BEDFORD GAZETTE. B. P. MEYERS, EDITOR. JOHN PALMER, ASSISTANT.. FRIDAY .• t ! MARCH 4, 186*. What They Promised. THE FRIENDS OP Gov. CI RTIN PROMISED TIIE TEO LE THAT IF THEV WOULD HE-ELECT HIM, THE WAR WOULD END IN 30 DAYS AND THERE WOULD BE NO MORE DRAFTING. HOLD THEM TO THEIR PROMISES. The Draft. "llow are we to get clear of the draft ?" "How about the draft?"—"l am poor."— "His father and mother arc both dependent upon him," &c., &c. So runs the long line of questions and anxious expressions of the people about this dreaded draft. The Re publicans, Abolitionists, Democrats, Cop perheads and all join in the lamentation. The draft is now postponed again until the first of April—just as we supposed, all the time, but hardly dare say so, lest it might be considered that wc were discour aging enlistments. But why hold this dread ed affair over the people; is it to scare them into enlisting? It looks like it. The secret of raising armies is at last discovered: and that is in the green-back system. Why not now at once then say we will have no more drafting, but rely upon this, the only system of raising men for this war. The people all want to get clear of the draft.— The authorities don't want to let theffi, it appears. We have no difficulty in finding out the way to get rid of it. The wonder is that all the people don't see it. It is the only way to dispose of it: We mean, to vgte the Democratic ticket. Can the Republican Party Restore the Union ? It behooves every enlightened friend of the country to see to this, which is the most important practical question involved in the presidential election, is not eclipsed by su bordinate or irrelevant issues. If we allow with slavery after the war, we virtually con cede that they can bring the war to such a conclusion as will give them control of the subject. It is contrary to our belief that the war, as c by. them, will ever lead to such a resnlt. If the philosophe f 1 who pretended to extract sunbeams from cucumbers could have engaged his adver- j saries in a controversy as to the best mode of bottling the sunshine, he would have gained over their unwariness an implied ad mission of the possibility of his primary exploit. On the abolition question wc will be as liberal with the black Republicans as they can wish. Wc will concede all they ask as to the size- and shape of the bottles and the way they shall be sealed; at least until they have succeeded in the prelimina ry experiment and have actually produced the sunbeams. The wholesale confiscation of southern property wih which they amuse their diabolical imaginations will be possi ble only after the war has been brought to a successful termination. To occupy pub lic attention with such a scheme now is an impertinence which would ho simply child ish, did it not serve to delude the country into false expectations. The main question for the people to de cide in this election is, whether the Repub lican paity has given evidence, during the presidential term soon to expire, of ability and capacity to restore the Union. They have not Leen stinted in men nor.scanted in means; no government ever before wielded such immense resources. If they have not succeeded they,cannot plead that they have not had a fair trial. Money, men, the com mand of the sea, new and surprising inven tions in naval architecture and in gunnery, tlie advantage of opcratiiig against a people whose main industry was exerted in pro ducing a great article pf foreign export, and whose first necessity is R foreign market, and this people hemmed in by a' blockade, without a navy or resources to create one— with this extraordinary combination of ad vantages the administration has failed only by reason of its iyibecility. It may be said, indeed, that our arms have made great progress. Bu{ who, with out renouncing all claims to solidity of judg ment, can say that this progress has been at all proportionate to its cost? East of the Alleghanies, the war has been, on the whole, a sad failure. We have made a few inden tations into the rind of the rebellion on the Atlantic slope; but Richmond and Charles ton atill bid us defiance, and the vast belt of territory stretching from the Pptomac to Ope Sable remains, with the exception of a few hundred square miles,, in possession of the rebels. Is this success ? We do not ask if it is success proportioned to the enor mous scale of our expenditure, but is it not preposterous to consider it a3 success at all ? Washington has been almost constantly menaced; the invader has been twice upon our soil in great force; and no longer ago than last summer the safety of our great Atlantic cities depended on the issue of a single battle. That battle was, by fierce and vigorous fighting, decided in our favor; but since then, east of the Allcghanies we have gained absolutely nothing. To settle down in exhaustion and impotence after re pelling a formidable invasion, gives but fee ble promise of that complete conquest of the enemy's country which is the object of the wan In the West, where our generals hare been further removed from the blundering surveillance of the administration, our auc- ' cess has been more proportionate to the vast scale of our expenditures. But even in the West our gains arc as yet so insecure that one great rebel victory might change the whole face of affairs. If Grant should be beaten by Johnston, and Tennessee he there by recovered by the rebels, our most impor tant advantages in the West would be al most annihilated. While matters remain "in such a state that a single battle might dispossess us of a great part of what we have gained, exultation is premature, and preparations to administer upon the estate of the dead rebellion absurd. If we get through the spring campaign without heavy disasters we shall owe little thanks to the administration. They have triHed fiway the fall and winter in ventila ting crude abolition follies and in president making; and the spring campaigns are open ing with inadequate preparations. We arc to have an immense draft in March or April. If, as we arc told, the great death-grapple with the rebellion is to take place this spring, how can these raw levies profit us? They are too late to help us win victories; they are not even early enough to arrest and roll back the tide of defeat, if the fortune of war should he against us. The administra tion has no foresight; all its chief move ments are forced upon it by the prepara tions or the successes of the rebels. It found out, all of a sudden, in the summer of 1862, that it needed six hundred thou sand more men than it had anticipated the r* *• v • v r * i — - lv wl ~ listments. The draft last year wa3 ordered close on the heels of a rebel invasion. The draft ordered for this spring results from an unexpected discovery of the great extent of the rebel preparations during the winter.— An administration which is novcr wise till after the event, which is perpetually mak ing representations that the war is near its close, and following them up by such enor mous calls for new troops as prove them unfounded; an administration which gives these constant proofs that it neither under stands the present nor sees an inch before its nose into the future, is incapable of re storing the Union. But can the Republican party substitute a better? A large majority of the party can discover no clearer way out of our difficul ties than to re-elect Mr. Lincoln, and keep in the same set of incapablcs that have so long mismanaged the war. The dissentients do not go outside of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet for a candidate. They do not promise to put into the government any greater wis dom than is already in it. The chief point of superiority claimed for Mr. Chase is that he is a more reliable abolitionist; which, if it were a merit, would only place hinr in re lation with questions to arise after tiro war, not demonstrate his capacity to manage it. The Republicans have been making party capital, for the last six months, out of the idea that the rebellion is about to break down friyn exhaustion. For it to end from such a cause would reflect little credit on the administration, which ought to have re covered the revolted territory by military vigor, while it had j'ct wealth to alleviate the. burden of our taxes. But wo fear that the expectation of an easy conquest this spring is a delusive dream. We have no doubt the war will run into the next admin istration, and if that administration is Re publican, then, farewell, a long farewell to the Union.— JY. Y. World. The Spring Campain. The serious disaster which has befallen our armies in Florida is, unfortunately, causo for apprehension quite as much as for regret. If it were by an inevitablo accident that hundreds of bravo men'—how many hundred General Girj.MOUE does not permit us to know—had been lost, wo might accept the tact as ono of the necessary incidents of a great war; but unfortunutcly the movement which haS resulted so disastrously, seems to be a part of a plan which threatens to end in our discomfiture.— The shameless avowals of Mr. Lincoln and Afr. Butr.nr to Dr. Alassie juntity us in believing that the war has !>ccn wantonly protracted in order to enable them to carry out their schemes of nsgro equality; and many instances can bo pointed out i which our armies have been im perilled or sacrificed in order to compass some partisan cud, hut we fear that the doings of the past will be eclipsed by tho operation of the coming summer. The object which Mr. Lin coln has propose 1 to himself is to bring about his own re-clection. Far this end ho has eluip edall his measures; and nsthe most important auxiliary he ean secure, he is determined to obtain the electoral votes of tho States in re bellion. Ilis enemies of his own party have had the honesty to provide that bogus delega tions shall not be allowed in the National Con vention, which is to nominate tho Abolition Candidate for tho Presidency i but, if Mr. Lin coin car. get. the nomination, he will have no hesituiion in committing a fraud upon the na tion which his associates will not permit him to use against their partys Accordingly, expe ditions are operating in almost every Southern State in order to have tho requisite decimal fraction accept the Amnesty Proclamation, and prepare for the November election. Thesewaius accomplish 110 good end ; and by giving the.en emy na opportunity to cut up our forces in de tail, they may bring upon us such casualties that their main armies will in time equal oui own. Should this policy be pursued throughout the summer— and ns the political canvas waxes warm, we must expect that the movements in the field will bo made more and more subordinate to the needs of partisanship—the sanguine an ticipations in which so many have indulged, will bo sadly disappointed. The nearer we come to election day, the greater our danger that the Administration will sacrifice our arm | ios to secure continuance in office. That our forebodings are not groundless, may bo seen by the subjoined articlo from Saturday's Bulletin, which is probably based upon private information as to the plans of its favorite can didate:—Age. • The sad news of a repulse of our troops in Florida can scarcely surprise those who have coolly calculated the chances of Gen. Seymour's success. A force of a few thousand men was sent into the interior of the State, and when sixty miles from its base at Jacksonville, was met by a superior force of the enemy and driv en back with heavy loss, to Jacksonville. The rebels had long notice of the approach of our troops, and abundant means of conveying an array by railroad to meet them, of which, of course they availed themselves. Thus, we fear, an enterprise, undertaken uuwisely and with inadequate means, has been brought to a mor tifying termination. Who is responsible for this disaster? Wits it ordered by Gen. Gilmore on his own responsibility ? Or was it part of a general plan of campaign arranged by General lliilleck? Whoever authorized it, it has proved to be a lamentableblunder, and it should be fix ed upon the right man. This first failure in our spring campaign leads us to fear that it may all be badly planned. In North Carolina, where our forces are scattered, engaged ia making raids which only combatants, and destroy Union feeling while destroying private property, the enemy has col lected a large force, partly composed of veter ans of the Army of Virginia. We nro again threatened with disasters there; for Gen. Hut tier has not troops enough in his department to meet the enemy in the field, and there are sev eral of our garrisoned posts exposed t<r siege or assault by the greatly superior forces of tfio rebels. Agdin let us ask, who Is answerable for the state of affairs ia North Carolina? Viewing tliC circumstances in the eastern States of the South, one caniipt help feeling uneasiness concerning our movements ia Georgia and Alabama. Sherman has made a splenuiJ and thus far successful advance. Thomas ioo, has begun a movement from Chattanooga. But who knows whether Hardee, who has just de feated Seymour, may not be able to make a rapid junction by railroad with Johnson, and defeat Grant, or with Polk in Alabama and de feat Sherman ? We havo all confidence in our commanders in the field and in their troops.— Hut wo confess to misgivings as to the general plan, and to great fears lest our divided forces may bo defeated in detail, the enemy's short lines of communication and railroad facilities giving him advantages greater than those we may possess in numbers. ! "COMING DOWN TO DOTS."—Secretary Chase difference of opinion; F<IZBY appealing to the is a close calculator. lie figures up the nation- money getting propensity, and exciting the de al debt for tho next two years as accurately as s ' ro for gain, patriotism is deadened—thestand tho astronomers calculate the return of Donati's a d of the soldier lowered to that of tho raerce- Comet, which is to bo back again upon acer- navy—the pride of home lost—men seeking the tain day, hour and minute sometime about the highest bounties; base selfishness encouraged; year 2000. Our debt on the Ist of Jul}', 1804, the poorer sections being deprived of their men is to be 51,C86,950,011 44, and on the 30th by the richer. A system so radically wrong, ol June, 18G5, it will amount to 82,231,935,- from which flows so much that is evil and has 190, 37. Just two billion, two hundred and a tendency so injurious should be condemned thirty-one million, nine hundred and thirty-five ftn, l abandoned. thousand, one hundred and ninety dollars— and As a P' Hn f° r raising and maintaining armies thirty seven cents! Now,j)vecan stand the bil- ' n times of war, a Constitutional draft, whether lions and tho millions, but tho tacking of "the >wdcr the control of the Stated or the power thirty-seven cents to them forming a sort of a delegated to the General Government, has many erackor to the whip, is what gives the sting strong reasons why it should be preferred. And to the Secretary's long lash of figures. But !,s a means for the promotion and preservation it shows what a glorious thing arithmetic is.— °f peace, the reasons are of greater force. But What would have become of these thirty-seven to make it effective, either as n plan to be used cents if there had been no arithmetic to cypher ln times of war, or as a means for the advance ment out, stick them there, and let tho nation mont of peace, it would require to bo the only know just how its affairs will stand upon the method permitted for the bringing out of the 30th of June, 1805 ?— Patriot <f- Union. citizens and organizing thera into armies; and IT CURES SO QUICK. who were drafted and returned capable of per- Ra(|)vay's Ready Relief, whether applied ex- forming military duty, ternally or taken internally, acts at once; there We are passing through the ordeal thnt has is no delay, but it instantly fulfills its mission been fatal tp Republics, it wo are topuss through of relieving, the patient of pain annd discom- safely, if escape is possible, we must, with f or t. all the coolness we can command, look at our A highly respectable lady of tho city of New situation as it really is. We must free ourselves York while nailing down some carpets run a from that weakness, by which we are made to small carpet tack in her kneo and shifted the f°H° w without injury the course of others, wo pan. For two years sho was laid up a cripple, must shake off the feeling that springs from a spent uownrds of TWO THOUSAND DOL- desiro to "follow the times." Wo must think LARS WITHOUT DERIVING ANY BEN- for ourselves, if we wish to bo free, if we wish EFIT. Sho was advised by a nurse to nso hand down Constitutional Freedom to pos- Kadway's Ready Relief; the first application tority. _ X. gave her case, one weeks use made a perfect abolition paper? report the Hon. S. cure. Ilad tins lady tried the Ready Relief y. Cox as having, on the, 11 tli, declared himself when the injury happened, she would have es- in fuwr of Fernando Wood's proposition, to" capcil tho painful simei mg of two years uura- rem | (jorumissioners to Richmond to endeavor to tion, and haved two thousand dollars. in ascer t; a i n whether we cannot havo pcuco with mind, that Radway a Ready Relief will prove out furthcr butc bcry. "Bully for Cox." its marvellous efficacy at once in all cases where _ pain is experienced, whether lllmmutism, Lum- ®*Kcep it before the people that the Black bago, Gout, Neuralgia, Bums, Scalds, Bruises, Republicans in Congress voted against allowing Wounds, or Diarrhoea, Dyscnt -ry, Diptharin, ] soldiers one dollar a day, and at the same time Influenza, Sore Threat, Hoarseness, Colds. Let i ".ted to give Abolition ciorks four dol'ars a day! those who suffer try it. Price 25 cte per bottle. 'Oh! ye hypocrites! For the Bedford Gazette. Bounties. A calm investigation of the question, of the propriety of the payment of bounties by the borough, for the purpose of avoiding the draft about to bo made, will show that it would be unfair, imprudent, and illegal, and would not accomplish the object intended ; and to give to tiio subject the careful consideration it merits, will lead to the conclusion that the system (if it can bo so called) of bounties is in opposition to sound policy and is an active ngent in the de moralization of the country. A glance will make it evident, that it would be unfair, if wo bring to our remembrance the course pursued previous to the draft that has been made ; at that time no effort was made to avoid the draft, and those who were not ex empted had the alternative of serving or pay ing the eomn: utation; would it not be an act of injustice to add <0 the burden already borne by coaipell'ng them to pay a tax for the pur pose of relievir'jf others? To contract, n u?bt that can be avoided, in view of the heavy outf.ty that will soon be forc ed upon us. for the neefssif y purpose of sup plying the town with a plentiful supply of wa ter from an unfailing source, >vou?d bo an act of imprudence; ordinary foresight wilt compel the adoption of a plan, with reference to the increase of population, the improvement of the 1 higher streets and their extension ; a largo ex penditure of money will therefore be required. An examination of the general Borough laws, by which we are governed, \yill show conclu sively, that the Council would act illegally and I without authority, in contracting a debt for such a purpose and to so large an arftount; and in I order to reconcile ourselves to the performance I of an illegal act, by glossing it with the lacquer of necessity or expediency is a base cheat; when | offices are accepted, be they humble or elevated, the holders by that acceptance, obligate them eclyes to act in a manner worthy of the confi dence placed in them, and to perform with fi delity tho duties of their position ; there are no gradations in tho binding force of oaths, the oath of the most obscure and unimportant of fice com pels an observance aijd the performance of the duties of the office as strict and unswerv ing as that of the most exalted; the opinion that prevails to too great an extent, that an of fice of little influence requires little attention to its obligation, is opposed to every principle of moraltiy. If we take into consideration the length of time we have been engaged in this war, the still defiant attitude of the South, and the number of men we have remaining fit for duty, it will be evident, to the least discerning, that the pay • ment of bounties will not free one man from service, it would be merely a short-sighted ex pedient to defer that which will be the lot of every one liable to military duty, and this will be made, if possible, snore certain, if the war is to be carried on fertile present avowed purpose, that of destroying the institution of slavery. For wo can 110 longer hide it from ourselves, if we have the moral courage to shake off self-de lusions and to free ourselves from the erroneous impressions made by the falsa statements of de signing men, that in opposition to all outside in terference with their home institutions, the South is a unit, that resistance to all attempts-to de | privc them of what they hold to be reserved ® ,u '' '**" * ' " fl>m o'm kp.ffn , an army in the field. There cannot be a doubt, that if the plan of tho Administration is to be sustained, the services of every man capable of ! bearing arms will bo needed in the field. If six millions of united Americans are to be aubju , gated, a stronger and more elevated feeling than that exerted by money must nnimatc the con , querors—bounties will not do it. In conducting a war, and especially one of long duration, sound policy calls for a plan that will keep an army up to its required strength, without delaj s or hindrances of any kind. The want of well disciplined reinforcements at the proper time anJ in sufficient numbers, will defeat the best matured plans of the most skil u'l General, and is certain to lengthen out the war, if' {here are no worse results. The rely ing nppn bounties to bring out men in sufficient numbers at the time they are wanted, is hazard ous j for by not having likd effect at the same time in all sections of the country, delays are caused, and consequently troops are fo r ccd into the field before tlicy are properly discipliritlfl- After the country has been drained of a certain number of the able-bodied men, bounties will become ineffective —a resort must, bo had to harsher moans, which will frequently meet with resistance, and will always be obeyed with re luctance. That tho paying of bounties is a cause of demoralisation, wilt not admit of a difference of opinion; f<iaby appealing to the money getting propensity, and exciting the de sire for gain, patriotism is deadened—tho stand awl of the soldier lowered to that of the merce nary—the pride of home lost—men seeking the highest bounties; base selfishness encouraged; the poorer sections being deprived of their men by tho richer. A system so radically wron<*. from which flows so much that i 3 evil and has a tendency so injurious should be condemned and abandoned. Our Sentiments. We below the resolutions of the Democratic State Convention of Connecti- 1 cut. They have the ring that proves the old vessel of Democracy sound away up there in the land of abolitionism and witch craft. Wc commend them to the careful perusal and study of every good citizen: ConnecticutDomocratic State Convention. The Democratic State Convention of Connec ticut, which mot at Ne-v Haven on Wednesday, adopted the following among other resolutions: Resolved , That HS the Constitution lias been | the only guide ar.d light to the Democratic par ty in times past, wc now recognize in war us in peace 110 other standard by which to .iudgo ot measures, and 110 other guido and light for our political action. Resolved, That it is the grand mission of the Democracy to restore the country to its former condition, the Constitution to its rightful su premacy, the equality of the States under it, their right of supreme local legislation in do mestic concerns, the freedom of thought, froe dom of speech, and freedom of the press, the freedom of popular suffrage, religious freedom, the right of private judgment, the right of per sonal liberty, that is a necessary concomitant of the CUt of habeas corpus, the inevitable right of private property under State laws, and the in dependence* of the judiciary, the right of trial b" jury, the %b* civil authority 10 hold the military in strict subordination —rights which have been wantonly yiolated by the present ld --miuistrntion, and the Inte.'i'fcnce ot the people thereby insulted and their judginfUt outraged. Resolved, That as the deliberate opinion 01" this Convention, the party in power does not in tend to preserve the Constitution which we re ceived from our fathers, and is not conducting the present war for that purpose, but for the purpose of revolutionizing the. domestic institu tions of the Southern States, and of establish ing a new Government of despotic power on the ruins of the old Union. lies,ilved, That the entire perversion by the Abolition P.epubiiean party of the object of the present war as declared by Congress, "to defend and maintain the supremacy ot the Constitu tion and preserve the Union with all the dignity and tights of the several States unimpaired,' to a pestilent Abolition crusade for the total de struction of all State equality is an infamous waste of the nation's blood and treasure. Resolved, That the grand scheme of the pres ent Administration to fill the country with na tional banking associations, supplant the banks of the sovoral States, to monopolize the whole paper currency, and to draw the whole banking capital of the States and people under the su pervision and control of thd Treasury Depart ment, and to concentrate the whole moneyed power of the country in the hands of the Pres ident, is a bold and daring encroachment on the well known and universally acknowledged rights of the States, more dangerous even than that great enemy of liberty, a largo standing army. Resolved, That tho gross mismanagement of the war and the needless expenditure of vast sums of money make the Administration mor nlly responsible for thousands of lives uselessly sacrificed, and the addition of hundreds of tpil -110118 VI UVHa>. . 4ho Ob-.lana () f tll6 DeODIC, and while it is made the interest of the thou sands of the retainers which the Administration guthcrs around it to continue tho war and all the present ruinous expenditure of public mo ney, no effort will bo made by those in power to bring this unhappy difficulty lo a close, and wc agree with u high Republican authority that should Mr. Lincoln be re-elected not only will "tho dignity and honor of the country sutler," but "the war continuo to languish through his whole Administration, until the public debt shall become a burden too great to bo borne." Resolved, That the cause of free institutions and self-government must never be abandoned, whatever may be the cost of time, treasure or blood, and that while the Constitution of tho United States gives power sufficient even for the present terrible exigency, yet in its letter and 1 spirit, it deprecates confiscation of property, po litical execution of persons, territorial organiza tion of States, forcible abolition of slavery. Resolved, That the gallant soldiers who have sacrificed tho comforts of a home for the hard ships and dangers of the field, to preserve the institutions established by Washington and his compatriots, afs entitled to the solicitous care of tho Government, and wo pledge to them our best efforts to promote their welfare and to se cure full justice to them on .all occasions. Trouble Among the "Loyalists." There is serious discontent, and no small amount of caterwauling among tho various cliques of the friends of a number of tho abolition candidates for tho Presidency. They accuse Mr. Lincoln of foul play, and say that he in stigated the organization of the Loyal Leagues, and appointed their members to office with tho ulterior purpose manifested in the seemingly spon taneous nomination for his re-election now being echoed all over tho North. Some important developments are taking plaec concerning the coming canvas. While State after State seemed to bo coming in for the re-nomination of Mr. Lin coln a counter-movement of unusual strength is springing up. The significant letter of Speak- . cr Colfax, declining to commit himself to the fortunes of the present occupant of the White House, has emboldened others, and the current dodge of theopponents of Mr. Lincoln is, "Wait till the rebellion is put down; then there will be time enough to talk of the next President." But the fact is, these same persons arc working in the interest of Mr. Chase, General Fremont, General Butler and other noted Republican aspirants for the Presidential nomination. Two new names have recently been added to the list—Gens. Banks and Sickles. Greely, with tho Tribune interest, and all the leaders of tho extreme radical party, are known to lie strongly inimical to tho ronoraination of Lincoln. Lit tle knots of political suckers around the county are engaged in nominating "Old Abe," 110 is apparently ahead in the affections of his par ty, but he certainly has tho majority of the ac tive leaders .opposed to bira, and they may yet prevent his reuomiuation. Gen. Fremont has a great many supporters, especially among the western radicals, and they stato that he will certainly run as an independent candidate in case Lincoln Bhould be formally renominated by the Republican National Convention. In short, he is bound to have another run. To forward the fortunes of Fremont, a new paper entitled tho 'Publicist' is shortly 10 bo started in Now j York, and a campaign paper, the 'Pathfinder,' b"Mi of which will ardently support tho claims \ of the first man who ever issued an euiaoc'pa-1 tion proclamation. Lincoln certainly has ru- ■ ble before him in order to become the '<cbiit?ti<r man' with his own parly. But let them squirm wriggle, and quarrel to their hearts' content, and cheat each uthor its they cheat all others, it w 110 affair of ours. Wc have nothing to do with their wrangle, except to suggest that they are agonizing over a prize that none of them shall * possess, tor it has been otherwise ordered. The people have willed that Genorul George IJ. Mc- Clellan, the patriot, soldier and statesman, shall be our next I'resident, and they intend to see that lie is elected.— llollidaysburcf Standard. Gen. McClellnn'a Report upon the organ ization of the A, my of the Potomac and its campaigns in J 'i/yinia and Mary land. This report was transmitted to the War I)e --pnrlmcrit in November, 1302. We find it on our table February, 1 8GI! Fill op that long interval with Wilkes* calumnies, Congressional calumnies, all aided and abetted by the Wash ington cabal, whilst the evidence of their falsi ty was in the files of the War Department, and if you do not feel an hopest glow of indignation, I very much fear my good fellow that you are not many removes from a knave, or to say the least, have about as much blood in you as turnip. Wo hardly know now which of that pretty trio, Lincoln, Stanton, or Hullcck, we feel the profoundest contempt for, after reading this exposure of their guilt. It is true there is another set of conspirators, Wilson, Wade & Co., who arc responsible for much of the wrong inflicted upon the nation, but their crime is mod erate compared with the offence of those men who, being in power, trifle with tho interests of the country to gratify personal ambition and hatred. As we shall have occasion frequently to refw to this report of Gen. MoClellan, itii our pur pose now to direct public attention merely to a few facts connected with the Peninsula battles, and the Maryland campaign. And we desire that it shall ever be borne in mind that from May, 1802, down to the memorable letter writ ten from Savage's Station, (in which Gen. Mo Clcllan charged the Washington cabal with sac rificing the Potomac Army,) Gen. Medullars urged, expostulated, and fairly entreated the cushioned officials at Washington to semi Air Armg reinforcements I There was his telegram dated near Williamsburg, May 10th, and at Cumberland, May 14 th. In answer to this telegram Stanton replied tbnt Liucoln was afraid to uncover the Capital and woukywum McDowell with 40,000 men to dcfewl it. The result of this decision was disastrous.— It rendered it impossible for Gen. McClellan to use the James river as a lino of operations, caused great losses and delays in bridging the Chickahominy, and left his army divided by that stream instead of being massed. Gen. McClel lan's letters, dated May 21 and 28, were an swered insultingly. On June 24 th, he again uppeaied to the Secretary of War for reinforce ments; .Tune Stli ditto. On Juno l ith bo beg ged .Stanton not to interfere with his control of the nrmy. OnJur.e 20th he again besought T.incoln to extend him the propor aid in men. On June 25th, he wrote: "I regret my great inferiority in numbers, but (•■el that I am in no way responsible for it, as 1 have not failed to represent reputedly the ne cessity of reinforcements—that this was the de cisive point, and that all the available meant of th' v- ernment should be concentrated here." On the '2Bth of June, at Savage's Station, the Pjnt up mortification, sorrow and chagrin of this noble officer and patriot burst forth in full volume upon Stanton and his superiors. Flesh and blood could stand no more, and, in view of wagon loads of dead and wounded men, Gen. McClellan hurled upon the guilty heads of the Washington cabal a censure that will never be forgotten as long as this war is mentioned in hu man annals. From jhis time Ihrtro are juet two (significant features in the Report. Ono covers tho futile labors of McClullan to proveat tho abandon ment of the Peninsula ; the other bis efforts to avert the policy which resulted in the defeat of Pope, and his subsequent glorious campaign to retrieve the consequences of that defeat and shield the capital from tho advancing rebel le gions. It is heart-sickening to read the corres pondence from July, 1852, on to th? Ist of September, '62. Ilalleck seemed to gloat in tho oportunity of thwarting every plan submit ted by Gen. McClellun, and lost no opportunity of wounding him by tho most insolont taunts. There camo a time, though, when tho finger of Ilalleck trombled too much to shape taunts and tho Head of tho nation had no leisure for tap-room jokos. Then 11. VV. Halleck, Esq., (author of a book, and formerly commander at tho Planter' House. St. Louis,) wroto August 3d, 1852, at 10.7 p. m. "/ beg of you to assist me in this crisis with your l ability and experience. lam entirely tired outJ" All ha! the day of gibes and jeers was over for a fimc. Lee's legions, flushed with triumph wero pouring on, with glittering bayonets and rumble of cannon, toward tho cushioned seats at Washington. These were tho days when A. Lincoln, Esq., could write, September loth: "God bless you and all with you etc., etc. Alas ! why talk of South Mountain and An tictam—why talk of the wretched ingratitude of the men who owed their very lives to the skill and genius which gave us Antiotam and South Mountain. Shortly after these signal achievements came the wolves in full chorus, and then began tho full tide of falsehood and detraction. Malice fattened on its prey, and the merriment from tho cushioned seats waxed joc und, the rebel hosts were on the other side of the Potomac and Hclisarius was without a com mand. ...* Citizeos of the United States, how long will ya tolerate these tilings!— Valuable Farm For Sale. The undersigned, acting F.xecutor of the last will, 4*c.i of Frederick Rock dec., will sell *t pub lic Sale on the premises, on Saturday, the 26 th day of March inst, stlOoelocs, A. M all that FARM tale the residents of Frederick ROCK, dee'd., situate in Juniata Town ship, Redford County, adjoining lands ef Coiwsd Buyer's heirs, Peter Hill-gas, John Weyand, Wil liam Gillespie, and others, containing 249 acres, more or less, (embracing 30 acres-known as the "Stump Lot.") About 100 acres cleared and undar cultivation, the balance in Rock Oak Timber > hav ing thereon erected Two Log dwellings and Two Log Burnt. There are also. tw. apple orchards thereof. Ths property is well watered with Sprihge, and i§ pleas- a p 'iy located, being well adapted to the raiting of grain end fruit. Terms CASH, payable on the Ist day of April, when deed will bs delivered and p-xrestion given, subject to the rights of tenan'a. For further infer mati.n apply to John P. Reed Keq.. Bedfoi.t BENJAMIN tiOUSKL, Match, 4, Itet. Acting Executor.
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