The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-02-14
/ Question OF Privilege.


own norm a5 our IeaUerS Wen Know,
oul Mr. S"ihelofd OF the Morning
Leader, in his issue Of last Monday,
besides rehashinp the vile and silly lies
chow ,o,.-o,,,, -,
'''o"' ooi pe'oo'''' '','''>t' ''5 anu iiioi d
character, goes out or his way to as
sault our patriotism and defa,ne our
s+and;nr - s,r.i;ar Eba,.a va 40
hho"h IL "otid iipS DC liSceSSals u
even reply to this attack, but there are
many STRANGERS hare and more c1n;nr
-, :as4 !, -,
oo'iio Vi "Hoi'' I1i5"' " 10" ~ &c
lieyc the dirty, lnSlnuatlng charges
which he dares not positively assert.
and fnr his reason wa fool wa b,va =
,.;r-l,+ - 80. .,, = ~ !,
i'Sn' 10 .! lev "oI"o III stiA o7-
tense. v quote from the Leader as
follows:
You claim to have been III the
ai,nt t!,d no"S. " nay ,tls lecti'eo an
,vhan vnll anIstai and = 81 49, ~; + ,ha
promptings OF patriotism or the size of
the bounty which led YOU TO don the
Due, IN WHAT nt'i;' d.d You 50 as
inc. 49, ~ J1ort t, ,rar,n+;n,, ,.n,'
pear never to have received? How
much OF the time while in the army
~ ou oil 80 .s'iu nov, iIiaoii VI -
carrv ahout ynnr narsnn - .rawnrd Of
merit of which your discharge papers
make no mention: DO you know OF
th U.laGi 49, t!l'i "olsgli III al.
who f..iIad tn earn enn,a ins;gnia If
rank, il nothing more than that of a
non -coInmIssioned officer: Was not
- VOW. .aofraa n"o,'ns, ~ t..I rTI
and to the fact that Vol, q 81 All your
fighting with YOUR mOath, at long
range ana Tar III the rear OF the blj-
81, pt"' ooi. u "I'
of his PATRIOTISM as the devil of h .
p!ety."
Being a personal matter we wish to
be brief. FIRST then: YES, we were
sober when we enlisted in 1862 for one
year. We served nearly fourteen
months before being DISCHARGED and
we got for our paw the princely sum OF
Si3 per month, no bounty either local
or otherwise. During that time we
snent eight d,ys on furl3nrh t. 90 and
visit our mother and sister. ana six
days in the hospital suffering from
rheumatism. the effects of which still
cling to US. These fourteen DAYS. an
average OF one dav per month, was AL
the time lost in that enlistment. Later
when the honorable rebels in the field
ana thnir lnw-,;ypd cannprhaaa oI'Ipe n
homo of which Won M. cwinaford WIS
oaa had we'll ui,rh accon,Iis,aa vour
bo,Iish dns;on If rn,,inc tha c,,,tr,.
and Father Abraham once more cl}Isl
for men. we Ind down orr stick AMI
rule. nut onr foreman in cb,rre Of orr
Office o,a cain >1an.,,v .f.orn,,, AMI
,n++;,r =, ou,. o,,+ wont ont +, l.,
soma rocr,,it;,r In fortv-airb+ u ,,,.s
we recruited tlirty-tiye men and the
next Saturday morning had them IN
s. P,ul Inv tenn di.tanca nf 1ag
,;lae-an.l tha navt v..n,, tbav ra,.e
cxamin,el missed m,star AMI were
arlv syvorp IN n consideration oe
mast hnnorai,l,, snryira and this nrnn,t
and pfracfiya work no,I ell Governor
Stn,.han NiI1.r crav,ny , first ren+a,,.
.q,i,s commission and IN fifteen d,vs
after stann:ng out of orr o,Iiaa ", ware
~, o,,r v,,,to t1,, f,,,t - &-,.byur.
we ,y.rs .Ior,a.i ia C,,,tt,n,,o, whore
we wcr. h.lIu9t,ItIe cl3;eof The war,
If we were no. SHOT in some battle it
was not our f.lu!t.
Here we were on Iuty every day e,1-
cent the few weeks allv sick in camp
and lIoSn!tal, when we contracted the
diseases which came near being fatal
then, and from which we still suffer
ard which has brought Us down to the
POSITION OF having one foot in TIE
grave" of which you 50 exultingly
boast as being our present condition.
II You viii call at our humble home.