1                Bucks County Intelligencer,  One of our correspondents  July 14, 1863  Page 2  Col. 1                1

 

One of our correspondents in the 104th Regi-

ment—a young man of candor and veracity, and who

fought gallantly at Fair Oaks, where he was wounded

—informs us that he came near being placed in the

guard house, by Col. W. W. H. Davis, and handed

over as a fit subject for a court-martial, for stating in

a recent letter published in the Intelligencer, that

Col. John Nyce, of the 174th Pennsylvania Regi-

ment, was a kind father to his men and looked after

their every want, and he wished he could say the

same of the Colonel of the 104th.  Now, it may be

well enough that soldiers should not be permitted to

speak disrespectfully of their officers ; but suppose

Abraham Lincoln should send for Col. Davis and ask

him to explain certain articles; which have recently

appeared editorially in the columns of the Democrat

—attacking the Government and abusing and villifying

the President—and, failing to give the explanation de-

sired, the President should order Col. D. under arrest,

wouldn’t there be a howl raised all over the country

about punishing a man for being a Democrat ?  We

hope Col. Davis will understand the simile.  What

is sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander. 

If Col. Davis can attack and abuse his superior offi-

cers, why cannot one of Col. D.’s men criticize his

own official conduct?  Perhaps the Colonel of the

104th can answer this question satisfactorily.