Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-02
Our Army correspondence = Letter
from thc 18th sscgimcnt-A S0Idscr,s
Opinion Of the WAR and the Eman-
cipatrcn Proclamation.
CAsEYvILLE, USIoS County, KY. ,
JANUARY y. 1863,

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Error SENrINEs: As am at leisure thought
1t would not be out OF the way to lay before the
readers OF your paper brief sketch OF our travels
since we lett your city, which WAS along in Sep
TENDER last. and | will also give you the sent
ment that prevails among the Union soldiers that
are stationed at this point
We were stationed at Henderson some length
OF time after we lett indianapolis The company
of which ! am 4 member capt. Jonas Seeley's)
has been very fortunate We have not vet lost
"A man. and there has been but very little sick
far.
The 4th Indiana cavalry is death on guerrllas
Our company, with very little help. has rid the
southern part OF Kentucky OF these midnight
murJererS, class OF persons that have been IN
practice of proving around the country thieving,
r0bbng and numbering innocent men, women and
children without cause. Capt. Jonas Seely's
cavalry company has sent about three hundred of
the Internal wretches TO Johuson's Island there
to remain until the war ends When we landed
III Dixie we could not 20 amlSS for guerrilas, but
it Is now seldom YOU can iind one of them.
few words in regard to the late elections.
The poor soldier made to leap tor Joy when
he heard OF the great Democratic flood that had
swept .. er he FIRE. States Al the time of the
October election We were stationed at Hender-
son, and the reached that the
Democracy oi tie Seventh Congressional District
bttu III 10 1pfi1le-S tffe
Hon ID VOORHEES,, he poor soldiers Fl lend,
and by still larger majority than he received
two years ago II made the boys all shout for JOY.
1t was indeed cheering news To come 70 the bows
Cheer after chez rent the air, which was almost
deaiening To- the listener Well may the people
of the Sc, euih feel proud OF such 4 man. He l. a
IN N well suited TO the times Ii majority of
the memt erS o. the pre- ent Congress w.r. of the
same stamp at the tliente Voorhees,, this war
A ffo 81,
soldiers. They are getting tired OF this unhoiy.
unjust and uugodly There has never been
a company composed Of stronger Dem 1crats
mustered in the service from Indiana than this
very company. They true blues.
When VT enlisted were led To believe that
this War was being prosecuted Tor the restoration
of the Un;o. on the basis of the Constitution as
framed 10y fathers; but instead OF that We see
that the party in power i seeking and eudeavor
ing to convert II To for the liberia ton of the
slaves Well what will be The final RESULT We
are net powerful enough 10 puf down the rebel
Hon. much less To free the NEGROES ai.d attend to
sending them of to country 20 themselves IL
- conclusive that the party winch il Ia power Is
Determined TO break zap the Government bat It *
hoied a % believed Int when tie Democrats aet
IN power that they viii then best eudeavors
to aver such a calamity, May God speed The
time
Bur it is evident that this rebellion viii not he
put down-the AbOil'ionist>. Black Republicans,
Nullihers and Fire eaters never can settle i'.
This War will 90 on dnriug Lincoln administra
ton. aIa then. ii we have Union. II will be
ing 70 whether the Democrats let power Tins
rebellion WAS not iustflbie in the first place
Tie South can never have a. good a Govern
ment the old Union wa- But Lincoln- last
emancipation proclamation is causing good
MANY oyal men IN the Border Save States 10 60
with the South II was altogether uncalled for:
and more than that. Is just calculated create
servie Instruction among the slaves of the
South " II :