The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-07-04

anu 0eeM 11e 4GtuOL ocllt4tH tl5 uellc6 OF
the soldiers Of the late wa-.o
The Colonel breathed easier after he had
this load of his stomach, and his colleagues
all felt that they were out of danger. I
think the Colonel must have been contem-
plating his own character. in q mirror.
as it were, when he drew up that resolution,
as It is certainly most striking pen picture
OF the illustrious author. 10 call man q
liar without one scintilla Of proof, is GER
tainly characteristic Of q 'strooly loir' bssas
.sAnd a coward 70 Oh, dear, how refresh
ing. in this hot weather, to be called
coward by the brave fellows who, through
fear (of the draft) went to the army. aAnd
unworthy the notice of soldier I" Oh,
pshaw. Colonel, you don't say so You Als
only playing your pranks now-only jesting.
I can't conceive that it would be any special
honor to associate with the gentleman-I
beg your pArdon--the being who drew the
picture of himself in the resolution above
given.
What, pray, was there in my letter of
the 10th at which any trne soldier could
take offence? Certainly not because used
the classic language of that renowned Gen
eral of seventy battles-on paper-Gov.
Geary, when spoke of some Of the soldiers
engaged in the monument rebellion as
.sstesDards, chaplains. army contractors" !"
&C.; and most assuredly not when said
that many of them were as brave soldiers as
ever went to battle. In both cases ! ex
Pressed my own convictions and the convic-
ions of nine-tenths Of this community, and
no soldier worthy of the name will deny it.
was sorry to see the name of certain
Captain appended to that resolution, because
he alleged, in presence of the writer of this
article, that there was nothing in my COM
lnunication that any true soldier could object
to. He ought to define his position, and not
be one thing one day and another the next.
But defy the whole s'caboodlev to prove
the assertions they have unade-
will now pay my respects, in very few
words, to communication in the Pittsburgh
| Commercial of the both inst, signed IN -
| which, presume, is the initials of the wri-
| ters true name-Nlle. NJ starts out by
saying that he speaks in the lame of 400
.sboys in blue.n What lie-kely story II
he had substracted 1894 from the number
he would have approximated nearer the
! truth. He further says that it was Prof.
Miller who first originated the idea of build
| ing monument. That may be true, but
when he says the Professor is staunch Re
publican he lies-under a mistake. The
Professor is no party man, and votes as often
| with the Democrats as with the Republi-
cans, and hence the idea of building a monu-
/ nent did not originate with the Republican
| party, or a member, strictly speaking, of
/ that party This ''(ule) still further as
serts that "T. !. NJ insinuates that there
is not one soldier in twenty who can show
an honorable discharge. This is another
le-kely story. neither said nor insinuatet
any thing Of the kind. He also says tha
those who have not honorable discharge
belong to that defunct convoration, th
Democratic party. How do yon like that
/ ,clite. boys in blue. coming as itdces from
a special friend and defender2 He ais
charges that s.T. I. NJ. - called all the .sboy
in bluev buinmers. hospital steacards, sc
This is an unqualified and malicious mis-
take, and nobody but '.M '(ule) would b
guilty of so gross perversion. I'll bel
however, my old straw hat against peele
potato that if mp examines his discharg
papers he viii fud the dis, written I
capital lstters. But have wasted enoug
ink on this IN '(ule), and all that need ful
ther be said of him is that
He heavel and pitched, and pitched an
heaved,
And up his rudder flung.
And the more he pitched and heaved.
The greater lie be spun.
Yours, &c, I. I. IL.