| Show caution au ti 0 n W ahrn the government or of lie he I 1 ni 10 cd Sta status in tile plentitude 0 of its ludgood e goodness ness and with its char cIlar abt eri iss issued I 1 led var ar deportment ftp order no giving to tile the honorably tion oraby discharged soldiers olt liers alib ill ivi ledge of retain ing ind his laid a arms and accoutrements at ann rc lion nominal linal price not one half balf the original cost it did not confer fp on him the ri right ait to dispo 0 11 af pf I 1 them 1 fur for t mere anin gain the j 1 antl gorsof rs af pf ill tint it liberal order fully the desire of the soldier to tal talc take c with him when lie he leaves the service the companion of liis his toilsome and weary nini marches clies and liis his many battles battle the sharer with him of tho the ion oil and tedious hours of tire the midnight sentinel on J post ost ind and picket duty his sole r reliance C in ill tile skirmish and the cli charge arge conferred upon tile the so soldier I 1 d ie rilie alio right 11 to retain his arms aims ell them tile the true soldier loves the weapon that lie has ha lome bortle upon his shoulder should r through 11 years of war and strife not for tile the dollars and cents lie he can call pro pio cure hrco liy the sale of it but from lr those ya at boic n 10 iri i e ennobling moti motives vez which chevery every thorough t soldier can call so well feel and anderst understand and it is id with avith feelings of alne that we are compelled to chronicle the fact that a large number recently discharged sol dier shave for inert gain despos ao 60 arms not only to 0 o those tu imbat IV enose lluc 1 loyalty is 13 clues questionable tio i n I 1 tuf b uto t alie 0 of our country our constitution and our la laws Ws thus forfeiting the confidence placed iu thein by a magnanimous and lid en crous i government f e ing thus far indulged in a series oi of r reflections 0 ns as an appeal to the better beffer mcclin ga and sound judg hat we nc hope may result in ing tarm to a proper sense of their duties lei as citi citizen ri s we now DOW propose to give i a word woral of caution to those choso whoso ignorance igno ranco of the lw law have been unwittingly 0 no doubt briwn I into 1 a dilemma from which they may find it difficult to extricate themselves As for those design inga tid pre meditating breakers of the law who in this as in other instances act in open violation of the of the land and that knowingly knowing b and wilfully we w c do not e amz but plainly tell them the teh ai va i arms aims purchased c d unlawfully fully will w ill at it some future dy day be bc clai claimed nied and taken possession of by the proper jy y authorized officers of the united states government and such pun pull isbin ent meted out to these viola tolof the law which they justly merit they cannot plead igno of the offense offen ense sc for the law has been repeatedly in thair ve acry midst last though Iliou gli their ali air chief may issue ilia mandato from the flin pulpit as I 1 lie le edid e dud last sabbath 11 go and arm yourselves bit a gun a mus acil or a sabre and keep your powder dry ary though lie he may swagger and ana br brag ag and bluser rc lie nill yet ct learn that ia a long and fearful record for which lie will be lila held to an answer at the proa per time for this deluding b of a poor li hard ard working yet honest set pet of people P 1 whose minds and constien consciences ba ya been so BO warped by liis his 0 o teachings and vile anc practices and that mad enthusiasm iam winch bwy ji h ave a v c been falsely h to believe as religion so as aa th UT aft man y of them incapable capaLlo in W A j OT act a ct except such as a inay lit this would be wlm hie power with a rod knowing as lie he doca that only through t ignorance persecution se ee and oppre wion lie kee keeps ps control yet feeling that the rays intelligence of now dawning upon downtrodden down trodden people will soon enable amble them to tear asunder the chakib of and ly by tw jio po cracy rae Y awl ai T the i proud i 1 pc 0 iwon af we vc have bave strayed fro fram zour our suLe select ct 8 weare opt apt to 1 do when lion dering on oil the enor matics existing ill out our midst and under the very eyes of governmental ailt hority bill will restelle res it by refer ilig those alio who ire are disposed to respect and obey our laws to tile the various vii ions acts or of congress prohibiting the purchasing of Gover ninell t cloth clot liing in etc from soldiers eis except through proper authority au thorit v under penalty of both hihi billu and imprisonment A government may inn be slow to justice and delay a wl while jile to redress her wrongs but rest lest assured that though justice be tardy tile the U S government will in antime time see that all her laws me are obeyed and d the efti acis ailers properly propel ly punished 1 2 1 a |
