The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-07-27

brave and patriotic volunteers who are now |
returning from the scenes Of their triumph In
Mexico, We copy from the Cairo (lll.) Delta,
neutral paper. The treatment Of these brave
men by Government has been most outrageous,
and we doubt If the British convict ships could
turn out as ragged and dirty set Of looking be-
ings as those volunteers who have passed this
city on their way home. And the food that
was provided for them, we have been told BY
Sc yeral, was wormy, rotten and sinking, such
as would have turned the stomach of a South
ern negro, and such, we venture to say, as the
British Government would not dare TO offer its
convicts. We learn from several of the vol
unteers who belong to our city and who served
with the Indiana and Ohio troops, that the be-
lief among the volunteers is that il was Gen.
Buffers recommendation to the War Depart
ment that induced the order toreturn the troops
TO their homes before mastering them out of
service, which not only returned them TO their
friends ragged, dirty, and often naked, but de-
prived them of their mileage, about fifty del
lars each. which would have been sufficient to
have clothed them decently. Be this as it may,
we know that when Gen. Butler appeared in
one of the courts in New Orleans to plead
against some OF the Ohio volunteers who claim
ed their discharge, he stated among other things
that, ''it ~ould be an imposition upon the citi-
zens Of NeV Orleans to discharge in that COM
munity such q body Of soldiers as was thou in
that city," Put this and that together and we
do not wonder at the belief Of the volunteers
that they owe the wrongs and contumely they
have suffered TO the interference of Gen. But
Ter, who Of all others should have stood their
friend. The following is the article we allude
to:
"Boats are continually passing this point la
den with volunteers returning 10 their homes.
From the different cities, We hear of the warm
reception they are everywhere receiving, ex-
pressive TO the feelings of admiration and APP
proval elected BY their gallant achievements
in Mexico, which have added TO the glory OF
American arms, and extended American pow
Ter. These volunteers have done their duty, and
the duty of an American soldier comprises all
that may be conveyed by the terms, gallantry,
heroism and good conduct. Ii leaves them no
choice between victory and death. For doing
this duty faithfully, they do not ask any other
reward than that which the government and
their own hearts give-yet the gratitude of a
Icountry no less should be meeted to them, at
least by welcome worthy Of their services
!, We do not think any Anne rican soldier deserves
praise for doing his duty, for if he did not do
1t he would be unworthy the name and sta
ltion-yet he does deserve some expressions
Iof respect for answering the call Of his coun.
try, and thus placing himself in the way of thai
! duty.
but the volunteers whom we have seen
pass Cairo by hundreds, do not look like the
men of whose bravery we have read with ad
miration, and whose gallant deeds will live in
{ history-or as men who having fought great
fight, and gained great victories, are not return
ing triumphant TO the country and people
which sent them abroad Splendid "triumphs'
thesel Rags, filth and abominationl Thei
wives or their swee thearts, would scarcely casI
them in loves warm embrace, did these brav,
soldiers seek the welcome in their present con
l. dition. 1t isa shame upon Governm mt, that tn
), men who have preserved from shame the grea
" act of this administration, the present war
should thus be permitted to seek their home
in rags. To-be-sure. when these men are dis
charged. they will be paid off, and in the mea
II time they are compelled 10 live i'm the rags an
lie filth they collected in Mexico, and with tn
, loss OF mileage to the soldiers, probably neal
ly fifty dollars TO the man. We have bee
III told, too, that the provisions provided for tn
IS subsistence OF these men on their way from
N Orleans TO the cities above this point, wer
n such as would not be touched by some of tn
- men till hunger alone compelled them to swal
is low. AS we have this only on the authorit
e i OF fifty volunteers, the public can believe a
no they please. We do know, however, that o
the sioppage of one boat here for a few hsur.
the gallant volunteers" were about town Try
ing to beg their breakfast, and pleading almo:
d. starvation. The greatest indignation prevail
or among all these volunteers in relation TO the
treatment. On our word, it is very poor pol
cy in the Administration. just before an ele,
tion. For instance, il we may mention III
e fact as a neutral paper, there were $50 volur
OF teers on the steamer Missouri, of which a
with the exception of dozen or twenty, wi
go for TAYLOR simply from the manner in whc
>, ihey have been treated by Government, and III
o Outstanding that TAYLOR was favorable 10 the
N discharge al N. Orleans