Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-18
From The Army

copy from one, as sample OF sew
nral we have received. The wri-
ter, who is a man of truth, it may
be did not expect it TO appear in
print; but as its publication may
be the means of saving difficulties
hereafter, We have ventured Oh
giving it place. If there a, c
any people of the kind referred to
in Lincoln county, they had better
mend their ways, or ''stand from
under
Allow me in this letter, to
refer to one or two subjects that
you may build an editorial on, if
YOU are a mind to. | mean the
state ef feeling now in our army
towards some folks who are stay
lng at home. There are people in
Lincoln county now who will yet
wish they never had been born.
This is as true as the sun shines.
I'll tell yen who some of them are.
First, the Confederate money sha-
eers. The only pay we soldiers
get is in Confederate money!
mighty small sum a month, at that
and when we have saved a little
and sent it home, our families have
wrote us that they were shaved, or
their neiglbors was, %; or 90, or
663 per cent, and some wouldn't
have it all. They wrote who all
these folks arc. Besides these,
there is the Jet,nS and Ltasey SPEC
uldtors. There are men, and Wo-
men, toc-shame on them who
used to be glad to get SIXTY cents q
ward for their Jeans, but who tits
Fall make buyers FAY them ttree
dollars, tour dcllars, and even fire
dollars q wvd, and they would
take more than that, if they could
getit. On the Linsey, Socks, and
Gloves subject, they showed. just
as little conscience. Some men
may plead they haven't done So
if they hain't, their wives have,
and that amounts tothe same thing.
You may not know them, but ace
an tie army do-and 'oeU remem-
Der them. Then there's the spec
ulators in -four, corn, and other
eatables-they~h'tve run up their
prices in way never before heard
of. In this section, some folks are
getting scared, | am told, and now
offer things to soldiers families at
a more reasonable price, but grind
other poor people at the same old
exorbitant prices, You may have
the same sort of folks in Lincoln
county. If so, we'll be sure to
hear who they are. There are
some people that seem determined
to get rich by plundering their
neighbors. But that dodge won't
win, and I'll tell you WHY From
Lincoln county, for instance, there
are many soldiers, with no kin to
look to, who amt worth a collar
in the world. In the way Of mon
ey, they haven't a cent at stake IN
the war. They are out exposing
and sacrificing themselves to pro-
tect the women, children, and prop
erty of men richer than they are.
These poor soldiers get some help
from home, and three-quarters OF
all they do get is from folks as
poor as they arc, who are OF no KIN
to them in the world. And these
same poor folks have given more
to the Southern cause, ten times
over, according to their ability,
than the richest man in Tennes-
see. Do you suppose the soldiers
will quietly see these poor folks,
who are their benefactors, imposed
on and skinned by them that are
more lucky in having property,
ETC.? Well, they wont! There
are some citizens living at case at
home, who seem to be trying to see
how much of the ill-will OF soldiers
they can get. And they are get
ting it, let nae tell you, and more
than they will hereafter want, by
a good deal. This hatred don't
get any weaker, either, as it gets
older. We know all that is going
on at home, and some folks may
we'll tremble for the end. They'll
catch it, sure. If you have any
suspicion that l have swelled the
case any, | refer you to any man
from the army that may now be
at home on furlough, and, my word
for it, he will make out the bitter
ness In the army worse than L