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Special Tsiegrlu 70 Ths iaisr-oesan.
81. Louis, no., Apr. l2.-Ihere ls
/ printed in lhis mornings 0io5e Dem
cTat The following letter written BY
Gen. Grant Ia 1881, 10 bis fatherln-
law Of this city, prefacsd With the
] editorial assertion that this letter has
never before been made public. It is
q document Of rare views expressed
on the rebellion. and Of special inter
I est just now, that all eyes are turned
I toward the dying ehieitain
] GALESA, April 10, lS5l.-Mr. +.
/ Dent-Dear sir: haye but very
little time 10 write bat as In these
/ exciting times We ere very anxious 10
hear from yoO, aud know Of 10 other
I WAy bat by writing FIRST 60 you, ]
rlust make time. We get but little
news by telegraph from 81. Louis,
Z but frOn ell other parts Of the eoun
/ try We are hearing all the time. Tue
: times are, indeed, startling, but now
Is the time, particularly IN the bOr
deF slave StBtes, for men 10 prove
tbelr love Of country. / know it is
hard for men 10 apparently work
With the Rrpubliean psFty, but now
ali party distinctions should be lOst
sight OF, and every true patriot be Tor
maintaining the Integrity Of the glO-
riUus old STARS and stripes, the COusti-
tuition and the Union. 1bs North Is
responding 20 the Presidents oall in
such q manner that tue rebels niny
truly quake. / tell you there is no
misIaklng the feelings OF the peOpis
rhs government can call into the
dsld not only 75,OU0 troops, bat ten Or
twenty timee 70 UgO II Il should be
necessary, Hnd hDd the meaus uf
maintaining them, too. II l. all =
mistHke about the Northern pocket
oeing so sensitive. La times Of the
present 40 LOOpls are more ready 10
give their own lime OF OF ;helr Hbund-
aut means No impaTtlal mau eau
conceal frUin himself tue TACT t1at in
80 these troubles the SOGtheTusrs
nave been the aggressOrs and tie I'D
ninistTation has stOUd surely on the
teiensive-iuOre on the defensive
than she would dared 20 have dUue
Uut for her Consciousness Of strength
aud the certainly Of right prevailing
in the eud. The neWG tUsiay is that
Virginia hHs gone cut OF the Union.
But for the influence che will have
1n the other border slave states this is |
not much 10 be regretted. Her pnsi. |
tiUn, or rather that Of Eastern Vir- |
ginia bss been more reprebenslble |
rom the beginning than that Of
south CBrOliBa. aud she should be /
made 10 bear heavy portion Of the |
burden Of the war for her guilt. IN |
sll this / can but zee the DOOM OF /
slavery. The North does not want, |
HoF will they want 10 interfere with /
be iDstitu ion, but they will refuse |
iUr eli time to give Il protection, uH-
less the South shall return suOn 10 i
heir allegiance and then, too, this
disturbance will give such Au i,u
peius 10 the production OF their staple,
c0ttOn,, in other parts Uf the world
hat they eau never recover the eOn-
rul Of the market again for that cOm
modify. THIS will reduce the value
of The negroes so much that they will /
never be worth fighting for ever
igain / have just received letter
from Fred Frederick Dent Jr.) He /
0reathes forth the most patriotic SEN
liments. de is for the old flag rs
long as there is Union of two states
lighting under its banner, and when
they dissolve. he will 20 1t alone.
This Is not his language, but Il is the
idea, not 80 well expressed a. be ex-
presses 10. Julia and the children are
all well aud join me in love 90 you
ali. / forgot 10 mention that Fred
has another heir, with sOme novel
name that have forgotten.
Yours truly, u. 8. GRANT.