1         Bucks County Intelligencer,  What the Army is fighting For.  February 3, 1863  Page 3  Col. 1

 

What the Army is Figthing For.—An officer of

the 104th Regiment, who writes to the Philadelphia Press

over the signature of “ Hollybush,” expresses himself as

follows concerning the attempts now being made by unpa-

triotic men at home to harass the Government and pre-

vent the success of the war:

“ We hear, with sorrow, of the attempt now being made

at home to overthrow the Government, on the part of the

malcontents of communities who were too scant of patriot-

ism to enlist, and we understand that they are assisted

by certain braggarts and poltroons, wearing shoulder-

straps, who are loafing in our large cities, and prating

about the demoralization our our armies.  Out upon these

tories and men of threadbare patriotism !  They belie and

slander the army, for it is as true as steel, as brave and as

patriotic as ever.

“ I have served in this army, which was formerly oper-

ating for the most part on the Potomac and on the Penin-

sula, for two years, and I have never left my command

for a single day.  During this time the feeling of the men

has undergone but one change, and that ? in favor of

using more power to crush out the rebellion here and its

abettors at home.

“ These men, humble and simple minded though they

be, have sound common sense.  They know that the ene-

my has all of his fighting men in the field, and the bal-

ance of his population raising food for his armies.  We

know that the President has done, and is doing, all that

he can do to crush the latter, (which is a work that must

be done gradually,) and we ask to be led to annihilate the

former by able generals, that we may end the war.  This

will give our country a spring forward into an age of pro-

gress never before known.  Let us be honest men, then,

and lay partisan feeling aside until our troubles are

ended.”