The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-10-08


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u letter 81 tho 18th inst, askiue permission
q uss my name % Is q aconmnsction m WITH that of
the Fourteenth Rsprs en1a.ii,1s i, il Copgrisss..
from thss s.ats 81 illinois. g fyssa e s.
is 10 rep would .snost % tsspsSs u, sstlls1ly ss
mind you th,t com,pli.ncs wilb yonr ~ rs-
quest on ny part Would bs departure pi rom
tho settled resolutions With which & resume m
ny y sword il deitn.s abd ior tte tt aiperpstuitt
81 Government tie IEss ind blessings bls,ii 81
which 10 other nation 81 u ass shan sdjoy, II
once suffered Is IS Weakened q II destroyed. 5 10y
In making tits reply, I feel that ii i un- ii
necessary to enlarge 8 70 what vert, afe,
81 may herealter be. nv p,olitieaf views bjt bj1t
would simply stats that potitics s'of every aeei
grade and character whatsoever Are i,,s now
nored by me, since / aiia convinced that the
Constitution and fife ofthis Repubssiit which
I Shall never cease to adore ire ii il danger
sTexpress my views and politics ;'wahen1
assert ny attachment br the Union. Ihaye
no other polotics now, iauid consequently no
aspirations for civil place and power. y {
',@ No! am to day Soldier 81 this Rspub-
lie 50 to remain, ctangel sss and im,nutabae
until her last and weakest enemy shall have
expired aud passed sawvay. tfj5azh 4li3 81 8aa
Ambitious men, who have not : true love
tor their country 1T heart, may bring torth
crude and bootless questions to agitate the
pulse Of our troubled ratiot, aud athwart the
preservation or this u mon. but for none Of
such am. /. ss T have entered the field-to die
II nesis for this Government, and new
er expect TO return to peaceful pursuits alrna alrna
til the object Of this war Or preservation has
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BECOME ! tact established s's' 44sss.sa t5irnI
Whatever means it may be necessary 70
adopt, ;w,1hstever local interests it may effect
or destroy, IS no longer 1 II affair Of mil,e.s-z.
# any locality Or section suffers Of is wrong
ed in the prosecution off the wsr, Il nm sorry
for it, but say it must not be needed now
for We are at war Tor the reservation Of the
Union: Let the evil 30 rectified when the
present breach has been cemented forever.
r Il the South by her malignant treachery
hrs iinpsrilsd alf thst nads hsr kreasand
wealthy, and IL was 70 be lost, 11would not
stretch forth my hand to save her from des-
truction, II she will not be saved " y res.
toration Of the Uuion. Since ths die of her
wretchedness has been cast by hsr own
hands, let the coin Of her misery circulate
alone in her own dominions,5 untilthe peace
Of Union amelioratss' her 'forlorn condition.
81 By these few words you msy1' reAdily dis
Germ that my political aspirations 1ars things
Of the past, and I an not the character sol
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