The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-12-11
From the Pennsylvania.
Letter from Col. +. M. WynkOOp.

addressed, mas Klndly piaceu IL AZ oui
disposal. II expresses the frank opin'
ions Of a gallant soldier, in phrase Sc
direct as to prevent all misconceptions
Aaperusal Of it will make our federal
friends regret the course they have pur
sued, and rejoice the heart of every
true lover of our country, her glory, and
her institutions. Col. w. was a swing
ut home; but the conduct OF the leaders
and the organs of the federal party, in
their said and comfort" of the enemy,
has been SO glaringly unpatriotic, that
ii has converted him into a good demo
Granville abroad; a patriot he has al
ways been, as his conduct fully proves
CASTLE OF PERoTE, Sept 9th 1847'
Ny DEAR Sin: Having a little leis.
ure from my daily occupations, and
remembering warmly and freshly sew.
eral acts of Kindness towards me, ii
gives me pleasureto address %you,know-
ing that you entertain some interest
for my welfare. | am now in command
OF this military department., and am
kept quite busy with continual Skin
mishes with guerillas, and an occasion
al sharp fight with large forces that
gather between here and the coast, in
order to oppose trains. The health Of
my garrison is good, and ! have hopes
that the great mortality which has ex-
listed in the army is decreasing.
This is hard, laborious, and precari.
Gus service. Many Of our best men
have died, and | truly consider the eli.
mate, in itself, a much more formida-
Bile enemy than the Mexicans. A no.
bic and sell-denying spirit of endurance
actua:es the men, and complaint of any
kind is rare. Contcnted to do their
duty, they risk every thing in the effort,
and with II cheerfulness which is graft
fying TO those who command, step up
readily to any work, no matter what
the chances. 1t is, as | have before re.
marked, a hard service, full Of toll, pri-
vation and danger; but it is willingly
encountered and bravely endured
Judge, them of the effect upon our good
men here when they look back over
the distance which separates them
from their friends, in an effort to find
at home some proper appreciation Of
their self.sacrifcing conduct! 1t is
bitter and Illuminating. tell you, sir,
there is a spirit among the oooD Amer
leans engaged in this war, which will
not sleep during iuturity-a spirit
which awaits but their return to thun.
der down upon the mounting ~scribbling
sycophants Of a most unjust party the
full measure of an honest indignation.
1t is the same that brooded over our
land during the IA Of the Revolution
and the last war; and men of the pres
ent day palsied with age, have lived
to curse, with tears Of repentance, the
hour when she, with scornful fingers,
marked them for life as tho TORIES of
their country. We, HERE, a see no
difference between the men who in rs
succored the British, and those who in
AZ gave arguments & sy mpathy 10 the
Mexicans. This kind Of language
from a man who came into this cam
paign a wing in policy, may sound
strange to you; but | have again and
again been compelled 10 listen to and TO
suffer that which would have changed
the disposition and alienated the affec-
tons of the most determined partisan.
Even now. | DO not object to the lead
ing and main principles OF my old par
ty, so much MS | curse and deprecate
the tone of its acknowledged leaders
and supporters. If there is any rea-
son which will prevent General Scott
from ~effecting an honorable peace.
commanding,as he does,the whole city
Of the Aztecs, with his powerful bate
ry, it is the spirit Of treason which |
unhesitatingl!y say is promulged by the
leading wing journals at home. In a
sortie upon some ladrones Of Jalapa, a
short time since, | possessed myself of
all the late newspapers published in that
and upon examining them, | find
that, in that place, same as in Mexico, 7
The strongest arguments published a. /
.ainst our army are selections from a
whig papers in the United States. |
send you a late copy ofthe "Boletin de j
in which you will perceive I
hat the first article is an extract from
he National lntelligencer. Y
Your friend, F. NJ. WYNKOOP.
You may publish this, if you please. q
have become SO disguised with what a
have seen, that | have no care for the O.,
consequences which this kind Of truth =.
nay produce. (,
It. D. Jones, the Sculptor, is now Z
( Lebanon, Ohio, modelling a bust of I,
he Hon. Thomas Corwin, ordered by :
number of the friends and admirers Of o
hat DISTINGUISHED statesman. 8