| Show ule uin yie QUESTION OF reconstruction I 1 not hof we notice prominent poh poll tuf ians lans in the east very clarA ciara clangorous orous for a recon lct 9 Bt ruction ef of the union on the ground that thea the southerners ther nors of the war and ana anxious to come back there are doubtless many in the confederate confederate states stites in that of mind but we lak hink bink urlin arlin mr linc I col coi itys irys n s statement correct when he be said that that thai he h had bad neer had the Ifie first int intimation of any 1 such euch u among tosa tose t osa mho who ho r represented presented pre seated pe secessionists in looking over oven sou southern theril i P vve fond find richmond politicians coal coa co sider aider the e another point of v fe w I 1 he uit ikaji ar mil nil tar lar ted a reso in the Ve deleat leat of the virginia virl i acure s into he the peace a ciment norb norh h it w would ouid seem thattie tho the virginians WB ij laded ed that there were no grounds droud s for the ru Sat a at had ind in dett datt the resolution and indefinitely postponed the con ration of the sublet subject by bya A yote tote without de debate batel the whig in noticing the ce sais bais saya says our legislature bab baa properly dei del determined that any overture for peace must originate nata with those who are responsible for the pr prosecution se of the war until the yankees withdraw d raw their armed hosts from confederate territory there will not be any peace shortly after the election of the new gov arnor of alabama it became whimpered for some political effect that his bis excellency was numbered timbered among the reconstruction lata iata on W which be he del dei delivered evered himself freely in the fol lowing not very encouraging indications of j fsr for peace confederate STATES or AMERICA ameni CA department or JUSTICE RICHMOND september 12 I 1 hon ron ira B foster quartermaster general ef of georgia atlanta Gg georgia orgia DEAR sliu silt I 1 have today to day received your letter of the dinst forwarded to me m from afon alon montgomery egom ery alabama and hasten basten to reply xon yon say that my ri name bame ame since the AA kl election has been freely treely used hy by many in connection with reconstruction im meaning tb abero era ere by that some pe ale in georgia suppose I 1 am ais in favor of re reunion union timon with the yankee govern the north I 1 lam iam aarn surprised and mor I 1 tided that anybody in the south should so interpret pret the alabama election if those who c claim nail n rax ray election as any such f fueling el in i Alabama had dad nad rad rad my letter of alisch march to general lawler and my short ad dr dress ess to the people of 0 alabama dated ath julie julke last they woud would never have entertained such sucha false notions it is due to the gallant pie pia people of my state to call at bention aen en t tion ion to the ieso leso le solutions unions of the recent called session of the I 1 j legislature le passed unanimously pledging all the M men en and ans resources of the state to pose prose cute the be war until iha independence of the confederate states is fully established for myself I 1 will not forfeit my self respect byl byi arguing the suea sued question tion of reconstruction i I 1 lie he who isnow is now deliberately or otherwise in ins tavon favor avor of ff reconstruction with the states und 1 der dec e r Lincol ns dominion is a in his ji heart eak 0 to o the state stale othla othis residence ard and to the confederate stat stats slats a and deserves a trai traitors traitor toti tori doo boora n it I 1 had bad the power I 1 aroud build up 1 i dwall dwail awall of fire between be Yanke eddra and the confederate states there to burn for tor ages ageg as a a monument far or the jolly folly wickedness Q and vaniaH sm of the racel race no airl sirl sir bir rather than reunite with such a people I 1 would bee see se the confederate rate states desolated deso debo laed with fire a d sword when the men of the i south shall become such base comarda cowards as to wish fortuch reunion let us call on the woi men of the south to march to the ba tl tie tle field and in the name of the god of justice bid them fight under the banner of bouthern southern liberty I 1 Y I 1 te the call would not be made in vain let the patriot sires whose children have hared bared their breasts to yankee bullets and welcomed glorious deaths in a this struggle for seif self government rebuke the fout foul spirit r bich even whispers reconstruction lt let th noble mother mothers rhose rhobe sons have made baard sacr d with their blod blood so many fields consecrated to 0 o freedom rebuke the fell beresy heresy let our bloodstained blood stained banners row BOW un unfurled 1 ltd ad to the battle battie and tte tt e breeze rel rei rebuke ter ker t the h e cowardice and ami cupidity which suggest t reconstruction 21 toe trie spirits of our herol heroic e dead ii a the martyrs to our sacred cause cuse rebuke a thousand thoua and times timed rebukes reconstruction we h biye hiye ft little UA etlas acta esa toc lot despondency none fon for despau let ua now BOW arv ou afresh for the tile contest con cou temi andea and let iet ya us not cot f arget that freedom battle battie once oace ce begun betin I 1 bequeathed from beeding sire birc to son choup b filed oft is ever woi wot lyp I 1 if we are true to ou ourselves selves true to ehe the mema mera oris orles of the past ast true to our tomes nomas and anti gur our ang and trub true to our god we cannot we will wiil not be conquer dl in any andin and la every event let us prefer death to a life of cowardly shamel bamel your berva serva servant nt t 1 T H watts WAITS T 3 the ile recipient of the letter seemed to like the sentiments of the governer governor elect and corl coni eludes his noice nobee r of that foul heresy called reconstruct reconstruction i on with never were sentiments more pregnant with patriotism and deyo deio deletion truel tion to our struggling cause penned every true bon son of the south will conclude the reading of this letter with spirits spirita more buoyant and con I 1 giden fiden cemore more steadfast nor will wiil our noble nobie women fail to exclaim governor watts is right rather than be subjugated we ire will marob to tha th field of strife and bare bile our bosoms to th the bullets of the cruel invader with such leaders buch sch sot Bot liers and such guch women we mutt we ahall shall be ir 1 II 11 dosier FOSTER an editorial on the future of the confederacy 1 from the ilai af 0 fa a still later date fg Is still less en encouraging to the ther hop of odthe of the union ARRIVED capt capt whites whiles train arrived o on thursday Thur aJay sjay eve inq ing in the letb the last of ibis this season seasons 9 immigration from tb the ea petern fron I 1 tiers we ar are e thankful that co to large anin an in crease to our population has been abla ahja t to toi 1 travel many of them from their thel bomea commin in fr for distant countr kg the sea and then across tile the arid plains willm few 4 casu casa and aud losses no doubt douat individuals have bave I 1 id their trials sob soh 9 ob ii it thip lot of man at home ome as well aa as la in travo trav Irav si nt for tor flie tiie general groa pod fod er ef the hola abole hoja we ake ate hilj etil attiq rul rui ful |
