Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-10-14
Correspond dence OF the Delaware Gazette
FROM THE 10Th 0HI0-HEAR AGALLART SOLDIER
SPEAK!
p. II. SHERIDAN,
NJ ,jpr-General.
EAST POINT, Ga,
Sept. Both, 1864.
Mr.. Editor.

n lew llnes-tbe musings of soldiers hear
"FrOm these lone woods and solitary plains,
Where ever musing melancholy reigns'
. the soldier anxiously looks northward TO Sc
- what the folks at home are doing. Proud ,
their own record, the Army of The Militar
Division of the Mississippi, while erioying
brief respite from Ihe iauig1es Of the can
paign which has added new luster 10 our arms
look toward their brothers at the North L
+ see ii they are up and doing AT last we ar
}, forced to admit that the traitors at the NortI
: are no less IN edrDes: than the traitors in arms
: and that they are equally bent on The deslruc
tion of our glorious Union. That there shoulC
oe some grumblers, some false hearted. base
cowardly submissionisls at the North. is mo-
at all surprising; but that SO many honest
: upright men should be deceived by the false
; livery oil these tranOrs, is no less matter O
! surprise to the rebels than to our soldiers in
the field. Hypocrisy, bribery. corruption aud
; Intimidation, have kept the rebel army in the
Held, thus far; but that our cool, calm, reas-
onIng, Northern people should suffer them
selves to be misled by cunning, willy dema-
gogues so as TO become party to the desIruc-
ton OF their country, is matter of deep pain
TO every true patriot. For those whose known
treachery TO the cause Of the Union and vas
saage to tbe South has won them the thanks
OF Davis Go, We have no regrets, we care not
! where they go or whom they support They
| are sold, basely sold. aud blinded by passion
and prejudice they now try 10 misltad others
/ by holding out false, delusive hope an ignus
Jdfus to lead men from The path of duty and
safely into the broad road o ruiz and destruc
lion. Like Satan arrayed in white, they try
to deceive the country by clamoring for peace.
They talk OF peace when they mean war
Like those monsters in the French Revolution,
VINO beieath the surplice Of innocence carried
she crimson dagger of the assassin, these per-
Jurtd traitors talk Of peace by day but bv
night meet IN secret couclave to plot and bar
ter away The liberties of their enunrry. Oh. |
Tor shame ! that such monsters Il will not call !
them men) should disgrace The name OF an |
American. Unworthy sons Of the land Of |
Liberty, they are willing to crawl beiure the !
naughty Southern arisiocrat, 10 bow their |
necks IN meek submission to some patry
siavehoder, 10 become the accessory of the
6iood-hound in hunting down human beings.
IN tact 10 debase themselves to the lowest
drp'hs before they would raise hand 10 strike
for freedom-'o throw off this thraldrm OF
which they have so long been the willing
slaves.
Yet still the cry is peace peace, at anv
price. Peace, even if it bring humiliation and
suhlugaIion to every norrhren home Peace.
even it it spread the dark pail of slavery from
the Gulf TO the Lakes, overturning our free
Institutions and IoIcing upon their tanner
brethren Of the North system of labor that
positively cannot exist under a free Govern
ment. Bnt some may claim that slavery has
existed at the South for eighty years under
free government, aud that it is EQUALLY poSsi-
BILE that it can still be perpeluated. To this
l would answer: The South has never been
free III the true sense of the word Always
Jealous OF Slavery she has wOrshipped il ss a .
miser worships bis god. Where is the man
that would dare TO give expression TO bis bon
est sentiments in the South? A free South
where man could not pass from one town 10
another without Vigilance Committee dog
gfd his toolsteps! A free South where rhe
bloodhound was Introduced TO hunt down m +
oriunale slaves who, tired of living in bond
lge, fed to the woods and swampS to die in
peace If this was freedom or liberty. the 5
patriot might well excIaim. in the language Of {
he heroic Madame Roland, 90 Liberty
Liberty how many crimes are perpetrated 10 II
by name ~ "
How IS PEACE TO BE OBTAINED ?-Througb- !.
'ut the length and bred'h OF this fair land
here are none VINO more heartily desire peace =
han the soldiers who stand the hrunt of the =
'attle, enduring every conceivable hardship, :,
oiling, marching, fighting through an enemy's =
"untry-vic ori"us everywhere in putting
own treason and rebellion. But not from
be thin aud wasted ranks, comes the craven :.
~ OF Peace, which means submission, suhiec =
ION, divided country, and divided people. -.
'ot from the soldiers, comes this coward crv \,
peace; but from the lips of poor, paltrv, in
anderiug liars, who would gloat over The de- ~
ructiOn OF the best Government on earth.
nd join hands with traitors in arms boastipo
lat they helped to cousummate the fratricidaI
IT. There are such men al the North to-day
I'd you may know them by their sneaking gr
lngIng, unmaniy carping about "free speech" ali
rec press, and above all, their ever lasting OF
IWl aoout the violation of the ConsIitu u
On" That is their favOrite hobby, and j, pr;
IS been hard ridden. 1t is somewhat singu thr
r that the rebels in all their proceedings. in Al
their viola iions Of law snd order, were Su
ver accused Of violating the Const urioD. wa
ort Sumter was fired upon and the little ne'
rrison compelled TO surrender, but none of vac
e dOughaces who are such sticklers now for elet
g Constitution had one word TO say about In
violation then. The South seiz4d upon era
'ts, minrs and custom houses repudared teri
cir debts with Northern merchants tarred cru
d feaihered Northern men, and 10 some in inv
nces women, btcause their love for liberty to
uld not allow them TO become the plant helc
'ls of the lords of the lash ; but no wall iGnc
ne from their while-livered NorIhren allies
1t the Constitution was violated By the r
nth. Ordinances of accession we're passed; oDd
ops armed aud EQUIPPED and sent into the for
rder S'aiesi and hundreds, nay thousands of T sk
ion people were driven from their homes ,od
shot down at their doors by these despera- r-o,
g and rufiLns but still the Constitution t;vo
kers could see no room for censure in the
duct of the pseudo chivalry At the con-
lcement OF this war the reoels made no Sc a.
OF the fact that they would violate the ;an
bul publicly announced that it -
a duty and heir only safety. Mr. Brooks, -
south Caroilnn, used the following Ian. 49,.
ge at that time: ,.' ~ :"
We have the issue upon US and how are we !,