Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-05-08

IU-The Cincinnati CDmn,erciut gives
to the public the following, furnished by
. soldier in Tennessee. 1t is q specimen
Of hundreds of letters written BY sueaking
traitors at home, to try to make mischief
among our soldiers, whose replies are like
the one VIC copy below:
Spicy Correspondence between a
Copperhsad and a Soldier.
LETTER.
HAMILTON, o., Sunday, Mar. %.
DEAR BOB suppose you were in q
harder battle New Years than and Rash
we're with the skunk, aud more serious,
too. l suppose that before this reaches
sou, you will have been 10 another. From
what you say, l suppose it is an awful
sight to see the slaughter Of men. You
undoubtedly know Of the heavy draft that
is awaiting US. The people here are all Of
one mind-;hat s,to resist the draft. They
all say that they will rebel against it. l
d~n't know how that will work, but if they
do am in. Do you think the soldiers
will fight US if they are brought up here
TO take US? don't, think they would
be wise to throw down their arms. Bob,
we bad big Democratic meeting in Ham,
ilton, and the speakers all said they would
have big fighting here soon. Oue said
that Lincoln would be out of the White
House in three months. Bob, there
must certainly be some rough times here
before long. Bob, you may know that US
boys had big times in Hamitoo yesterday.
We listened to the speaking until We got
tired, the next Was euchere and bar.
Well, Bob, l must quit for this time.
Write soon if you don't get killed.
j. H., JR.
REPLY.
MURFaEEsBoRo, April 2,
JOHN: Your cOwardly and dlsgraceful
letter is just received. You eau better
imagine than can define my disgust, at
receiving such contcmptible and treason
able letter, from one claiming to be citi-
zen Of the American Republic; . mat
raised and educated under the auspices of
the best Government ever eDj Dyed by any
people, who have SO degenerated in the
scale Of morality aud love Of country, as
to have become an object Of contempt
rather than Of sympathy. l blush to
think that one of my former associates,
who but short time since boasted of love
for his country and her free institutions,
is, to-day, from motives Of da,tardly cow
Ardicc, crioging, 10 the attitude Of suppl.
cation, at the shrine of the Southern Con.
What has so recently come
over the spirit of your dreams, that you
can thus neanly repudiste both your God
and your country? Tho sediments you
express, SAVIOR very much Of human
3eprsvity. Have you lost all the pride of
manhood? Have you become so demoral.
ized as thus to acknowledge yourself at
once traitor and disgrace to the free
which gave you birth May
God in bis infioite justice, prosper the
glorious cause for which the Federal
armies are conteuding, while to the
Hretched torment Of FIRE and birthstone,
10 the deepest gorge oe hell, consigu not
only the Rebels in arms against our Gov.
,rnment, but also, and three-fold more
the uDprincipled aud cowardly
who openly avow themselves
traitors, but who have not the moral
courage to take up arms in favor of the
rebellion for which they profess so much
'ympsthy! If such men as Vsllandigham
md his followers expect to receive mild
treatment at the hands of the soldiers of
his department of the Army, they are
aboring under q most woeful delusiop. !
lou greatly mistake the loyalty of those
Who SO freely gave their blood at the bat.
lie of Stone River, if for single moment ;
you entertain the opinion that We would
ustify you in resisting the draft. We
gill, with one accord, lay down our lives
or the cause in which we have enlisted
,ut never, till the last armed foe expires,
vill We ingloriously lay down our arms, as
minated 10 your letter. We will return
'ome for no other purpose than to bayonet
aud, if need be, exterminate,) all such
reason mongers as you described.
This letter will no doubt conclude our
to which. do not object;
nd since you have taken the liberty to
rite such an insulting letter to me,
ropose to deal plainly with you, in doing
,, allow me to say that all your boast
bout resisting the draft is mere cowardly
ombast. You % all your stripe lack the
'ursge to lift an arm to oppose the draft.
ou will, no doubt, purchase Q revolver,
I'd talk loudly about resistance, as all
wards do; but mark me for the express. ,
o, you vii! never use them. despise s
coward as | despise the devil, and for
'er hence you are 10 my humble es,ima-
IN . bringing coward Of the lowest order.
oily think for moment of 3 spirit SO
ntemptible as to express the wish that
, might desert the graves of our breth- I
o to the desecra,ion of the Rebels! Il
Go on 10 your mad career Of opposition 4
the war; but, remember, the time is fast v
preaching, when you will gladly give .
ur right arm to be able to recall the !
'asonabls acts Of the past. II you de. c
g to know how your letter was received, !
u can readily determine BY the follow = =
J. One Of the boys present when it was b
ID, remarked, that, "if you we're here,
ar skin would be taken of, and twisted
o whip. p.lashes with which to lash your 3, n
Il on the road to hell" All denounce d.
author Of such reasonable letter rs
mean, contemplate coward, who dare ~