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from the 9th Ind. Reg.Camp Blue Spring Tenn. )March 27, 1864. fFriend Dagui :Having a lew moments of leisure, I thought 1 would drop you a short communication .As far as news is concerned, perhaps tht best way to post you, is lo use that stereotyped phrase of “All quiet on the front,” belter known in the days of “Lillie Mac” as “All quiet on the Potomac.” But notwithstanding the quiet, the boys were never in better spirits, except when they cleaned out a few of “ye conservatives” at the depot of the C. lt;fc C. 11. R.,one afternoon.To say that we are happy, would not express our joy at the cal of the President for 3U0,000 more men. Oh, ye Copperheads weep, for you are doomed to support the cause you have been fighting for the last three years ! The cry of “Usurpation, Negro Equality and Abolition” won’t save you now. I don’t like to insinuate or get personal, but will first say: “How are you Pulaski Democrat.” You have been playing 2d fiddler to Vallandigham Co., pretty faithfully for the last three years in concert with a lot more of “small fry.” Your time is up now. You can threaten in convention to resist by force, if the Government don’t pursue your policy. You can aid and abet, by your damning sym-| patby to strike us down in the field, but1 you can’t avoid the conscription. Thank God for that little consolation.That the Democratic party is “played out,” no one doubts. The same grave that entombs the remains of treason, will cover the rotton carcass of the Conservative Democracy. Don’t think to avoid the consequences of your cowardly poii-icy by soft soap. Men who years ago hnrdlv knew the difference between the Democratic aud Republican platforms, can point out a traitor with surprising precision now.A vote was taken in our regiment the other evening on parade. The question was given fairly, whether they would sustain the Union candidates nominated at Indianapolis by the Union Convention, viz: 0. P. Morton for Governor, and Abraham Lincoln for President. They were sustained with but four dissuntions. This will give you a slight insight into tho politics of the men who aie doiDg battle for their country. Our politics are “a vigorous prosecution of tho war, till treason shall be known only as a tiling that was.”To avoid being tedious, I will close by reporting Co. K, all “bully carooah.” The health of tho Co, is good with the exception of John B. Lewis, Sergeant Fosset and Perry H. Waffle; none dangerous.Yours respectfully,M. M. Coulson.1st Lt. Co. K. 9th fnd. Vol. Inf.
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 09, 1864
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