Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-05


warfare against the rebels is everywhere man
fest. and nowhere more so, perhaps, than IN
Tennessee. Some of the army officers there
have not only failed to do their whole duty,
but have gone so far i'll the opposite direction
as even to organize system of persecution
against other officers who have treated well
known rebels with proper rigor They have
succeeded to drive Gen. Mitchell from his
command in that quarter, and their consplra-
CIV against the gallant Col. Turcnn brought
him before a court martial from which tortu-
natelv and to their dismay he was rescued by
promotion. Such atrociOus abuses cannot
now exist in Gen. Pope's command, and the
new policy of the government will doubtless
suppress them everywhere.
The Nashville Union bears witness that
they exist to lamentable extent in Tennes-
see That journal speaks very warmly on the
subject, showing how rebels have been favor
ed while loyal men suffered, and how our sol
diers have been misused, degraded, and muir
dered, that rebels and rebel property might
have protection. In an article headed ''How
to lJenOrdllZe dl ARMY lilG NdSlNl CHlOH
addresses president Lincoln as follows :
s.Suppose that treacherous, INSCRIPTIONS
foe declares war against the country in cir
cumstances which render the war an outrage
of peculiar aggravation. The government
calls for an army to defeat the foe, and vast
concourse of patriots assemble to chastise him
and save the nation. Actuated by the noblest
and most self-sacrifcing spirit, the physician
laora thair offinpS tho formpr hiS
lovely home, the tradesman quits his shop,
the mechanic his bench, and the laborcr his
daily toll; forgetting home, wives, children,
friends, business and the sweet repose of civil
life with its wine and fig tree, to try the hard
fare and severe exposure of the soldiers life
the forced march-the drifted snow purpled
with gore-the burning heat of summer and
choking clouds of dust-the drenching tor
rent of rain-the hospital-the dreadful shock
of battle. All this the patriot soldier faces,
and if his heart quails it is but for moment,
for the love of country inspires him with more
than mortal courage, and the voice which
speaks within his breast is not uttered by
earthly lips; and thus,
"In spite of surging pillows roar
The tOrrid march-the deadly Shore
he marches on-on, repeating as he goes;
"tFor thee fair freedom, welcome all the past,
Forthee, my country, welcome oven the last
He reaches the territory of the enemy, eager
for a concict with the enemy; he has no love
for war as profession, and longs to conquer
peace, that he may return to the delights of
his former life, which no motive save that Of
patriotism could ever have compelled him to
forsake. Weeks, months pass away, and
there is no battle-no advance is made. He
is in the midst of population many of whom
sympathize heartily with his armed enemy,
= hot
enemy. He is beset with spies, who dog his
footsteps everywhere. \ distinguished rebel
trangress oruers, he Is.Aa2tation and many
to protect the plantation and negroes. The
next day he is detailed to guard a rebels or
chard; the next day to protect a rebels corn
field from the depredations of some some SOL
.dier who wants the luxury of a roasting ear ::
and on successive days he is sent to protect
the cotton gin of a rebel general; to guard the
the wheat pens of a rebel colonel; to guard
the corn cribs Of a rebel captain; and to keep
his fellow soldiers away from the spring of a
rebel commissary.
When he has discharged these duties his
officer sends him along with violent rebel
who has just returned from the army. and
found that one of his negroes has escaped to
the federal camp, to aid in arrestiug the fugi-
tive. He and his messmates, broken down bv
the drudgery of the day, have eaten their
plan, hard fare, which hunger made savory,
and SIT before their tents in the pleasantest
moonlight, summing up the events of the day.
As they smoke their pipes he hears one of his
comrades say We'll, don't you think that
old rebel NJ, whose son shot one OF. our
plckets few weeks ago, got permit to
bring some goods through our lines? Anoth-
er one speaks up: Yes, and our general
wrote pass to-day for that old she-rebel,
Mrs. B, to go and visit Il Another
pale faced boy says They made me stand
guard for three days because | gathered some
apples in rebels orchard The takers hush
up for a moment, for the dashing commander
OF the post comes sweeping past them ac-
companied by a gay belle of the neighbor-
hood, who is noted for her rebel proclivities
The cavaliers pass and the conversation is re-
newed, but is soon broken by a sadder inter
ruptien. Four comrades come bearing in A
fellow soldier, who is shot through the head
by an assassin while he was standing on guard
at the cornfeld to keep soldiers from stealing
rebel roasting ears. Better a loyal soldier be
assassnated than an ear of traitors corn be
stolen
land presently messenger gallops in with
the news that company of guerrillas have
captured the officer who lately rode by the
group, while he was taking tea with the fair
secessionist at her farmhouse a mile distant.
Nould II be deemed strange II these soldiers
were to say 'We had better return to our
homes than come away from our families to
protect the property of the very men whom
we wish to fight. We came to fight as sol
diers, and our officer has turned us into a
ponce to watch over the corn-cribs, orchards,
and hen-roosts OF traitors. Our officers froliC
with rebel planters, and compel us to DIG
bitches and repair roads when there are thou
sands Of slaves belonging to traitors at our
very doors, who are more than willing tc
leave their masters, who use them to raise
corn for the rebel army, and come and work
for us. We enlisted as soldiers, and the gov
eminent has made us drudges.'
''The ardor and energy of the best troops
in the world would melt away in such crcum-
stances as these. Not in one county, nor in
one state only, have these things occurred.
We hear one loud and long remonstrance
coming up from all Sections of our army. Mr.
President, you who are made by the constitu-
non Of your country the commander-in-chief
OF the army and navy, command imperatively
That the strength and manhood of a patriotic
army shall no longer be undermined by such
policy as that we have traced in words far
ieeoler than facts would Justify. Let the
merry ana impetuous valor of our soldiers he
no longer pent up, but let the troops perform
we uuty which summoned them to the fold
speak the word, and hundreds of thousand of
iaeeS, now darkened with discomfort will
prlghlen with that confidence whichis the nm
errlhS harbinger Of victory"
summer Pears, and tha mt, V,