New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-10
a Noble letter from n soIdier in the Field.
HKADQuAHTEHs BATON R0uGB Friday, Jan. Is, |
To Nrf,, ! L. HfDDgLI Ptruleuf Jas URAHls

] J. L. l..
! GrsrLLNEs; ! acknowledge receipt of your lind
Invitation just received, 10 be one OF the speakers
AZ Union meeting Of dtizens Of New-Orleans, on
Saturday evening next"
| TO be present on that occasion, a listener, wonll
afford qualification; to be- able to add appro-
ri tie eKpressiOn sentiment Of my own, TO those
| with which YOU will be encouraged by other more
worthy speakers. III yonr good work ofsupholding
and encouraging the efforts of the very beet Govern
ment under the sun, 10 crush out the very worst
band OF traitors that sun ever shone upon, w0nd be
pleasure to myself fer exceeding any which
could give the Association ana its guests.
/ | regret that j can not be with YOU in person;
duty forbids. shall DO with you in spirit, for |
have too much nt heart the business of saving the
country Of our love and pride from the effort OF the
slaveocracy TO overturn Free Institutions not to
take interest III nil movements civil aud military,
which aim to defeat Their unholy schemes.
II have in the past nearly two YEAR,, on sea or
lund done aught by word or deed to crush these
traitors. am more than repaid by the approval Of
the Union men Of New Orleans.
| well know, from personal observation, how
coetly is the price OF devotion 10 the Union by men
living in the South, who dare, despite the mandate
of King Jeii., turn their eyes to and raise their
voices for that Old Flag.
! shalt never forget the conversation had with
William l.. Hurst, The night before il nav good
fortune TO lie released from tho Infamous Libby
Prison. "sir," said LIE, 81 have committed no
crime, unless devotion to the Union l love 10 4,
crime | have already lost mn eye fighting enerril.
las in my native State Kentucky, aud nov am suf-
crng the horrors OF this imprisonment which !
could bear with more fortituC IL was not witness
lug the wearing away OF the life of my father over
eighty years of age, prisoner with me, whose Zee
bic frame cannot much longer bear the want of
clothing and bedding and the absence OF b"urish-
ment other than our neager prison fare yet We viii
both die here, az will my f. lOwIrisOlerr, before
We will take Ito oath demanded II us the con
flfi(u of A tlg bnVue EDVeInngut ,i
Davis and Company"
Wien heard Ia Richmond Of Tie treatment re-.
ceyed by Ito patriot John Minor Bouts, whore lie
was onI accorded him, by the mob ruling t'era,
through fear Of not love for, that nObiest Roman
o. them alr'-when heard from his own lpa nua
read IN his own addresses TO Union men Of New
Orleans the tnicrings Of Gen. a. J. Hamilton who
speaks trmpeI-iongned against the deep damnntion
of tins Rebellion, endeavored 10 con prohon1 tie
deep devotion To the Union of thoso who present
when ana whnre the storm rnged Gsrccsl W.,
bowed not TO II. They have raised a monument
more enduring than brass. To b. praised Ly tLe..
and hated aud reviled by traitors aud rympnthilrn
WIN them Is glory enough Tor any man. May
mtfit both.
tnrt may be pardoned for CONCENTRATING the
urlon men of New-Orenns That 10 curly IN this IT,.
bollOn they fell under tho protecting hand. ms did
the traitors under the searching eye ana bold heart
OF MaIor.Gen. BenIamin r. Butler. Ile b,lieyet
hs do that Cancellation TO and with Rebels il time
blood aud treasure thrown nwAy. Hard blows
often repeated until they cry for mercy, iS the moe
mercIfni rethOd.
al-o think the creates, blow of the war has bern
struck by the Presidents Proclamation of Jannary
l. 1863, against the peculiar institution, which was
tie cole cause Of the rebellion, III mad d.t. fnif
ton Of Southern political leaders Of the Day, Sli-
dell. and benjamin, fanoey, Ruifn, aud kent
school to natonalizo Slavery and thus subvcrt the
whole policy of the Fathers OF the Republic.
have never doubted the proprcty--nny, dutv--of
tho Government To use all mean- the negro ir-
c'hded, to conquer and punish traitors. Tho fond
hope OF some pairlot to savs the Union and tho
peculiar institution is fns, diving out They bsgi,
To fenze that every thing should be- secondary 10 the
Union, which must n;d shall 10 preserved
The commendaliOn Of Union men of New. orl,aps
which ] feel certain the President has, II ore than
counerbaihncss Tie clsmor OF the whole pach--Tray
Blanche, aud Sweethesrt---polilicians rather than
patriots. who cry, "the Upion as u was" meauirp