Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1961 — Page 10

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT n£ I D®S , ™ r Sc. at the Decatur. Ind., Port Office as Second Class Matter JMtk D. Heller, Jr President John G. Heller Vice-President Cha* Holthouse- Secretary-Treasurer SnbacrfpttM Bates By Mail ia Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 88.00; Six months, >4.25,- 3 months, 92.35. By Mail, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, 89.00; 6 months, 94.75; 3 months, 92.50. By Carrier. 35 cents per week. Single copies, 7 cents.

What'll You Have? America has two choices today —■ religion or communism. If this seems like a brash statement, perhaps it would be well to analyze it. ~ There is only one basis for a free government that raises it above the level of communism, and that is the right of the individual. And the only reason to consider the right of the individual is because we have a firm belief in the Divine origin of each individual. Without this belief of a Divine origin of man, which is a part of most religions, freedom, democracy, capitalism or whatever it might be called has no more reason for existence than communism. And without the same belief in the right of the individual, freedom is no more, or perhaps not as much, as communism. It is reduced to merely another system that has materialism as its ultimate goal, and when a high degree of materialism is reached, there is no place to go but into decay. Religion in this sense is not meant to be considered in the same narrow light as the hypocritical religion of the pilgrims. Nor is it meant to be the religion of today that calls for an hour a week of church attendance, listening to someone tell us how good we are, and then shedding it as we leave the church. This type of religion would have to be the type that is carried to work, into social activities, and into every other facet of life. There are president’s reports on national goals. A nation has fallen to a pretty low level when the President of the United States, whoever he may be, has to tell us what our national goals are. It is particularly alarming when those goals turn out to be nothing more than the things that should be accomplished through the everyday religious life of each individual. When people have to be informed by an elected official that they should feel compassion, show sympathy, have feeling and interest, and put forth a little effort toward their suffering fellow man, then it is certainly time for a little introspection. It is no fault of our system that these situations Ire extant. The system of freedom and capitalism demand, by their very forms, that we hold the Divine origin of man as an individual instead of a crop of vegetables for the state to harvest at its discretion. In our hurry to accumulate things, in our race against communism, we are tending to take the very form of communism — we are tending to sanctify the materialistic side of life. And as we do, the real basis of the dignity and freedom of man becomes more and more vague. When it becomes too vague to recall, it will be much too late. Editorial Writer Today John G. Heller

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Has Collection Os Civil War Letters

A cpiection of eight Civil War letters, written by and to Pvt. William Harper, of Co. A. 47th Inf. Regt-, during the four years of the Civil War, have been carefully saved by a grand-daughter, Mrs. Walter Farrar, of Geneva. One daughter of Harper’s, Mrs. Edward N. Walsh, of Bartlesville, Okla., still survives. Mrs. Farrar has given permission to have her eight letters photostated, so that copies will be available for research at the Indiana state library and archives, Gerald R. Durkin, president of the Adams county Historical society, stated September the 16 1861 dear Wife and folks in general I hve just returned from meeting and I will have time to rie some to you befor the male goes out we got to camp anderson Wensday abot three o clock the boys are all in god spirits I see no reason why a man cant live a Christian her as well as any Whare we herd a good serman yesterday and to day we Was received in camp With as great a Welcom as any father or mother ever received ther child and we have plenty to eat here and that is good we have the prase of being the best lot of men buy a long ways, dear Wife bid you farewell to night the male is going out and I must hasten to the ofis your truly William Harper I Will rite soon again yo must anser December the 15 1861 dear wife I once more take the opertunity of adressing you I am as well as comen and hope you enjoy’ the same blessing Well we have left camp sullivan at last we left friday betwen sundown and dark there was a great time when we left we got to Jefersonville about 3 o clock in the morning and stayed there until one oclock in after noon and then we sailed over to Kentucky the first man I shook hans wit was brother Steve he was seting on his horse right whare we landed we marched of the boat and he wached untill I come along he halted I herd sombody hollw will harper and I looked and saw him you better think I broke ranks in a hurry it made my heart leap with joy to see him I wasent looking for him he herd that the 47 was to be there they are camped over on the indiani side they crosed over the same day we did we are camped in camp shack lenisville is a large city I thought I had seen som darkies but I never saw ay till I got to louisville we march through the sitty and then to camp we have a nice camp the wether is very plesant and warm it is a splendid country here as I ever saw We are going to bards town tuesday next that is about 70. miles from here we will have 30 miles of a march to make before we get there we will be in the hills then since have been writing the word come that we are going to leave in the morning it is geting lat I must gring my leter to close for the presant we have cofy and crackers for super I wish you could be her and eat with us W Harper Lydia C harper Joseph I wil write to you as soon as I ca n t I November the 10, 1861 dear Wife as I have an opperetunity of sending a few lines to you I will endever to write a little I feel well but I have some cole but I am getting beter it is a great consolation to me to hear from you every week allso to hear that you enjoy good helth I never ly down at knight but I think of you and the schildren may the time speedely come when I can return and live we once lived it has ben plesant for a few days I am on guard to night and it is comenceing to rain I went on in C Wilson plac to day he wanted to look round with his father you must excuse me for knot writing more I must get a bite to eat befor I go I on guard may god bless you no more at presant but reman your afeionate husband Mary I will answer your letter as Wm Harper to Lydia H soon as I can You sayed that steve was expected here Iwould be very glad to se him Febury the 21 ” 1862

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dear wife I take the opertunity of writeing to you to let you know how and whare I am I well we left camp nickliff on the 14 for boiling green marched to lexabeth town the first day then we chandes our directions toward the river at westpoint on monday morning we have been on the river since we are at paduce this morning It lays opisite the ilinois line we are ging to cario we struck th eiver 22 miles from lewisville that is the distance between lewisville and westpoint you can look on the map and give som idea the route that we went we was poot through on a forse march there was a great many of thebqys give out to of the kentucky boys died the first day and one of them droped ded in his tracks the mud was so deep that our wagons fell so far behind that they dident overtake us that knight there was about 3 inches of ■ snow on the ground we built fires 'scraped the snow away spread our blankentts down and layed down to rest we burnt about too thousand rails that kight we had to cut our meet up raw and poot it in haversacks and eat it raw we got our money the 19 I sent you 15 dolers witch will be enclosed in an envelop by its self we drawed 81 dolers and 60 ct I had to get me a pare of boots witch I had to pay 6 dolers for or do withou I want to keep some by me all the time so if I get sick I can go to a private house and be taken care of right charly n'ilson and Sob desas was left behind sick charly was getting beter when we left he would have been in his grave befo this time if we hadent got him to a private house there is 20 boats lazing here loded with troops it beets all I ever saw the 34 is close to us buckner and 15 thousand of his boys are here taken priseners they look rather sad I coant dewell on subject long I have too mutch to tell you you and pap can use that money to suit your selves I would like to have our apeltrees staked if you can get any one to do it general nellson has these boats hired for 60 days this thing will soon close I expet to be home in time to plant corn I must close I want to male this befor the boat starts goodby Wm Harper too weeks since I got a leter from you Springboro, Ohio Feb. 14th 1863 My Dear Niece Your prompt reply was gladly recieved. And Rebecca presist in saying “Now write to Liddia”, knowing very well that if not imediately answered it will likely have to lay sometime, for letters come in upon us from every direction, five has come to hand this week, demand an immediate reW. —— We was very sorry to hear of Wills’ sickness and that of your little son, but hope for the best, I am glad to find your heart turned in'the right direction for succor, 0! Lidia what if the withering blasting doctrine of Athism were true, Then what a plage our life would be, what a prison this earth, What a' farce this existance, Glory to God, Christianity lifts the vail oLTutiiity and bids the sighing ones of time rejoice, for “Earth (her sweet voice declares) has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal'’ Then look from earth away, for the dark clouds that shaddows this ,mucky bail, are only potent- 1 ions of grief, the hearts deepest agony is stired, then look upon the bow — the bow of rich promis that spands the gloomy valt, and speaks' of the relms where storms never heard, and death never nver heard, and death never comes. That home is our destiny, bless the Lord O my Soul, do you ever think how soon we shall leave this seen of noise and show, How near “—..the land of pure delight Where santis immoratal reign Infinite day excludes the night' And pleasures banish pain’’ just a few more days or years at most, just a little while as the savior and you shall see me, Then cease my brest to heave — my heart to mourn, of if heave and mourn they will (for we are human) then remember for every throb there is a coresponding sigh and throb for us in heaven. “For we have, not a high uriest that cannot be tuched with a feeling of our infirmties, Our lite affliction

worketh out a far more evceeding and etornal weight of glory, Stay your heart on Christ, yours J. S. Hopkins Added to the same letter was the following: My Dear Niece It is now late in the evening and I have taken my seat for the purpose of filling out the sheet, not willing that the evening should pass without doing so lest some thing might turn up that It would not get it done soon. We were very glad indeed to hear from you. We were sorry to hear of Will’s poor health & your babes. You have our sympathy & I hope that they may soon be restored to health. We have lately received a letter from Bro. Robert Jenings he was enjoying excelent health. He was then in Tehh. north of Jackson. They had been placed there to repair the Ohio & Cumberland railroad. Their supplies had been cut off but he said they were doing fine. They got it by foraging He said they had presed all the darkies & butternuts in to their service they could. He said the rebels cursed them & said that they had taken their slaves from them & now they were makeing slaves of them. They expected to be moved from their soon. Robert & Elen have buried their daughter. Their other children have the mumps now. I must close as I have 1 or two more letters to write to night. Write soon & give my love to all enquiring friends, except a large share for your self good night B H N ToLH At the top of the first letter from J. S. Hopkins is written: I have just finished a letter to will which makes the third for this evening and the fift for to-day have two yet to write Nottingham Ind. Nov. Bth, 1863 (’) Dear Brother I take my seat this morning to write a few lines to you to let you know how we are getting along. We are all well as common and hope when these few lines comes to hand they may find you enjoying the same blessing. All the rest of the folks have gone to meeting and thought I would put by the time writing to you as it had been a long time since I have wrote to you. But we have so much to do that we can’t hardly get time to to write to anyone. It is snowing here today. The first it has snowed here this fall. Though it been very cold the most of the time. Pallie and Walter came down here last evening they are both well. Lydia and all the rest will come here from meeting I expect Pallie said they talked of coming. Lida is there she came friday evening. Smith has a big meeting going on when him and Dunwiddie gets together. They allways preach so long that I concluded I would not go. I wish you was at home. I want to see you so bad. It seems like an age allmpst since you was here; but your time will be up withing a year. It will not seem so long if you keep well. I dreamed of seeing Jessie Prouty last night. I thought" just like he did when he went away only he was larger and badly sunburnt. Every thing looks nice up at your house, some one of us go up every almost and see that the fence does not get and your door hot get destroyed they are growing nice The Butternuts lay very low since the election, they don’t open their mouths. I am so lonesome I am at a loss to know what to write about. We are looking for George home now all the time. Ad Swigert is at home and has been for about three weeks but I presume they have kept the Regt 30 days after their time was up I wish your time was as near out as his is I am in hopes you will not have to stay your time out though the prospect for the war coming to a speedy close looks dim But you must try and keep in good spirit and trust in One who makes every thing for the best. It is time I was getting dinner so I will have to close hopeing to hear from you soon no more at present but ever remain your loving Sister „ Em Harper to Will Harper PS Give my best respects to the boys of my acquaintance. FT. Sands, Ky. Aug. 14th, 1864 Dear Sister I take my seat once more to write you a few lines to let you know how I get along. I am as well as ever I was in my life and hope this will find you all enjoying good health and in good spirits. I got your kind and welcome letter a good while ago but never took time untill now to answer it but forgive me this time and

I will do better after this. WeU the bugle has blowed for inspection and I must go and finish after well inspection is over, it is pretty warm here just now. I expect we will leave here before long the Colonel wants to get the Regiment together and get us to reenlist. but I dont think that there is half adozen in this company that will go again under there officers. I know I wont. I am cook now our co. cooks got so dirty that 12 of us went into a mess by our selves and the boys would have me cook for them the 12 of us get 72 lbs. of good bacon for to do us 10 days we will have some of it to sell and it is worth 20 cts a pound at Colesburg I think if we leave there we will go to Munfordsville or Cave City, we only havez3o days after today til our time is out. I got a letter from John he was well it was wrote the 25 of July. They had plenty to eat for themselves and horses there was ripe apples peaches pears and watermellons: he got a letter from Mary the day he wrote, where was Will the last you heard from him and was he well. I would like to hear from him and Isaih. I think if we go to Munfordsville we will go back to Indianapolis before long. I may be drafted this fall and then I will have to to try Soldiering awhile longer but if there is any body drafted I would rather it would

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be some of the butternuts than me if I am drafted I will go in the 47th or the 7th Cav—well this is about aU I have to write for there is nothing going on here now. we have the poorest set of officers that every any Co. had and I dont care how soon our time is out being I am under them well no more at present but I remain your loving brother Joe Watts L. C. Harper write as soon as you can Envelope addressed to: Miss Mary Watts Nottingham Wells County Indiana Home September 24th 1865 My Dear Husband I am blessed with another opportunity of writing to you but you will have to be satisfied with a short one for Warren is very sick and Polly has to mind him. I am haveing a real time Willie took the Ague last Friday a week and Polly took it last Sunday and both had it every day until Friday they minded it but Willie does not seem wCB he lays down all the time but does not complain I am afraid Warren is going to have the fever he has had a high fever most all the time since Friday evening I have hard work to get him to take his medicine Wai

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ter is up staying with Mary he has had the Ague te but has got it broke Pap has been haveing it but this is enough on the sick list another week has passed and no letter from you it seems to me I have almost more than I can bear if I could only hear from you let be where you would it would be some comfort to me you must try and write oftner if you do not get to come home soon I suppose Adjt. Vance is at home Pap says if he was able he would go and see him I do hope I will hear from you tomorrow Jo. and John are at Hartistead Texas they were 48 days on the march they were both well we have not heard a word from Ema yet I have got the most of our cane stript Polly helped some the day he missed the Ague it makes nice Molasses this year we have got our wheat in in nice order Brother Evan Thompson 4s going to have a basket meeting over on the S. Road next Saturday and Sunday how I wish you could be here the sound of the gospel once more May the Lord bless and protect you and restore you to us in the prayer of thy everloveing wife „ Lydia C. Harper Wm. Harper Envelope addressed to: Mr. Wm. Harper Co. A 67th Ind. Vol. Forward to the reg.