Year: 1863

uoeS III necessarily IOlloW that ellhef
of US shall prove such base political
demagogues toilet our love for party
smother our love for country. Sir, |
can never be so ungrateful as to forget
the hearty cooperation and liberal
aid you as well as many of your lead
ing political friends gave me while re-
cruiting my company--nor could l
believe that you and these same men
will now turn us the "cold shoulder"
and that by none Of your means or
influence shall single man be indu-
eed, to fiji a placein our thinned ranks.
But 4 confess I am somewhat puzzle d
by the following paragraph in your pa
per of last week, when you say among
other things, "It is yet to be demon
strated whether there are two hundred
and thirteen war men in the county,"
What, has Harrison county, that has
sent about twelve or thirteen hundred


of her sons to help defend this governs
ment from overthrow. by armed rebels
and to perpetuate the government of
their fathers to your and their poster
ity--to stand between their and taeir
nelghbor's homes and destruction--
many of whose noble forms now moal-
der in the soil of half dozen States,
not 213 war men left?--rather let me
ask are there 213 anti-war men in
Harrison county-are there IL men in
Harrison county who are opposed to
the overthrow by force of arms Of the
wicked conspirators against our ma
tion's life-who are opposed to our
government vindicating the suprema-
cy of its law and constitution over ev-
cry rood of American soil--opposed
to our government striking down if
need be Divine institution if it stand
in the way of its salvation. :.


Permit me candidly to enquire Of
you if by such and similar expressions
as the one I have quoted, you mean
to convey the idea that it is the Prov.
ince alone of those who voted certain
ticket and their duty alone, to volun-
teer. Do you mean to say that no
one who voted the other ticket should
or ought to enter the service Of his
country, because, forsooth, he did not
vote for those who happened to be in
authority. Surely you cannot mean
to insult the loyal members of the mi
nority party in Ohio by such an insin-
uation. Has not the day come when
loyal men of every name and party
should cease party and Personal bick-
erings, and unite heart and hand in
this great struggle for our national ex-
istence. Let those most loud in their
professions of devotion to country and
her soldiery not be found wanting
when called to prove their faith by
their works--let those who have been
charged with a want of sympathy for
our government and the great cause
in which we battle stamp the falsehood
on such imputations by rallying to the
rescue, end saying by their acts that
my love for country, and the eperpetui.
ty OF her free institutions shall only
cease when American blood shall cease
to flow through my veins and my arm


shall be inlpotent to strike against
traitors and rebels against the best
government God ever gave to mani
and in Harrison county there will be
no draft, and your soldiers now in the
field will feel that their dead comrades
have not gone down in vain, and that
they are defending people worthy
the sacrifice they are making. That
such may be the cheering result is the
sincere prayer of one who feels some
little pride in the patriotism of his
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