The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-03-20

We freely go to do our duty
And see the rule of right restored.
Then march. brave boys, with cheerful faces,
And join our Generals mighty band,
Resolved to rise to noble places,
Or die to save our native land
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~ The following letter, written from Camp
Harvey to the pepin Co Press, was han led to
us for insertion in the Telegraph st week, At
the time it was written, there was no prospect
of a movement Altho' the "march Of events
has changed face of matters, since the letter
was written, it shows the spirit that aninates
the regiment.
CAMP HARVEY, KENosHA, WIS,
February 18th, 1862
FRIEND SHAVER Mo acts or sr4 IS Of any
special interest to your readers, have ,ra1spirad
within our guard lines since you last heard
from Tam1 Harvey. II may however be prop
or to say that Pepin County's representatives
{ here are well, and able to devour their rations
at 2:z0 spasd. Our Frenchman is playi"g the
part Of 2 faithful government servant as well
as that Of a good Samaritan to the needy. "A
somewhat singular yet happy investigation re-
vsaled the fact, that one Of the fifteen that &C.
cupy our tent, came from the town of Pultney,
| Steuben Co., n. Y, whose honorable autogrSh
| is JAMES A. ARMSTRONG, and he is familiar
with the scenes and people with whom my Ju-
!
cared for and attended by Surgeons GREGORY,
LORD and CALDWELL. The official rank of
these men is in order as their names appear.
| Our sensation items are all exhausted and
the game expressions which At FIRST afforded di.
version, have. ri re end of the fifth month be-
come lecide5f- ir- We have learned, long
since, to plsae .a saiiaDcs upon reports, and
fully belieya - ghe sentence which reads.
Let God / rue, though every as0 is liar
should re- Lsl Cod be true, fer every man
is liar.
We woald gladly submit to the various obsta-
cies thrown in oUr way, and the ineonVsnienc-
eF Ith We are compelled to endure, II the
dsBha 81 Cur hearts could be realized In move
towards the lard Of Dixie Yet we are pre-
pared t. ~s.zaowledgs that oar petty troubles
and wsas ars not 6rct il the great ocean Of
trouble into which we nation, sa2E7 destined
20 SIM. Our officers Ia. .' to be censured,
but the cause is attributed TO no less Eource
than that that which delays the preparation Of
the various expeditions, anc prevents the ad-
vance Of the whole srlny from the Gulf around
the coast to Fortress Monroe and from there to
the extreme western departs ea While We as
regiment are well pleased e our accommo-
dati0ns and enjoy life hugely while at home
here among our friends, the great question to
be solved for our satisfaction is why in the
name of suffering humanity III the name OF
constitutional liberty; in the name OF bankrupt
treasury and in the name Of God, are thousands
who have gone forth to sustsiu the Government
in this its severest hour Of e~isi, not ordered
forwardl l believe that II tns order 20 advance
could be given this very hour to these willing
| thousands, the order would De hailed with
shout Of JOY that would shake the earth But
the good Lord only knows when that order will
be given, or in what shape orders from the
Department will reach the advancing column
At every step in the progress of this rebellion
where we have had good reaso on to believe In the
successful accomplishment Of some great pur-
pose, our hopes have been suddenly turned
upside down. just as FREMONT was about to
drive treason from Missouri he was superseded
When BANKS md LANDERs had almost within
their grasp twelve thousand secessionists, or
ders came to halt And even when old togyI
slave catching HALLECK wss about to bag
Price. he was ordered to desisr Not long since,
we were elated with the prospect Of joining the
Cherokee expedition under LANE-to be con-
Quoted on his well known plan, which we BE-
leve IS founded in wisd ON, and which, if car
ried out, would result IN crushing out rebellion
more effectively than the policy pursued by the
West Point Dispeptics,' in any other, or all
other divisions of the army. We felt confident
that LANE would inRugurate a more vigorous
mode Of conducting this campaign than that
Potomac, who seem to be conducting this war
to preserve the peculiar institution and make
such steal on the loyal people Of this govern
ment that the history of the world can furnish
no parallel. But disappointment came in an
order from Ger. HUNTER, announcing his IN
tentiOns to command the expedition himself.
In summer we were asked to look for great
results when the warm weather was ended-in
the fall to wait till winter, now winter is nigh
well gone and we are led to expect something
decisive when spring opens Delay has suc-
ceeded delay until foreign powers are about to
acknowledge the power which has kept the Fed
eral arms at bay these long months, or act upon
the report furnished them by jeff Davis q Co.,
and We are compelled to admit the fact OF the
remarks made by the Chicago Tribune OF the
9th in reference to the news brought from Eu-
rope by the N0vG Scotia:
is the Government satisfied with what it has
done? Are the loyal people gfatitied at the
beggarly account Of success that have followed
the lavish outlay of men and money? This
steamers news finds the highest legislative
body of the nation still arguing whether it shall
expel convicted traito" who comes like Gaia
line into the very Senate, II finds Congress
that has not yet had the courage and frmness
| to pass confscation act. 1t finds Washington
filed with traitors, in government pay, whom
neither Cabinet officers nor the Administration
have had the frmness to root out and punish
or even Danish. Finds every movement made
by our army against the enemy languishing
from the dread that slavery may suffer equal
with the rebellion. Finds the record of 1861
completed without one single vigorous home
thrust at the heart ofthe rebe lion FROM the ssm'
potent influence. Finds West Point command
ers coquetting with the rebels and niger catch
ers in Kentucky and on the Potomac. Finds
greater concern everywhere manifested IN th'
conduct of the war that the Institution OF Hu
man Chattelism shall remain intact, than tina
the burdens and hardshlps imposed by this wa
on the people Of the loyal states should be light
ened. Finds all these. Are we prepared tC
Withstand any verdict that may be based on
these findings?
In discovering these facts we cannot fail TO ID
dorse the remark of THADDEUs STEVENS wneL
he said 'Oh for the resurrection OF the spliIe u
Jackson The blood stained SHOWS OF the new
olution have melted away, and our fathers nave
long since gone to their reward, but "nere "a =
the patriotic dariug-the Hberty-loyln8 zeal
which actuated holy men OF those times! Is
there not one drop Of their blood yet remaining
in the veins of the American pcopleI Are those
who have volunteered TO sustain the best gov
arnment the sun ever shons upon, to die In
hospitals and from inactiou, while in many cas-
as within speaking distance of the enemy!
One ray of hope seems to reach us from tbs
Wa, DEPARTMENT, if the dispatches are TO be re
lied upon. We hear that three commanding
Generals, independent of each other, have beer
appointed by the President and Secretary Stan
ton 40 that the whole war machinery will mol
be compelled to wait or stop running at the 5lo
ing of any one man except the President. AnC
! as the new Secretary says, that the opJec' .
this war is to attack and destroy the reoellou
enemy &c, our faith in the Administrator re
wives, and we will impatiently "a11 " see "ns !.
time will prove. Unless tune goes ue en. ~