...il or military authority should take hold of such men, and put them out of the way until the war is over. It will not do to 1st such men out upon parole or upon taking the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States . I would not give a straw for the oath of such men; and I perceive, by the way, from the papers, that a good many of that kind of men have been discharged by our authorities at Richmond who have re...