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.piptie, l have consulted the war
department Of Washington town
6adit reports TOO recruits,
Iithough the Register boasts that
iour cut Of every Eve male living
u it are good "loyal" war me1. II
credibly informed that in the
Register Office alone, counting edi.
Fors, jours, subs, "devils" and pionp
p~rieRta, there are7polcss thansseren
able bedied, V;eorousstay.at.home
war mon, laying, around all the
time and hecapseI modestly pro.
. little less gas and more
honesty on the part of the blatant
Junior Of the crew, Tam sopndly
abused by him in his rsual vulgar
and senseleSs7 style, applying such
epithets az story" and "traitoE, az
AN argument against his not being
consistent. lie says / am not in
favor of giving another man or q
dollar for the war, and that when,
ever he thinks he can 90 better
than others he viii not hesitate a
moment Brave, patriotic and
"loyal' Isaac, will yon ever come
to that conclusio: No, never, as
.lo1g ~ hoasting, iieing and decep,
'fion will keep you out of it, II
that Kind Of material would haze
put dow1 the rebellion, it would
indeed have been bnt a "breakfas,
speil.' But where solid work ii
to be rerforme d, to use the cla'si'
cal Language OF our amiable q vir
tuous q and hon. vt @ President
your class OF radical, ranting, crnz,
fanatics, plous priest,1 and all, dc
not amount to pig trae. U.s." Fraud
deception and cowardic,s are thu
besetting sins Of all of youi' ca'iber
and other poor, deluded or eatureI
have to pay and suffer for it. No
one of you have yet shouldCree
your musket, and to prove that yor
misrepreseet me, l will state mos
positively that am decidedly in
favor of giving you aud all the rest
OF your stripe, and your greenhacks
too, for the vigorous prosecution
of this war. Now go. You say
it is in its last throes and caiIno,
last but a few months, Ohy DOM
you 60? You can leave your fam
lily in better circumstances than ]
have been left, and it is hollow.
hearted, it is lypocritical, it il
cowardly, for you and the stout
able bodied, vigorous war; priests
or Ministers of the Devil arounC
us, to talk and act as you do.
You say ! voted for Vallandig
ham. Would to God / had had
vote to give, not for the man, bn
for the principles he eherishes ant
advocates. l am tired of the war
tired of being-dependent upon tn
charities of q COLI and sel6sl
world, for the scanty comforts
, enjoy, not knowingat what momcn
!, my only help may be borne to M
: limbless or liteless--tired of seein,
r with what Indifference pusillani
nous priests, protested '1oyaIists,
I and those who are most clamorou
in bounding on this destructio
, and desolation among us, can ga
t ther around the festive board, 0
the Presidents Thanksgiving. b
J nlerrsy. and laugh away me prost
tated day, or assemble in the hons
',iof God, and desecrate its sanctit..
by abusing and vilifying those VIII
t like the Savior Of men, pveae
= "peace and good will to al mai
q kind',-while at that very momel
Q the death struggle Of brothers wi
going on--hundreds hurried to g
= untimely grave, and the agonizin
shrieks Of widows and orphan
the wild cry Of fathers and mothe
for their soma, and sisters for the
n brothers, heard IN every villas
and neighborhood! But what ca.