Year: 1863




Mr.. A. Pearco was, at the breaking out of the
war, editor of the Macarthur Democrat in this
State. He was Democratic member Of tho
Legislature just before the war broke out aud
one of the most determined opponent The Re-
publicans had. The following letter is from his
pen, and is published in the Macarthur Register:


MURFREEsBoRo, June 10, 1863.


MY DEAR WIFE; Yours of last Sunday came
to hand yesterday. 1t was very welcome
epistle, except the information as TO Copperhead-
ism. hope it won't "strike in" If they were
down here for few months they would be as
big "Abolitionists" us any Democrat in the
army. As to the resistance to cOnscription you
may rest assured that If resisted at all, it will
either be by the ignorant tools of such men as
Olds and Vallandigham, or by men who are
vile traitors TO their country. IL makes me so
mad when think of those Internal traitors at
homo assuming to be the Democratic party, that
! am afraid l swear considerable. ] meet old
Democrats every day who feel Just as do
| We have one Consolation left us. This fall we
shall take great pleasure in saying at the ballot
| box what we think of the Oopperheads. II
Nallandigham gets vote in the army it will be
because the other party nominates some body
very Objectionable. / met DR.. Sluster this eve.
ming, who told me that a telegram was received
stating that "Val was nominated. 1t is burn
| ing disgrace upon the country to allow such Q
man to run for constable let alone for Governor
Of the great State of Ohio. DIR. S. was one Of
the leading Democrats in the Legislature while
| was member. Said he, II have almost los
my religion since / heard that Val was nonli
mated" 1t eternally damns the politicians wit
brought it about. They may thrive for lttlt
WHILE but their triumphs will be short-lived.


As to the nonsence about making this a wa
to abolish sldperH the effect of a war in thi
coutry (the South) is to that end. We can
afford TO let the rebels have three millions o
hands to build their forts, and raise their corr
and flour, repair their railroads, run their shops
etc. because it would be suicidal for us to do SO
We should be great fools not TO make use of th
property of rebels in any way that would do Vi
the most good, and the rebels tie most harm
The niggers that they have used against us were
Just as good as so many white men to them
They performed the work that number Of whit
men would have had to do. The result is tha
they have been worth to the South about 600,
600 soldiers The United States have been pre-
vented, for one year past, from crushing this re
bellion because the South has six hundred thous
and more soldiers to send to the army leavin
negroes to perform the work at homo which the
would have been compelled to do but for th
Z, negroes.


may safely say that there is no general O
earth, of any nation, who would not deprive hi
enemy of such vast army, and thus save thous
ands Of his own men and millions of the none
of his government Now, what fools people ar
togrumblc at taxes and the length of the waran,
at the same time curse the Government becaus
its policy is TO save both taxes and its own mel
by using the same weapons that the enem,
have used against us! know you have sens
enough to see this matter in its true light, out
side of party rancor and prejudice. Generals il
all ages of the world, invading an enemy's coun
try in which were slaves, hare freed them
Sometimes they have made captives of the in
habtants and sold them as Saves; but this is n
longer tolerated in civilized warfare.


1t is no new thing, you see and. the lcadin
Oopperheads know it, but they are in collusio
with jeff Davis d Co., and desire to create ,ca
a home, and their policy is to deceive the peo
pie in the North just in the same way the Sc
cession leaders fooled the poor white people
the South into rebellion.


guess have written enough on this subject
would not have said word but for the new
of the nomination for Governor of a man ,rho
. personally k,,ow aoanted The South to 90 out of N


Union pedceabty; was willing that the Unio
should be broken up without an effort to saw
it, and this after our flag had been fired at an
: our forts bombarded by the Southern Secessie
= devils. My respects to all my friends.


. Yours, as usual, A. PEARCE.