Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-26
,soldfe,.s Of the Republic,

soldiers Of the Republic.
In the city Of Muscatine there Is published,
BY E. H. Thayer, q paper called the Courier.
Said Mr.. Thayer is candidate for Congress.
In the Courier of Sept 22d is an article head
ed middle Of the 10th Century" -containing
extensive quotations from the New York
World, describing the treatment imposed up
ON persons arrested and incarcerated in Forts
Warren, Lafayette, &C., for express violations
Of the published orders Of the War Depart
mentor being found in correspondence with
traitors in arms-for uttering the most trea-
sonable language against the Government for
which you are enduring so many hardships
and privations, and for giving in various ways
MD and comfort to an enemy whom you have
pledged your lives, fortunes, and sacred hon.
ors to crush, and if need be, annihilate.
A recent order Of the War Department has
made it State offence to discourage enlist
ments. I. has been held that to hire SUBJ
stitute, before voluntary enlistments ceased,
was discouraging enlistments. You as SOL
diers have learned to obey the orders OF that
Department Numerous of these offenders
were sent to Fort Lafayette. This article in
the Courier says ''they arrived at l o'clock
and had no dinner. Between five and six
o'clock, were marched out in military order to
the mess room, where they found laid out on
pine table frugal repast, consisting OF
hard biscuit, hard crackers, and pint OF
luke warm coffee, with very little sugar in
It." That constituted their meal for the night.
At dusk they were locked up in their room,
(that horrible treatment for prisoners.) Their
sleeping arrangements consisted Of mattress
thrown upon an iron bed-stead, with sheet,
a blanket, and pillow. How many Of you
sleep on an iron bed-stead, with sheet. blan-
ket, and pillow? At quarter past nine the
lights are put out and no noise is allowed at
ter that hour. How horrible! 1.-THE next
morning after the soldiers mess, they had
breakfast, consisting Of coffee, piece Of bread,
q raw onion, and piece Of hard pork. At
twelve o'clock, dinner, consisting Of bowl
of soup, a piece of pork, and piece Of bread.
After this they supplied their own rations. "
Was ever such barbarity before practiced
Think of it, soldiers Traitors-aiders and
abettors of treason-violators of law and Or
der, are compelled to submit to the same
rules and rations that you miserable soldiers
receive.
"About fifty persons in one room, and for
these FIVE candles were allowed for reading
and writing" How brutal! "Many Of ths
prisoners, of course, are downright and Sn-
disguised seeessionisis." DR.. Odds, (who
threatened bloody revolution at the ballot
box this FalD was closely confined twenty
two days-Pierre Souls and the Sheriff Of
New Orleans were confined separately. The
Baltimore "French Lady" (spy) kept in irons.
Outrageous
To you, soldiers, we say that the blood OF
of the would be Congressman is nearly boil
ing over at the atrocities Of our Government,
and in his righteous indignation ne says
1--WE yield our usual editorial space this NOR
ming to the following description Of one OF the
Government dens where American citizens
are daily incarcerated, (mind you) for no crime
save devotion to the Constitution of their
country" What think you of such man
for Congress? Are you to be gulled into the
belisf that the Government is Furnishing loyal
menR That those who are true to the Con-
stitution are thrust into prison? We know
you will not. You know full well that the
Government Furnishes none but traitors and
their sympathizers The secret is that Mr..
Thayer is Mahony, anti-war Democrat, and
the victims over whom he mourns are of the
same school, No war Democrat here depre
Gates these things-nor will you. Remember
their representative at the polls, and rebuke
him as he most richly deserves.