Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-12-03
Army Correspondence.

Novem Der II, 1868.
EDlTon REPuDLcAS:-Having by acci
dent day or two since seen a number ol
the Marshall County Republican contain
ing copy Of an Order issued by the pre-
sent Auditor to the Treasurer of Marshall
County, directing him to pay five dollars
to solSier's wife named G. Babcock.
whom he stigmatsed as war pauper,"
nv spirit was stirred within me; and al
though never before attempted to wiite
any thing for publication. feel like it
would be doing injustice TO her as we'll as
humanity to let it pass unnoticcd. do
not. of course. in what may say, expect
to work aay rcformation either in the head
or heart of the Auditor. Men like him,
who have so long hal their ears closed to
the appeals of humanity, and persistently
shut out the light of truth from their souls,
are beyond the reach of ordinary argument,
and all hope OF their political or moral re-
generation vain. They a.e ungra,eful chill
dren Of a suffering country and canker
npon the body polite. but, thank God. a
day will come. and that speedily, when all
such will be overwhelmed with public in
dig alton.
Such an act as the one referred to would
disgrace Hottentot, and no one but
parvenu like Thompson wonll be guilty of
it. He certainly never felt generous i'm
pulse for humanity. anil his heart must he
incrusted all over with hard pan of trea-
son, insratitude and cowarlice. Is it not
treason to designate this a ''d-n war;"
Is it not ingratitu le to turu against your
country, for any cause. IN her honr Of per
ii? Is it not cowardice to insult the wife
of man who is battling for his country,
by stigmatising her as pauper? ,al
Mr.. Eiitor. | have bnt fesbly express ed
the Indignation felt by the solliers of Co.
ID. 73l regiment. toward the Auditor. for
the insult be has offered them and their
wives. through Mrs. Babcock. We are
astonished that such man should be eIe-
vated to office by the people Of Marshall.
and almost ashamed to, acknowledge thst
We are citizens of the, county. We hope
our wives whom we have left at home to /
struggle with adversity, while we endure
the hardships. privations and dangers of
the march and the battlefield. do not Of
ten meet with such insulting insolence.-
If we should hear Of any man thus insult
ing them. Fort Neglcy. hardly think.
would hold us long. AS it is, If Thomp-
son will only honor US with visit we will |
give him a testimonial of our respect which
he will not be apt to forget soon f
II the Auditor and his friends. North
and South. had their just dues. the lower
regions would long ago have received a |
large increase in population. and instead
of our being inside of the massive walls of
Fort Nesley to-day We would be at home
enjoying the society of our families and |
providing for their wants. Perhaps at the
very moment the pious Auditor was wri- |
ting that remarkable Order in his COM
Portable quarters, some of ms were stand |
ing at some picket post drenched with rain |
and chilled with cold; perhaps we had a !
scanty breakfast. perhaps none. at all-
Others FROM our county may have been en-
gaged in battle. the missiles Of death Hy- |
ing thick around them. All this and even
more we soldiers have to endure, and what
for? Can he Auditor answer? Perhaps
he vii. say that it is to free the "d-d nig-
GER. and raise him to an equality with
himself. imagine that it will require q
very slight elevation Of the '.nigger" to
raise him above all such men. in all that
It takes to constitute gentleman and pa
,t,iot. The trouble with such men is that
nature made grand nnstake in giving