The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-12-18
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LOUISVILLE, n.y., Dcc', AOo-'
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nmhsWfftleIAP Agg'' I wish t., give
some some aofamy views qofthc war, and
.E he'j manner i Il itnn u iiSfJJ{d y II, is4G'dAa'
on. noag .,sHlTW 10 newly
h There are quiteUnumbcr Of sick
soldiersrin the Hospitalsin this city.
We arrived here yesterday ,2ayq
will. star. for ?, = N lals|ssi1S5 in the
morning The principal part q
my letter will bepin referenceto the.
whiehBoldiers are treat
.ed.ariIaaEc been disgdsted to see.
Now, officers mr misuse, good and brave
men VIE have gope forth to battle
for their etunES. The motto of
the wards, emoneyqand sirod1aef
strspsao Diet me tell lyod, ast99ei
Who is Interested III. tl2eg welfare Of
every y. poor and dying soldier, that
unless a man wears straps he is not
regarded aodog, The
man with the strars@goes around
abusing the poor soldier who has
to %. all the hard service. Ut is
enough to cause every, soldier to
throw down his gun aud say that
he7is an American as well as the
.t man who wears the straps. lEOF
my part, I am here TO fight, and l
would as leave commence on some
of these Abolition officers as any
one else. This one thing is a fact,
take money and straps away, and
the war will close. ! am sorry 10
say that there are so many Vail
men here. There arc
twenty eight men in our crowd, and
only twenty-five of them are for G.
L. Vallandigham; but think that
will be the general complaint when
we return. These are facts, End
when 1 know anything 1 will en-
dorse the same, for / am for free
speech and free press.
There arc some men in Preble
county that 60 in for the war, and
speak scornfully of those that dis
putc anything that they may say ;
but let the draft come around, and
they will give all they possess to
get out of it. Any man who will
urge others to go, and say that
fighting is the only way to close
this war, and will not 60 himself,
can't be a good Union man. Let
eyeryma talk and act according
to his views and doctrines; for It
is o fundamental principal of Con
stitutional liberty, that the citizen
shall own. and enjoy the wealth
which the labor OF his hands eX-
.torts from the bosomoof the earth,
subject only to that portion Which
he mayjushyibe called upon to pay
for the, protection of government
aud blessings of ,soeial, order. lie
has his dominion over the fruits OF
his toll by Divine right, and when
this is invaded by the Government
Through impolicy or fraud, and the
citizen is robbed under the forms
of! law, it becomes his highest duty
Ito repell the invasion and resist the
wrong. In a free government thii
is done through the peacefulinstru.
mentality Of the ballot box, and Q
change in the agents of the people
who are responsible for the un.
necessary oppression 2, ANY cyl
could see, atthe opening stages O.
this rebellion, that the struggle o
this Governmental maintain III
Just authority withinrits lawful jur
isdiotion, was to be one Of the mos
terrible and perhaps pro.racted tina
ever shook the world, But, bad a
lit may seem to some, one of tn
main principles Of war is money
Without It armies DO, not move AM
nayies do not foat-and the purs'
of, the nation il. to be found IN tn
pockets of the pc PIE. ,, What ha
been the course ofthosc in author
ity since the wal commenced III re
gard to the question Ct n%ationa
economy. Have our officers bee
held to a rigid accouutabiiityf 70
Their use OF the hard earned roven
ues' Of this country? .lIas fnancia
Kn,tea6 ritz marked tic conduct O