The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-03-27
9r,ng Correspondents.
RESPONSE FROM THE 5sth
REGIMENT o. v. I.-COLo-
MEL LEE SPEAKS.

We are Under obligations to Colone
Nc Cutchen for the annexed patriotic
letter from Colonel J. G. Lee, of the 55tf
Regiment 0. V. l., army Potomac.
CAMP AT BRooR's STATION, Va,
March l3, 1863.
Cot. McCUTcHEN---Dear Sir
Yours OF
the 5th inst, with a copy of Resolutions
adopted by the Union citizens of Wyan-
dot County, on the Cd, came to hand yes
terday, They are just such as should be
"sent greeting" to every corps of the ar
my. They are bereft of fpartizan features
and full of true, enlightened, courageous
patriotism, No honest, earnest patriot
can or will condemn them, no traitor can
or will approve them. They evince, what
most of all things, is demanded, pure,
manly love of country, unalloyed by par
tizanism or factious trickery. This is no
time for party platforms, party campaigns,
or party triumphs, 1t is time for patri-
otto words, patriotic prayers and patriotic
fighting; but not with each other, with
the rebels in arms.
Can't the people forget for once that
they have ever been Wings, Democrats,
Republicans, Know Nothings, or mem
bers of any other political party, and re-
member only that they are citizens of the
American Union, and for it, think, talk,
fight and die! Will they not vie with
each other in noble deeds for the crush
ing of all its enemies wherever found!
Every man should cultivate in his own
heart the most fervent zeal for his coun-
try, and forget his party.
Civil liberty is the just inheritance Of
enlightened patriotism, civil despoti5m,
the Inheritance of blind partyisn,. The
one will preserve the Government; the
other destroy it. This struggle of Blood
involves our civil life, and the life of free
Government everywhere. Ii this mighty
effort of aristocracy to overturn individ-
ual right and equality, prevails, what
hope has the world left! If the loyal
people with the aid of the whole Govern
ment, and inyigorated by the memories
of Liberty-loving and life sacrificing
ancestry, fail to strike down this Goddess
rebellion, then indeed ought such a peo'
pie to be slaves, and their children die in
infancy. Their race their name should
be blotted from history, and the world
take up the motto, "Free Government
a delusion, and equality Of individual
rights chimera.
Could | be heard by the whole State
Of Ohio, | would say: cultivate pure, ho-
Iy love of country; learn the truths of
history, in national rise, progress and
doctrine; put away mere party fealty,
rend assunder the bands of cliques, fac
ions and parties; be kind to one another,
or you are in the midst of imminent per-
i; the temple of your Liberties is trem-
bling over you, take the shoes from your
'eet, the place whereon you stand is holy
ground, you are in the presence Of Wash
ngton, Of Jackson, of wounded liberty;
,our young men have gone out to battle
With the enemy, and their blood cries to
rou from the ground, invoking from you
lew pledges to avenge it; silence the
'oice of complaint, of the movements Of
he Army and Navy; be hopeful, conf
ling in the army, as you would have IL
onfde in you; the men in it are just as
,ure patriots as you, they are just as
rave as you are, they fight as often as
'ou would, and are just as ready to fight
nd die as you are; they desire peace no
sss than you; they know just as well,
nd perhaps better, how to carry on the
yar; and instead of fighting each other
t home devote your pens and your lips
D sending words of patriotic cheer to
he soldiers in the field; encourage their
carts, snd you shall know, that they can
lin for you and themselves, the civil lib
rty, that your party pickering is imper- {
ling. In the names Of our broken altars
sacred, Union, in the name of this
structure of Government, IN
ne name of our Political Fathers, in the
anne Oh JuSI uou1 lct ine llAplole YOU
, stand arm united, and the Army and
he Navy, under the guidance Of the
tod of Battles, will steadily move to fl
al victory.
AS to peace, word most earnestly,
oes the army desire peace! If any man
nagines that the army oppses peace, let
inn leave his home with its endearments, 7
S luxuries, and its safety, and take up
le soldiers life in the field, in the face
the enemy. Let him know, Colonel,
hat it is to leave wife and children, 4
'ushed in heart by his absence, depend
1t upon him for support and education,
ID that life perhaps for the shots Of reb-
s to the Government that Washington /,
unded. Let him say whether the fall y
1g of neighbors by his side, the groan-
g of the winds freighted with the
cath Of the dying, the unearthly op.
essive dissolution Of the battle field, the. t