The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-10-02
4 Sol. ict'. widow. Letter to a .
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The pmladslptia Prrss of Fr1sl y
publishes 6 letter tgam soldiers VI.
ow of that city 10 President Johnso'
IN answcr to that portion u has Cleye-
land sppoch in which ho asked his audi.
oncc Who made greater sacrifices in
/ the wa than n Who suffered more
than = &c, and submits 20 tho lust
judgement n the world whether on tbs
scorc q suiirrinrs and sacrifices h's
claims % popular sympathy and SUP
port bear any comparison 70 hers She
SAYS;
Before The rebellion, sir, had .
husband, kind. loving industrious, cco-
nomical, who for myself and eur four
little ones made q comfortable provision,
Our home was the abode II peace and
plenty What haa become of him
ID lr4s 8afuud e. death al dndfTmnrlbr.
and that by the 'ehiyalnc' men wholA
your policy would fain restore, with.
out repentance, 10 the head Of our gov
crnment Since thon I have been try
ing my best to earn bread for my little
ones by bg y@upg fhc needle At times
when that kind OF employment has fail.
cd mo, / have been obliged 10 stand
from carly morn TIL night over the .ndsh-
TAB had two brothers, steady mon,
kind and gcncroua Had the rebellion
left them as II found them, pinching
poverty / should never have Known
AlaN alas one Of them porished from
exposure and want ON Bollo Island, and
the other bad his right arm taken on
by rebel shell at Antiotam. He can
not assist me- The privations and
hariships have had 10 endure have 10
shattered my own health and strength
that ! feel at times unable even 10 en-
dure tho fatigue of plying tho needle
SO that, except my trust in merciful
God, have sacrificed for my country
my ALI husband, brothers, house,
homo, living and am cast, bcggar,
ON the cold charity Of tho world. And
all this / owe to the Southern slave
holders, aud to their iniquitons attempt
to murder my beloved country, ms they
did murder my husband and my broth
ers.
Now, Mr.. johnson, since You invite
comparison, what have you sufleredg
Exhibit yo,T scars and wounds and
bruises! Did you lose leg or an arm,
or were vou even SO much as scratched
or brlrsed2 Where is tho blood you
shedE would il stain o white cambric
pocket handkerchief How much prop
erty did you losc2 Why, IL report
speaks true, during most OF the time OF
the war you were living ON the 'fat Of
the land, in Nashville, out Of harms
way, protected, as you were, by Union
bayonots Out of Uncle Sans over
flowing commissary stores You drew
plenty To cat and to drt,,k--the best OF
meats, and what was of still more con
sequence to you, the choicea Of liquors.
Add to this your handsome salary ~
Military Governor. Then the great
Union party, whom you have since SO
foully betrayed, made you Vice Presi-
dent, with salary of $4,000 per annum.
Then, to crown it all, John Wilkes
Booth made you President and there
you are yet, to tho tune of $4,000
year, with FIRMS The rebellion found
you, learn, comparatively poor man.
Now you are rich with sound body,
not TO speak Of your mind, whose sound
ness is not so.certain.
Iou, Andrew johnson, talk of youv
sacrifices and your sufferings. and chal-
lenge comparison. Fie! iie upon
youy Why, sir, on that score, ought
to be Americas Queen, and yau ought
TO be sweating over the wash-tub And
now, sir, are your questions as TO who
suffered more than you, who sacrificed
more than you by reason of the war
answered? Idid, sir, and know hum
dreds Of poor women, tossed from the
nights Of afiluence into the vale Of pc
nury and want, who have suffered aud
sacrificed ten thousand times more TIN u
you, and are making no ostentatious
parade Of it either.
Yours respectfully,
MARY JAaE CATHERwAITr,
A soldiers widow, and tho mother Of
four fatherless children.