Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-29
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1854.
The Voice of the Army.

brave soldiers In the army, almost WIN
ont exception contain earnest exhorta-
tions to those at home TO be true to the
Union cause and vote in the coming
presidential election for the Union can
6idates, And II is remarkable that these
authorizations come as well from those
officers and soldiers who have been aa-
mirers Of Mcclellan as from the others
NcClellan's present political course ana
political associations they regard as
fraught with the greatest danger to the
country. They tell us, with one voice,
that the chance of McClellan's election
alone buoys up the sinking hopes OF reb-
els, alone induces them, baffied, exhaust
"a and defeated as they are, to hold out
IN an otherwise hopeless struggle. From
Ill parts of our military lines comes the
same voice-that the hope Of the inaugu-
ration of the peace. and surrender policy
announced at Chicago sustains the tot
terring traitor "confederacy." Shall we
ut home be less steadfast and faithful to
the Union in whose defense our brothers
In the army are freely offering up their
lives, than they themselves2 Shall we,
by fainthearteSness and cowardice just
on the eve of certain success, betray our
defenders and render vain and useless all
their glorious achievements and sacri-
ices ? Shall we vote as traitors and
rebels would have us or as our soldiers
earnestly urge us to-
Three letters from different parts of
the federal lines, were handed us yester-
day and the day before, and we see nu-
ynarors ~>+ha~s .~--y a"y, "i. TELLING this
name story. We make brief extracts
below, from the three referred to. The
writers of all Of them are actively en-
gagged in the military service at the
front, and two of them, at least, were
not long since warm admirers of McClel-
Ian Their words will therefore be read
with the more interest. One, former
"HcClellan man." says: m
81 am happy to say that have not
seen SO bright and favorable a prospect
since the outbreak of the rebellion as
presents itself to US every day. The cap
lures of Fort Morgan and Atlanta, have
given strength and courage to our army
and sent encouragement and despair to
the army of Jefferson Davis.
1t will be but short time before we
viii extend our lines on the left and
cover the Danvillc railroad, and thus
compel the evacuation of Petersburg.
After that, shall let Grant do the plan
ming of the capture Of Richmond, which
I believe he can and wiH do without mach
II any trouble / do believe the heart
OF the so called Southern Confederacy, is
Bleeding at eroy pore. AA they UM hold
eat for after this month"; toiH be TO see hoW the
Eorem5er election goes, and hope the peo-
pie of the North are not 80 blind as to
elect Mcclellan, from the fact that the
rank and file of the rebel army have been
made to believe that the election Of Nc
Clellan will give them peace as they
choose to have IL. / have talked with
the rebel pickets, and they tell me (and
it is the story Of them ally If they see the
prospect of four years more war, that
they will throw down their arms and
walk into the Union lines and claim pro-
lection under the old flag and President
Lincolns orders and proclamations.
q Another, also former admirer of Nc
Clellan, writes:
81 a'Although the military campaign is
very interesting just now, it is hardly
spoken Of in comparison with the poll
teal one, that is now assuming such
magnitude and which seems to have our
country at its mercy. The soldiers be-
lieve that If Mcclellan Is elected our
country is ruined, that all our fighting
has been'in vain and we will acknowl-
edge ourselves but little better than
whipped. On the other hand If Lincoln
Is re elected they think the rebellion
will soon be crushed, and permanent
peace restored, and the rebels glad to
seek safety under government they
have so long tried to ruin. Although
the soldiers loved Mcclellan once better
than any other commander VIC ever had,
they have now lost all confidence in him
and denounce him in strong terms, and
/ never saw such determination in
them all to conquer as now"
And the third, from one of the vete-
ran Vermont regiments which fought
under Little Mac, says:
y The prospects for peace are bright
ening. There has been no time during
the war when the situation was any
more favorable than at the present time.
The fall Of Atlanta, Farraguts success
at Mobile, and Grants position before
Richmond, have given the soldiers great
encouragement, and confidence to be-
lieve that the war will soon end. If
Lincoln is reelected, and l do not doubt
but that he will be, the war will be
brought to close, and our country
saved.
The democratic papers are full OF
statements that The soldiers will vote
for Mcclellan; but this is not SO, the
majority Of them will vote for Lincoln"