Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-05-30
A Soldiers Sentiments.

in the National army to his brother, WIN. b.
Lewis. of this county, which will give some
idea OF what our soldiers think Of Northern
Coppprheads The letter is dated Murfrees-
.,oro, Tenn. April IS:
81 enlisted last August, at Chicago. in the
SSH Illinois Volunteers. We left Chicago Tor
Dixie on the LIST Of September. and since then
have been knocking around in Kentucky and
Tennessee. have had ahand in two battles
--P-,ryville. KY, Oct. goth. 1862, and Stone
River, Dec. 3lst. lS63-whch was much the
worst of our Western fights. was engaged
in this last battle two days, the first day in
diminishing. ard the next was something
harder. Our regiment WAS under fire two
DAYS and one night. The las, day thought
two or three times that all was lost, but as we
have one of the very hes: OF Grncvals-ltosr.
eranS-wr finally succeeded in getting ont.
and at night had rrgainrd much Of The g ound
from which WE were driven in the morning
! | WAS avera part OF the field afterwards, and
| assure Won have no desire 10 see another
such Il si.h. .s that WAS. | enlisted hrcausr
thought it my duty to do 50. and believing
that our country needed tho help of every
man who could possibly so. and am as will
ling to help settle this matter as any man;
still, if it can be houorahly settled without
more bloodshrd, an willing to have it so.
may bp much mistaken. bnt m, strongly of
the opinion that the next three months will
sec tits war settled. The South is getting in
very clos,, place rs regards provisions and
already they have had several bread riots in
Virginia and North Carolina. If we can only
get possession Of Charleston and the Missis-
sir,,i river think that the war is ended.
One Of the worst troubles that we hare hal has
h,cn from The coHa'cn0nce GRd Morct cal the
rebrs haze had from tie Noah, but aa lirrr
has been a,iiliirra' policy laicI Y adapted viii!
regard to his kind Of men. they are much
more quiet than formerly. In many things
cur leaders have been too easy 10y far, fearful!
of doing something ont oi the usual order Of
things. They. llavr let Northern traitors llur-
rah for Davis and discourage the enlistment
of volunteers, and in nflny eases going much
further than this. The result has lrrn The
proiyar;inn Of the warand the sacrifice ut hou
sands Of good men. We are constantly get
ting men from The States tarli her Sou h, rrtu
gees and drspriris. and they all tell one thing.
and that is. il the Northern men had all been
united. this war would have been closed
months ago. The Seems to bea growing feel
ing of dissatisfaction in the South, owing. |
suppose to the fact that the true object OF this
war is fast showing itself, which is nothing
more than the creation of an aris!0cracy of
Shareholders, and entirely ignoring the xis'.
rncr Of any Other classes than those OF master
and slave. You we'll know what my opin-
ions have always been upon this sui. ject. l
hive now witnessed the effects OF this damna
IL, crime. and am only more convinced in my
belief. a man does not need to live long in
the South. in order to get at the truth OF this
If ho will use his eyes he can see enough any
day. There is no ln;s.ukr, slavery is doomed
Institution. aud cannot b. saved now. This
war has made thousands Of aniislavery men
out OF thu s. who form. rly upheld this evil"
TIE TERRITORIAL UNION CoNvENTIoN.-
We have no received n copy Of tho proceed
ings oil the Vancouver Convention. which con-
vrnrd on Monday, but take the annexed brief
synopsis of its doings from Wednesdays Or
egonian. 1t appears that Mr.. j. o. Raynor
is tho nominee of the Convention for Delegate
to Congress- We hav" not yet found per.
son in this vicinity who is acquainted whit
candidate. but this i'll be an advantage that
few candidates possess. We presume. OF
course, that he is a sound Union man, and ca
pable Of performing we'll the duties which
will devolve upon him in case he is elected:
FIRST DAY.
Convention convened at 10 o'clock, NJ,
and temporarily organiz-d by calling II. II.
Elder to the Chair. and Ii. Kelley us Srcrc-
,arv. Comimi,t~ on Cr-d.ni;l' appointed,
ns follows: l.. Giddings j. o. Raynor +.
A. Clark. Ii. Parker. &. Ii. Spimings. ~
committee If seven was also appointed on
platforms and resolutions, to report Tomorrow
at 10 o'clock. The Convention then cd jour-
I'd to 10 O'clock, tomorrow.
SECOND DAY.
Meeting called to order, and after hearing
the several reports by The committees, the Con-
vemiion proceeded to ballot for Delegate, with
the following results on the first ballot:
Arson &. Hrnay. 10 votes; j. Il. Wychr,
z; Elwoo.l Evans S; j. w. Anderson, s; j.
O. R,vnnr, 2; A. S. Alternately, 2; l..
Holmes. /; A. II. Burbank, !; G. Lancaster,
2. ..o,al--35. Convention then adjourned
to 3 o'clock, P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met pursuant to adjournment,
and on the ninth ballot, j. o. Raynor having.
received Il majority Of all the votes cast, was
duly declared the nominee.
Out Of some 20 candidates. the three
highest stood MS follows j. .. inynor, II !;
L. Giddngs, IL; j. w. Anderson. IL.
Tus RoyAL MAuelAon-Enslish papers
are filled with details of the po'npous ceremo-