The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-11-01
Letter from the Mich. 7th Battery.

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1.-The following is an extract rom 9
letter received by II. Wisner, esq, Of
Moscow, from his son ofthe 9TH Battery.
ira CAMP GREESvILLE. New ORLEANsl
September IL, 1864 -sgs} q
have been reading some Of the pro-
ceedings OF the traitor Convention at
Chicago Their whole scheme cries
shame to the people on the face tf it5
the Convention, is composed of traitors
scoundrxls and towards who rather
than risk their own dirty hides in de-
Tense of a government that gives them
as great protection as it does us, have
but one wish for them, and thatis, that
the whole Convention was in HI or
what is the same thing, under the fire
of our battery for a few moments.
Men who have been serving the coun-
try by the word Of mouth, protesting
answering fidelity are now growing
weak knee'd, because forsooth they are
being called upon to practice some of
their glorious principles. They will do
anything to procure peace, make any
terms no matter how disgraceful to-
avoid taking up the sword and joining
us in the field. But thank God such
weak minded temporizers are not the
ones to- dictate on what terms we are
to end the war; The iron framed vet
Grams of Grant and Sherman are the
ones to make the terms, and to-day
those terms are not one whit less than
they were three years ago; an uncondi-
tional acknowledgement of the morali-
ty and force Of the laws of the United
States. The soldiers in the field are
not in the mood to listen to peace pro-
posals from those who have never
shared their perils, they have in their
hands the means of compelling the
traitors to peace on their own terms
and they will do it. The rebels are
pinned to the wall and all this howl for
peace is but the last resort of Northern
Copperheads to still show their interest
in the success of treason. They know
that i'm few months the rice of their
Southern colleagues is run, and slight
regard for their own fate causes them
more anxiety each day as treason
gaows weaker.
The peace party may as well throw
up their disgusting farce at once, the
army is well aware of their ultimate
object and as men unworthy to- enjoy
the best government, will tse soldiers
pass their judgement upon them; OF
one thing towards, traitors and peace
men may rest assured; that all their
combined petitions, propositions, pray
ers-their prayers would make the
devil laugh-threats or mcnaces will
never in the least lhtimidate the Presi-
dent of the United States or the army
in the field; neither will it abate one
one particle of the judgement they are
executing upon the traitors OF the
South.
True it will cost blood and treasure
to put the rebellion down, none are
better aware of that than the soldiers;
but better do it to-day than bequeath
to a future generation task that
would be only more difficult then, than
now; and their memory of us wouft be
only to give curses for our imbecility
in not crushing treason in the bud.
We anticipate but little either of good
or evil from the Peace Convention OF
the North or their party. The fact OF
the business is, they have too motley a
crew aboard their ship, they have got
to make platform OH which wal DEM
ocrats, peace democrats, rebel sympa-
thizers, draft skulkers and every other
principle that tends to anything but
the cordial support of the Union and
its laws. think they can get planks
enough to take all such in but the
next thing is can they find who will
bear spreading over platform as wide
as that would be; think candidate
would be pretty thin by the time they
get him spread over the whole thing
In fact he = ould be too thin to show
much in any place. Just think of the
figure cClellan, Fremont or any 9TH
/ er of their proposed candidates would
make stumping the country with a
fight, bleed and die dose, for the ul tn
war democracy to-day; milder one
for your tawning peace on-any-termsr
man tomorrow, and whining cant
for your heavy taxpayer or word OF
coincidence for some one who has been
drafted and cant find niggar substi
tute, much less white man.. II there
is an asylum in any of the States for
those who are not right in the head
they had better take the members of
the Chicago and Cleveland Convention
in aud treat them for Luuacy or soften.
ing of the brain; for to make sense out
of anything they have done to organ
ize party to oppose the adrinistra'
ton, is like trying to set the bray OF q
Jack to music for the Piano.
/. G. WIsNER