Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-28
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Letter from the Army.
YouNa's PoINr, La, Feb

YoUSe's PoINr, La, Feb. Z, 1863.
To the Editor Of the Enquirer
A few days since, upon hearing of the action
of the Indiana Legislature, Col. Spooner, of the
e3d Indiana Volunteers, seated himself 10 biz
tent, and, after some labor, brought forth o
series Of resolutions, which, l presume, you
have seen. lam nota member Of Col. Spoon.
er's regiment, but belongto the same brigade,
and at the time Of the adoption of the resolu-
tions was encamped within sixty yards of him.
A stranger would be led to believe, from the
tenor Of those resolutions, that the 63d Indiana
were indignant at the action of their Legisla-
ture. This supposition would be erroneous 10
the extreme. All Of the regiment that voted
at all, voted for the resolutions, but large ma
jority Of the regiment stood silent, and refused
TO vote. The Colonel prefaced the presenta-
tion of his resolutions with few remarks, In
which he said that he desired all who were op-
posed TO their adoption 70 step four PAGES to the
placed In the front rank, and otherwise punish
ed If they survived With this understanding
none marched to the front, and some fifteen OF
twenty Of the regiment voted for the resolu-
tions, and thereupon they are declared xndni-
mously adopted. 'ih4 sA-t Ahirpg an3 3'f
This mode of manufacturing capital, no mat.
ter for what purpose, deserves to be published
and It's author branded ae he deserves. Colonel
Spooner does not stand high in the estimation
Of his own men, as they are this day willing Il
testify. The SD Indiana lis composed of Of
good men as any In the service; but they, like
ell other regiments In this army, have become
demoralized, disheartened and out of patience
with the Government. The soldiers of this ar
my demand q change Of policy-that such steps
be taken % will lead to an early adjustment u
our present. dificulties If State Legislature
can bring this about, let II be done, as We do
not stand 90 much on the manner or channel
through which it 10 done, 90 that It Is done
speedily. These soldiers came here to enforce
the Constitution and laws Of the United States
this was our object, no more, no less; thai
when this war was ended, that every right that
Nas enjoyed by she citizen Of one part of the
country would again be restored to them--that
every thing would be just as II was before the
war commenced. Eighteen months since We
entered the field, our hopes buoysnt and conf.
dent Of suooess. II no other iseue had been
placed before us than the one we started with
We believe that our success would have been
greater. But during that time, Il seems as
though the powers Of the Government had con-
spired TO defeat our action and render desperate
our foes. r ~s s-Hsg ~ ~ l1s
The question as to whether the action Of the
Indiana Legislature is incendiafy or revolu-
tionary,is perhaps one thst had better not be
discussed In the army, lest Its efficiency might
be impaired. The action of the Government
has demofslized the army-destroyed the con-
fidence Of its own troops to such an extent that
they now have no confidence In IL. The Eman-
cIpation Proclamation came near driving the
army Into open, mutiny, as he soldiers were
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