Nothing, yet, has been done by the immense Federal fleet of iron-clad
gun-boats which were to devastate our coast this winter. But the winter is not
over yet, and I apprehend something will be attempted. However, we shall make a
heroic defense of every point assailed.
I omitted to state, in connection with the partnership
formed between Mr. Myers and Mr. Randolph, that the former had already
succeeded, when the latter was Secretary of War, in getting the substitutes of the
Jew extortioners out of the army, on the ground that they were not domiciled in
this country; and now both are intent on procuring the exemption of the
principals. This may be good practice, but it is not good service. Every man
protected and enriched by the government, owes service to the country in its
hour of peril.
I am glad to hear that W. H. B. Custis, of the Eastern Shore
of Virginia, takes no part in the war. This is the proper course for him under
the circumstances. It is said he declined a high position tendered by the
Federal Government. No doubt he has been much misrepresented: his principles
are founded on the Constitution, which is violated daily at Washington, and
therefore he can have no sympathy with that government.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary
at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 219-20
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