The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-10-11
| From the Philadelphia Press.
A Soldiers q Widow Answers one of
Andrew JOhnsOn's Silly Ques-


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and pompous parade Of his alleged
aacrifices and sufferings by reason of,
the war, it would be difficult to con
ceive more arrant and contemptible
clap trap. His appeals, in this respect
indeed almost remind eneof thetrem-
! bling mendicant, who, cap in HAND, and
out at the elbows, begs his way from
door to door But the sober truth Of
history is just this, that these tales Of
! woe e,pcddled by the Presidential pilgrim
from place to place, are purely .jfctitous
=. the coinage Of his own distempered
Imagination. Their falsity is most eff
fecttyelv exposed in the subioined let
ter addressed to the President him
self by the widow Of one of the brave
men who fpll victim to the slaTeho hold-
era rebellion If the contrast, extort-
ed by the Presidents silly interroga-
tories inHres most fataliy to his own
ipretensions, he has only himself to
blame:
4. .p,HLADrLpH1A, Pa, Sept, Z, 1866.
To NJ, --1mdreu Johnson, President Of
i the United States Of 4America::
DEAR SlK:-In the speech delivered
by You at Cleveland, Ohio, on your
way to Chicago, and which, Isuppose,
was repeated correctly, YOU ask: Who
:! made greater sacrifices in the war than
II? Who suffered more than l p etc.
Now, take it for granted thatto these
f1ucstions you expect from some guar.
ter arcply, & or You would not have
!prol~unded them. SO far. as my knowl-
edge extends, up to this time, no one
has undertaken the task. Therefore,
myself, although but a very humble
woman, scarcely know beyond the
street live in, viii venture to furnish
a an answer. And whelrIshaye done SO,
Z. will submit to the best Judgment Of
the world whether, on the score of
"suHcrincs" and SACRIFICES" (if there
j be nothing else), your claims to popu-
lar sympathy and support bear any
comparison to mine.
Before the rebellion, sir, ]. had hus-
band, kind, loving, industrious, econo-
!. mical, who, for myself and our four lit
tie ones, made comfortable provision.
Oar home vas the abode of peace and
plenty What has become of him P
!, He aruS starred to 1eotn ct 1AndersonuiNe,
and that by the 'tchivalric" men whom
!; your 'policy" would fain restore, with
: out repentance, to the head OF our
| Government Since then I have been
, trying my best to earn my bread foi
my little ones by plying the needle. At
times when that kind Of employment
has failed me, have even been obliged
to stand, from early morn till night
:. over the aooshtu6! / had two brothers
steady men, kind and generous. Had
, the rebellion left them as it found them,
pinching poverty l should have never
! known Alas alas! one of them per-
: ished from exposure and want on Belle
; Island, and the other had his ri ght arm
taken off BY rebel shell at Antietam.
He cannot assist me. The privations
! E;rld hardships I have had to endure
: have 50 shattered my health ansj
; strength, that feel, at times, unable
even to endure the fatigue Of plying
! the needle. So that, except my trust
in a merciful God, have sacrificed fo1
my country my ail-husband, brothers,
honse, home, living-and I am cast, 9
beggar, on the cold charity Of the
world And all this owe to the
Southern slaveh olders, and to the:1
, init,uieous attempt to murder my be.
1 j, ,,In NV
husband and my brothers.
Now, Mr.. johnson, since YOU invite
. comparison, what have you suffered
Exhibit your scars, and wounds, and
bruises Did you lose q leg or All arm
for wercFou even so much as scratch
ed or bruised ? Where is the blood
YOU shed Would it stain q white
cambric pocket handkerchief? How
much property did You lose? Why
, if report speaks true, during most OF
Z = the time of the war you were living or
! the ''fat of the land in Nashville, out
. Of harms way, protected as you were
by Union bayonets. Out of Uncle
Sam's overfowing commissary stores
you drew plenty to cat and drink, the
best of meats, and, what was ofstil
more consequence to you, the choicest
of liquors. Add to this your handsome
: salery as military governor. Then the
: great Union party, whom YOU have SC
: fouily betrayed, made you Vice Presi
, dent, with salary of sS,0e0 per an
mum. Then, to crown it all, John
, Wilkes Booth made you President
: and there you are yet, with $4,000 {
: year. The rebellion found you, learn
: comparatively poor man. Now yor
are rich, with n sound body, not tC
speak of your mind, whose. soundncss
is not SO certain.
: ITom, Andrew Johnson, talk Of yov'
sacrifices and your sutferings, and chal
, lenge a comparison. Fie, ie upor
you! Why, sir on that score, Iough'
to be Americas queen, and you ought
: to be sweating over the wash tub = =
: And, now, sir are your questions as +te
who suffered more than yost, by reason
Of the war, answered?
/ did, sir, and l know hundreds O.
poor women, tossed from the height;
f Of aflluence into the vale of penury anC
}, want, who have suffered and sacrificed
. ten thousand times more than you, an(
9 ere making no ostehtatious parade o
4 it, either 59H 9.3t 4Uzet.3a19 Tl7
: 1 r. Yours, respectfully, E
4. ......,. j. =, MARY JANE CATHERwAITE.
s Soldiers widow. and the mother O