The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-24
THE ANSw Err.
MURFREtsn no, TENNE SEE,
Anril 1Sh 1S62

April ID h, 1863.
received your letter OF tho 7th
On tho 10th, it found me well and in
good spirits, and ell the rest of the
boys well and in good fshting con-
Idi,ion, ready to do anything for tn
Union cause. Our voices are with
General Jackson- the Union must
and ehsll he preserved, and death 10
the man that would tear it down"
Your letter astonished me very
much. when | read it. 1t WAS most
mor,ifying--i, seemed that you Was
Silling to adopt most any measure,
hut the one to save the Union -
You say that The war will never
come to a close by fighting. do
not want it any other wsy-if this
war should last fifty years, it should
have my servics before | would bt
willing tn have peace on any other
condition, than full and uncondi-
;ional surrender OF the whole South.
ern army. Then we would have
p'ace, ani the right kind of peace.
You snl that We was further from
victory now than We w.s year ago;
and you also sAid that the rebcl ar
my was rs large again as it was in
the beg inning; your author is that
informal rebel sheet, the Cdur,H
whatever it says, you beliusl, and
the advice OF thoss that kaoT some
thing about it you disbelieve. an
sorry to hear that it has turned on,
ns it has at home; but animated witt
the hope Of gel ting home before ma
ny years, and genuine settlement
of things, is what consoles me-
They may cry for quarter, but ther,
shall be none shown them; this thinG
ia not so essy forgot. II there arc
not enough Union men in the NOrtf
to hold it on a balance with III, die
loyal ones, there arc enough in the
army-and an army is Liable to b'
I called back there at any time, aDc
then they will have TO hold thci
prowling mouths, or else meet witt
the into of the rebels in arms. =
They would TO thought of rs men
but the miserable, pusillanimou
puppies, they will set at home snC
; say "well this does not suit me, an
that do"e not salt M, and if tho
: undertake to enforce this measure
y we will fight before We will endur
it," and go it goes, always groWlin
= ut any suitable measure that ID take
/. TO settle this; end yet they are cry
icg peace, peace, PEACE II yo
: want peace, and il you do not Wal
; to fight for the Union, md do NJ
/, want war at home, keep neutral, o
20 ahead and abide by the tons'
; quences. Ii Yen could see the d,
7, struction in the South, believe thI
,. you would be in for keeping tresso
n down in the North.
a. Thsre are provisions enough in Il
l. North, but the rebels csn not say
g. of the South; they can not ha'
anything ss lar as the Union arm
o, has advanced; for wherever an Mu
IN ia destruction follows and leaves Il
he iarms one vas. field, without fenc
and therefore they cannot raise al
thing. do not think OF stsrvir
N yet, us long as they give US sow.b'
rs ly,' crackers, coffee aud sugar, al
there ia penty in store.
ot intended to talk plain wher
ne commenced, did not give vent
.st my feelings as | should like to,
>. one account, but, howsoever,
- will let it psss this time. You c
90 use your own pleasure about answ
ing this letter. am glad to he
from you. When you receive thi
mr. suppo,e you will think that | am
as observation-disclosures than ever.
y. | am in for the Union, the Cons
n. tion and nothing else. | will clol
IN still remain yours,
~ d. Il.
osI u GThrea oheera for tha TTni