, 1863-03-17
WAR MEETING At TIE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Address from t1se Rev. Robert
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YAc Eoudftfoxs Of the 4lr111y-Enirersal 4
Dcnunefntion of the Corpcrtaends.


1Ac Condition Of the i Ar1ay-Entreraal
OnoneA'e1eA u 11e @oIpef1te"aS'
The Tirst Dartist Church was well filled on Sun !
day evening to hear the able address from Rev. Mr.
Patterson, the Scotch Presbyterian Church, who
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"'aoeen sola'els IN ean.p ana Aosp'1ai' a' ano
The sneaker .tated thst though the winter had
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peen toi'o ne'e, ~ "as s""Pleeeoe1tco'
y se'eie ana lne'enen. u sissa.a ne described
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Virginia mua' as peihg toaghef' more adhesive
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WIZ lae uo' 'pe'eonHns eNpe'isneeo lts oeptn ana
tenacitJ-ihe gfeat dln1culfy OF making any head.
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H1tA others iausheo At the printed report Of
General who n. assa1set T,tn h1s army only four
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wnat ne o'd' he no" cntertalna high respect Tor
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w. 'A..'
lee speaker oestrioeo the sar1oas hlnas oI
,ent NE most con,ortshlc and tne heat for non.
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esal purposes. AlieT describing tue shelter tent
and noIes for suspendInc it be sid "ifsuy Of nv
hearers "onld Tea!ize the comfort. and the pro-
lection from the weather, that is secured to our
osa'c soaisls VI w. nelu, !es Aln On some
s'o,n's' "'nas n,sn. seeA tAs ot''es' pase ne caa
IND IN our bur- nnad1est ] streets ana there le down, dow
tabe cloth epreaI rpon fSur sticks. over lin fov
sheltel. and be will Understand more eleariy Whit
It rain md snow and the wind blows never 20
hard ron mnst entltlrs it-therc is no alternative
Get N earir in the morning, eat a scanty cold
neal and 70 upon your day's outdoor business
somc idca al the manner in which the bravc sol
tiicrs i've rf bo are fighting the battles for ns.
During his absence the speaker had visited up.
wnrds Of ono hundred regiments, and had seen
Young men from the college and the counting
room-those who had never been accustomed TO
hara=hlps befo1e@whov hsa llve in the fswn own
class lotels-who had been the family pets Of we'll
to do parents, and always surrounded By all that
wealth md refined society could eecure to them
vt he most cmphatical,J denies The Statements
fnade by traitorous sy1npathisers,, and secession
| Northern newspapers respecting the dcn,oraliza.
feH g, tls o Generalization, The men are tired
Of lying in the mud at night, and Of wadfng In it
! all dry. and want TO get ont Of it-and who
| wouldn't. u the thonsands tnat nc conYefaen
| WITH not one expressed any desire but for Wig
or0uf prosecution ol the War. They are tired o.
this mode Of life. but unwilling to abandon it and
! return nome QDLll iHG IEptlllQu Is GnWu
| They Joined from principle, and expected il need
be to sacrifice their lives npon the altar of theil
country. and they submit cheerfully to the incon
s tea Soldiers i iIfe. D'p' 'N'~N As'All' A's1~'
The speaker rclatcd Incidents Of conversation
with wounded mcn-those who had lost their limb
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service, and expected to be wounded OF perhap
Killed. yet they did but their duty to their countf
il :ofnc.''
Wherever lie had been-in catnp or in hospital
the only canee mentioned by the men for being dit
hcartc1ied, was the course Of traitorous 1fe-ir
and dire diesatisfaction peryales the army, whe
ever he had been, with regard to the traitoroue
; ticlcs in certain class 81 Northern newspaper
/ frcd-hnme Comforts. friends hcalth, and probab
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n,s m e6 trou.h The Sor eripns
p''rolts ~ the Goyer,ue;5t and nsins thcr ,itno
inausnse to asisst tic Ss5y oSjsets our brave eo
h TSe rolditrs DO comniasn Of this, and theg ha,
TIT tn eTnect ti,inTs At dir hands. III
esm that 10 g5Sate ngatitaas ane e9ala
snoMu -, w ner;s asatas hera az II
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.;aaSt IA ~ ~ naTns. ~ III Sn1thrrn
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sfet'sn diet &ned esd''S SAA IT. 'Deu "'N
irg account 81 the aoots o. tne Gaapa1nst .at ~
saIrn Ina nace u in caans and hospita1s Owing
ystions caases; therE a'o S p's Ky ,ecssns
N Chaplalns in thc army ana lan mas 1eGSn;
from the eities and towns Throughout o ths ne So5
&any hase aIsaay Gons; onI snES ~ ~ tt;e Gus ~
dr1P ~ Inc eaa iabnTrs Th nissio Of III,
A. Volunteer Chapaina istopractice as well as prea
= = Christianity. clotlles and food are more desFa
tho poor soldier a+nrt wo ,a4as sss 9 e9a