Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-07-28
ACurious Letter. and Just Reply.

lowing letter, mailed at Psattevllle, we
print the same, word and letter as written,
but leave out tho names Of persons sought
to be slandered:
PlatteyiIle July 10th 1868
MrJ Cover Do you live 10 Benton or is |
it your ghost you appear to know dam
site Of Lies to tell about il you just Let
Benton alone and attend to yoar onn coun-
~ will fully missrepresent every thing
that the Democratic party does why don't
YOU publish Old Abe answer TO the New
york & Ohio committee u their reply all
YOU try to do is to cover up, all your dam
nable doings & missrepresent every thing
the Democrat party does Now sir, do you
uphold the Constitution OF the United
States we want you to answer in next pa
per we also want you topubIishi if ---
= = did steal so much silver ware u wo
mems clothing q send home as has ben rep
resented we wish to know the truth Of
these stories how it is about the stories Of
5 wife this spring are they
true or not pleas let us know was it one
Black or 2 as you advocate abolition DIS
union & negroism q stealing it it is from
the south give us an answer being Read
er Of your Lying paper we want you to
answer-then we will write you some
more
yours / Hodges
by j HOLMAN
mob Rioter PlatteyiIle
Ofcourse j. Holman was not the writer,
nor had I. Hodges any part in writing it.
The tone indicates malicious heart toward
the Union Government and Army, and
not very kind regard for us, but as usual
with Copperhea IS tremendous pretence
of regard for the Constitution as it is and
the niger as he was; we may infer from
the letter that the writer is friendly to Val
landigham and that he is a Democrat, of
the Copperhead section thereof. The
apologiat may urge that the writer exhib
its extreme ignorance by his defective man
uscnpt, as well as extreme dishonesty by
the forgery of the names of Hodges and
Hcllnan- therefore, the letter should not
be noticed. 1t may also be urged by the
apologist that writers of such letters are
cowardly, therefore, harmless and unworthy
Of notice.
We very often receive similar letters,
but seldom notice them, preferring that
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lures so wretched and mean should be I'M
known; better that all should unite in
throwing veil over such deformity out of
respect for the human kind. But we have
reasons to offer why the above ought TO be
made public as an exception. 1t evinces
that certain ISLANDERS have been yended, that
they have been spread widely and are be-
ieved by many that such SANDERS are
floating beneath the intelligent, healthfui
public-down among the most ignorant
where the school master, the missionary,
the tax gatherer are alike unknown, and
where even Satan would be ashamed to
have il known he had entered; and that
such SANDERS are uttered and believed
against the patriotic dead, who have fallen
I in the def,nen &c sls@;.. soenty and against
their widows who always bore fair repu-
tation for honesty and virtue. For such
reasons and to caution the public, as well
as defend the army and the relicts of the
patriotic dead, We publish the preceding
letter. We have said that the names OF
persons designed to be slandered are not
printed the omissions are for reasons which
the reader may infer. There being no
truth in the slanderous insinualions, the
names can be of no use.
The letter is of kind, and of usual
design--in view Of begetting disaffection in
the army and causing desertions. The
whole Copperhead battery has long been
working in view of breaking up the Union
army. Anonymous letters are constantly
going to men in the army, saying their
I WHY'S diG UNI uS5 VI uolNS IdhGu up WITH
negroes, and the like. A story was start
ed some weeks ago that a negro family Of
Potosi, had undertaken to farm for war
widow, in Fennimore, and that at length
she bore him a child. OF course it was
Copperhe&d lie, but was doubtless believed
by such as write letters like the above; and
may be The woman's husband was informed
/ by anonymous letters that such had hap
pened his wfe-all as an inducement for
him TO desert.
But the union soldiers are also charged
wilk stealing valuables and sending them
home to their families. This is a big
Copperhead trump, which is played in ev-
cry game of words in this manner: "This
terrible abolition war for the niger will
ruin us the soldiers all steal and rob. have
all been taught theivipg by their officers;
vast amounts of stolen property are sent
home to wives and abolition friends TO de-
moralize them, the receivers Of such stolen
goods BEING as bad rs the theives Oh |