Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-03-06

Proclamation, freeing the slaves
in rebel States. For \ fun week
spent In travelling, and in different
camps, | was ,hrowa into sol
dlers society almost exclusively.
| was an attentive iisteDer to eve
nv conversation which included
the matte in question. and when-
ever practicable participant IN
such conversations. ! took adj
vantage of every opportunity 10
question those who did not vol
unteer a Statemen; OF their opin-
ions, and the result was that from
the time | started from home ua-
till my return, and alter either
having 4 conversation with SOL
diers Of al ranks, from the COM
mander of brigade 20 the drum
mer boy. and belonging to al
most al! TIE regiments In the
army of the South- West, | found
no soldier whose opinion did not
fully accord with the following,
which copy from a soldiers
lips, emitting, Of course. many
words rather more emphatic than
plous.
II have gone into this war to
destroy the rebellion, and save
the Union" and ! know that
/ it's rot going to be done except
/ by shooting or hangingthe rebels
| want the triitors in the North
to stop calling the war IAN mn
+ holy war;" "a Lincoln war,
IAN abolition war;" want them
to stop their copperhead talk
about peace and truces arc
compromises; their traltorou,
talk has already killed more thar
all Bragg's army killed, and / tel
YOU. sir. that il those Sneakin-
towards should fall into tia,
hands of our bows they'd hans
them M 10 the nearest tree, OF
blow out their brains, with a:
little ceremony as if they were
As many bloody bu>hwhackprs.
Last Saturday | listened TO ;
public address, delivered in TIN,
place, by 4 chaplain from thu
army before Nicksburg, now
home on account Of sickness
Amongst several things OF tn,
same general import he SAID.
One Of the most alarming tact
relttive 70 this wa i the charar
ter Of that feeling VIII Il s0m'
Northern politicians hav" arous
ed in the breasts % our solGlerS.
Then speaking s one o. the them
he said. We have lett our fam
lies and homes To PVT down hi
rebellion; we are conscious q
the purity oil our Intentions, ans
know the justice OF our cause
We know the chArartcr OF fhi
war which the South has begun
and the nature of the obstacle ~
have 10 overcome; we know. too
that slavery Is the very soul O
the rebellion, that but for the Ia
Dor OF the slaves upon their plan
tationS. Qualifications and batter
les, the war would have been en-
ded a full year ago, and we ar
with the President in his Procla
nation policy. We know, toe
that tie copperhead, pro-slayery
anti war, peace at.all-prlce, anti
government Democracy OF tn
North is, next to slavery, tn
gratest obstacle in the way q
our complete anil speedy victor
over this rebellion. We ar
going to destroy slavery as ia
and as fast as we can; we ar
going to destroy this rebellion
whether it takes one or ten years
and most solemn,y | warn m
, democratic friends, with whom
as You know. have acted 10
40 years, that they must sto
this cavillng at the Goverament
this sIs ndering the arE:y, th'
, strpngthning The hearts and hanG
Of the rebels, or they will h1v
to get out OF the way when on
boys come home; The army is
terrible school, soldiers learn I
; place n very low estimate uPo
! the property aad lives of thos
with whom they are at war, an
they will not lie likely to max
much distinction between the
enemies. whether Of the Sout!
or North
4. L.
A fact, he was educated b
Jackson.
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