The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-09
Cen. Grnn, and ,he su,Isra.


From time immemoriAl, or rather since
the beginning of the war, an irrepresIi-
BILE conflict has existed between General
Grant and the suffers and others whose
chief object was to seize all the money
Of the soldiers under the pretext Of fur
nishing them articles Of food and cloth o.
ing outside that which they drew from
the Government. Even when q colonel
Grant would allow no sutler in his Tegi-
ment, 50 well convinced Was be thai the
whole race was a nuisance against which
il WAS the duty Of the ctlictr to protect
his men. When promoted 10 a general
ship be Lost none Of bis antipathy 10
them and their schemes for stripping tho
soldier Of his last dollar, and since be
hsB been Ia command in this Depart
ment he has allowed none Of them 20 re-
tail their worthless trash at ChattanOogB,
out kept them al at Stevenson.
To hear the sutler-and BY this term
Intend 70 designate all classes Of camp
followers who have articles Of any des-
cription for sAle-Telate his Il u 10 lis
ten 10 3 detail Of his wrongs, sad Of the
prosecutions to which be is subject, you
would be impelled to lock upOa bin - q
saint, worthy place in the calendar very
near the top; that as 4 philanthrophist
be has no peer that his sole aim is 10
accommodate the soldier st an enormous
sacrifice Of property, comfort, and hozltt;
and that be endurss all the persecution
which . mel c.0uI CT mnJnder sees prop
er to deal out, in q spirit Of meeknesS 20
determined is be to feed The hungry with
. healthy diet, aud supply the needy
with comforts one would think that be
was really pr pared to endure eruciGxion
IN the good cause, rather than abandon
an undertaking 80 philanthrOphic; 80 d
te mine are they IN thsir noble Wp0se.
II they cannot bring tears 70 the eyes
Of the most unfeeliDg il Is useless for
any others to attempt il; their eloqusnee
il the simple uiterings Of broken hearts,
snd sends thrill where the studied ef-
forts Of the orator would fsl, Ike seed
soEn upon stony grouad, 70 rot for lack
Of nOurishmeat. Like certain rural nj
nisters, they make up ia earnesintss
what they lack ia education; and il
usually sadly deficient in tee LATER, hey
are never found wanting in the former.
But fear they are Of a class Of men
spoken Of By Barns they do not SEQ
themselves IS others see them, and par
ticularly az Gen. Grant sees them. That
Official looks upon them as = II tle bet
teri say G little better ont Of charity,
though / sm assured that be make3 ~
distincti0n--ihhn a race Of rcbbsFs. II
who steals he soldiers money, It lesst
does not injure bis health; bat be who
for 8 miserable article Of stuff called
provisions gets away his pay iailiets en-
injury upon him which, too frequently,
medicine cannot repair.
The purchases Of articles cf food arc
made from the most inferior class Of ar
tieles. These are rendered still more
worthless By transportation; occasion is
carefllly watched, and when the soldier,
after long march, Is tired and hungry,
they are thrown cut into the market,
and sold 1t al ex loI biiant price-say
Eve times tie cost and transportation
and tbs soldier, whose appetite Graves
something besides ;he hard bread and
other rstions dealt oot, purchases hber-
ally Of the miserable, stale gingei bread
aud desestable CHEESE, and eats 30 free
IL that on the morrow be appears &c sick
call. and in day or two IS sent 10 Tie
hospital.
Tobscce-the most inferior article in
tie markets ietailsd 81 frsm 81 20
81 30 per Plug; and l have freqnently
seen a sheet Of paper aad "a en- 'elop sold
for five cents. Oas satler boastpd that
on the article Of tobsec slons be made
$4,000 In enc day-saJ ing that tle
amount invested was less than S20O.
l might enumeFate further, bal Il IL
unnecessary; I consider the eourse af
Gen. Grant toward then not only jss-
tifiable bat eomnsndabe, and hops and
believe Is Will be psrseYsEed in % the
end.
An order issued to-day created .
great fsnsa ion smong them, they aad
Al Other Gang followers are 81 BE elr3 !
ed. with = visw b tas crming dIalis sd
h Is 70 be hoped tlAt sen 81 them viii
be made to feel for ta0se WHOM hey
have hitherto known only 70 eesPoil