Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-06
The Voice of the ARMY.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sent.


Editors Journal;
1 have a few words to say to your
more especially those of Spen-
Ger county. l wrote a letter not long
since to that notorious sheet called the
Rockport Democrat 1t was written in
favor of Captain Samuel Laird, who is
the Union candidate for Auditor of Spen-
Ger county, in which I expressed the SEN
timents of myself and fellow soldiers
from Spencer county, but the editor OF
the Democrat refused to publish it, and
l understand he declared that soldiers
had no right to say anything about poll
ties, and that they had better write
something about the war. Now, never
fatter myself on my ability as writer,
for l have scant supply. But | know
if that letter had been in favor Of the
Butternut candidate he would have pub
hshed it. Now as to soldiers having no.
thing to say about politics say they have
as much to say as any person, and l
think more; for, are we not fighting for
that right? and we will stand up for that
right, and will have it in spite of all the
mean pettifoging butternuts and copper
heads in the world.
was at home not long since, and I
did not see man 5uJ what claimed to
be friend to the soldiers.
But now there is a man running for
an office, who has been soldier and lost
the use of limb in the service of bis
country, and while in the service won the
esteem of all who knew him, as an Off
Ger and soldier Those same men who
are the soldiers friends, are doing
their best to beat him. They are
not even willing for the soldiers in
the field to express their senti-
ments in his favor. More especially
this editor of the Rockport Democrat
Never mindl-the low, mean, con
temptible puppy There will be day
of reckoning before great while. Yor
must remember that all of US Lincoln
hirelings will not be killed, as know
it is your hearts wish, as well as all o
your clique. Now, | do not want an
person who should happen to read this
to think am throwing this at all Dem
ocrats, for 1 am not, because [ am
Democrat in principle myself, but no
one of your low, mean, underminin,
Butternut class
/ But enough of this. | hope, if tbi
should reach your readers before tn
election, if it does not do any good, tina
it may do no harm-I mean to the caus
of Capt Laird I know l will get curse
for writing this by some persons, but
want all such to understand that | do nc
care snap for what they say about N
now, nor hereafter, if they will say it t
my face. W. * STEWART,
Company 3, 18th Reg't Ind. Vols.
, ALARMING INCENDIARIsL-Thre NOR
steamboats, burned at one wharf-set o
fire in broad daylight A barge col
tanning Government stores to the amour
of several hundred thousand dollars, l.
ing just below the boats, narrowly e
Gaping destruction. liz view of this di
aster we recall the recent losses of tt
steamers Ruth, Imperial, Champion, b
awatha, Hope, Robert Campbell, Jess
K Bell, Post Boy and Chouteau, and tt
various attempts recently made at tn
levee to fire other boats Are not the:
things startling2 The design is pal 2
bic. 1t is to destroy the shipping on Ii
Western waters, and thus cripple tt
transportation facilities of the Cover
: ment How long will it be before tt
torch is applied to Government war
houses in this city, next to public bull
ings of all kinds, and finally to Il
cIuzensf Have the authorities, milital
i and civil, no way of preventing this te
rible work?
1t is clearly rebel work, done by Il
: emissaries of jeff Davis, sent her
caught, bonded, let go, called " friends
k by Gen. Blair, armed in Platte coun
/ by Col. Moss, and expected to vote ne
month for the perpetuity of the Gamb
: conservative policy in this city. Is n
IL conservatism towards rebels abol
e "played out?'-Mo. Democrat. ca
e EXPLOSION OF CAIssoN-Loss +,
e LIFE-A terrible accident occurred