Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-01-14
LETTER FROM FORT RANDALL.
FoRT RANDALL. Jan, lst. 1865.

IOHi NANuALL, ONu. 1SS, ACoo.
FRIEND FRESEY: 1t 10 New Years. day
but not 4 happy new year 70 us poor ser
wants Of Uncle Sam. When we enlisted
just prior to the announcement of the is-
suing of Honest Old A6e's emancipation
proclamation ws hoped and believed that
the Union would soon be restored =; but
how sadly have we been disappointed
Not only is the Union not restored, but
we feel now that there is no hope of its
restoration. The only alternative offered
to the South by him who probably may
have been at some time long past Honest
Old Abe, is that Of active resistance, or
slavery more atjec. than that in which
the negroes of our country were held.
Since | last wrote you but little has
transpired a. this Post worthy Of mention.
>We have received the Presidents Mes.
cage giving the people to understand that
if the laws passed suit him be will execute
them. Ii they do not he will disregard
them. What else does the following ex-
tract from the Message mean "Nor shall
l return to slavery any person who is free
by The terms Of that proclamation, or by
any Of the acts of Congress. If the people
should, by whatever mode or means,
make it an executive duty to re enslave
such persons, another, and not l. must he
their instrument to perform it,
Also, the news of Sherman's capture of
Savannah, the garrison escaping. The
Republicans IF course must condemn
Sherman for capturing the place with so
little loss of life, for that was The burden
of their complaint when Mcclellan cap.
tured Yorktown.
We have also, despite the opposition of
the State officials Of Iowa, received over
one hundred recruits for the Sixth. Good,
stout, intelligent men too. Men Of char
acter and indepe ndence, with few excep'
tions Now the Sixth Iowa Cavalry is
one Of the fullest regiments in the service
and at the same time the men do their
own thinking. A portion of the recruits
have been assigned to Companies at this
Post, and portion sent TO those above.
The members Of the regiment here,
both officers aud men, are pleased to hear
of the promotion of Captain Cram. He is
an honorable, active and intelligent officer
and will no doubt make FIRST rate Major
Lieut. Fuller Of Co. 81" who came to
your place Sergeant and returned 1t.
reached here all safe and right. Sioux
City i, appears to ME is jus. the place for
officers to get set up in. Already FIVE or
six of our officers have visited your place
and done that thing, and now 1t. Gates of
Co. "a is on his way there. Please make
him Captain and oblige.
Speaking Of Lieut.. Gates reminds me
that he and his agreeable and charming
lady gave On the 26th Of December one of
the finest and pleasantest social parties
imaginable to the officers stationed here
Every thing was done up in frs, rate style
and your people in America must have
enjoyed yourselves had you been present.
see by the papers tha. an Abolition
Provost Marshal in Pennsylvania has
recently been shot by drafted negro. /
am very sorry indeed for do not believe
that even the meanest Of the human race
should be hurried out of the world.
hope however, that j. may aid in teaching
others that their pets the darkies) are
hard to tame and dangerous to fool with.
I expect to see in Republican papers an.
nouncements in the following words -
| Another Copperhead Outrage "a Pro.
vost Marshal shot by cursed Copperhead
negro Don't you think that is about it.
But after the petting the darkies received
from the Administration they cannot be
blamed for feeling that the whites should
| fight for item, and that they should be
exempted from military duty. The health
Of the men Ut the Pos: is good. Yours, &c,
THOMPSON.