M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-01-07
IFro,a the Crisis.
How the Soldiers voted nMd how
they were treated.

they were treated.
The following letter from Folly Is.
land, near Charleston Suuih Carolina,
written by private in the 10th O.
Regiment, tellS it's own story. and is
gwen us on the honor OF soldier
Let the fanatical Abolitionists read
and reflect upon this picture, ard
then talk about the votes given for
ERoUeH. Here is a whole regiment.
nearly, cut of from the sacred right
of voting, simply because they sre
Democrats And this, Judge OKEr
aud his apologsts coll constitutional
voting Voting to be constitutional
and legal, must be projected by law,
and those guilty OF ohstructing the
b'l'ot be subject to punishment. 1t
was not obstluctei by the free and
honest votes ol the soldiers, hut by
the RepuOiCans--men who hypocri-
ticaIy profess 10 be the soldiers
friends. What barethced impudence /!
What open vilainy! Exclude whits
soldiers and then call in negroes to
vote for BRoUaH
Now, simply because we have ex-
pressed a desire to have this cruel
treatment OF The soldiers brought be-
fore the public, and the right, Justice
and constitutonalty Of such conduct,
legally investigated, We are met with
a volley Of abuse from tho A BOLTON
press, and a column of lnisrepresenta.
lion from the Canal Organ, calling
under false coors.
We have q letter upon our table
from a soldier, now a: Delaware Is
land, in the Delaware river, to his
uncle in this city, which is worse on
the Abolition office than this letter
to us from Folly Island. This soldier
is kept on Delaware Island, whtre he
SAYS hundreds of others are. with a
bal! anl chain to his leg, bruakins {
stone, FIR call ng his Captain "a black
Aboli'ionist!" lis pay, past and
future, WAS pronounced forfeited, and
ne WAS condemned TO thn ball and
clain TOR HE balance of his enlistment.
AS he has a poor mother depending
wholly OF him tor support, he hopes
that hls pay may b. sent to her, qnd
iteo he will endure checriuIIy his
chain and ball, as it releases him
from the insTIts AMI abuse Of ,hu
Captain OF his company.
! He says most uf The desertions in
the army grow out Of the misconduct
o. tile officers, which thc high spirit
OF the soldiers will u Il endure We
from The first condemnnI the practice
OF the appointment Of oitic ~ by irre
spohsiOIe Governors of States over
volunteers. They shouId, as our
Constitution requires, have been elec
ei by the su'dlcrG, rs vas always
done in all volunteer reg ments up to
this war breaking ont. And il these
volunteers were really, in fact, regu
lars, as they have been treated, then
thsse appointments should be made
at Washington. Ae it is they Lave
the rights Uf neither volunteers nor
regulars, and it has led to wretched
abuses.
Then to make the matter worse,
politics was introduced. q thing no
good General would ever permit fine
could help it, aud the breach thus
widened between cffi.ers and men.
But the poor priya;es had to submit
" bc punished in every possible way.
As the officers were selected for their
political subservieucy,. all others were
pronounced "diSloyaI."
We have no object in view but to
s!e that strict justice be done to tue
private soldier, and that whole army
Of 4 half million oi men are no. led
ny force, Iraud aud punishment to
turn the results OF elections and thus
upset our whole form of Government:
Folly IsLAND, Nov. %, 1868.
Gov. s. MEDARY Dear Sir: VIII.
le reading your valuable paper, Tile
Crisis, | was panied, though not sur
prised, to see that our Regiment. the
10Th Ohio, poled but Twenty-Five
votes, aud those for Brough. | will
inform You how it was: Our officers
being we'll aware that the majority ol
the regiment would vote for ValdnG.
igham, resolved to do all in their
power to cheat the men out of their
lawful votes in which they succeed |
ed but too well. A lew days previ-
ous to the election our regiment was
detailed to go to Cuyaway Island to
work On the Notifications. Nearly
one hundred men remained in Camp,
being sick OF otherwise on duty. OuI
the afternoon OF the day before elec
tion, a certain Captain OF said resi-
ment, who thought he possessed great
influence over the men, came over to
where they were at work, and spoke
to them over two hours, during which
time he said everything in favor OF
3rnuvh and aoainat Vullandi,bn,n