The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-03-06

ported TO me by others. With regard to
the other statement that he believes, tha.
one halt ofthe men will desert as soon as
they are paid of; but he will not as he will
not forfeit his oath. | do not believe that
one half Of our soljiels will be less re-
gardful OF Their oaths than he who has
sworn himself willing to write such de-
liberate falsehoods. Ii is to be expected
that the men would feel anxious to
be at home with their friends, and ! know
that they do feel SO, and know too, that
they feel determined to fight this war
"until the last armed foe expires" have
never seen or heard ofany disposition on
the part Of the men to desert. Again,
this correspondent says that about half
our officers are going to resign in conse
queuce Of old Abe's "nigger" Proc!ama
ton, in which, of course, there is not one
word OF truth.
Seven ofour commissioned officers have
resigned ON account OF i'll health. | am
intimately acquainted with the views and
feelings OF all those officers, and | know
that that Proclamation had nothing to do
with their resignation, with one excep.
ton.
Again, 7. J. SAYS We have marched
1873 miles without anything to eat. This
assertion has no foundation in truth
Our men have nearly all the time been
abundantly supplied with food; and very
little Of the time, indeed, have been even
Oh short rations. Such times must nec-
essarially sometimes come in the life of
soldier.
Now it is not strange to me that SOL
diers should sometimes write such letters
as those to their friends, or that their
friends should be so iniudicious AS TO offer
hem for publication, but it did seem
strange and ncomprehensible that man
claiming to be respectable man, and to
publish respectable paper, in a respecta-
BILE community, should publish and en-
dorse such letters. But | was permitted
to read the paper in which these letters
were published, and the wonder vanished.
There | could find no word OF censure or
disappr> baton Of this wicked Rebellion
No wold OF encouragement, or hope for
the success Of our armies, in their efforts
to plant the Stars and Stripes upon that
soil where it had been torn from It's proud
position dishonored and tramped In the
dust. But from the beginning 10 the end
it is an attempt to dishonor our cause; to
weaken the hands of our country; to des-
troy our currency and our credit; to en-
courage rebellion at home and abroad; TO
encourage mutiny, dissatisfaction and de.
sertion in the army, and to shear the ar
my and country OF its strength.
In noticing the death Of one Of eur sol.
diers in the army, all the comfort he has
to give his friends, is the statement that
he died in this miserable "nigger war"
Now this call cold blooded assassination
The vile sends forth her husband at
what she believes to be the cal OF duty
and OF honor, and smo,hers her griet, al
though her heart strings crack ~ the ter
rble separation and he alls in battle, or
by disease. and is bured in strange
lind and IN an unknown grave, and leaves
her and her little ones without a protector
or supporter to the cold charities of the
world, and the only ray OF light in this
dark night OF her great sorrow,in the con-
ISOLATION that her husband died in an hon.
orable and glorious cause. fighting for his
couhtry's freedom AM txisanre; and as
she raises her bowed head with this ray
OF light illuminating her conntenance,
the assassin turns to her with cold sneer |
upon his lips and says: ''Your husband
died in miserable nig gyer war;"
The husband langushing on a bed of
suffering, with no gentle hand to smooth
his pallet of straw, or ofter the cooling
draught to his parched lips or wipe the
death damp from his fevered brow, the
suffering man says: II have tried to do
my duty; have sacrificed my family,
my home and my life in just and holy
cause, and while he tries To comfort HIM
self with these thoughts in his hour OF
mortal agony; the assassin stands over
him with scrowling brow and cleaning
steel, and says: "You die in misera,
BILE nigger war" /
He sees his country struggling and
bleeding, beset on every hand with des
perate and daring, yet open and avowed
enemy, and under the guise OF friendship
with stealthy tread, lie steals upon it,
and attempts to stab it to the heart, by
branding it as being engaged in ''mis
cradle nigger war" All this may be
right and honorable and comnendable
but Great God, it does seem to me that
any such claim for it would be terrible
mockery to Him whose allseeng
eye sees the inmost thoughts and recess
ses Of our hearts. For such desperate
the Son Of God Himself, e
could not offer the petition that he offer
ed for the Jews, that crucifed Him -
''Father forgive them, for they know not