Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-13
We publish below letter written 70
Mr.. vallandigham by a soldieDinio one Of


the Butler county companies. It is not
ths-T entifeHei7 7Vfl q General gettins
thousands per year, but the honest voice
of true Union man, fighting for the pit.
tanco Of Sl3 per month:
CANP NEAR CorlsrH
GAA8Aks ssSB' 2S, 's2h Z ~
Ma VALLASDiOHAM:
Dear S,r--I am one Of these kind of men
that when have done any one wrong, am
willing to acknowledge it | have always
been n supporter OF yours and always been q
Democrat but thinking you was, or had been
on the wrong track iniIhls whr policy Buf
now come back, and endorse your senti-
meAts read the Presidents Proclamation,
and am sorry that he could be 80 humbue
yed and led By tho nose by the radicals OF lh"
North. can tell you that this portion Of the
army is loudin The cry isgaiust such ACTION as
that Of the President, after getting them into
the army, for the purpose OF restoring the
! Union as it was; and after he has got the con
tseryative men Of the North in ypkess that he
should show his hand so bold Nov my
prayer is. that you may be sent back 10 repre-.
sent old Butler County in her trse sentiments
and all an sorry for is that | will not br
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the majority Of Dur Com pany, with the, Gap.
tain also; but our First Lieutenant i, one of
| those d-n Black Republicans, and is also
sending negroes 10 Ohio. He has iu Camp
to-day three that he stariB for Hamilton to,
morrow His name is Murray. You knov
his father He is one Of the men that signed
petition TO the Legislature to strike out the
| word "irhite
You must excuse me for this boldness IN
writing but public men think are the prop
erty Of their supporters AsI once before
asked favor Of you, and yon complied with
il, took this time 20 let you know that have
said things that now take back
Iremdin yours
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The following letter, signed by the mem
bers of Company l, Third Battalion, 9th
Ohio Volunteer Cavalfy, which'we find in
the Hamilton True Telegraph, corobor-
ates the statement that the Abolition Off
GERS are stealing negroes and sending then,
TO Ohio, and further that the Volunteers
are in favor of crushing out Abolitionism.
Let every man read and ponder upon the
contents Of this letter:
CAMP NEAR CoRlSTn Miss
September 2S, 1862
Nessrs Editors;A-I' presnme our many
friends at home would like to know what we
are doing, and where we are We are en-
camped two miles south oil Cornth, aud
doing heavy picket duty bat We, could do
our duty with cheerful hearts, If it were not
for one thing, and that is, one Of our officers
sending negroes up to Ohio Our First Lieu
tenant, C, Ii. Murry, has in camp now, three
weuches, whom be starts TO Hamilton this
week, and one mulatto boy that the 'siysi he
is going.to make clerk oI-a judge he don't
know which Well, such proceedings don't
suit u.s. so, this morning, we made the Lieu.
tenant a present OF q petition TO vaeate his
post and leave his command To let our
friends know why we done so,
will just send you a copy Of our petition
We are down on any man that will send ne
gross to our homes We came not here tn
steal negroes, but to restore the Union as il
was Theyoung man, we think is better BIT 10
teach the young ideas how to shoot, than to
learn Democrats how to steal negroes
Now, IL oar officers are 6ghting torestofe this
; Union ss it was, why do they want TO destroy
our happiness BY seuding negroes to our pla.
ces OF labor, to ruin our means Of making a
living DO they care rs much for poor pri.
yate, as they do for neRro2 have heard
officers say that they cared as httle for a pri,
vate as tbeydid dog, But / never believed
il till come here, where negroes got as pleb.
J ty as dogs on Dutchmsu's farm and our
, camp full of them, doing nothing; and the
field officers making the privates, every Satur.
day nt9gti1g clear Up tbeiE, qaet4 u, while
the negroes sit by aud laugh al them Is this
righl2 Can the blAckest Republican say tits
ritht for our poor boys, on duty every other
, day, and those that happen 10 he in camp on
. Saturday to clean up, and let the negroes set
in their tents hraiding tfeir wool 10 make il
hushy on SuHda,2 Now. we don't want no
neRroloving officer over us and, If he is a
man, be win ihroT up, as the saying is
lfyou see proper 10 insert this in your pa
per, our company will be much Obliged 10
You, forihey want their friertds to .kpogs Ahat
they are not directly in the negro stealing
business. The following ia our petition:
I'VE, the undersigned, do petition and ask
G II Murray, Lieutenant Of Company sd
: Batal lion Of the 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry,
to resign his command of said company, as,
10 our opinion, he has always been an injury
E to said company and, kpowiRg that jhe has
done ell in his power to injnre Captain c.
I Murphy sreputaton, We ask him, as a gentle
. man, to leave his command 81.
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