, 1863-02-10
Q!lifo9o Qril,nlte,


The Coppcrheads have raised funds and
organized clubs aud procured runners for
the purpose Of disseminating traitorous
newspapers among the soldiers. Large
bundles Of the World and Express, which
are rank secession Sheets are sent daily to
the Potomac army to be gircn away to the
soldiers when not purchased by them. In
this gav thousands Of copies Of these
traitorous sheets are circulated among the
troops. is it any wonder We hear Of tide
sertion, mutiny and decentralization" in
that army?
The same game is being played in |
Grants army. The JEFF. Davis organ OF |
this city, and the Enquirer Of Cincinnati,
which is almost as traitorous, are scattered
broadcast among the regiments On the Mis- |
sissippi for the express purpose OF produc-
ing insubordiuation, and undermining the
loyalty Of the soldiers. 4 correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing from
the Ticksburg army, says:
II seems the traitors are not all yet hung IN the
North nor Imprisoned, nor have they yet "ceascd
to do evil. Letters have come here addressed to
soldiers advieiug them to leave tn: amy, md t,ct
away and home best they could, aud amer lhcS
got there they would be protected; thus stfa''hs
to get up Standardization and 1uut'n5 a''" aes
fIon in the army. Another very F1:a'se tc1'
the Chicago 71p1ts aud tic Cinclnna'i 1't71'Fsf'
+ro roted eccese;ou shcets. End their Why to camp
,most by the cattIosd, and are distributed at the
low ratc Of dso cents, while it Is almost nposti-
bic to ret loyal paper. either from Cincinnati
Louisville, Chicago Or St Loass. In fact, they
never come in packages for sale, and VIC only get
them through private hands. eing!s, and very &c"
even thus Is there combined effort on tue part
OF the enemies Of the Government 10 corrupt 'oe
army With this trasht
ltis perfectly astounding that the War
Department allows single copy Of q Cop
uerlcad print to circulate in the army,
West O. East. Whnt can be the motive
that permits poisonous trash to reach the
hands Of the soldiers? Would the SecEe-
tarv Of War allow hundreds Of civilian
rebels the free run Of the camps, to tamper
with the men, corrupt their loyalty, create
dissatisfaction and advise desertion, and
do it openly? Hardly; yet This very thing
is allowed in another form. It IS printed
advice to mu,iny and desertion, instead Of
snolcn, The reasonable appeals arc
made on paper, which is worse III It's Ell
fccts than if delivered orally. How can
Hooker and Grant command the confidence
and obedience Of soldiers whose minds
may be filed with thcinccndiary teaching
of traitorous sheets? or who may he dis
couragcd BIZ the 1ire-in-the-rcar opened
upon them by Northern CoppeEhcads: Th'
soldiers arc citizens, kcenly alive u
nublic sentiment at home. The.
read whatever pnpers come int
their hands, but have not tn
privilege of talking to their Generals an'
Co]onels, and openly discussing politica
questions, as military rules forbid it. Bu
they read at their camp-frcs the paper
that reach them, and talk over public mai
tiers with their messmates. The most dan
gerous and damaging blow that can poss
DIV he inflicted on the Union cause, is t
permit the minds Of the soldiers to be mi:
led, corrupted or discouraged, 1J rcadln
Correrl,ead papers. 1tdestroys discipline
saps loyalty, breeds discomfort, causes so
diers to surrender to the enemy, in ordf
TO be paro1ed-and, in short, is more to
dreaded than the rifle aud artillery Of til
enemy. How strange, then, it is that I'll
War Department interposes no objection
to the dissemination Of these agents o
paper Of jet. Davis among the Union 80
dicry. II might as salt1 : open the lines, az
subject the regiments to personal visit
tions by delegations Of rebels sent by Il
Confederate authorities, to preach and
hort our troops to mutiny and desert. L
deed, it would do far less harm, because
the latter case, our soldiers would talk ba'
and argue the matter, and then mob L
scoundrels out Of their camps. But t
temptation now comes IN the quiet, Eedr
live and insiducus shape Of ners-l,ape
giving the current intelligence Of the W
as well Us the woT!d, and The poison thus d
titled into the mind c;.n hardly fail to p
ducc mischief Wilt War Departing
apply the remedy to this great evil bef'
II ia too late?