Smyrna times., 1862-12-18
HVp0Critic Sympathy.

= lachrymoSe lament over the President,
alleged want Of feeling for the soldiers, with
some unprOtessional and ungentlemanly re-
hectlons on us personally. Our remarks
though not directed to the Gazette man IN
d1ldually, completely fitted, and exposed
his hypocrisy hence the ebulition of bile
from his secession carcass.
There is no one who has expressed more
sympathy for the soldiers than ourselves or
the President, whom this vile-mouthed
champion of the right of secession is con-
tinually barating. Defending the rebels in
hanging Union men in the South for eX-
pressing love for the old flag and the
mon that protects am in the very abuse
winch ne is heapns on its ony source of ex-
lstencc; applauding Bayard, salisbury and
Nalandlghanl, for not only voting against
men but even supplies for our soldiers whois
willing for the South to confiscate the pro-
perty and force into the rebel army every
| man who will not hurrah for jeff Davis.
but Is unwilling for cur Government to con-
ilscate or even aim blow at their Great
magazine Of strength; believes slavery a
DIVINE Institution" and the normal con-
"It!oa OF every poor man, white or black :;
Is q f'e"n advocate of 4 division of this ma
ton, but Row. knowing there is no chance
Tor Delaware to sectdc. anl wishing t. have
Il show of Cn.onism. bursts out in = c,ro,t
and hypocritc "boo-hoo" of mock svmna-
thy for the poor soldiers, and tries. Inv nui-
ting on an elongated countenancc. to mako
the impression that he has more symnstbv
for the army than the mon who have crea-
ted and provided for it. Besides. we have
reason to believe that he, as we know many
OF his party are, is in favor ofr7mcil,io,,, ana
thereby at one blow deprive those who have
suffered for the Union ofany compensation
Ter Their sacrifices of labor and substanc.
This is the kind of sympathy q appreciated
'y our cotemporary, having its origin. we
DOUBT not. IN the fact iii we are rightly in /
formed) of the demonstration of the Sol,l.rs
on enc occasion to gut out" his office be-
cause OF MS aba1re ,cRrc:iO,a, on item.
" hen the editor asserts that 600, 900 out
OF the S00,o votes in the army would be-
Democrats, he knows he asserts u false
hood, tor III States were n vote was allowed
III the army, the vote was three or four to
NO IL y
one against the Democrats, as Iowa, for in
stance, where #, 900 voted the Union. and
only 1000 the Democratic ticket. And Il
the editor wishes to convey the impression
that oIe soldier is like him he is again eyre
giouSly mistaken, for they went to fight for
the Union, while he from tho
hrst has been in favor of letting the Soutb
tear up the Union
W e need say no more, but simply give
The following, which we clip from the last
''asetfe, to show the animus of the editors
mind towards the government:
A rImor has got ahoat that the Pre.;don+
VIII shortly issue an edict abolishing mar
rage IN every county, and designated parts
pl pl counties, throughout the United States
mat resist or have resisted the draft. The
.dict, 1t IS said, will be out on the 2Oth of
december, and IS to take effect on the 18th
OF January, 1868. All the children born in
those counties are (by virtue of this cdict)
10 become llIcgitimate and the army and
navy OF the United States are to assist in
parting the men and women now called
husbands and wives.