The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-12

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ral1stion and mischief in drawing to close.
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MOVEMENTS or Tus RnsusNsD SOLDIERS TBs
PPAorcAL SrArnsAsN or THE DAY-From New
York State alone thirty eight Thousand men
went to the war for two yeara Many of these |
brave fellows have been 'honorably' dis
charged" from service by Ae bullets of the /
enemy, and many more have fallen victims TO
the diseases Of camp, but day by day the rem
nants Of this gallant army reach tbis city on
their way home. Elsewhere it is the same, and.
taken throughout the North, there are now, or
there will be in short time. scattered over She
country between thirty and forty Thousand
men who have done the State some service, who
have survived disease, dared all the pcfils OF
battle, and who have arrived home at last 10 tell
what they have seen. In the cities you end
them in every neighborhood and in social cir
cles Of every grade Little knots gather around
and hear what they have to say at the engine
houses and in the barrooms and At tho noon
hour IN the workshops Groups listen to them
With attention in public assemblages. on the
rryboats-everywhere Out Of town, in the
country villages. where the newspaper is net
20 much part Of daily life, they are eagerly
sought after. They are the present centre Of
attraction for all who have leisure time in the
n,erous villages in every part OF thu free StateS
These men know all about tho war. They.
fought in Western Virginia and were at Bull
rum Some Of them were at the latter place
twice They were at Big Bethel At Yorktown,
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville. Peach
Orchard, Malvern Hills, Of Wilson's creek, Pee
Ridge. Donelson and Shiloh They are travel
lers. too. They have carried sixty pounds
apiece all over the United States. and lived on
those remarkable squares of -four and water
known as 'hard tack" wet with ditch water.
They have seen their respective regiments lose
hundreds Of men in battles fought without ~
object and in retreats from positions that ought
never to have been taken They have ceased
to be soldiers: they are citizens of the UniteA
States, "lable to the draft" but, above all;
they are missionaries, and they will disseminate
some new views on the conduct Of the war.
| Great aud good influence will be exercised
by these men, wherever they are. They affect
the popular mind great deal already; but tho
| country ought not to lose the benefit of more
public and positive expression Of their opinions
on various subjects connected with the war,
For this reason we have proposed grand
mass meeting of the returned volunteers.
When great assemblages are gotten up in this
city the mode Of operation is simple-ail be-
gins in list Of names. First comes the name
| OF Astor, which is supposed to represent more
money than any other name in the city; then
comes the name supposed to represent the neK(
largest amount Of money, and 80 it goes down
until it finishes with the fellow who always bor<
rows quarter to get his lunch. All have their
influence, and the meeting takes place.
/ As this is the established and orthodox sys>
TEN, we propose that it should be folfoveS
| generally in the present case. There will not
be found many soldiers who have as much
money as an Astor ought to have-=courage il
their commodity-but there will be found
plenty Of them disposed to borrow quarter.
Let the list begin with the man who hes been
in the most battles, or with the one who has tho
fewest limbs. Find some chosen fellow who
has one foot in the grave in Dixie and the
other IN surgical museum, who has given
both his hands to the cause, who has had pieoo
trephined out Of his skull. and who knows thu
felicities Of silver jaw. Begin with such ones
but get up list Of names, keep out the polite
clans, and let US hear what the practical states
men. say about the war.
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