Show ta HEAR AN OLD soldier fol lowit tg is a letter written byg byarn en Rn wool toa to a friend in new york will not honest hanest democrats and lukewarm republicans heed beed the voice of the hero of the war 0 of f 12 3 of tile the war of 5 and the war of 61 1 I was more than delighted 0 with the views you regard regi ara to the election of mcglellan ifan to the presidency of the united states you have said truthfully th thamaris atAris that ins election means the trailing of 0 0 ir flag in the dust before its enemies the entire y of tile the N north 0 rah I 1 to the south 0 uth and you might have added the lurrender aur sur render rendel of the united states to jeff davis a aad ha jais government that such is the intention it if they succeed in the election of mccellan sf of odilus this widespread wid wide espre conspiracy there cannot be a shadow of a doubt it extends over the north as well as the south Q its influence joseen i and d felt in in every c city i t y town a and nd hamlet throughout the land with its head in canada and encouraged by the three presidential factions in ia the there 1 re publican ranks which appears to have paralyzed the whole party tife i conspirators bave ita ve taken advantage of this silence and apathy f I 1 the republicans RePublic aus who have hitherto to be supporters up of the war and kaye not failed to td add to their ranks the weak the timid and aad cowardly of the re juul acau p well as v of t 11 D e rn 0 b r g ii e p party a r cf t within the larj two avs however 4 the ij ve ebe bean e 1 h sam somewhat r roused from their lethargy by the recent successes general sherman bothin nothing for a au aught chati cabi can discover e iq will save the ui nd I 1 its gov government but of grant sherman F t 34 ZW these successes may rouse ronse the people and gre preserve serVi or oar country but nothing else fi from om present ap w will ill save it from tile the danger with which it is threatened 1 the 15 perils berils of the themon ewton were never greater thun than at the present moment the conspirators s pira tors hav secret asso associations associate ciati pus whose i mem bers are 4 scattered e red avei over the ilie land biag bevery means in their power talarm to alarm and frighten the ignorant and timid they are also distributed throughout the armies aan ud avy of pun cited states and exerting all their i powers to idiece those who have the of voting n g to cast for mcclellan who abo is represented turbe popular with the rank and rile hie at a future day I 1 may present facts kiich lalich X wilt will substantiate all I 1 have sad ui regard to abis damacus da mAus conspiracy and their convention and for the deicy 8 capsar that destroyed the liberty A of rome but the demagogues that that thronged thron ged the forum with oula Vs dead to their jc honor 0 I 1 and spotted w with fah corruption I 1 am your servit sned signed JOHN E WOOL J |