The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-08-21
How to DemOrnIize am A.my,

as your children Chamber upon your knee, OF
that lonely hearthstone, and the widows trials.
How TO DemOrnlize an ARMY.
Under this head (says the Euening POST tina.
excellent and loyal journal, the Nashville I'm.
ion, addresses the following words to the Presi-
dent of the United States The article shows
: on what principle war is carried on in Tennes
see how rebels are favored, though loyal men
suffer how our brave soldiers are degraded
and murdered, that rebels property may be
: safe:
Suppose that treacherous, unscrupulous
; foe declares war against the country in cir
; cumstances which render the war all outrage
! of peculiar aggrnvatlon. 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 se!f.sacrifcing spirit, the physician
and lawyer leave their Offices, the farmer his
lovely home, the tradesman quits his shop, the
mechanic his bench, and the hlaborer his daily
toll forsake home, wives, children, friends
business, and the sweet repose of civil life,
with its vine and fg-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 chok-
rain-the hospital-the dreadful shock of bat
tie. All this the patriot soldier faces, and il
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,
''Iu spite of surging pillows roar
The torrid march--the deadly Shore
he marches onion, repeating as Re goes:
s"sFor thee, fair Freedom, welcome all the past,
For thee, my county, wecune e'en ths last
He reaches the territory Of the enemy, eager
for conflict 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 impeed him to
| forsake. Weeks, months pass away, and there
| is no battle-no advance is made. lie is IN
the midst of a population many whom sympa
thize heartily with his armed enemy, and
many more of whom are actually aidng that
enemy. He is beset with spies, who dog his
! footsteps everywhere. y distinguished rebel
general has a fine plantation, and many serv-
| ants near the camp but it is ordered not to
modest them, and for fear he might transgress
orders, he is sent with some others to protect
the plantation and negroes. The next day he
! is detailed to guard reDc!s orchard the next
day to protect n rebels cornheld from the dep
relations of some soldier who wants the luxury
| of roasting ear aud On successive days he
| ID sent to protect The cotton gin OF rebel gen
eral; to guard the wheat pens OF a rebel colo
mel; to guard the corn cribs of rebel captain,
and to keep his fellow-solders away from the
spring of a rebel commissary. When he has
| discharged these duties, his officer sends him
along with a violent rebel who has just re-
turned from the army, and found that one Of
his negroes has escaped to the Union camp, to
aid in arresting the fugitive. He and his mess
mates, broken down by the drudgery of the
day, have eaten their plain, HARD fare, which
! hunger made saYory, and now 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 -
| ttWell, don't you think that old rebel NJ
whose son shot one of our pickes few weeks
ago, got permit TO bring some goods through
our Iines?" Another one speaks up: Eyes,
and our General wrote pass to-day for that
/ old she rebel, Mrs. B, TO go and visit
| H. Another pale faced boy says: "They
made me stand guard for three days, because l
gathered some apples in a rebels orchard. -
The takers hush up for moment, for the
dashing commander of the post comes sweep
ing past them, accompanied by gay belle of
the neighborhood, who is noted for her rebel
proclivities. The cavaliers pass and the con-
versation is renewed, but is soon broken by
bearing in a fellow soldier, who is shot through
the head by an assassin while he was standing
on guard at the cornteld to keep soldiers from
stealing rebel roasting ears. Better loyal
soldier be assassinated than an ear of traitors
corn be stolen!
''And presently messenger gallops in with
the news that a company of guerrillas have
captured the officer who lately rode by the
group, while he was taking tea with the fair
81 af hort hpnSp q mi 10 defiant
Would it be deemed strange if 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 soldiers, |
and our officer has turned US into police TO !
watch over the corn-crbs, orchards, and hem |
roosts of traitors. Our officers trOlic with |
rebel planters, and compel us to dig bitches
and repair roads when there are thousands of
slaves belonging to traitors at our very doors,
who are more than willing to leave their mas
tiers, who them TO raise corn for the rebel
army, and come and work for u.s. We enlist
as soldiers, and the government has made us
drudges.'
the ardor and energy OF the best troops in
the world would melt away IN such circum-
stances as these. Not in one county, nor in
one State only, have these thing occurred
We hear one loud and long ruDlOnstrance com
ing up from all sections vi our army. Mr..
President, you who are made by the Constltu-
ton of your country the Commander in Chief
of the army and navy, command imperatively
that the strength and manhood of patriotic
army shall no longer be undermined by such
policy as that we have turned TO in words far
feeber than facts would justify Let the fiery
and impetuous yalor OF our soldiers be no
longer pent up, but let the troops perform the
duty which summoned them to the field. Speak
the word, and hundreds Of thousands Of aces,
now darkened with discomfort, will brighten
with that confidence which is the une'ring har-
binger of victory"