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rME 1LT0S DEXOnUX 01 Op^iWEBt . “On hc»mr*b®*d hoirra It wa» tbe supposition of all jfbp^'-OTOV].^ mzlytbing about the career, of Col.;T^«f while in command hate (and'everybodyj.Hi here did know about it,} that the J.WfimpiMed by the Court Martial would^jJJ serereal permissible to, that code; for.it hardly possible for any- aeIf*nb*ndoned j ^ creature to compress into so short a- period I th of lime more official remJasnefcs, .raalfenA-| unco in office, and more shameless and dis-1 ftf reputable conduct than Colonel -Wear was 1 m guilty of during bis brief mal-adimmstra-i ot tion of affairs in this city, .There* wa^j^ hardly one of all nis offences (and^tlicirj -name was legion) for which he dld.-mCtt**leiserve all the punishment ho has received *U_p the hand* of the court. So wb confess to ^n:I ti.some surprise at the mildness ot their sen-1 ^ tenee; but can assure our readers tlial'-weje; have never been vindictive enough to wish | ic for him tbo additional infamy of being, vindicated' by the Alton Democrat. Wo _ woultir ‘drregardless or justice/’ hftvc J b[ spared him this intolerable affliction.Thai our roudera may sue another exem plification of the adug^ that ‘hwisiortur.w I ^ never come singly” wo reprint this *hn-|,u kindest cut of all’5 from the Democrat: ( aCASHIERED. I .We see it stated In some ot the miscegen organs tbat Col- Wm. Weor has bean cashiered from the arinv service and sent bmneaudicrrrAce. Not much. The latter is not1 *'in UiEgrace. jul itjucu. j-u* Vf hin the power of Ibc administration b- do* They may attempt to disgrace a gallant officer for strictly adhering to the Const iw-lion and laws of his country instead of toady-1 mg to the behests of King Abraham, but illis beyond their reach to do ^-o. In times Ipa.it when fionortibte vitn were managingthe affairs of our country, m caabfar ft c»an from the armv was considered adiagryco, but in those days men were only trailed in that manner for bad conduct. NuW things have changed, and men who have left home, friends and everything for their country s good, and after fighting long and hard, because they ehoojo to differ from lh« powers that be,'and have the manly courage to ; speak out against the damnable hcU of tut? i administration they are broughl be lore a court martial Mmp*uscd o? toids of the ad* ministration, who render a verdict in nc-cordaDco with the wishes of Mr. Lincoln-* irregardless * 1 justice or right, and order the prisoner lt be cashiered the service and sent home 5r. dUgraeo. Colonel Weer may have been cashiered the service- but not sent homo in disgrace. No man has u better fighting record Ihtm ho, and no tnan has given belter satis faction in command of this, military poet than did Col. Wm. Weer.As an evidence, when a few certain blackhearted Lraitore were trying to have biro aitd bis gallant rommand removed from this place, there was a petition asking that the command remain, circulated and signed■ ■ . % r a V 4 _by almost every prominent 'lilizen of Ajton. Tbo action of the abolition dynasty »t. Washr ir-cton in Col. Wear's casii is only in kcep^-._,gton ... —...... . -ing with their past acts, and is la us the strongest possible evidence of the innocence of the txriu and the correctne** of hU actions.Now this drunken swaggerer arid official peculator may be/;:i gallant officer/'an ‘In-n. c*nt man’’ and a perfect Christian gentle* man—*and themeiiVbo sought I remove the scandal and disgrace frum the city, as well as the officers who tried and sentenced him, “blackhearted traitors—according tothe democrat! ^standard* Hut we need not inform our readers that our notions of gaK Ian try, innocence, and gentility, aru of an entirely different character. We yield the glory and benefit of the defense of all such men lo those who, like the pment chatn-pionB of Col. Weer, arc really most in need of them. A community of interest roakse a uni tv of defense. They apeak one word for tbo Colonel and two for themselves. .lo handing tlwo fallows over l their mutual nd mi ration r we ask our reudrrs to observe how the ^emocnit man cut* bis own fingers in handling tbo ‘‘evidence” it usoa in Weerg liohnlt. While “bluek heart-ed traitor* were trying to have Aim and' his command removed’* a petition was etreujilted “signed by almost every -proxmlietit citizen of Alton'! '‘asking that the commandremain.7’ The distinction between andthe“cornniand,Tis very woil tnkcn, and plays hob with that little bitof ‘favidcnce'7 ss well *5 with the falsehood that men wore trying lohftVd'Uic command removed. Nobody aver sought to have the command removed, but only its despised and worthless Colonel—and that wua wh»l hurt And the Democrat^ witli ail iU nudftcily in lying, don’t dare to fay ««y more than that the “prominent ailikens ot AHon ’ asked that the command might remain—a request in which all citizens prominent or not prominent heartily concurred.Wc are a little inclined lo think ibnt Lhe stupid editor sometime* over rale.- the stupidity of hii Ktupid pirtiinn reader*, and that such drives e tlic above fools nobody.
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Fri, Sep 02, 1864
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