The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-04-02
4 LANCASTER, Ohio, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1868

EE We are, ffurnishedlths following.
by friend for 3publication, it serves TO
show wba. the feelings of al the army
are in regard to the trsasonable senti
ments expressed by cOvNdly Traitors at
home, ,ls1a ,rd fr GestI
N. CAMP MAR BELLpLAINs, VA. I
.s February. l7,h. '6s
sd Friend Keller: :5 ''sss'l
= = - %sr* Well Jim I am a.
boutio express my opinion to you with
regard to the Union men Of old Fairfield.
\ have recieyed both papers and clsttrs
from there, and 6nd the same thing 10
all, and that j., that they; permit he but
fs,nuts, "oreuly 'IToast Of herd sloyal-
~, and allow them to 60 unrebuted. but
Iif they were only ere the case would be
different. However. i suppose we will
have 70 let them run tbsir lace. for we
are here and lhry are safe IRON our hands.
but Pam still in hopes that we have 10y
al men enough at home 70 attend to that.
for VIII n the heart is filed with love Of
cnpnry. who but The brave know how TO
dispose Of it, and What but the brave
hand Of = freeman is required to aeal the
bleeding wounds Of his country, and to
retrieve It's wrongs. received from bands
SO polluted with cfimsaibat' q very feud
voGld shun III aud say with scorn, away
vile wretch, thou art not ct companion
4 for me-, Yet,I|oyal men Of old Fairfield,
suffer to orrn az large. those that would
blightthe hopes that are conferred in the
hearts Of thousands Of brave men lying
uron The tented field suffering the tolls
and hsTdsAips of war. thoss that llavE
left behind dthem that which next tc
country was dearer TO them than all els'
on earth besides, to project their ,cou nlry
cause; and save The flag that has beer
] both the pride and envy Of the world \ an,
: has spread its br 3ad folds o'er ldud an,
sen for near century. Yet, those viii
mi>cr4an,s would glory TO see it tramplec
| in the dust, by those who now seek t
destroy a county once the home of dth
happy and frre; aud yet. those loyal me
r say they are striving to crash the hea
n of the serpent thst-now seeks to wind il
| deadly COL around our standard and seve
I. the ties which bind union Of holy pee
u pie in holy canse- this may allibe yer
true. but why allow those (Iliked 10 hay
: said men) straitors to carry on as tie
,e have been for long time past, will n,
y say throughout their county or The
's state. but at their 'thrcshholds. yes upd'
their noses; they need not take the law
II their own hauds TO put stop to this.-
lie Has moi the civil authority the power
put a stop TO these disloyal proceeding
. II not let them have recourse to milital
au'hority and send those internal fan,
" TO their home at Fort lafayette Tor saf
+, keeping Then I assure you that the
D. will boone as docile as the lamb, but &
= long as they are suffered 10 run al lars
10 they will become more ferocious than Il
$ wolf. For my part. | cannot Bee VIII
IT, has blinded the people Of old Fairfield
y their bsst interests AMI the Interests
a. u cir country, but I suppose they a
I'd governed BY the old maxim. "give dc
to rope enough and he will hang himself.
II y !;
Ill Ala -s}ft1, l4,. f.. .t.. RI =
'u Your friend,
zs [ig ,,ii JOSEPH B. GRoFH.
et Co. a. Cd Battn le,h U. S. Ini'y.