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The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wounded prisoners. (search)
wretch as to be a loyal subject of Britain! No, dear brother, I am Irish and never can forget nor forgive the wrongs of Ireland." Another letter from Tom to John is in the same vain; but adds nothing to the disclosures: These letters give an insight into the cunning and fraud practiced by the Yankees to seduce foreigners into their service in the war of rapine upon the South. To the Irish, is held out the promise of a war upon England, the annexation of Canada, and liberation of Ireland. The Dutch and others more mercenary are promised the lands of the rebels, which, by law, are to be subdivided and sold in small farms for which none but loyal men are allowed to bid. For all the foreigners they have a ready, story, plausible but treacherous. In, this way their ranks are filled with emigrants. In this way Europe is made already to intervene in American affairs. The letters of the Trute may not be very important; but, nevertheless, they afford a hint to John Bull.