Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-04-12
A Letter.
FoRT LINCOLN, Penna. Vol,
ll2th Reg't. March 20, s62.

| 10 pen u lew lilies 10 you.
saw letter that was wrote 10 q mar
ried man in our company by his wife that
says she is in need of subsistence and
wants him to come home and maintain the
family. l think that the loyal people of
Columbia must be very hard hearted to
see the wife and children of man that is
serving his country suffer for the want of
food, and if the man had not been prom
ised that his family should not suffer for
anything they needed, he, would have
stayed at home and maintained them him
self; and they talk of binding out his
children by the lst of April if he does not
provide for them, unless we are paid off
before that time, which l am afraid will
not happen. And farther, they talk of
throwing his family out of the house in
which they now live, and they have no
place to go to. This family lives about
two miles and half above the town of
Bloomsburg. This man is suffering with
illness, and has been so ne arly ever since
we have been moved TO Washington, and
is still under the Doctors care. He is a
man that is honest and upright, and bears
a good reputation. He was honest,
industrious and hard working man at
home, and made a good living for his fam
lily, which is large. 1 write this for the
benefit of this soldiers family, and not for
myself, for | am young and can get along
without asking help from any one. [
would like you to publish the above in
your paper. No more at present, but re-
main your friend, GEO. S, LEE,
REMARKs,-We publish the above as
requested Mr.. LEE has mentioned no
names and hence we do not know who the
suffering family is. We suppose, however,
the woman was among the number Tho
appeared before the Board of Relief of this
comfy, but as Democracy in this county
don't mean patriotism-we suppose she,
with the others needing aid, was sent
away.-[ED. REp.]
The above letter was pointed out to us
by some one, upon the appearance of the
Republican, and we read it,
We can tell the DR.. all about the parties
The husband is Democrat, and his wife
has been receiving from the Board of ofRelief,
the proportionate share paid TO all others
whether too much or too little, we are
not called upon to decide.
The persons who promised that his fam
lily should not suffer if he volunteered, arc
Republicans--the m an in whose house they
lived, is most intense, double distilled
Republican; aud the husband informs us,
that he has actually thrown his family out
Of the house in which they lived, and in
which he promised they should stay and
put them in one not fit for hog pen. 1t
is Black Republican job throughout, and
one of the meanest kind. And it is not
the only instance, in which the same class
Of men made the same promises, which
they kept equally well. We shall ventilate
the whole of them, names and all, if there
is any more of this slang The Democrats,
neither as party nor as individuals, are re-
sponsible for this state of affairs, yet they
have done their whole duty in the premises.
The applicants to the Board are represen.
ted by an able and ingenious counsel, and
the members acting for all parties and
interests do their duty as honest and re-
sponsible men.
We hear and see much of "Soldiers'
Aid Societies" Why do not these Societies
furnish all to the families, who tits claim.
ed, need it-instcad of sending it to the
soldiers, who are provided for in sickness
and health, clothing and boarding by the
government The poor ye have always
with you, succour them. Why not? Be-
cause these Aid Societies get ambitious
ladies names into the Newspapers there
are honor and eclat and fame, and news.
paper pufs, growing out of Soldiers Aid
Societies-But a little clothing given to
soldiers child, a bushel of potatoes to a
soldiers wife, or hundred of -four added |
quietly to her store, would make no fuss
in the newspapers. That is the true cause
Charity that shall be sounded to the heav-
ems, giving that shall be extolled-not
that silent aims when the right hand shall
not know what the left hand doeth The
charity of the Bible, not that which sounds
trumpet before it as the hypoerites do is
required. Of the latter we have had
enough, and more than enough.
There are few more chapters on the
local financial history of this war which
are yet to be written.
SURVEYOR GENERAL.-The name of |
Col. LEVI l.. TATE, of the Columbia Dem.