man ana Jefferson Davis is revived by tho
publication OF dispatch saving TINT
General Sherman has sent mrssave IN
Washington 10 searcl, The rebel archives
for the letter written by Davis, the con.
tents .f which were described by General
Sherman IN his address at The dedication
OF the new hall OF the Frank 2. Blair Post
in ST. Louis somo weeks ago. There Is
some reason 10 believe tlia. the letter will
not be found. When the Government be.
gan the work Of collecting and arranging
for publication tho records Of the Union
anu confederate armies 1t was decided to
eniploy Hi"tcus ). wright, late Major
GENERA! IN the Confederate urmy, to OBJ.
tam originals or copies Of Confederate
military reports and other documents re-
latlnS 70 ihe war. General Wrights per
sonai anu oilicial relations with MIR. Davis
ahd ms ADVISERS rs wei! Ms with mnny OF
,h1 iea'tlns military clleltAins OF the Re-
oeiiioh' were pleasant. General Wright,
II Is SAID, IS OF the opinion that the letter
is not among the rebel archives now in
possession ol the war Department. The
iact lliat ~ mas Rot been published is no
e'idehce, however, That 1t does not exist.
TO WHOM WAS IT ADDRESSED?
There Is much speculo,ion IN Wosb;,,.
ton 40 4o ,hor, ,,,a ~ -.
80 :" WYNN '''' Jaws le'ttr "as 'u-
dressed. III the report OF General Shcr-
mans speech publisped in the st. Louis
Globe Dtmocrdt he is represented as say
ing: u have seen n letter from Jefferson
DAVIS to a man whose name ! cannot mem
ton because he is United States Senator.
know Davls's writing, and saw his sig
nature, and in that letter he said hc would
turn Lees army against any State that
might ATTEMPT TO scccde from the Southern
Confcderacy." Who is The United States
Senator referred to by General Sherman
is Il question asked by many persons in
Washington. There are some persons
who believe that Senator Vance. Of North
Carolina, is the man, while Others think
that lie is Senator Brown, of Georpin.
The opinion in both cases Is fomnded on
the assumption that the Davis letter con.
veycd n threat against State whose
authorities had shown disposition to
withdraw from the Confcderacy. 1t is
wen hi,own tila', us Governor oi georgia,
ronsrr;o M oct a,tLnn"I !, is .rUo 'I'o .i'o, ho
threw no obstacles in the way of its en-.
iorcemcnt in the State by the officers OF
'ie eoohleuera'e government.
AS =" UNION GOVERNOR. ~
AS uo'erhor Oh Nor'h Carolina. how
ever "e'iA!or vance went nuch inrther at
one t!il'e' lie was iirst elected Governor
in lSG2 rs IN original Union man." nj
though lie had previously served n short
finn. in tho Confo,,er,to ,rmy Jro or,o,
cd mon the .iischarpo of l3is Intias ', no
(;oycrnor nm Scntcmbpr g ,lsGo md u"s
Lnrllv r,r in Ills snnt heforo ho Loc,n,n
involvci in n hot controycrsv viii thc
ltichmond Goyernment On Scn.nmhar
II hc wrote to Mr.. Handolnh sccrrtorw of
War rrnncstinp hin, 'not IN conior ontLor.
itv mon Confedcratc oilicers to enlist
men in North Carolina nntil thnv had iirst
Obtained the C;ovcrnor's consent and IN
revoke such authority in cases where it
had been granted to persons not citizens
u '''e 'e''c'
r.. 'oS. NAschs LETTER.
GIN weeks ia.er' OIL octope' % uoV'
vance "ro'c Jefferson laws d ielter In
M''lei' 'ie si'u. ''e 'a'e e'ec''ons' ailer
s'Ateen mouths o' war a''" membership
with the Conicderacy, snow conclusively
that the original advocates OF secession no
,,r,or bo,d lin o,r of ,our rnoo,,o wal
- w.. H. - -, .,s ,.,...!, r.op ~ Nv
OUT llie ""ri'' "'iu afueht support OF the
old Union men, North Carolina could not
so promptly and generously have been
been brought to the support OF the seced-
Ing States, and without that same inllu-
enGe constantly and unremittingly given,
the present status could not be retained
iorty-eight hours. 1believe, sir,
most sincerely that tho Conscript law
could not have been executed, by man Of
different anteccdents without outbreaks
among our people. :. Many openly
declare that they want not another con-
made for her own Defence" sf...s-,.
FANcEs ArrlrupE HosfikE'