The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-27
Communicated.
EACH THINKS FOR HIMSELF.
Due attention given to all who communicate for this
column.
For the REPUBLICAN,.
UNION SOLDIERS VS.. POLITICAL DIS
UNIONISTS

hearted set OF men, are many of our
Northern politicians. Fully as geuer-
Gus as Sitan was to Christ, when offer
ing him the "kingdoms OF this World to
fall down and worship him. Did God
offer the fallen angels Amnesty ere they
had time to ask it2 Did Christ offer Jus
daspardon without repentance7 But many
otoar latter-day political saints, under the
much abused name OF Democrats, would
teach Christ few lessons III forgiveness
and mercy, Hear them groan in splr-
it for reb's unarmed yet unrepentant, See
their tears Of hypocrisy, as they cry for
loyalty, and yet laud the virtues of
Davis, Lee, Toombs, Stephens, Wirz,
and A. Sidney Johnson, ,and say these are
the patriots who should administer our
laws, and in their magnanimlty, beseech
them TO ''come up and possess the land
and administer our Government for us
We did all that we could tor you,
when these Puritan vandals swept over
the South, now we suffer no sacrifice
Of principle when We offer you the ru-
ling seats in the land" This is no fan,
cy sketch, but is the principle followed
to ns legitimate conclusion, II any
there are who doubt it, let them refer to
the Day .'ook, the Age, tie Crisis, or
any other sheet that approving'y made
quotations from !hem-.fur discouraging
enlistments, during the war, and their
denunclalions Of soldiers, acts since the
war. Woull Roman Senator have
dared assert the superiority OF one ot
their conquered provinces before the de-
cline Of Roman patriotism! rcjoice
that majority Of the American people,
(sec fall elections) are not 30 lmbecjle in
mrd, 80 puerile in spirit nor 30
much in The decline Of manhood, M to
ask "prlsoners Of war; to legislate Tor
them.
But not satisfied in their subseryiency
! to their Southern masters, with eXtoling
their virtues, and apologizing for their
treason, they seize with the ayidity OF
vultures, every item III the market of
| slander,hto mllgn the nmon soldier,
trAduce his character, and iujure the
cause tor which he fought just listen
TO some t tnelr c.fJjts to sti-,natl,e,
Union soldiers, by calling on them to
retlrn 'captured property "aliyer
communion sUtts,' and other things
"St0isA from their SoatherW breihe'W du-
ring the war" These articles il ihryWere
iaken-are measured by dollars and
cents. But who Of you ever heard them
call upon r2Je, to restore the iJe Of
your soldier brother, or to assist in keep,
widowed mother, Or fatherless chil-
dren, or an ar0s!sSs solder, made d.
pcnict by such damaable treason? Why
Won do not even hear them call on some
Democratic, q. Ne, or, g. Ms, to make
restitution to union soldiers. Aud they
even pitch into The i'll fatcd "Evening
STAR as a peculiarly Northern insttn>
ton and carried on by union soldiers,-
What has Banks, Batter or Gov dc to
do with the shipping OF posttutes, in
the "Evenlny STAR from the Demo-
cratic city Of New York, to one OF the
chief cities of rcbcldom? What means
this degrading traffic Simply this {;
The Puritanc ideas of New England,
pressing upon New York deprives pros.
titutes, harlots and the "h.sh," OF much
Of their support. New Orleans next in
this rebel.Democratic infAmy it becomes
their natural channel of trade, more es-
pecslly, since many of these southern
polygamists, have lost their colored
concublnes by the emancipation proc'a-
nation And Northern sympsthlsers
believing they must still serve southern
masters, thus readily ship them their
surplus harlots.
The Union soldier, bal as he may be
is not so degra led as is his tralucer,
thus bought with southern money, both
morally and politically. C, ". ID.