The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-21
Jiffiu ateeklp Jribuue
A CcpPerhead Letter.
FLAT Rock o., Angus, 8, 1865


exact copies OF two letters now in my
possession, which you are at liberty to
publish. They speak for themselves.
ALvAS RosE,
osrRAspER DELAWARE Co. OHro.l
March l4th, 1858.
DEAR BRoTHER Your letter Of Feb.
03d came to hand. | assure you that ]
was much surprised to hear ofyour being
in the army, and was gratified to learn
you were well. | sympothize with you
in your separation from your family, and
| trust they may not want for the COM
forts of life, and that you may be restor-
ed to them soon. You say you would
like to sec your family once more, and
you represent the future as looking sad
to you. This is the case with me, and
thousands Of other poor men, when they
are subject to the will of such men as are
at the head OF our government, men,
whose hearts are filed with malice, ha.
tired, and animosity toward our southern
brethren and they under pretence Of
sustaining the Constitution, and bringing
the rebels under the law, use the great
armies Of the north 20 destroy the do
mestic institutions of the south, viz, to
free the negroes. In so doing they en-
tail SO much misery on the poor whites.
They do not care as much for u poor
white man as they do for a negro. They
have taken away 80 far al practicable, the
rights Of tho poor mon of the north /; and
wickedly and maliciously drenched the
land with their blood to enable them to
accomplish their vindictive designs. Old
Abe has betrayed the very people who
elected him, by doing just what he took
a solemn oath he would not do. Now
do not blame you,nor conscre you for en-
listing. You, no doubt, like thousands ol
others, went in good faith to fight for the
Union &c. But as soon as the 100000
brave freemen Of the north were in hii
clutches, he issued his internal fiendisl
proclamation, to fill their places with ig
. norant and uncomfortable negroes, wh'
j know no law. And even in our neighbor
hood the Aboliiionists boast that they cal
hire strong negro men for 4 dollars pc
month when they are liberated. Last fal
/. when you Observation-Disclosures in thci
= hearts went around among poor whit
men, to induce them to tear themselve
from the embrace Of effcctionatc friend
aud all that makes life dear to them Il
, vindidate the rights aud maintain the in
tegrity of our government; and befor'
they were hardly organized, they wer'
informed that they were to fight to en-
slave themselves, which was enough t.
strike sadness to the hearts OF all loyo
soldiers. Even the promise to care 10
nrthe families Of those poor soldiers VIII
are thus betrayed has been violated
and Democrats who nre charged witt
/. treason. and termed rebels at heart ar
!. the very men in our midst who are min
lstering to the wants'and trying to sooth'
the sorrows Of the poor widows and or
Phans around them' whose homes hav'
been made desolate by such tyran's a
Lincoln and his followers Added to al
this they have recently passed u conscrip
! 'tion act, calling out every man between
20 and % years OF age, and those VIII
are able to pay down 300 dolls. are ex
empts, thus throwing the whole burthel
upon poor men, and making every poo
Mn's home an abode of SORROW
Now, if there is spark. of honest.
in any of the leading men ;Pn eithe
side il is, op the side Of Jef. Davis
for he tod his people Nhat the
were to fight for in beginning. II
warned them Of the designs Of Lncol
and his posse; and as the truth of hi
warnings gradually appeared to then
7 they rushed to. arms WAdefend thei
: homes and their 5titutions.. And no,
= after all the eonscrPts in our land ar
s>'' ."'y W" ~ NV''
Us ae'sIntne~ahu vigorous as we a'tacf
. Under mis- draft bill l know not how 500
| may be called 70 leave my home t
take q arms againsA will not do, O
a whatesaa spectacle tofyoupg Iaen VIII
!, have oeen~reared w Rod mothers an
!. been educated and taught1F ihem,that W
were free men, Now these sentiment
!. may not correspond with your yiews'bu
: OF you were here, and would look fairl