Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-11-01
Hear the Soldiers !
Picket t4;,resu tn James %n3 Apyoa=:to1
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MCSSrS. Ellt0rS-I linking few
lines from q member Of Co. H., GOSH
Rec. might Be interesting to some Of
those V 10 remain at home, l a-k room
in one Of yoHr columns.
We left Harrisburg. Sept. 13. and
came 10 Baltimore ; there, embarked
on board three steamers f0r Bermuda
Hundred. where We landed the lGlh
Of said month. Then marched 10 thi;
place. g distance Of 6 miles-snugly
encampnd-and are now per.0ru4;i 2
picket dnty.
There has not been much firing
along this line since We have come
excepting I few shots no" and then
Gred by the Rebels al their own men
who attempt = C=tape from their
lines iato ours. Fli- las become very
dangerous, a. the Reo-is give 20 ang
one TAo shoots q dtser.er, a igr.oCgh
for 30 days-bu!, regardless Of tue
great danger, they come daily. They
say that if Lincoln be re elected,
half OF their army Will desert, know
in. that they can not keep Up the war
four years longer: but if n M'Clellan
should be elected, then they will hold
ont for their independence, or scPar-
alton. The soldiers, being sensible Of
this fact, consider that the election Of
Mcclellan would be the defeat OF our
army, as perhaps he might undo what
the army has already done. We don't
trust him, as we think he has got on
the wrong platform. Victory is now
within our grasp, and we consider il
too dearly bought TO throw away by
voting 70. little Mae"
In order 10 prove what I have just
stated, take a view Of the returns Of
our la;e election, which was held at
the appointed time, very satisfactorily
to all. Republicans and Democrats,
here, each and every man whe is
legal voter ct home, has opportunity
to cast his vote for whichever canli-
date he sees fl. / have heard it sta
ted by some, that, in case the soldiers
were allowed TO vote, all soldiers,
both white and black, (uinors too
would be forced to vote for O!d Abe.
This and similar statements | find TO
be false: whether made through ig-
norance, or dishones. principles, |
will leave for Him to Judge who shall
judge each and every one according
TO their works.
There is another class Of men who
live under the protection OF our gov
ernment, who pretend 10 be Union.
and at the same time smile at our re-
verses, and sigh over our victories.
They tell US of the many wrongs that
Lincoln has done, and how he has
broken the Constitution. But such
men never utter one word against
JEFF Davis and his Cabinet. /, as q
soldier, (and | know there are thou
sands like me- consider such men to
be greater and more dangerous enc
mics to our country than those who
now stand confronting Us upon the
deadly picket lines, for the latter
show Us their colors by the glitter Of
their bayonets or the sharp report Of
their rifles but the former 90 as
wolves in sleeps clothing or as a
snake in the grass. They blow both
hot and cold. Bat We intend 10 fgh,
them at the bal!o, box, BY voting for
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johu-
son-and also in the field, until the
star-sPangled banner shall wave tri-
in every State, until Rebel
lion Is crushed out. and not a vestige
Of Slavery IS left to stain the escutch-
con Of our liberties.
J. II. HARRISON. West Buff.