Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-07-28
THE REPUBLICAN
PLYMOUTH, IND,
Thursday, July 90, 1864.
FROM THE 29th INDIANA VETE
RAN VOLUNTEERS.
A Soldiers Opinion of the Northern
Friends of Southern Traitors.


Editor Republican:
take the liberty of writing few lines,
which. if you think proper to print. will
crafty me. and perhaps prove interesting
to those of your readers who have friends
in the Doth. l wonld inform them that
remnant of the old 29th is still in the land
of the living. Our enemies. the Copper
heads in your vicinity. may also make a
note of this fact. if they wish. Although
VIC are in the enemies country, at least
what they claim as their country, and par
TALLY surrounded by armed rebels. or more
properly. rowing bands of thevipg guer-
rilla<, still. we consider our situation pref
erabe to yours. for we are not compelled
to associate with them, as you ara with
those who are equally false and recreant
to the old flag; and if we were, would
prefer it, for Of the two classes / think
armed rebels who boldly risk their life in
defense of their cause by odds the most
honorable. II this language should offend
any of the snaky tribe in your region l
cannot help it. l am in favor Of plain
language and of calling things by their
proper names. They claim to be Demo
Gratis, but are more properly traitors.
You cannot find man in the whole rebel
army but claims to be Democrat, and, in
my opinion, they are just as good Demo
Gratis as Copperheads are. They sympa
thize with each other and pray for each
others success However, there is this
difference. The Southerners entertain a
feeling of contempt for their Northern
allies, while the latter persist in advoca-
ting the rebel cause aud rendering il all the
service they can in their way. notwitstand-
ing all the rebuffs they receive from that
quarter. l am sometimes astonished,
when reflect upon the subject, at the de-
lusion and folly Of Northern Copperheads.
They must be demented or they would re
alze the fate that awaits them and flee
from the wrath to come. They are sport
ing upon the brink of a precipice. over
which. tho people will ere long hurl them
headong into the abyss of eternal infamy.
: and their names forever thereafter be
coupled with the tories of the revolution,
and the blue.light feleralists Of 1912.
But have wandered from the subject
' about which l wished to say few words
said in the outset that | wished to le,
our friends know that q remnant of us
were still in the land of the living. say
r friends, because l know we still have
, friends mp North. II we were disposed to
b doabt it, all that would be necessary to
dispel the delusion would be for us to go
down to the Christian and Sanitary Com
mission rooms and behold the vast stores
/ they have gratuitously sent here for the
comfort of sick and wounded soldiers
Yes, we have friends at home, and those
who appreciate our services, and the reason
is that they are patriots and friends o.
liberty, and understand the benefits Of Law
and order. They are not sham Democrats
who pretend to be in favor of these grea,
principles. but expose their hypocrisy by
sympathising with traitors who revoIted
t against the authority of the Governmeu,
because the majority of the people were
not on their side. The idea that such
men. Northern copperheads and Southern
I rebels. are. or can be true Democrats, is
absurd and ridiculous in the extreme. Il
one party has right to revolt because the
decision of the ballot box was not in thsil
favor, the other has, and then what be-
comes Of our free institutions ?
But to return to our friends, who have
not ceased to remember us, though far
away, barring our bosoms to the leaden
storm, for the sake Of maintaining the
Union and the blessings of free inslitu.
tions. Their kindness and liberality is
duly appreciated by every soldier and
reconciles him somewhat to the hardships
and privatious he has to endure nay,
more, il makes him feel that he is net for
gotten at home, and that he is not expo
sing his life entirely for the benefit Of
ungrateful. selfish partisans. who, if they
cannot always remain in Office are willing
to see the Union discovered and the coun-
try ruined.
Mr.. Editor, would like in conclusion,
to say q word to the copperhesd editors
in your section. You may for the present.
gentlemen. spout treason aAd express
sympathy for those who have raised their
parricidal arms against the best and freest
Government On earth. but the time will
come when you will try to deny the record
You have made. You are now sowing the
whirlwind. we will see whether or not you
: can ride the storm. r. II. NJ,
Go. @. Goth lad. Vet. Vols.
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