Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-04-02
FROM THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Fort MASSACHUSETTS,, D. G. !
March 23d, 1868.

March 23d, 1868.
FRIEND EDITOR 1T was very pleasant
yesterday, had been strolling about for
some time, and at length seated myself at
the door of my tent, and began to think
of home, of Vermont, of old friends,
and in fact, took general survey of the
present and past, and the prospects of the
future. l thought of the magnitude of
this war; of the two mighty forces now
in deadly combat-of the unspeakable
misery and woe which is visiting every
household within our borders. And then
l thought of the cause of all this, and
could come to but one conclusion, and
that was this; we mast conquer our enc
mies,-sa0e the nation, and preSer0e the
Government.
Just as my thoughts were bordering
thus, copy of the Argus & Patriot was
given me; bearing the date of February
10th 1868, and my attention was soon
attracted by letter from this Regt. Let
me extract few sentences There is
hardly one in the regiment who has
not got sick of the war. A great many
who came out republicans are now demo-
Gratis. King Abraham's proclamation
was pretty generally denounced as we'll
as the removal of Little Mac The
news Of the Democratic victories was we'll
received. | wish the States would not
furnish another man, and there would be
some prospect of war ending"
The subscription to the letter from
which the above quotation was made, was
A. G. B. standing for A. G. Bean, men,
her of Co. G, of this Regt. l do not
suppose that such letter would do very
much harm in Vermont, for have too
high an estimation of the stability, good
sense and patriotism of the good people
of Vermont. to suppose that they could
be turned from their patriotic endeavors
to sustain the government, by such con-
glomeration of nonsense and falsity.
He wishes the States would not furnish
another man, and thinks that then there
would be some prospect of this wars end
ing Well, it would end, but how? Why,
it would end by making the beginning Of
a more inhuman and cruel slavery than
history ever knew, And we, the decend
ants of such noble ancestery F.; we
americans we Freemen, we, indeed
would be the slaves of a most bitter tyr
amy. No, this regiment is not sick Of
the war; the men are in earnest, and
faithful to their duties as citizens and
soldiers. We did not come out here as
either Democrats or Republicans, mol
have we changed our politics Gf it can b.
said that we have any at all,) since We
came here. We came out here as citizens
and freemen of the United States, as mer
who could forget all past political differ
encc and with unity of purpose, and
I fixed determination to assist as far as VIZ
were able in the defence of our common
country, and the maintenance of Gov
eminent the most bcnefcent, kind anc
impartial on the face of the earth. w,
recognize but one party, and that is tn,
party to which all loyal men belong. W,
know no North, no South, East or West
but whole united undivided country
Any man from whatever part of tn,
country, if he is loyal and true to tn,
Government is our brother and fellow
citizen. These are the sentiments tina
actuate the men of the 18th Rcgt. tina
is, but one, for A. g. B's., letter seems t
indicate that there is one man.that seems
to glory more in seeing the democrat,
victorious in some election than he woult
in seeing the nation victorious in its pres
ent struggle with traitors and fanatics
Our forefathers left us examples and say
ings that must be dear to every loyaI
American heart. And If We understand