Year: 1863

la SoLDIsR's VIEws - LETTER rRos,


A. PEARcE, FORMERLY OF THE Nc.


ARTHUR DENocRAT.


From the Macarthur Register.1


MURFREEsBoRo', June 12.


Mr. DEAR WIFE:-Yours of last
Sunday came to hand yesterday. 1t
was very welcome epistle except the
information as to Copperheadism.
hope it won't "striks in.n If they were
down here few months they would
be as big "Abolitionist" as any Demo
crat in the army. As to the resistance
to eonseripfioa, you may rest assured
that il resisted at sli, 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
1t makes me so mad when l think of
those Internal traitors at home assuming
to be the Democratic party, that l am
afraid l swear considerably. / 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 Copperheads. II Vallandighsm
gets vote in the army, it will be be-
cause the other party nominstes some
body very Objectionable. 1 met DIR.
Sluster this evening who told me that
telegram was received stating that Val
was nominated. 1t is a burning dis
grace upon the country TO allow such
man TO run for constable let alone for
Governor of the great State of Ohio
DR.. S. was one of the leading Demo
Gratis in the Legislature while was
member. Said he 81 have almost lost
my religion since I heard that Val. was
nominated. 1t eternally damns the
politicians who brought it about. They
may thrive for little while, but their
triumphs will be short-lived.


As to the nonsense about making
this war to abolish slavery, the effect
Of war in this country (the South is
to that end. We can't afford 10 let the
rebels have three millions of hands to
build their forts, and raise their corn
and flour, repair their railroads, run
their shops. etc., because it would be
suicidal foT us to do so. We should be
great fools not TO make use of the pro-
perty of rebels in any way that would
do US the most good, and the rebels the
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
white men would have had to do. The
result is that they have been worth to-
the South about 100000 soldiers. The
United States have been prevented, for
one year past, from crushing this rebel
lion because the South has had six hum
dred thousand more soldiers to send to
the army, leaving negroes to perform
the work at lone which they would
have been compelled to do but for the
negroes.


/ may safely say that there is no
general on earth, Of 0ny nation, who
would not try to deprive his enemy of
such a vast army, and thus save thou
sands of his own men and millions Of
the money of his Government. Now,
what fools people are who grumble at
taxes and the length of the war, and at
the same time curse the Government
because its policy is to save both taxes
and its own men by using the same
weapons that the enemy have used
against usl 1 know you have sense
enough to see this matter in Its true
light, outside of party rancor and pre-
judice. Generals. in all ages of the
world, invading an enemy's country in
which were slaves, hare freed Mem.--
Sometimes they have made captives Of
the inhabitants and sold them as Slaves;
but this is no longer tolerated in civil
lied warfare. 1t is no new thing, you
see, and the ieadiny Copperheads know
it; but they are in collusion with JEFF.
Davis d Co., and desire to create toar
at home, and their policy is to deceive
the people of the North just in the same
way that the secession leaders fooled
The poor white people Of the South into
rebellion. -


guess / have written enough on
this subject. l would not have said a
word. but for the news of the nomina-
lion for Governor of man tphona I per-
sonaHy knos0 ,canted the South to go out
of the Union. pe0ced5ly; was willing
that the Union should be broken up
without an effort to save it, and this, !
after our flag had been fired at and our
forts bombarded BY the Southern seces-
sion devils.


Ny respects TO all my friends.


Yours nc usnal