New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-30
Letter From Gen. Carl 0chnrH.
TIE DUTY OF UNION MEN.
From Tho Ohio State J0sfna.

Tho following eloquent and patriotic letter
IN. brr received from Gen Carl Scburz "f tins state.
ubo :. NEW commanding a division in the vicinity *
ICh,tano,cs We bespeak for II nm attentive perisa''
n THE FIELD, Oct -, 1868.
HORACE Rrxeg ESQ., Chairman os,o" Saae Gos"nm '.:
nr.p SIN It took your letter Of sept ~ long tiio
20 zach me II will he needless 70 explain WY can"
not AT present accept your kind invitation W
people Of Wisconsin in behalf o. te nnon
eonaly needless to- you Of my sincere
n woud be difficult for me to describe the
which the political struggles you are engagea h
home make upon my mind Having yJo and drrotJ
mon Tor the great cause Of the regeneration o ten
country, having felt the awful soemDi.y Of the Dats
6eH on which two civilizations Struggling Win
each otIer and on which the existence ~ the great re-
nresentatye Republic OF taie age H. Trembling III tho
srale + can hardly conceive how there can pe men:
rod mn nv the benign Influences Of liberty and juse
and cnrhtcned social organization, who wcuh dare ~
raise their sacrilegious hanfs against the I'd
whom they owe 20 much Inc uePylanno sia aJnc.-
of The Southern Rebel cal oOfnprehend ms ednca
on his habits Of life his SUPPOSED interests no nave
nerve rted bis heart and blinded his judgnHne- but
how brll We account for the Northern sympatfiT VINO
o. ,, ~ the thousand mor, md material tia which
hind him 10 his country buids hs hopes apon nIs
country's misforuneshow can We account ur LII.
unless upon the theory Of total dspGn'Hy forusX
IT. conpot be- that many people follow ~rch course VIZ
plan and svstem--for parrcide CEN nver be pcnnS
crime from whatever motives 1t n1sy spring anu """'
All va. We see some people faa with easy creosffy~
nf the ira Of their sophstries ana ine
How can this happen How J, III j. s-i"@e ."S' ~
f,oe of the grand Developments OF our day. tne
c,on,bIe cat IL PARTY should be uscvish erect hae
Noodle should permit themselves u Ne yea asun. W
ualiry issues by imaginary gfieyanf ~ ~ Pty Phs
sion. and little jealouses. while the lPDc Is s9.
thron gh the teri BILE travail III her second Dr.n
80 fcu TO Understand that II We Fssse - W ~, ,
cessfn in sruggb must not letter o:s hAnas an1
clog the feet ~ thos. who WELD the sw0rdr US nov
can sane ma, h. made to believe that ifle desires thS
restoration Of thr Union, he must nI1f~ peace WIN
tho,e who most emphatically declare tAas they Wh
neither offer nor accept any peace ey rr upon con-
rot strange find in this 18th century ptope W IN
,ist upon making themselves contemplate as Wen ~
ridicuons by attempting To preserve Sissef! "hi'o
slavery insists upon nhoiishing itself
II the credul0rs victims ~ the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pus
knew how they will appear in the history o bur days as
ID in be read by posferty, they would sosp ana con-
slider before disgracipg the names they %'i' nave u
bequeath Ia their children. 80. ~.
must confess have not kept the run OF loes ponies
for the last two and sui but imperfect .cqh.
ed with ia Incidents, II may be that man nihgs arc
no, * thew ought 10 be. But thing 1 NJ KNOW
hnieycr isappoirtfnc and heartburningr may exsi.
there j. no sacrifice oi personal ie.Ing WIN Ius
patrio III be happy 20 make Tor Gauss as greae
rs that in which We nm engaged In th,se va! .,
sarrifee of n single human life "a consider to
thing How infinitely smaller is the sacrnce ~ PET
snnsl preference prejudice, or difference "sopin"A
on matters Of secondary Importance ,.
Tn. courze every patriot has to l"iio" P'si"
,ud ce,r In a crisis In which our all Il AZ snAe No
Who wants to .uppor, cause must support 10 agents
ard REPRESENTATIVES. You NAV eDdessor 10 nr" IN"
zeal and quicken the energy % those who are tnc or
Won bu, no well meaning man VII attempt 70 hafnper
and bahle their efforts b, factions oPPsifio-or H.
timed experiments. IN,
show themselves faithful the great principles which
they have vi nobly upheld IN many struggle rman'
Very truly yours - ~"