Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-24

For the Oxford Democrat.
The Finh VS.. Tenth.

h'' regiment secpnd only 30 his own honor.
aud the honor and glory " hi, country. II
any attempt " made 10 cast q slur upon IL.
or 10 stain ~. reputation in any way What.
ever. The soldier is at once touched in q ten
der spot. lie !. ever ,ensi,lte on ,hi. spot.
Add 10 Is well that II !. 80 for 10 a stu.
pendous contest like the present.. where az
u az stake, add regiments srs sent To the
Geld from every loyal portion Of the Union.
no, only State pride. but spirit Vi esnsr.
ous rivalry between regiment. from the .lms
State, operates asa powerful incentive TO
,alor aud y desire to be known a. the
" gallant Fifth. :" or the &" heroic Tenth"
tend. 10 nerve the arm and steady the hand
m the trying hour Of battle. Bot while
this engloo, spirit ~ productive OF good,
and therefore commendable, 10 furnishes no
good reason Why one regiment should ca.
d.a'or to Islander OF belitile the reputation
Of another. Aa aware tha, ,here Away.
are--and presume Away. will bc--.0me
Who seem to think thai the more dir: they
can throw upon nsighbor, the cleaner they
thsm.elvs. become IN other sOri,, ,much
~ they can dstnlet from the far fame Of
another. Ja', 20 much they adj TO their
own: WHEN the rish, course Tor oil TO pur.
sue. would seem 10 h. not to Try how much
worse than themselves they eau make other.
appear. but 70 zee IN bow great degree
they can excel the rc., Of mankind.
1 have been Vel TO make these obscrn.
ton. 10y reading in late nunber Of tho
Portland Transcripts the brilliant eiIdsiOn Of
one u its correspondents. who calls himself
4" vrguiu,." and halls from the Mhins
Fifth. lie has socn fI ~ charge Lasowi in
. moe, feroeiogs manner on the Tenth, and
Is AN member Of the latter regiment,
hops may h. allowed space IN your col
umos to respond.
Nrsinius says:
"A. a Rsginen, we hnd no fault .i,h
anything. We get enough 10 ont, driAI and
wear TO bs sure. another extra blanket
would not make Ne lis any ihe colder, but
',ill We ts+ good in the morning. when Va
get around The cracking kitchen Gre. and
tell how well and warm We ussI 10 sleep
down bOme.''
Again
"lt sounds rather ridiculous 10 ~ 10 bear
Of 80 iaseh Suffering 10 . Res'uvns which
did nothing 10 Washington. but drill, aud
stand guard over isw hen roosp. not even
smelling sunpowdsr. eIosP, Of their own'
from tho time they lsn Maine all they 70
,srnsd sais and soabI. While the -. 81,
4th and 9Th Maine were enduring the PE's-
too. and fatigue Of long marches, sleeping
without teut.. blankets. and olteuIimss
shirts. marching up To the batteries os ,h'
rcbels. and are still engaged 10 Ardaou,
picket duty, aud oil witbou, bali the bIab-
bsring and complaining.
/ Our friend hero pitches into the :" old
l.i with more real than discretion, think.
\ ing ell the while tina, bo IL dealing sous
terribly hard blows at the Tenth when the
+, fact i, that tho Tenth va. never 10 Wa'h.
iusion at all. This terribly severe oorres
tonIsni seen. 10 b, totally oblivious u the
fac, iha, very few OF the members VI sha
:, old lea " are nov IN the Tenth. In my
own company. (G.) there are yut nSo pri'
yats. ~.o ~Sre la tho MAine First, and
/ presume u !. % with the other companies.
W v,rg,niu. !. only maily bsAtIDs the air
when be makes h- eeptleuanly allu,'on, 70
hen.roo.s, &c. 81 be sOe' on ~ the end Vt
the paragraph, winding M With Desperate
ai,smp, at being fanny, ba, only succee!'
In making a Desperate failure. which must
at least excite Pity. II no, contempt.
/ Our friend could not clO.e hI. rcmarka.
Die .pi.tle ~ishOat induleing 10 O0s moro
ding at the Tenth. against which regimen;
he seems 10 bsy, decided nn,ipaihy. Ito
says When We think Of The wives Ani
children Of the-. man. I,hs priyates,l we
a-e inclined 10 ~ into ,bo begging line, not
I tor ourselves. not Tor our regiment, I'VE are
veil cared ior.--but IL We ,houA 'snd oct
,i,oag minded lecturers TO procure money,
I Il would he 10 bcstow !, upon the macy ls.
tie children a, home. &c. Thu, ding AZ
the noble mAron VI the Tenth. who brought
on TO the SICK and dying soldiers u her roc-
iment few cOmfort. generously coniribui.
ci By their friend. in Maine. will b. arprs'
cia,.d by oil. "Commen, Is besiie.s."
/ Rsmsm b-ring his .neor. about " the habit
OF Begging" going into the. begging
line" a.. WIS liI,ls 'arprl.cl u so
tina, the sane individual, IA . later com.
rauniealiou. humbly begs " the ladies Of
Maine To send him aud b., e9nPanloo'
=, some Of those tNO-6ngsred mi,ten'."
Tha, the Fifth . well.drilled rginsn'
have no reason nor desire to doubt. Wero
70 otherwise, IL would BE- matter Tor WONDER
since everybody admit. that COL jackson,
ofiA, " old IT,. 40 'he'en' ofaee'' aad
every inch soldier.
word now about the Tenth. five are,
as Virginia, charges further from the
.,.ux and nearer home than e~r." iti. not
our halt We 20 where We are ordered,
wthou, narmurine or complaining, though
mos, OF the rank and Gle would much rre'
fer service in the hrl to our present. sI,u''
ton. Though We have not been allow'd TO
see much OF " grim ,i-ased war" We have
borne the hart.hiP' common 20 aso'dier'
life, guarding night and day the grea, artery
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