Show the soldier and the til citizen the copperheads Copper heads of the country profess fess to have much solicitude solicit nde concerning the consequences of discharging half it A lauron of men from tho the army when the wr war is w ended thea the american citizen en u aged in the pursuits of civil life readily adapts himself to military service when aben r required equi reil by the oie nation and as readily itys aside his hia uniform and as quietly renters aters civil life when his big services are no longer requisite notwithstanding this thir veil well known fact proved by every war ii in which thia country has been engaged copperheads Copper P per heads enlarge much upon the i ed fearful consequences of turning half a million men out or of tho the army ond leaving thom them without any employment to prey upon society we have lob much respect or american americ an character to entertain any fear ear upon this subject and setting the question or of character aside thu the history of our citizen soldiers in the wars of tho the revolution of asli 1812 14 and of mexico clearly refutes any such presumption i the pen men who form our armies today to day is i R ara p gathered from every vocation of life aly are not of the mercen mercenary itry c imm class who services where the greatest amount 9 pay cn can bo obtained having baring no interest in the fight and no conviction of principle to prompt the act our soldiers are in in our armies from motives of principle and patriotism not for the vazrey they receive the clothing t they hey oc ftp tim tb food they eat A elas of fald like these will viletty Vil etly and without ostentation return to civil clifft W wynm abt m the country re longer requires their servian and speaking in general tenae society biety I 1 wll vall scarcely know when they do it ii within athin ninety days they will be folma enit engaged ared in their former vocations jysk M though they had never stood on of bottle battle amid the crush crosh of mits musketry ke 44 y and roar of artillery an evi bence of the flip correctness of our opinion on n a swall small scale has hag been given in this pj duriat 4 act during the present month A targe of soldiers have been dia ii arged they have gone into civil life ito hopefully ly creating no excitement cit ement and assuming ling their accustomed pursuits as readily as though they had bad mily aly rested from fram them for a single night THI of three As it has proved hore so it will prove with all our ur pol fol diers throughout the country |