Identifier: harpersweeklyv8bonn (find matches)
Title: Harper's weekly
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillman, 1831-1885? Schuyler, Montgomery, 1843-1914 Foord, John, 1842-1922 Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 Nelson, Henry Loomis, 1846-1908 Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922 Harvey, George Brinton McClellan, 1864-1928 Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937
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Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ry while their offi-cers were not looking. In one place a very hand-some lady, quite young, expostulated loudly withaln-man lor taking the farm-horses. My looked too innocent to be molested. In the town procession, as if it were a show got up for theiramusement. The men were exceedingly disgustedwhen they found they had to accompany the columnas temporary prisoners. The female relatives ofone person hung about him with outcries and shrieks, saften and found the enemy in forceA squadron of the Fifth reg-ulars, under Captain Ash, scouting on our left, cameso suddenly upon an artillery camp that the gunnershad barely time to run off the guns by hand. Be-fore they had recovered their surprise the camp wasin flames, the caissons blown up, harness, forges,and battery-wagons destroyed, and our handful ofdare-devils off again. At this time train after traincame up from Gordonsville with troops, and thoGeneral recalled his column, wh l.t-iitg shelled in a random waytillerv, an-wered by our two
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HARPERS WEEKLY. (Mahch 26, 1864. MARCH WINDS. e eyea UW bright d 1 the mother alieep ehaii have turned her back. ■•, ;i; HARPERS WEEKLY. Saturday, March 20, 1864. A DANGER. THE manifesto of the War Democracy, asthe Tammany parly likes to be called, hasone proposition which should be very thought-fully pondered by the citizens of this country.It declares that the next President should be amilitary man. Tet if the country is truly wiseit will never elect a chief magistrate merely uponthe ground of military success. The school ofthe soldier is not the school in which a Presidentof the United States should be trained. Militarysuccess dazzles a nation accustomed to despoticrule, but it ought not to deceive a free people■who govern themselves. In a warlike commu-nity the triumphant chief is naturally the mostcaptivating figure, but in a peaceful free society which are best fitted for the work of government.That those who best serve the country shouldbe most higlily honored is true; bu

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