The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-08-09

a Trend has called my attention TO
copy Of tho Duly .Smut Machine, con
tanning the above invitation. Iregret that
you did not see fl. to bloao your oun horn
to me personally, or through the Post or
fee, instead of using the rusty and worn
out tin instrument of the battle field of
Shawano. But however much | dislike
.hs disreputatle medium Of your CORES
pondence,l will endeavor TO give you the
reasons why at this time I cannot comply
with your request. And before | proceed,
allow me to say that the uInbrage you
have so hastily taken at my little article
in the last Pilot, intended as bit OF
pleasantly at Col. PICKS expense, and
complimentary TO yourself, shows that you
do not possess that important quality OF
coolness which is necessary to every com
mandcr of a military company. | fear
tba. in the heat of battle your prejudice
and hasty temper would be very apt to
run awoy with your good Judgment.
My principal reason for not enlisting in
your company is the same one entertained
by nearly all of my Republican neighbors,
viz physical inability to shoulder a mus
ket. When young, | was attacked with a
disease we'll known in medical works as
spring .Gtper, which has followed me Pc
riodicalIy up to the present timc-gener
ally appearing in the balmy days of May,
and holding on to my system until the
frosty weather of October. You will see
at once that | could not pass inspection,
being constitutionaliy ineligible at this
season Of the year. Besides this, | learn
that Mr. RG3ER, the father Of the Repub-
lcan party Of this county, has written
home advising none Of his friends to enlist
in the army-that our soldiers are treated
worse than the Southern ncgro-that they
are nearly in rags, and poor y fed. | con
slider Mr.. Il. good authority when his evi
dence is against his own side Of the house.
You have seen fit to sheer at my politi
cal principles, which proves that your pol
ftics are yet predominant, and that party
instead Of country is naturally uppermost
in your mind Let us compare figures
I feel that no act of mine has ever assist
ell in bringing about the prcseut troubles.
I have always been a Democrat, and in
common with the party to which belong,
have invariably been a warm and devoted
lover of tho Union. have, i'll my hum
bic sphere rs editor of Democratic our>
nal, endeavored to prevent It's dissolution
by warning the people Of the danger in
which political demagosueS were leading
them, and cautioned them TO beware of
the disastrous result. | am proud to be-
Tong 10 a party which acknowledged
ANDREW JACKSON as its captain-he
whose motto was THE Constitution and
Union-ore and inseparoJle-now and
torevcr." thank God that this, too, has
been my motto.
You, Capt. BoKeHERDT, have associated
yourself with a party the leaders of which
have supported the Uuion and Consiitu
ton on conditions on condition that the
negro should be made free. 1t was one of
the leaders of your party who declared
the " Constitution was league with hell"
Another Of your leaders has eloquently
exclaimed " Let tie Un'on s{tde " 1t is
you and your kind who have for years
pas. couuselled dissolution Of the Union.
Such men rs SEWARD and BANKS, GKgELr
and PHILLIrs, BgEcugR and LovRJor, Mt
a distance. have been open advocates OF
the presaut disastrous condition Of our
country, by their appeals to the passions
and prejudices of the weak and narrow
nearer home we have had
our SrASLEY & believe you know hiu)
aud RUsRR echoing these sentiments from
pulpit and press-sen,iments easily swal>
lowed by the bigoted and intoleraDt. If
/ am no, mistaken, you have been fol
lower q some of these men, and rejoice
that you have seen your error, and are
willing and snxious to remedy the evil
brought on the country by your political
friends, and ready 10 repair the injury done
TO once happy but delu'ied people. l
would reJDi.e u,ere, If the leaders Of this
unholy crusade upon our Constitution and
Union were as repentani as tneir duPes.
do not wish to be understood as put
hing the ,rhoie blame of the disaster upon
your political aud religious friends. The
South contains mcn Of the same stripe