Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-12-23
NO 49



We fiud the following significant para
graphs in the Washington Chronicle. OF
Tuesday last. The morale Of the Federal
army which it reveals is very encouraging.
and the s.aternt nts are confirmed ~ our
own observations of the deserters who couo
into our lines. Massachusetts,, true to her
character, after .r aking the war by chest.
ing the South, is now cheating Il Q North
in the carrying of it on. Instead of send
ing ues. Wilson's and Summers to bear her
part Of tue duties OF t1u vaiisp, she steals or
brites negroes, and imports UurfirSsas or
Irish. under fraudulent promises. and then
profits by their necessities to get them into
the army. The natural consequence II.
the men desert. Wherever Massachusetts
goes or whatever she does, she is sure to
defraud and disgust her associates. Now
York, too, is greatly complained of i, he
follow ng. To all these soldiers. who are
pressed into quarrel that is not theirs, VIC
would say. como into our lines, and let tho
1IaniKprs DO their own fighting! Gre ia
fair playl Why should Canadians. OF
Irish, or Germans, or any others, take par.
against US? 1t is not fair tits MT hraycr
1t is not generous. viii you not give ia
fair play? The Yankees made this quarrel
let them do their own fighting. THEY
are trying to crrsh US worse than Eng land
has crushed Ireland and yet Irishman arc
helping them to dc it! Come away from
them, men Come into our lines. We will
receive you kindly and treat you fairly, aud
keep our promise to you as made in Order
No. 65:-Ssntinel
from the W Washington Chronicle Dec. IS
COMPLAINT FROM THE ARMY.
A correspondent with the Army Of the
Potomac writes:
we have many deseytions from regiments
which State selfshness has illea with sub
jects Of foreign Government-meu who
have no more love for our flag than would
a Seminole Indian. The night after we re-
lieved the "a co, ps, sixteen deserted from
one regiment, aud thirty-orc from the en-
tire brigade. This is the class OF men.
which some States send US to sustain the
name so nobly earned by their sons #
our regiments are to be filled with Cana
dams, at thousand dollars per head, the
President might as we'll cease. to call for
troops. Send us American citizens. men
who arc interested in our cause, or else
send us meme. Already some of the States
have stripped the hard earned laurels from
many of their best regiments, dishonored
their veterans and disgraced themselves.
Five hundred men have deserted from one
New York regiment within year.
The State which sends out such mon to
fight beside Us is destroying instead of help
ing US, We are safer in short line which
We can trust than supported By a line OF
such men long enough to eneircle tbs earth.
If we win victory, these babbling cow
| ards share our honors. If they bricg dis
grace, the stain ellngs alike to usend them.
L makes my blood boil to witness such 10
Justice. We do Lot ass the Northern
States to keep their outcasts, VIC demdaa
it, The - ccrps is not what it wss. IhsS
has been disgraceed more than the 9th by
the worthless material sent out to till tho
places Of its fallen veterans. So long a.
the regiments were what they purported to
be-New York men from New York, it,
stead of Can ada, and Massachusetts, men
from Massachusetts, instead Of Germany
there wasn't much difference in the light
ing qualities of the different corps.