The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-08-16
a VENTILATION.

a VENTILATION.
Eaaors Ujt;io~ :-Havipg LILLE money
and sgreat dsal of time, esd noGver1 COED
[kealth, I have been in the elAxbit lpe nun
Der Of years Of rambling around tie country,
taking notes of men and things. thus 6nd.
ing . rather pleasurable enjoyment and,
latter myself, sometimes doing some good,
True, I occasionally get the ill-will Of some
indiyiduals upon whose eorns / happen "a
tread, or whose bad principles of lsziness
BY chance expose. But upon the whole, !
sincerely belisse ], do moro good thaA harm;
aud, until ], am convinced to the contrary,
I shall continue ny course, no other i'm
pediment occurring. . : - ;s1-i' -
y In NY .igsag persmbulatiohs I have
twice within the last month stopped short
time ss Fort Riley, and mingled principally
With the boys; for I Used to be, and an
now jntimstely acquainted with q number
ofitoen. l ike these boys because they
afx Hinsas boys; By that 1 mean they have
been IN Kansas, most of them, for. . num-
ber Of years, and helped to roll back the
tide IL oppression and wrong that ut one
time threatened to overwhelm the braves,
band Of emigrants that ever came West
like them because they are intellgen, and
respectable, and pride themselves in sus-
taining reputation worthy Of American
citizens; l like them because they have
shown themselves veterans on the battle.
field aud on the march. being second tc
none when called upon 10 face the foe.
Hence it was with pleasure, mingled with
pride, that I freely mixed with them, 50,
at their table, eat Of their coarse fare and
at night rolled myself in one Of their blank.
cts. was there on . Sunday, and begun
to brush my rather thread-b bare coat, pre-.
paratory to going to church, expecting tc
see some Of those whom / knew to be
church going boys at home 60 with me; but
to my surprise nearly or quite all refused
to 90. I say this surprised mel knew
there must be a screw loose somewhere
where was il, was the question that revolved
itself in my mind, and I Immediately began
to interrogate those with whom l was most
intimate, with the cause Of this, as it seem
ed to me, guilty neglect of the services Of
the house of God. After near an houl
spent in making inquiries and listening tc
remarks, discovered the true cause Of this
course-it was prejudice; prejudice created
in their minds by the conduct of the Chap
lain, in doing things that he ought not to
DO, and in leaving undone things that ought
to have been done. They say he is avar.
icious and selfish that he talks of but little
! out Of the pulpit save money making; tha:
he is constantly planning speculations,
which they considered unbecoming in man
of God, who is now in receipt Of hand
some salary from the Government to attend
to their spiritual welfare; that he grossly
neglects his duty that he is either toe
proud or too lazy to visit the sick in tlie
hospital, or the soldiers in their quarters
unless be happens to want some Of the
latter to do some menial labor about biz
house or premises. @i-
That as school teacher be is worse than
useless. That instead of devoting several
hours per day to the instruction of The
children of the Post, and manifesting an
interest in them, he simply went through
the daily farce of half an hours form in
such harsh. repulsive style as to render
him rather an object Of dread than ol
affection. and consequently an injury
rather than benefit, as it made tht
little folks hate the name of school,
That this half hours farce, and an hours
preaching on Sunday, was al the duty he
performed for the snug little sum Of from
800 to 800 per month. .s2' r. aaf lf-
know not how much longer the boys
would have kept me listening to their oharg
es and grievances, but l got tired Of and
disgusted with the subject, and advised
them to appoint committee to wait upon
the said chaplain and inform him Of their
views concerning him, but fearing they
would not do so, have concluded to lei
this much of the matter out, hoping that i,
may do some good. There are some other,
At the Post whom intend to say something
about at my earliest convenience. In The
meantime-I have the honor to be
saaae r7ri- RAMBLER"
GEN. LANE DEPREcATEs PARTY Spirit
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