North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-06-03

| send you a letter addressed
to me, which the writer aft' rwards gave I"
the world through the Republican of your
county; its republication, with reply, in
the Democrat Will o1lIge
JACOB BEDELL.
Fer the Republican.
JACOB BEDELL-DLAR Sr:-Whil>r
thinking of the past, AMI hoping for the u-
ture, shall rndeavur to pen a few lines t."
you by way Of remembrance. Il is with feel
lngs Of .rrow that am c1lei to enumerare
many things in the immediate past, which i,
frau.ht with so many changes of mind, and
Indeci>on Of character So much "fdislnyalty
TO our g vrrnmcnt, and diSgraccfu 10 those
who We're once your friends, TIA cIn now
| hardly govern my len -ufficemt tu make Ties,
lines leglble. In the .rst place will call IL
mind your rntrJducipn e. the frien Is If Ne
ho"pafy. a; that time, you Eroicesc1 to be
a strong Union man, and none doubted yuur
sincerity III your profession. THIS you re
member was IN the month Of May. 1861.
Al that tine you we're intending to jim
Capt. lngham'o Company, at Tnnkhannock
but the company leaving before your good pur
poses were conAumma'ed, you ri solved t"jon
the next company which should be raI>ed.-
| You then left your friend L. X. Smith. EN-
| pluy, and returned to your friends at Mill
wauke.
The next thing hear Of you, is being very
! ,t,,.I Il i
! DR.. Peek, at Newton church, on a quarterly
occasion ; You saying that he (Peck,) ought
Aavc been taken ont "f the pulpit, tur->aN ln2
that "sonc men up north, reminded hun Of "a
bard down south, called lie turkey Buzzard {"
! lie n, X place You "IrIn "" is III he tall ot
| 1851, "nh party called Peace PARTY, Ca
MISERABLE party anI brcime u lr"mIue nj uran
III raising. iur UnIon.) lis mon poes AMI do
irg al. ynu could to pervert the ln,nds Of tn,
| people, with you prrmcIous views.
Like the tirnh, and arch rrai tor you were
Then serving, y"n UNEXPECTEDLY turned ut"
in a very quiet ltrle town, called Factor v
VILE, and there also advocated drsu mon sen-
tIments, t" such degree that they, Ghr
CITIZENS. gave you notice to "dry u,," or
cave, inllmatng at the saue time, that You
would receive an extra coat II" ,ar and ca.h-
ers." Therefore you thought best To leave
such warm qua;tcIs, anG gU atnong In".t COLI
genial spirits, IN the noted town Of Rand. N.
but better known, and more apIrrI riate
naa,e, OF Falls. AND there having man,
supporters, you " Went III" for sccesh in ear.
| nest.
In the fall Of 1861, after doing all you
| could 10 dI>hearen others, i'll Their endcav
"rS 10 sustain the government, and hraplng
repr"acheS. and vie epitSets, on all rtpuhil-
cans, You leave your C"pprrh, ad friends,
! don Unc:e Sans brass buttons shoulder "A
musket, aud start Tor dirIe. Here !, ri ,lc,
ed my hear: to you making such a bold
stand in the union ranks, aud by The side Of
good Union men.
Capt. Srrnberger, c.. 3 143"d Regt P.
V. was then at Camp Luzrrne. With him
you marched south, and halel at fort SIo
cum AT that lace your ardor became
somewhat coiled, and by the REASONABLE cor
respondence CARRIED on by traitors at home
you was persuaded to " skehaddle" from the
Regiment, ard come back. And now y"n
are in the same old haunt oi diSTepufabie
nJtoriefy called F ais township, boastlnG
that tie man does not exist who Can take
you back To your RegIm, Mt, and declaring
that the man who undertakes to force you
to return, will feel cold lead" Now how
do you suppose your friends, apf former &C
! qnantances, lock upon you and your con
duct2 Can you expect sympathy from an,
law abiding citizens ? No! No! We all
think you have done wrong, and deserve TO
suffer the penalties of the law. You must
10 k to your copperheud brethren, who en-.
tced you from the service. pr omising To
protect you from the officers of the law
4 miserable protection a broken reed.-)
For my part | II yer can look on ynu as III
former days, 40 nerer.
But think of your oath, and the promises
to return to your Regiment, and that too,
speedily, for the time is fully spent that the
President has given you to return in, and If
you tarry, you will surely suffer the penali
ties affixed to ycur crime, In the recent proc
lamation. / certainly hope you may never
take up arms To resist the Law, and fight
against one Of the best governments the sun
ever shone upon. Ny motto is 6 The Union