The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-11-15

10 Gsk what GLORIOUS deeds bave the o0th !
done u fulfill the expectations OF friends at
home who sit by their bright blazing hfes |
and read tie papers AID settle the war ques- |
tion in their own minds, may ask them
selves how the one thousand men Nigo aud |
surrounding counties sent forth TO wear Uncle |
Sans clothes, and eat his rstions. are going |
to reward their sacrificing friends for giving
them as pious offerings TO their bleeding
country. and reward the Government for the
great outlay of expense. The people at
home are no doubt very inpatient because
No do not meet or oyertske the enemy,
fight them. conquer an honorable peace aud
then come homo and help pay the taxes TO
Iiquidato the Government debt. The sol
der. ns he walks his lonely midnight beat
, shivering with cold, as the chilly winds OF
I Autumn moan around him. asks himself tho
same questions "a above, and cannot answer
them lie knows he has surrendered his
! body. and almost his soul. TO tire high Off
Gals Of his county for three years. lie
knows that while his fingers are numb with
cold as lie maneuvers with his trusiy gun,
| the hands of his old comrade at homo Is
warmly clasped. with those of the sweet
heart he left behind him, he sees that in
proportion as he suffers, men with fat Offices
grow rich and important; no feels thank
| full to know that there IS dispo-
sition to divide the spois equally, for
| he sees that as soon as one General
has madc his pile he is removed and
chance given to another: he sees that while
lac cooks his scanty meal over n little pile of
smoking fagots, officers of rank Toll about
first class hotels, faring sumpiuously on roast
turky and brandy. he knows that it is his duty
| to be shot in some bloody battle, that there
may DO something in the newspapers worth
reading; no soos FL this. besides knowing
that il he gets lew rails from rebels
fence to make fireplace, an order from an
indignant official orders such rails to DO re-
placed in the identical spot they were taken
| FROM and yet he knows il is mono of his bus
| mess. for he knows that the Covenant pays
men to carry brains and think for him, and
these paid proxies are smart enough to know
that the sooner the war Is over tho sooner
their liberal salaries and Perquisites will
be stopped. and if the soldier has rightly
learned discipline. he is perfectly satisfied.
But tho main question now is. with the
soldier, when will this war cnd2 When will
we become men. citizens. and freemen again.
Can any one tell Why the North, with the
largest and finest rrmy ever marshalcd since
Xerses invaded Greece, cannot conquer the
ragged, halfstaryed rabble Of the South?
l. il tecause the Union soldiets are not as
brave and enduring as rebel soldiers are1
A simple sentence explains all. We have
not the right Generals, and the soldiers know
Il, and are really discouraged There Is no
use Disgusting the fact that the volunteer
soldier feels that he has been sold They
are willing and anxious 70 fight Ia - the
only privilege they have. and give them the
chance. under proper leaders. aud the whole
South will be a subdued people
have noticed an article in the Journal Of
your city, written by Democratic Captain
Of this Regiment short time ago Ia which
he stated thtt when the new. Of the Demo
cratic victories Ia Indiana reached this camp.
there was feaslin aDd rejoicing Nov. lhe
only thing Of the kind saw would have been
considered feeble demonstration ia times
u peace ! thing the banquet laesek proper
splendos. took place - an obscure tent.
III N 49,. -
qsy toos Place
Let Corp-~l'ss ID god ns~. % .eli
you. DA1 i elected
"a cofp-The h-l be r.. let's take /.
driak
les Cap. -ihs regulations wont aliow Il
A do-fhea lets have great supper
agreed.
- tie tao happy saLls ne, 70 celebrate
the great evcat
hot supper. consisting OF rcppos sauce
and hard bread ~as spread on hand trunk
aud all scus merry asa marriage bell, YET !
think the entertainment done great injustice
g the Democratic party - there wss 10
whisky AID no fghts. A. usual on such occa-
sion.
Outside Of the grand vanguard | have men
toned. there was M rejoicing. The soldier.
have eeasei 70 rejoice in the success Of either
party which raises any man H. place OF
power where 10 can ag;ta,c aal .uin the
eoun,ry No sir. polisicias.s Il any creed
must look Tor sympash, elsewhere n an n
the camp l, the voters Mo make the
great u'aiositics would shoulder their guns
and depos;, leadcn ballots on tie var qaes-
ton they night al in settling II Through
pollution, tacsc men have been drafted from
. their homo. - snncr. nd dc pesaap-. To
settle political qnaFrels. Political issues
have ocssSi g nc quefsions TIA; Interest
nan N The army. 10 believes that Hell
. should BE a Hcavea IA CO npari.on TO the
abode. N lie. or AFTER death. OF the polisi.
Clans 40 have brosghs about this most
ilsc>ly tuf needless var
E1lA sstkef tAe grave O. sA- rrts<n.
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