The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-05-29

our best soldiers, to the edltorS OF
the Courier, and the receiving of which
l defyth editor to deny, for arrange
ments bay, been made to prove it if
it shoiild become necessary:
Camp Drake, May 10, ns63.
EDS. HANCOCK COURIER :-.Secing
a letter in your paper of the 1st inst.
from member Of Co.A 49th Regi-
ment, relating TO some resolutions
passed by the above company, inI
which twas stated that no such meet
ing was held--that "a ont of ~ re-
fused to sign the resolutions, and that
those. who had signed them already
regretted it. Now sir, being a mem.
Der OF Co. "A. ] am Supposed to know
something about, it, was present
when the meeting was called, the res
olutions passed and signed, and every
member of Co. A signed them freely
with the exception of three. Foster
was asked to sign them i'm nv pres
ence, and he excused himself by saw
ing he could not sign them, for the
citizens of Findlay already knew that
he had twice been q deserter. But
he must have forgotten his past con
duct as soldier, very suddenly when.
he wrote that letter, for / think III
would have been more appropriate at.
least for him to have kept i'm the back
ground. Now with regard to the
names used as references. In the first
place, four ofthose men have not been
present in the company since Mr..
Fosters return from his voluntary
residence in Dixie. The boys never
authorized him to make use of their
names, and the most of them, as YOU
will see, signed the resolutions.
AS / do not want to support or
comtenmce any sheet that is endeay-
oring to persuade my friends into the
belief. that am engaged in a dis
honorable cause, or one which. if II
should happen to be shot, would an
nounce my death, by stating that /,
died fighting for the nigger.
Gou will not send me YOUR paper'
again. And another thing would
say; your paper generally appears as
If got up for the benefit of JEFF. Da-
Wis subjects, and is not fit for lovalI
soldiers to read. If am indebted toI
you, send your bill also whether vouI
would prefer green backs or Southern
scrip.
am sir, ..
Your enemy, and the enemy of all
other traitors.
JAS, B. JORDAN,
Co. a, 49th regiment, O. V. /.
As further proof of the veracitvI
and general good character of Mr..
Foster, | would state that he confess
es to have written that letter before
the resolutions for publication were
sent. The first resolutions that were
laid before the company, were object
ed to, by some, as coming down rath-
er hard on individuals, and were ac-
cordingly changed. Now, he (Fos-
teri wrote his letter during the time
they were being changed. He could
not but know that he was iniurinr
himself more than anybody else: un-
less he had made up his mind that
by his actions (having degraded HIM
self so much as to render it impossi-
bic for respectable men or ioval la
dies to associate with him) he tho d
it best to seek to curry favor with
traitors and copperheads; TO whom
company A would willingly transfer
him. 49,, .v, ..
The Editor Of the Courier appears
to wonder at the members ofcompanvI
a reading his paper. Well, / cam
give him the reason; il is this: When
Mr.. Jordan receives his paper. of,
course he is compelled to read it in
the presence ofothers, unoIe sam not
him separate quarters. -
lie would not have his eyes on theI
paper before he would utter some
thing of this kind: i"D-n him, r.
would like to shoot himp Ofcourse
this would excite the curiosity of the
men, and they would want to see it,
thus it would gothic rounds.
The Courier asks us to point out
the article in it, in which the treason
abounds. We would ask him what
ne would 90 II he was asked to point
OUT y cooi place m HI (where he is
n lnost certainty gong. = But.to salts
lYhiln' we would request that he an
swer the following questions, viz:
Why are. you and your party al
ways g uriying at tlle national cnrrcn7l
~, tnerroy y ehueaVoring to weakenl
.ne erealV oi tne Government you