Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-12-31
Army Correspondence.
In Camp near BEIpcEroRT, Ala,

EDITOR ltEPubLlCAN.-l lnt uist COpy VI
your paper ever saw reached me yester-
day, for which | am greatly indebted to
some friend. Never was paper more ca
gerly read or with more satisfaction. |
have several times seen the Democrat
printed in your place, but it never made
me feel half as good to read it as it would
q rebol soldier, 1 am sure. 1t is mystic
ry to me that the Government tolerates
such Copperhead sheets. We soldiers re-
gard them as exercising very deleteri
Gus influence at home, and have, no doubt,
served to prolong the war, by the encour-
agement they have afforded the rebels.---as
consequence there are very few soldiers
but entertain cordial hatred for every one
of them. Such as do not are unreliable,
and may generally be designated as strag-
lers and skulkcrs in. time Of battle. They
are sure to have some excuse to so to the
rear as soon as battle commences. and
perform their duties at all times reluctant
ly. ssHs ..faihtr-ss 60 -
Our regiment (the eoth) is coming home
in few days. for they have nearly all re-
enlisted as veterans. 40 are coming
home to recruit. and many, doubtless. will
embrace the occasion to ascertain how
much patriotism. if any, Copperhead
possesses. Some. no doubt, are misled. l..
and may be convinced of their errors, if
the proper means are used l have little
hope, however. Of the leaders. They are
thoroughly disloyal, believe, and sincere
ly desire the success Of the rebellion. If
they do not their talk and acts are very
inconsistent, to say the least.
The hope the Copperheads felt that the
troops now in the lid, and whose time is
about expiring. wonld not re-enlist. there
by enabling the rebels to beat back the
Union armies, possibly is blasted. as all
their anticipations in regard to the estab-
lishment Of aristocratic institutions in this
free country, are doomed to be. Nearly
every regiment in this Department is re-
eulisting. Three fourths of ours have al
ready, and the balance are almost ready TO
consent. The same, / am informed, is
true ofslmost every other regiment in this
army This news will fall like a wet
blanket npon ye Copperheal. will it not?
You ask in your paper whether the
Union pyramid does not cheer us. Who
but Vallaniighammer could look upon it
with any other emotion? We thank God
that the people at home still cling to the
old Union. and that they are willing to
hold up the hands of those who are bat
ling for their freedom, and that the Cop
perheads have every where been routed.
horse. foot aud artillery. All we want
our friends at home to do is to whip the
Corperheals with ballots. and we will
whip their rebel frienls with bullets. All
we want is thirty days at home and then
we arc willing to 60 in for three years
more.> lam not talking at random, bnt
speak by authority.
was amused and grati6ea TO see how
numerically you handled the Copperheads
in your paper. | hope you will continue
the treatment. They are in desperate
condition aud nothing but the most vigor-
ops treatment will save them. if indeed
that will. But it will either kill or cure.
and it don't matter much which. If cured
there will always be danger of relapse as
long as they live. and. perhaps. it wonll
be better for the country if they were kill
ed of. every mothers son Of them. at once
They are an eye-sore and a stencil in the
nostrils OF every true soldier. l am q
stranger in your county. bnt I could not
help letting you know the feelings of the
soldiers and bidding you God speed. I
have already told you with what satisfac-
,ion I read your paper. I will now des-
cribe. In conclusion, the feelings and sensa.
tions produced by reading the Democrat of
your place, month or two since.-The
very air around seemed to be polluted and
the olor of reptiles sssailed my olfactories
so strong that felt sure was reclining
over den Of real Shiny coppcrlieals,. Of
the crawling variety: but upon examina-
tion I became satisfied it was all imagina-
tion- However. falling into q dose soon
after, dreamed that was captured by
the rebels. who. upon seeing the copy Of
the Democrat laying by my side instinct
lively hailed me as a friend; but, wAen l
assured them Of their mistake, every one
ofthem became instantly transformed into
huge copperheaa snakes. who Kissed terri
bly, at me. I Icould see them dart forth
their forked Tongues. and every moment I
expected them to spring upon me anu sting
me to death. l awoke all in tremor,
happy to find it was only dream. D0l
Hoping yoas~invslusble journal will
prosper in accordance with it's worth,
eeinJ am very Itesp'y, &C., 9ss s'.' 4
zeSssels a. S.1L, Co. H, 10th In,s.