The mountain Democrat., 1864-11-12
d" RrinR them Home"


Under the above head, The Old SOL
diers Adyos ate, published 1t Cleveland,
Ohio, and edited BY a lste long Abolition
ist, has the following advice to his parti.
san friends:
Thousands Of husbands, fathers, broth.
ers and sODs are now Telts=ing IN the
seorching sun Of Southern elimate. -
Thousands are racked with pain from dis.
ease and wounds, with no kind mother,
sister or friend TO sOOthe their sOrr0wa-
The recent departure Of loved one, who
passed the river Of death, surrounded by
the sympathy Of father, mother, brothers
and irienGH, nsS gTresI 0s an experimental
knowledge Of the feelings that no pen can
describe. II has made Us feel more keen.
y ET.those who die away from aIl the
tender ties that bind US to one another in
the bonds Of sympathy. For long time
we have kept quiet, hoping and praying
for peace. We long to see the familiar
face now confronting death.
For three long years OF sadness and
grief we have seen . great number dress
ed in mourning. Every Sunday our
hearts yearn for peace. The soldiers can
not make peace; under mCat stringent
military rules, their business is TO obey,
not to commando They cannot return
home. To US who remain at home, arc
they to look for orders. The people ap-
point the agents Of the government and
those agents command the soldiers. -
Brethren and friends, may We have your
voice for peace3
Men who neither fear God nor regard
the lives Of men will cry for war! war!
Peace is from heaven, and war is from
hell. This world would have been . Par
adise but for war. What Christian, What
friend Of the human race can wish for
wary When the world is imbued with
the principles of Christianity, no imple-
lnentS Of death will be made. The old
ones will be beaten into plowshares and
pruning hooks. Who will aid, with al
his or her powers to hasten that day?
Let by-gones be by cones. Whether
the war might have been closed in Q few
months or not, let us not recriminate; let
there be no hatred in the breast Of any
against Lincoln or any other let US cease
to inaame the passions, prejudices and
hatred Of any. Let US stigmatize no Inan
with the odious name Of copperhead or
any other stigma. Let Us plant roses,
not briars.
For twenty-five years past we have
been the steady friend of freedom. We
consider slavery . crime against the hu.
man race, and We longed End PRAYED to
see it pass away. 1t is substantially dead
in America-let us quarrel no more about
a dead carcass. All around US are Dem.
ocrsts, such men as Gen. Hughes, Gen.
Dodge, Judge Ranny, and thousands Of
Others, whose whole lives have been lives
of integrity and justice all their property
and interests are ia this country they
ere as much interested as any in having
good government. How uncharitable
to stigmatize such men with opprobriouS
names. All are equally interested in
q good government.
Four years more of such war will make
our land as deSoate as the deserts Of Ara
bia. Desolate homes and bleeding hearts
are in every corner Of the land now, and
the call is urgent for more men and more
monev.
America might be the freest, happieSt
AMI most Christian country on earth. 1t
has no king. and the people want none
but the Law. Every man likes to feel
that he holds his life, liberty and property
by right that none can deprive him Of
but the law. Sad will be the day for this
nation when the humblest individual can
be outraged in person or property without
legal protection. Still sadder will it be
when those in power disregard the cry Of
the poor and the fiiendless. To call them
traitors will not satisfy the voice Of justice
in every human soul, which naturally
sympathizes with the oppressed.
Lit US come together like sensible men
and devise measures that will bring peace
and bring back the patriot now absent
from home. May God give US wisdom
and hasten that joyful dayi