The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-02-18


this STATE, who is now IN the army Of
the South West, thus writes toihis,ans,
cse, Charles Maus Of that county y, The
New Lisbon Patriot says that Mr.
Ward left home a flaming Republican.
What lneow thinks Of the war and.
the present Administration, may be
lear%ed by reading the following ex>
tract frsm his letter:
"My,seRtiments, I must own have
chasges considerably, and / am, not
aloNe. Theswhole Army of the South
west are down on the Administration
and the negro Emancipation Proclama-
ton. When we we're enlisted we were
sworn to support the Constitution, and
| have only to ask if we are doing it
when We strike directly at an institu-
ton protected byit? The wal, is nov
simply a scheme for stealing niggcrs
and specializing incontrabahd property.
tell you, the cause will never prosper
when such ends are made the issue of
the war; The policy pursued by the
Administration since last August has
done everything tewand demoralizing
fthis portion ofthe army. Scores of
officers are resigning, and others will
do so as sooa as prssibte. The truth
tof the matter is no sensible white man
4is going to sacrifice health, the COM
fforts of civilized life, and even life it
fself, to emancipate any d--d set of
iniggers, especially when we arc rob-
Thing many Of our loyal fellow citizens
Eof property which the Constitution as
fully guarantees to them as it does
life and liberty to us. If live and
keep my health, I viii leave the army
lin June, unless some other plan is a.
tdopted. - al org -4syaa / s-ufr-
! Mr., Ward is Just like thousands of
lother soldiers--they cutered the army
ardent Republicans, with the UNDER
standing that the war was for the res
toratim of the Union and the preserva-
ton Of the Constitutions; but when
they see and feel the outrageous man.
ner in which they are treated, and
1 that the longer the war is continued,
the more sure and certain viii the u
MON be dissolved, the sober second
thought comes over them, and they,
like Mr.. Ward, acknowledge that their
sentiments have changed considerably
since they left home. If an honest and
fair election could be held in the army
i. to-day, fye-sixths of the rank and file
|. the men that do the fighting
would vote the Den ocratic ticket.
Mr.. Daniel Watt, ofrthe 18th Ohio,
and also Columbiana county boy,
thus writes to Mr.. J. D. Mclaughlin,
of that county: ~ -
Gas we came through Valley Springs.
General Grant had an Illinois Regi
ment under guard, they refusing to Ell
ther fight against the rebels or do duty
of any kind, saying that the niger
are treated better than the soldiers
and that while the soldiers are subsist
ing on quarter rations the niggcrs ar
+. drawing full rations. | can not sa,
T whether this is true or not, but |, d.
G know that the Niger has more privi
|, ileges than the soldier. @
: + EsOften, as we have been on tn,
march, I have seen poor sick soldiers
e with their traps and knapsack, trudg
, ing through the mud and rain, willis
e the wagons were filed with niggers ant
: their things. This is the darkest pc
Eriod of the war, to me and all the sol
diers with whom [ have talked. Her
g we are, twenty-five miles west fror
+ our starting point, when at this me
Y ment we should be in Jackson, Miss
on our way to Vieksburgh, in the ens
, lny's rear. SO They are a little too shar
: for us, and if there is not some chang
$ made, this war will last forever, fo
It we have not gained anything for 9th
Hast year, while the rebels have see
just what they can do. = sA.t 1a'a
y s'Thaye conversef with great nt
II ny of the troops, and I have the frs
d one vet to talk to who thinks that tn
,r rebellion can beput down by fighting
alIt must BE done, in another way, an
z there is only one, way to do it., an
q that is by compromise, and almost e.
le cry one isshopeful that as the Dem
it Icrats have majority in the next Col
,s gress something viii be, done, No or
1t wishes it more than I do, hi + ssIa
= "All newspapers are kept from u
:, and we have not been getting our lie
,e Iters regular, 50 you see we know yer
{. little about what is going on in Il
!. Estates. For my parts / cannot. see WI
~ they will not let us soldiers have ii
y, 1negs. Tits now nearly seven montl
~ since We have been paid, and there
t. "a report in camp that Congress h
/, refused to appropriate moneylto pa
{. us. il IF 1sach be the case, your po
~ houses will be filed with soldier
~ ~ wives and ciildren, RIM, -, a,.a sg.s. Y, S.d
We I II have been present when some,
1the soldiers were talking about the
y families. aIhape seentheira eyes 4
y Iwith tears and heard them say, .H1stt III
nAj ~ = I,ftia onaa aro Ia soet alon0 fTS,