The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-08
OFFICE CINCINNATI DAILY AND |
WEEKLY COMMERCIAL. |
FOURTH AND RACE STREETS I
CINCINNATI, February 10, 1863.

FOURTH AND RACE nThEEIb
CINCINNATI, February 10, 1853
Gov CHAsE-Ay Dear Sir.
| wrote you as0mewhat fantastic letter
the other day, But that suppose Ia
not now strange. write this morning
TO send you copy ofA private letter
have from our army In front OF Vlcks'
burg, II IL from a close observer, who
eudeayor5 TO tell the truth.
"There was never aamore thoroughly
"diagus'ed, disheaTtened, demOralzed
"army than this is, and ell because II Is
"upder such men az Grant and Sher'
"man. Disease IL. s.decimatlnR its ranks,
"and while hund eds OF poor fellows are
"dying from smlll'pOx aud every other
conceivable malady, the Medical De-
"partment IL eill cted with dellrium tre-
"mens. In Memphis smallpox patients
"are, made TO walk through the streets
from camp TO hospitals, while drunken
doctors ride from bar.TOOmq 10 whore
"houses In Government ambulances.
"How Isi that Grant, who was behind
'at 1T. Henry, drunk at Donaldson, sur
"prised and whipped at Shiloh, aud drly-
zen back from Oxford, Miss, 10 s'ill In
c0mmandY"
Gov. Chase, these things are true Our
noble army OF the Mississippi ls being
wasted by the foolish, drunken, stnpii
Grant, H. can't organize or control or
fight an army, 4 have no personal FEEL
Ing about II, but know he Is an ass,
There II not among the whole 1T OF
retired MljOr Generals q man who Is
not Grants superior. Mcclellan, Ere
mont, Mcdowell, Burnside, Franklin,
even Pope or Sumner, would be an I'm
prOyement upon the present commander
OF the Army Of the Mississippi, VIII you
wake up some OF these days and find We
have no Armv Of the MlssisslppiY
Then, there IL awful dl cOnragement
at the way the foolish old Hunter, who
Ia thought to be great man because
no Is not Insane In his prejndices on
| the negrOl question, is dOing. In Gods
name what Ia he waiting forp More
reinforcementsl Pity hescan't die and
get out.Of the way as Mitchell did,
Bat to stop this sort Of growing, and
come 10 something more practical
The army Westsand. East Ia being
weakened hourly by desertions, II IL
the great evil. The thing needful TO
stop II IL for the President t0.glye each
commander Of departments power TO
shoot deserters, They mus, be shot by
| the dozen. The Piesldents weak, pu.
ling, ing,humanitarianism ls death
| and hell TO the army, Cant you take
him by the throat and knock his head
against q wall until he Il bronghl TO his
senses on th} war buslnessp | do not
speak wantOnly when | say there are
persons who would feel that II was do.
ing God service TO kill him, u II were
not feared that Hamlin IL a bigger fool
than he IL,
Aud yet the ptiful Congress twd lies
weekly In private caucus abolt political
matler4, as II q little niger would do
everything, Why d0l's they pass your
lluanCe measure, aud the cOnscrlp, act,
and mind their own bnslnelsp
The proclamation IL a positive nui'
sluCe to every truly loyal man In the
West. Y ~ weapon In the hands of
the Buttenu's II II IA made party
test Yillandipham would be elected
Governor Of o 10. Do not think | am
talking nj random. Alasl know what
am talking about, What IL wanted:
/. A General fjr our Army Of the
Miss.
2. Deserters shot by orders Of COM
madders Of departments,
Less dependence upon the Niger
aud more on the white man.
4. The consolidation Of the fragments
, OF regiments.
g. Arrest and try Henry May ana Won
dell Phillips for treason,
o, Suppress the N3w York Tribune ant
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