Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-15

for "peace at all hazards" When
their presence became known TO
General Rosecrans, the Provost
Marshal General was directed to
hunt them up, and he was not long
in finding one, who was banished
from the lines in pursuance of the
following order:
H'poU ARTERs Dept OF THE CUMBERLAND)
MURFREEsBoRo, February 14th, 1868.
"Cal tain W. Nj. WiIes, Provost
Marshal General:
Il, SAMUEL MILLER, claiming to
be citizen of Indiana, and formerly |
a Captain of the Fifteenth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers. having stolen
into the lines of this army clandes-
timely, and having been found going
throug our camps, clothed in mill
tary dress, and uttering words of
false and reasonable character try
ing to excite, if possible, discomfort
among our troops, and boasting of
using his military garb to deceive
railroad agents, will be sent by
the Provost Marshal General beyond
our lines, on his parole and oath not
to come again within them, nor
wear our uniform, nor directly give
aid, comfort and information to the
enemy, or do anything prejudicial
to the interest of the United States
during the existing war
s'By command Of Major General
RoSECRANs.
"H. THRALL, Capt and A. A G..
Yet this man Miller said nothing
was not considered highly patriotic
and exemplary in the Democratic
meetings which were held, as the
Knox County Democrat wrote
nearly every night. Had the
organized attemp to create disaffec-
ton in the army, stop recruiting
at home and sink the credit Of the
Government to that point where
neither its bonds nor its paper
money would have had an apprecia-
BILE commercial value, succeeded,
the war would have stopped of ne
cessity, the Union irretrievably lost,
and the Southern Confederacy a
fixed fact. No man realized this
more sensibly than General Rose
Grams himself; and in returning
thanks for the resolutions adopted
by the Ohio Legislature. after the
gallant struggle made at Murfrees
boro by the Army of the Cumber-
land he determined to rebuke the
disloyal spirit diffused throughout
) Ohio and the Northwest. AS his
letter is now of interest, we repro
duce it in this conneetion:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT.
OF THE CUMBERLAND,
MURFREEsBoRo, Tenn Feb. 3, '63
ITO the Honorable the General AS
, sembly Of the State of Ohio:
"The resolution of thanks passed
by your honorable body to the
Army of the Cumberland, its com
manding General and his staff, has
been duly received and published to
the troops of this command. On
behalf of all, / return you heartfelt
thanks
"This is, indeed, war for the
maintenance Of the Constitution and
the laws-nay, for national existence
, against those who have despised
our honest friendship, and driven
, US to defend our country and ouI
homes. By foul and wiilful mis-
, representation of our motives and
!, intentions, persistently repeated
| they have arrayed against us oul
: own fellow citizens, bound to us by
; the triple ties Of consanguinity, geo
} graphical position and commercial
> interest.
5 "Let no man among us be base
enough to forget this, or foo
> enough to trust an oligarchy o.
6 traitors to their friends, to civi
4 liberty, and human freedom. Vol
: untary exiles from home and friends
for the defense and safety, of all, VIZ
long for the time when gentle peace
$ shall again spread her wings ovel
i our land but we know no sucf
= blessing is possible while the I'm
just and arbitrary power Of th'
rebel leaders conffonts and threat
ems us. Crafty as the fox, cruel a.
S the tiger, they cried mo coercion,
while preparing to strike us. Bully
C like, they proposed to fight us, be
# cause they said they could whip fiv
It to one, and now, when driven back
e they whine out, mo invasion,' ant
# promise US, of the West, permission
b to navigate the Mississippi, if w
y will be good boys and do as the.
n bid us.
q "Wherever they have the power
d they drive before them into thei
e ranks the Southern people, and the
= would also drive us. Trust ther
n not. Were they able they woul
is invade and destroy us without mel
e cy. Absolutely assured of thes
e things, I am amazed that any on
S could think of peace on any terms
% He who entertains the sentiment,
le fit only to be slave; he who vi
g ters it, at this time, is, moreover,
y traitor to his country, who deserve
d the scorn and contempt of all hor
l. orable men.
"When the power of the unscrr
\ pulous rebel leaders is removed, an
- the people are free to consider an
= act for their own interest, Which al
IS common with ours under this goN
III eminent, there will be no great diff
= Guilty in fraternization. Betwee
IS our tastes and social life there al
VI fewer differences than between thos
H. of the Northern and Southern pro-
~ ;nnor Of Ennland Or 1raland