The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-10-18

Marx Grant, Canal p. o., Warrick Go.
q. Pc Cavanah, OWenGville, Gibson Go.
+. n. THAYER, .EDIToa
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Let our Troops an Western Virgins
go South.
The Philadelphia Bulletin of the 18th
inst, announces that the probable destina-
tlon of most of the new volunteer regiments
of Pennsylvania, win be the West. We
doubt this, somewhat. We cannot conceive
that our Government will be so foolish as
to pay transportation on Western soldiers
to fight in the East and on Eastern soldiers
to fight in the West. The job of opening
the Mississippi river to its mouth, and of
Furnishing the traitors residing in its lower
vallies, belongs exclusively TO the North
West The humbling of Memphis, Matches
and New Orleans, will afford the utmost
pleasure to our gallant volunteers, if the
Government viii only permit them to give
all their attention 10 the rebels of those
regions, instead of calling them into the
mountains of Western Virginia to defend
portion of country which ought to be pro-
tected by Western Pennsylvania. The
mountaineers of that old Commonwealth
are accustomed to the climate, and travel
ing over the rugged country, and would
not suffer anything in comparison with those
troops who have always lived on the prai-
ries, and in climate much milder than is
found on the Allegheny mountain pc axis.
II the Government really designs sending
troops West, let them be the Indiana and
Ohio troops who have endured such hard
ships and fought so nobly in Western Yir-
ginia, and supply their places with the new
reer uits from Pennsylvania. .IN
The troops to go South are likely to have
some severe field fighting before the rebels
ara driven ont of Kentucky and Tennessee.
It certainly were more an act of wisdom to
take troops who have been frequently under
fire and never finched, who have demon
strated by their conduct in battle that they
can be depended on, to do that fighting,
than to keep them in Notifications not like
~ to be attacked, and put new troops in
-khA field
The campaign in Western Virginia is
virtually closed for the winter, and for
long time to come, if General Mcclellan
prosecutes the war with vigor commen-
surate with the means placed at his COM
mand. 1t is due to the gallant soldiers who
have fought and won the battles ir that Sec
ton, and who are about the only troops in
the field that can really be said to have been
under fire without breaking-that they be
brought home and sent South with the
Grand Army of the West. Give us the In
diana and Ohio troops now in Western Yir-
ginia, and the Mississippi valley viii be
purged eff rebels By the first of next Janu-
airy, and New Orleans will be opened as a
regular port of entry, at which England
and France may procure and ship cotton to
their hearts content. They are entitled to
this mark Of approval by the government.
While regiment after regiment, although
supplied with all the comforts and many of
the Injuries of life, were in an open state
of mutiny on the Potomac, and some even
sent home in disgrace on account of their
INSTRUMENTATION, our brave boys on the
Alleghanys were enduring hardships and
sufferings that rivaled the trials of our
fathers in the Revelation, without murmur-
ing, and Though almost naked, have been
ever ready to move forward Shall these
brave nen be compelled TO spend tho
winter in those mountain gorges with no
enemy to battle save the cold, when others
not 50 deserving are winning laurels on the
Mississippi We trust the government will
not 80 reward their past services, Dut that if
IL has determined on sending troops West,
il viii be those who legitimately belong
there, and who, on many battle fields, have
proved their courage and discipline.
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