The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-02-17
. ,IIIrIuy NECESSITY, !,

| We notice that somo ofour soldiers now
on furlough in different portions of the
State. have lately beou taking improper
liberties with numerous members Of the
Coppcrhcad fraternity questioning them
as TO rhV they supported Vallaudigham ~
If they would take tho oath cf allcgi-
| anac E" Sc.ani in some cases. when not
receiving civil replies, their questions have
been followed ty actions more rorcblc than
elegant
This mode ol procedure Is very clearly
unconstitutional lat least, tho Copper
heads aver that such is tho casc-aud
/ thcrcupon their newspaper organs set up
terrible howl. aud rccapiulatc long list
of rights - of which they say tho Gov
orumcnt' is dcpriyiug them, under tho
plea Of military necessity ~ thus atlcmpt-
ing to hold the Government rcsponsiblo
for the acts of furloughcd soldiers, commit
tod without any authority from Il Govern
mcut officer, either civil or military.
Whether, under some circumstances, such
responsibility might attach to the Govern.
mnut, it is not now our purpose to inquire,
but We can not believe that such is the case
IN the instances referred to- for tho qucs.
merely rnrsoud matters, between nan aud
mAu. Il "a Coppcrhcad calls soldier a
L'ocom hjrcliuy,' hired Il,4siau,' or
i "uiggcr thicG,' and the soldier returns
4,
right has the Coppnrheal to sly that tho
Government, under the plea of military
necessity is dcpriving him Of tho right to
--slaud up?
Bat tbIs is a fair sample of the causes
which hlvo od to inuumcrabo difficulties
between returned soldiers and citizons. No
person can have forgotten the persistent
manner in which Coppcrhcads last fall ap-
piled tho most abusive cpithcts TO our sol
dicrs, whcuit was discovered that almost
tho entire Union army from Ohio were sup
porters of tho Union ticket, and in favor Of
vigorous prosecution of the war-aMd no
ono having i rational idea of humanity,
could suppose that our soldiers would for.
get thia, or that they would fail to innict
retaliation wherever opportunity Offered.
We do not refer to this matter with u
desire to encourage those disturbances, but
rather to prevent them Their tendency
upon noticty is bad -yct we are far from
believing that our soldiers are responsible
for all the evil that may result from them.
No laws can over bo enacted, and no doc
trinc Of "pcacc and good win iuculcatcd
which will convince moro thIn a very small
minority humanity that persistent inso.
lenco aud abuse should be met with kind
ness aud t0rbcarancc. Iuhict penalties aud
preach peace AZ we may, the storm fact
vet remains, that flesh aud blood will
rosent unjust rilifcatiou and Sbnse with
personal violence. This may prove the
pcrvcrsity and wiclleducss of the human
heart, but it nevertheless remains fact --
aud only in proportion aS THIS principle is
recognized and acted upon will personal 4"
difficulties in society cease.
For the past action of the Coppcrhcads,
in this respect, there is no remedy y-noth-
ing but time can obliterato it--but if they
are now inclined to "lcarn wisdom from
experience" they can, by treating our sol
dicrs in tho iicli with proper respect, and
uPholdiHg the Government which they are
risling thejr lives to support, add much to
the strength of the Union cause, and promote
peace rather than personal violence in al
most every community. But il they are
determined to adhcrc to their past course -.-
if they will continue to "sow the wind" we
insist that when they "roap tho whirlwiuA "
they shall not charge that the uuproita-
hle harvest was forced upon them by the
Government hut let them at least have
tho mannesS ia rooo5nja, it as the result
of their own infamous actions.