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HUNTINGDON, PA
T.edripsday,mqning, Nov, 12, 1862,
W. Lewis, Editor and Preprietor
Our Flag Forever
," I know of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen ntuy.so well demonstrate his devotion to
his - coniiti'y as by sustaining the Flag, the
coast dation and the trniMY, under all eircum
itances,anii si DER EVERY A D.3II:IISTRATION,
'REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
AS - SAILANTS, AT 116.31E.V.p .111ROAD2.'-STEI'IIEN
Dpvol.as.
1 - -
gendial.MoOlellan Remoired from the
.:..Command of the Army of the Po
- ,i torimo.
~'„,Tbe ;President has seen proitr to
rklieie General McClellan of the corn
m-and of the Army of the Potomac, and
has placed it under the command of
G . grieral Burn Side, the next highest of
-Leer in command. We hope the
change will give new life and strength
=to our_ army. The change ,has been
'Made .in.answer, to. the demands of the
wholo.countay4or -a more vigorous
prosecatiOn of the war. McClellan is
an able - Gen - oral, but the army under
Lim has not ,accomplished what was
_ .
expected of it. A year has passed
a - viak ) .aud •N'here is our army of the
POtomlic F r ''The, people .at the late elec.
ticitis.ileManded a:change of policy—
Preskilent has determined there
shall be, a. ,change—the army must
mo'lio - witka'dkermination to fight in
earnest and to brush out rebellion by
evory;justifiableMeans in its power.—
The, whole., country would have re
joiced had McClellan came up to their
expectations. General But:nside is
Very poPitli.l' with tho driny. lle is a
fighting General: '
A.HBAVY FIGHT EXPECTED
iOui armY.or the Potomac is moving
rora•sird. The,reheli have been rein
foro(.l General Bragg's army from
Ile"'West.' We will either have a
nimle . vietory or a whole :defeat.
Letter from General HaHeck to the
Secretary of War.
The grounds for - General McClellan's
••• ; • ` Removal.
- Tho o ov. 1.6
dance, will perhaps give sonic of OW
reamms : : which actuated our War De
partmept in recommending the Presi
dent to make a change in, the coin-
Marid:ilif the Arin.);•of the'Potoniac :
fro'Gene‘ral Hallock
. ,
- I_EF,A.DQUAIITERS OF 'Mi. ARMY,
_-,- Washington, Oct. 28, 1862.
HO.: 8.M.. Stanton, Secretary
,of
I:Var , reply, to the general
interrogatories contained in your let
ter of yesterday, I have the honor to
report , .Firs, That requisitions for supplies
to4ho army uncler Gon. McClellan are
made by his-staff officers on the Chiefs
ofPureaas bore; that is, the Quarter
master applies by his Chief Quarter
master, on -Quartermaster General ;
for.coramissary supplies by his Chief
Commissary - on Commissary General,
';N:TO such requisitions have been, to
rec - jiiftignjedge, made upon the Score
tari;oP,War, and none upon the Gen
eralzin-Qhief.
Second..9n several occasions Gen.
Meblel)an .has telegraphed.me that his
army wits - deficient in certain supplies.
All - theOe telegrams were immediately
referred to the heads of bureaus with
orders to report. It was ascertained
thatin every instance the requisitions
have been immediately filled, except
where the Quartermaster General had
been obliged to send from Philadel
phia certain articles of clothing, tents,
etc., notlaavinga . full supply hero.
There has not been, so far as I could
ascertain, any neglect or delay in any
department or bureau, in issuing all,
the supplies'askod for by General Mc-
Clellan, or by the officers of his staff.
Delays have occasionally occurred
in forwarding supplies by railroad, on
account of the crowded condition of
the railroad depots, or of a want of a
sufficient number of' cars; but, when
ever notified of this fact, agents have
been sent out to remove the difficulty
under the excellent superintendence of
Generalllaupt. I think those delays
have been less frequent and of shorter
duration thah is usually;the case with
freight trains: An 'tinny of the sizo'of
that under General McClellan - 01 fre
quently beTor'sonie days ivithont, the'
sup_pliesit has asked for, on account of
a negleet in making timely-requisitions
for them, 'and unavoidable delays in
forwarding them and distributing
them to - the different brigades and re
giments, -."
Froin - all• the information that I can
obtain, I am of the opinion that the
requisitions from that army have been
filled ,:tnore - . promptly, and that the
men, as a general rule, have been bet
ter supplied; than in the case of our ar
mies operating in the West. The ha
ler Dave : operated at much, greater
distances from the 'sources of supplies,
and: havp* bad far less facilities for
transportation.'.
,In fine, I believe that
no armies, in thp World in campaigning
have ; been more proMptly or better
supplied than ours. •,
Third. Soon after the
,battle of An
tietam, General MCClellan was urged
to give me information of his intended
movements, in order that Who moved
between the enemy and Washin,gton
the reinforcements Could be sent from
this place. Off the 'first of October,
finding,: that -he • purposed to "operate
from Harper's Perry, .I urged ,him to
_cross the river_at one and Eri7e "battle
to the enemy, pointing out to him the
disadvantages of delaying till the au
tumn rains had swollen the Potomac
and impaired the roads - . On the 6th
of October he was peremptorily ordered
to cross the Potomac and give6attleto the
enemy, or drive : him South. I said to
him : " Your armymust now move, while
the roads are in good`eondition.•' IL
will be observed that three weeks have
elapsed since tharcirder
FourtE Lt niy opiniem - the're has
b ee n, no such u.etnt of Supplies in the army
under General .31 - celellan as to prevent
his compliance with my orders to advance
upon the enemy. _
•1l:iil lie-moved his army to the south
side of the Potomac, he could have
received his supplies almost as readily
ns by remaining inactive on the north
side.
Fifth. On the seventh of October, in
a telegram in regard to his intended
movements, General MCClellan stated
that he would require at least three
days to supply the first, fifth and sixth
corps; that they needed shoes, and
other indispensable articles of clothing,
as well as shelter tents. No complaint
was, made to me that his army requi
sitionS had not been filled, and it was
inferred from his language that he was
-only waiting ar the distribution .of his
supplies.
On the eleventh of October ho tele
graphed to me that a portion of lais
supplies sent by railroad had been de
layed. As already stated, agents were
immediately sent-from here to investi
gate this complaint, and they report
ed that everything bad gone forward
on the same date, the 11th.
General McClellan spoke of many of
his horses being broken down by fa
tigue. --On the twelfth of October he
complained that the rate of supply was
only 150 horses per week for his entire
army there and in front of Washington.
I immediately directed the Quarter
master General to inquire •into this
matter, and report why a larger supply
was not furnished to Gen. McClellan.
General Meigs reported to me, on
the 14th of October. that the average
issue of horses to General McClellan's
army in the field and in front of Wash
ington, for the previous six weeks, had
been 1,459 per week, or 8,754 in all.
Tn addition, ho reported to me that
a large number of mules had been sup
plisd, and that the number of these
animals with General McClellan's ar
my on the Upper Potomac was over
3,100.
lie also reported , to me that he was
then sending thtit army all the horses
ho could procure.
On the 18th of October, General .1(2-
Clellan stated, in regard to General .
Meigs' report, that lie had filled every
requisition for shoes and clothing :
" General Meigs may have ordered
these articles to be forwarded ; but
they might as well remain in New
York or Philadelphia, so far as my
army is concerned." I immediately
called Gen. Meigs' attention to this
apparent neglect, of his department.
On the 25th .of October, he reported
as the result of his investigation that
4,800 pairs of boots and shoes had been
received by the quartermaster of Me-
Milan's tinny atllarper's Ferry,Fred
crick, ' mid llagerstown. Twenty
thousand pairs were at ITarper's Fer
ify Depot on the 21st, and that ten
thousand more were on their way, and
fifteen thousand more had been ordered.
63=111111
Col. Ingalls, aid-de-cult and chief
of staff to General McClellan, telegraph
ed on the 25th as follows :" The suffer
ing for want of clothing is exaggerated,
I think, and certainly might have been
avoided by timely requisitions by the
regimental and brigade commanders."
On the 24th of October he
to Quartermaster General Mcigs that
the clothing was not detained in the
cars at the depots. " Such complaints
are groundless. The fact is the cloth
ing arrives and is issued, but more is
'still wanted. I have ordered more than
would seem necessary from any data
furnished one, apd I beg to remind you
that you have always very 'promptly
met my requisitions. As fan• as cloth
ing is concerned, our department is not
at fault. It provides as soon as due
notice is given. I can foresee no time
when an army of over 100;000 men
will not call ,for clothing and other
articles." • •' '
In regard to General 'McClellan's
means of promptly ' commituicating
the wants of his army to me, or to the
proper bureaus of the War Depart,
ment, I report that, in addition to the
ordinary mails, he has been in hourly
conunitnication with Washingtoi s l by tele
graph.
It is due to General Meigs that I
should submit herewith a copy of a'
telegram received by him from Gener
al McClellan.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
• li. \T• HALLEcic, General-in-Chief.
From Genl. McClellan's Headquarters--
To Brigadier General Meiga.
Your despatch, of this date is To
ceived. I have never intended, in any
letter or despatch, to make any accu
sation against yourself or your Depart
ment for nbt furnishing or forwarding
clothing as rapidly as it was possible
for you to do so. 1 believe everything
has been done that could be done in this
,respect. The idea that I have tried to
convey was that certain portions of
the command were without clothing,
and that the army would not move
until it y was supplied.
Maj. Gen. G. B. McGus ULAN.
_THAT SAIE.—Two weeks ago, the
Monitor advertised that the " Globe "
Cabal would be sold the first week of
November Court and promised to give
the terms of sale, etc., in last week's
issue, which they failed to do. In their
hasty retreat they forgot their Promise,
or perhaps their funds were UM low to
attend the sale themselves, and did not
want others to attend. The "Globe"
is for sale at $1,50 per annum—and no
retreat.
How THE REBELS MUST . BE.EOUGLIT.
—Tiebel sympathizers say the war
must go on, but not . to injure " our
Southern brethren." The war must
be prosecuted with more vigor, but
care must be taken not to ..interfere
with the property of the Rebels.: The
war must go on more rigorously, but
at the same tithe great care must, be
taken that the , institution of slavery
is not injured, even should its destrue,
tion be necessary to save the. country.,
THE" MONITOR " A Humm:o.—Great
was the expectations of the faithful
when the new paper, " The Monitor,"
made its fir'staPpearance in our midst.
Particular pains were taken to have it
manned"' by 'the best gunners that
could tie selectedfroni the active fight
ing material'in town._ Albert Owen
was announced, 'as „lip commander,
and the stock went up to par and was
freely purchased by the horse contrac
tors, sick politicians, and our particu
lar friends generally. Great was thoir
expectations. They knew Owen was
a desperate man—that ho could lie us
down if it was possible for any man to
do it. Owen ordered us to clear our
decks, to remove our birds, cats, clogs,
women and children, and to prepare
for action. Wu were not alarmed—
we lcaew the enemy. The Monitor open
ed fire, and for several weeks it kept
up a continual noise. We occasional
ly gave theni a small gun to inform
them that we bad not yet surrendered.
Annoyed at our determination not to
surrender, Owen got his mad up and
called to his assistance honest David
Caldwell. David took charge of one
gun and fired—and then looked .for
the wounded—they were nowhere to
be found outside of his own crew.—
There lay poor Owen badlY. crippled
in the back, and the whole CL'ONV , scat
tered around wondering what had hit
them. We saw the confusion Dave's
careless shooting had thrown them in
to, and having the crew all together,
.we let them have a few grape, which
somompletely sickened them that it
was impossible for either ono of the
editors to report this progress of the
battle in the last Monitor. If they ev
er get able to renew tho attack upon
us, they will find us' ready to return
the fire. We never surrender.
"Tins country owes a debt of grati
tude to William Bigler."—Humbuy
Monitor.
A debt of gratitude for what? For
trying to deceive the people with a
compromise measure he knew the Reb
el leaders of the South would not ac
cept. They wanted no comproMise
such as Bigler dared offer. They
were prepared for the rebellion, and
no compromise slrrt of a Southern
Confederacy .wotTki have been accept
ed by them. If Bigler had been a
Union man he would-not have assist
ed the rebels to elect Lincoln by dis
organizing, the Democratic Orly and
opposing the Democratic candidate
for President. lie should have been
honest and went with his candidate in
to the Southern army. Bigler worked
too faithfully with time traitors of the
South to bring about the rebellion, to
be soon forgotten by the Union men
of the North. We are surprised that
the . ..lion/tor has dared to insult our
loyal people by claiming a debt of
gratitude from the country us due to
Win. Bigler. Wm. Bigler bids for a
return to the United States Senate,
and no doubt such Democrats as ()W
-en Would place him there if they
could.
The Late Elections.
The official return of Pennsylvania
will give the Democratic State candi
dates about three thoOsand majority.
The Congressional Delegation is near
equally divided The State Sonata is
Republican and the Rouse is Demo
cratic. On joint ballot the Democrats
are said to have one majority.
Ohio went over five thousand Dem
ocratic majority on Slate Ticket. In
diana has given a Democratic majori
ty- ou the State Ticket of about 9;000,
and elects seven Congressmen, and
the Republicans'elect four•.
lowa went for the Republicans.
Illinois has gone Doinocratic by
from 12,000 to 18;000.
The Republicans have elected five
Congressmen and the Democrats eight.
Delaware has a Republican Govern
or. The Legislature is Democratic.
New Jersey has gone Democratic
by over 14,00,0 majority, electing their
Governor and a majority in the Leg
islature.
New York- has gone 'Democratic oii
the State Tic Let by 15,000 majority.
The Legislature is Lepublictin and
Union on, joint ballot. Members of
Congress-78 Democrats and 13 'Re
publicans.
Michigan is Repuhlictin by 5,000
majority.
Massachusetts is Republican by 20,-
000 majority, electing their State tick
et, all the Congressmen and the Leg
islature by,largO majority. ,
. Missouri has gone in faxlor of the
Emancipationists—they electinga ma
jority of the Congressmen.
KansaS has gone in favor of the
Jim Lane party.
Wisconsin has gone Republican. .
The reader must remember that
thousands of voters from every State
'are now in the army. If their votes
had been polled, we have no doubt
many men of both parties now elected
to Congress would have had. leave to
stay at home. As it is, we are grati
fied that several violent party men
have boon defeated—their seats ill
Congress will be filled -by men more
loyal tolho
Oen Citizens generally believe we
hit the nail ou the head when we sta
ted.that Owen was suspected of being
the Correspondent of the Police Ga
zette. Some of the subsCribers want
Albert booted out of the Monitor es
tablishment. They say he is a dray to
the,eoncern. Hope he won't step out
—he's a bird-e—a brilliant editor.
SEE
WE notice a very radical change in
the 'editorial columns of some of our
exchanges. Papers that before the
late elections wire high strung, abu
sive in the extreme of President Lin
coln elid the war, are now coaxing the
people they deceived, to believe that
the war is all right,•and that it must
be prosecuted with renewed vigor.—
Before the election, tho,n•ar was •too
expensive—the people were being im
poverished to gratify the "Abolition
ists "—but now, these blood-suckers
having their hopes brightened by the
results of the late elections, begin to
think the war is all right, the expens
es not too heavy to be borne, provid
ed they can get a nir share of the
spoils. Before the elections these ras
cally politicians were working for po
sitions, for power. They were willing
to stoop to any means to, deceive the
voters—they have succeeded, perhaps
beyond their expectations. They
promised that the war should he
brought to a close—taxes i•educed—
and prosperity .and happiness again
visit the fireside of every family in
the iN.Torth. They now discover they
promised too Much. They cannot
stop the NN'al` unless they tight the war
through, or humiliate our whole peo
ple by a base surrender to the Eche!
South. To be conquered by treason,
either by arms or a humiliating com
promise, the loyal ,North will never
submit to. The war must go on un
til rebellion is crushed out, and this
the politicians knew when they prom
ised " better times."
THE Journal of last week gave no
tice that there was a big fight going
on between the Monitor and the
Gb . .)be, and that its editors would stand
off, not feeling inclined to take part.—
very sensible conclusion to como to,
especially as the grape from our small
guns scattered considerably, and fre
quently made them feel cool under
their jackets. They will have to re
treat beyond their present position if
they expect to escape our hot shot.—
They thought from the manner Owen,
Caldwell, Colon & Co. were letting
loose their big pop guns that our for
tifications would hate to give way,
but they have no doubt discovered by
this time the mistake in their calcu
lations. Why not Le honest, Mr.
Journal, and own up that our guns
were exposing your weak defences?—
We intend to watch you close in your
retreat, and if we find you guilty of
any more dirty tricks you may expect
to bear from us.
What was the Price paid for Traugh ?
The Journal's remark that we were
aspiring to the leadership of the Re
publican party, has opened the mouth
of Traugh, of the Hollidaysburg -Btaa/....
(lard. Ile thinks that if we should he
successful in I A}ll,.the—hutr sayg
our aspiration we will be the "right
man in the right place." Perhaps so.
We are not very particular as to what
party we belong, so that we are right
and• the party- we may support is un
conditionally for the preservation of
/he Union and the best interests of the
people. But Bro. Traugh should have
been the last man to speak of any man
not "playing the game fur"' in poli
tics. He should have known that his
own party were net ignorant of the
fact that he sold himself this fall, body
and breeches, to Hall, the Republican
candidate for Senator. What a beauty
of a party man Traugh is. But' he
wasn't successful in his efforts to defeat
Wallace, the Democratic candidatt.—
Still his treason to Lig party was the
same—his will was against his party,
but in such a low cowardly way that
lie thought be would escape exposure.
Play the game fair,Bro. Traugh—don't
try to make the people believe you are ,
what you are not.
• Tut; Ilmtnr.s have seven negro regi
ments in North Carolina, This is sta
ted in the rebel papers and there can
be no doubt of it. The Federal Gov
ernment' organized one regiment of
negroos in the same state, but would
not recognize it as part of the army. , ----
A late order has been issued, lioweVcr;
antherizing,the thorough organizatiin .
of the regiment. Butler' also has a
negro regiment in New Oreleans.—
" When Greek meets Greek, then comes
the tug of war." We 'should like to
see these regiments pitted against
each other. Another remarkable de
velopment of the negro question came
to us by telegraph the other morning.
Before, the pair supplied - the, south
with fresh cargoes, now, the south is
supplying Cuba with slaves. It is sta
ted that large numbers of slaves have
been shipped in vessels running the
blockade, from Texas to Calm, and .
then sold at much better prices than
they bring in the southern states.—
Thus has the slave trade changed its
course. Curious, indeed;are the work-
ings of this war.—Har. Telegraph.
Wu notice that many 'of the fathers
andfriends have for some time past gone
on to 'Virginia to visit their sick sons
and acquaintancesin tho army, and, if
possible, bring them hoMe. Good news
from home, and gli-en from the , lips of
a kind but long unseen, parent, revives
the spirit of the sufferer, • and great
ly adds to his recovery. And oven
the.stilliiving.son or brother, is made
to rejoice at the news from home that
"All's well."
THE Anderson . ' Cavalry, Regiment
passed through this Place for Limo West
On Saturday morning last.. The regi
ment bad been at Carlisle for some
-weekß.
EMMM
•Brig. Gen. Andrew Porter has been
appointed to the command of the mil
itia forces of Pennsylvania. General
Porter is a Pennsylvanian, and has
seen moth service, in Mexico, in the
Indian country, and in the present
Ire is a Lancaster county,
man, wo believe. lle will take charge,
of the militia to guard the State against
another invasion by the rebels.
Tuv, snow storm last week was
pretty general fiu• and near—on alb
Potomac, in the West,`at Washington,
and all over this State. Hero it, fell
to the depth of five or six inches.
OUR friend Win. Wagonerovho had
recovered so as to be enabled to walk,
was compelled to take his bed again.
The covering of his wound had heal
ed, but still his'leg was unwell, and
upon examination there was found in
the wound a piece of his pantaloon;
which was removed. We hope that
he may speedily and effectually regain
his health.
Important to Drawers of Notes, Checks,
dw.—The decision of the Commission
er of Internal 'Revenue is absolute in
regard to the stamp on cheeks, notes,
&e. The drawer must affix the stamp--
AS IT IS NOT LEGAL FOR THE HOLDER OF
THE SAME TO DO SO.
GUERILLA. WARFARE.—We strongly
suspect the Monitor crow will again
turn their attention to a guerilla war
fare. Sonic of them have had several
years' experience in the honorable cal
ling. They have not the nerve to
stand us an honorable and open field
fight. We intend to watch thorn close
ly—their every movement—and ex
pose the rascals, so that our friends
will not be deceived by them.
RESULTS OF TUE LATE EbECTIONS.—
We give in to-day's Globe comments
from several prominent papers of both
parties on the results of the. late elec
tions. If, as they all agree, the results
mean a more vigorous prosecution of
the war, the loyal people of the whole
Union will be perfectly satisfied with
them.• But it will be necessary to
watch certain leaders very, closely.
SIMON CAMERON AT HOME AG4N.-
Mr. Cameron arrived at home from
Russia on Saturday last. The contest
will , now commence for United States
Senator.
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RESULTS OF THE ELECTION,
Comments cif the Press.
[Flom t 3 a Phil:lda. } eniug llulletio]
I)Ei..tWA it}: 'OM NI T . , ,,f4).:13.1.•••••14,-...*ca-A
MStarl CC is to to noted
in the late elections : While New
-York and other Northern--States h ave
given large; majorities against the Ad-
IllilliStratloll on- the ground of its be
ing Abolitionist, the Border Slave
States that have voted, sustain the
Administration. Noble little Dela
ware has re-eleeted to Congress lion.
George P. Fisher, who voted with the
Administration party through all the
last session, and went into the contest
this year as an avowed supporter of
the President's emancipation schemes.
The Democratic candidate for Govern::
or, bus also been defeated by Mr. Can
non, the Union -candidate' who was
nominated by the same Convention
which nominated Mr. Fisher. Such a
result, especially at a time: when so
many ;Union men of Delaware are
aWay in the army, is most cheering.
13ut Missouri, as a
that
State than
Delaware, and one that has a much
greater population of slaves, sends still
more encouraging news.. 'The contest
there was a somewhat complicated
one.• Some Congressional 'districts
had only what wore called "Conser
vative . Republican" • and "Radical
Emancipationist " candidates; others
had simply " Union" and " Union
Democratic;" while- several districts
had as many as three candidates
apiece. The dispatches annour.ce the
complete success of the "Radical
Emancipationists "• in St. Louis city
and county. In the •First' Congres
sional District there' is said to be sonic'
doubt, but the impression is that Hon.
F. P. Blair, " Conservative Republi
:ean," is beaten by Samuel Knox, who
favors the. President's Emancipation
policy. In the Second District; Hen
ry T. Blow, another Emancipationist,•
is unloubtedly elected by a large ma
jority over Thomas Allen, the Demo
cratic candidate. The dispatches state
that " the returns frOm the interior
are meagre, but the Enianeipation
ticket is undoubtedly elected."
Hero then, wo have the verdict of
two Slave States upon the great ques
tion of the day, and it is in favor of
Emancipation. The opponents of the
Administration in the Free States have
'pretended that • the Border :Slave
States could never be brought to con
sent to such a policy, and they 'made
many votes , for their candidates by
clamoring about the danger of losing
the. Border States if Emancipation was
endorsed at the North, These two
Slave States, Delaware and Missouri,
have shown the fallucy of these ideas.
They have voted emphatleally'to'SUs
tain the Administration, and'.tictories
in them more than compensate for do)
feats in the Free States,
where Emat
cipation was made by the Democrats
a question of party politics,. and not
- one in which a greatliprinciple vas in
volved. ; •
[nom the !;•e,', Yoikr!ibmiej
Ne,Ner was a great and patriotic par ;
ty doomed to.bear up against such a
pombination of adverse
,influences as,
those with which the Republicans and
Union War Democrats..struggled Sn
our contest of yesterday. They were
compelled to meet at, the polls-1. Rv.•
cry partisan of slavery and sympathi,
zer with the slaveholder's
2. The great rumaellinglaterest, or-,
ganized as a political power, and lav
ishing funds as well as eirovis in behalf
of the Democratic 'ticket. 3. Two
hundred thoiisand-vo(Cri ivhn " Dover
voted any other than the Democratic
ticket, and never will," though that
ticket were all made up of Fernando
and Beihiliroodq, and undisguisedly
favorahre : o revolutionary usurpation
and desPotism. 4, Thottsands whose
god'is Mammon. mid who, finding the
:war, expensive ,:inq burdensome, are
anxious fin. peat° at dny price. 5.-
-Every iward whoibtirs being drafted.,
9: Every; tmeak - ..who - has been told
that Seymour's election will relieve
him Prom the payment of war taxes,
and is actually fool enough to believe
it. 7. The depressing effect of the re
cent elections and their unexpectedly
adverse results. 8. The absence at
the seat of war of at least one hundred
thousand of our bravest and best, two
thirds of them ardent Republicans,
and a good share of the remainder
Union War. Democrats of the school of
Dickinson, Bran croft and Tre mai n.—
9. General dissatisfhetion with the !
slow progress or no progress of our
armies, and a widespread feeling that,
through the incapacity, inefficiency or
insincerity of our military leaders, the
blood and treasure of the loyal mil
lions are being sacrificed in vain.
The loss to General Wadsworth and
the Union War tickets :from this last
source alone, must be estimated by
tens of thousands. It was, in vain
that the party of the country bore up
manfully against it, and did g all that
men could do to mitigate its effect.—
: " What is the use of sending our
young heroes' to die of exposure, fa
tigue and fever in a war wherein they
are not permitted to fight ?' Wherein
nothing is achieved because nothing
is really and resolutely attempted?—
We tell the ...idininistration most ear
nestly that the country cannot endure
another month's,inaction of armies
—that a Fernando Wood dictatorship
at the North, in thorough sympathy,
if not, in open alliance,
with the Jeff.
Davis rebellion at the South, will inev
itably result Pi•om such inaction. The
'war - for the -Union must be fought oft
speedily and resolutely, or it will•die
out. 'Defeat would be calamity, but
delay is ruin." - •
[Xrotit the Neu rokk Herald.]
Such is the meaning of these as
tounding manifestations from our loy
al States and from this imperial city,
the head, and front, and main reliance
of the Governmetit in the prosecution
of this great par for the Union. -L
They do not mean that thoWarshall
be ended in an ignominious and ,ruin
ous peace, involving a, division, of the
Union into two independent confeder
acies, but that the war shall be prose,
cuted for the maintenance'of the Uni
on, and'for nothing else; tlMt the ma
lign Abolition influences which have
brought defeats :Ind, disasters to .our
armies where 10,shoultl otherwise
have Been crowned with 'victory, and
that the radical Marplots, who, in Con
gress and in the Cabinet, have caused
the squandering of hundreds of mil
lions of money and the needless &tic
rifle() of thousands of our brave sol
diers, shall be henceforth repudiated
by President Lincoln. He is thus ad
monished by the people of
,our loyal
Slates that his own sound and patri
otic war policy, which they approved
in 1861, they now re-affirm against
our Abolition fanatics. ,
I —_Bill how-is- this new ,CongreSs to
reach the legislation of the General
Government in season for any practi
eal good ? Under the regular course
of things, the present Congress, which,
lasts till the 4th of March next, will
pass all the legislative measures for
the support and direction -of , the exec
utive Government for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1864. The new Con
gress, unless specially convened •by
President, does not meet till Decent
her, 1863, and in the" interval we must
have this rebellion crushed • for such
is the voice of these late .cections.—
Now, then," is our new House of Rep
resentatives, fresh from the
,people, to
give its counsels to the President in
their behalf ? Wo know of no better,
method than an informal meeting of
the members
of the new Congress, af
ter the fashion of the late Altoona
Conference of the Governors of our .
loyal States., Accordingly we suggest
informal meeting of the people's
newly elected representatives in order
that they may agree upon a series of
recommendations and declarations of
the general policy which they believe
would meet the cordial support of our
loyal people. Let a' meeting of
,this
character be held in this city, before
the reassembling of Congress, and it
may contribute muelm to aid the,p,resi
dent in the recommendations of).l.is
annual•message mind in' the important
work of a re-construction Of Ida Cabi
net. •
[From the New York IVot ld ],
' No patriot should to-day despair of
the Repriblic. The 'Empire State has
sett tWo hundred thousand of,her ions
to flglit the .battles of the , nation.
against the tralitors who are siabbihg',
at its heart by the Potomac, but; with , '
undrained vigor she has, ; turned' and:
smitten to the (lust the miscrhants who
stf:oVe to 'cheat her,remaining children,
of the'lili,Crties which they defended,
at home.`. She thunders out her, de
mand fora more vigorous prosecution
of the war, and Warns the PreSident
attic, 'Union in which :the is the Chic ,f-„
eat State, that the 6mstitutioti - and
thelaws and our lihertics must be sa
credly - Iffilfold and. guarded by their
chosen custodians,
,or; else come, an
relly 'and night.
The great conservai,iyo reaction
which the October elections l began, and
yesterday's elections carried ;on so
triiimphantly, will reach its consum
mation on the next 'PreSidential eke
lion. Then the honeSt,unbought pep-
pie, made wiser hy , events, taught
something of the kindly and conce„d
ing spirit in which alone sister States
can grow to common and united great
neqs, admonished also of the vigilance
which must ever guard their civil lib.
erties, will hurl frci'm power the party
'which mocked at - the peril to that
greatness, invited calamity, and swore
faithlessness to its high custody,
[Flom the New Yolk Times
If the GoKernment had givens us
vietories T —if it had ; even -,thown. ,any
just appreciation of the need ,of
ries, and had taken the most Ordinary
means of e4acting them at,the bands
at its, generals in the field; the people ,
wmild : have rallied as ono, man to, its
Support They would 'have ; spuimed
)pith indignation the base attempts of
demagogues to sap theirfaith in the Ad
'ministration, and to array them in hos
tility against it., What may be the ef
fect or . all ,this upon,- the popular
vote remains to fie-
trust it trill not have been sufficient to
withdraw the Empire State from the
support of the Government. If it has
brought about this calamitous result,
the Government bus itself mainly to
blame. It not, the Government has
had a very narrow escape. In either
case it will have received a lesson
from which we trust, it will not fail to
profit. - The wisest men may be misled
by success, but that Administration
must be weak indeed, which fails to be
instructed . by adversity. President
Lincoln is represented to have said
that he should be greatly discouraged
in his attempt to crush the rebellion,
if New York should Vote against him.
We hope he 'has said nothing of the
kind. We hope still more btrongly
that he will yield to no such unworthy
and unmanly impUlse. While an ad.
verge vote may be received as a re
buke, it can never relax the efforts 'of
a ruler fit for his place to save'bis im
periled country. The vote in this
State; as in Pennsylvania 'and the west,.
indicates a profound dissatisfaction
with the metho3 of the Administration
in carrying on this war—and a per
emptory demand for the adoption •of
one better adapted to the awful emer
gencies of the case. The President
must not hesitate an hour to respond
tl this demand. Whatever may have
been the results of these elections, all
the powers of the. Government aro still
in his hands, all the fearful responsi
bilities of the crisis" still rest upon his
shoulders. lie, must not suffer theM
to depress his courage or enfeeble hi*
energies; be must the rather meet
them with fresh vigor and redoubled
resolution. ' Let the popular verdict
just• pronounced dispel whatever or
hesitation or' of timidity may have
hampered his movements. He must
have mei e self-confidence, more of that
reliance upon his own , strength and
resources which ; though it might be
reckless audacity in a private individ
ual, is only a necessary and becoming
courage in the ruler of' a mighty na
tion, in a great and terrible of
its fhte.
[rm. the New York livening Post.]
The Administration will be warned
in time, we hope, by the results of the
recent elections. It is not too late to
repair the past. All the requisite pow
er is still in its hands. *The people are
good natured still. They have elms
tized, not, so much in anger, as in hope.
They want- to see the cause of the
Union defended with vigor• . worthy or
the greatness of the cause; they are
as ready as ever they were to do and
die in its behalf; but they will no more
tolerate rose-water statesmanship, or
gevrals who arc afraid to hurt the
oneity; or a policy which drifts with
events like a piece of cork upon a
stream. Action—stern, hearty, ener
getic, irresistible—is the ono deniand
of the hour, without which wo shall
be carried into unimaginable difficul
ties, but with which we can compel
an honorable peace long before the
trees, which are now stripped and bar
ren, shall resume the green liveries or
spring.
The Vigorous Prosecution of the War.
The Washington Republican declares
that-it hay heard a•good deal of talk
about the vigorous -prosecution of the
war; but, as yet, we 'have seen but
little corresponding action. '
We do not write_in-a-spit4 of,emp,
plaint, or of fault-finding, We only
desire to see What has been predicted
so frequently, and what has been prom
ised so long, an accomplished fact;
The loyal States have responded to,
the call of the government most nobly;
they have sent their sons to the field;
they have contributed largely of their
means for bounties.. In short, they
have spared no pains nom• expense to
answer the demands of the loyal cause
in the field.
Of the six hundred thousand mem
called for, full fire hundred thousand
have been raised.
- There has been,,in some localities, a.
slight difficulty in making a draft; but,
in almost every iustance7this difficulty
has been obviated by increased boun
ties and the patriotic purposes and
aims of the people..
Everything has been done, seeming
ly, that could be done, to raise recruits
and to hurry them forwa'rd to the field
of strife.
From month to month we have lis
tened to those who claimed torknow.
Now we are to have a more Vigorous
prosecution of the war. Still, day's,
weeks, and monthS, of as fine, weal*
as could be — Wished fot,,aris passing
away, and the rebellion lifts its defiant,
head as haughtily as ever, showing
contempt for our arms, -defying °fir
generals, and - menneing oven Washing
ton itself.
The trouble cannot be" that:We have
not men enough —that the men 'have
• not supplies in abundance of ammuni- ;
.tion, °f arms, and of overything.neeo4, ••
sary to encounter an , engagement
,Why, the*. there not a forward";
`movement upon rebeldorn—avigorous,:
.manly onslaught upeW ,
hortlo,.
which could and would'yeSuli, ,in Alkekp
'utter overthrow and annihilation? - -
' We confesS to our. entire inability to,'
I explain this delay upon -any :known, '
plausible pretexts or reasons: ` Thorp.
may be reasons that We don't sne, for.
this holding, 'buck; ','reasims , i the.
strength' and position" of thb roldr , ar-.
my; reasons in. the weakness and ins.
'capacity or N%:ant of preparntion.in our.
own. „It is certain that there must be.
a renson," and a sufficient cause, and,
the people, who.pour put their money
like water, and ,who send their sons to,.'
the, battle field, are entitled to know'
the wherefore of this delay:
That thorn are courage, dating, in-. '
•
trepidity, 'and good :fighting qualitiok ,
in our braVe soldiers, as can be found in,.,
any army the world' ever saw, no one.
can doubt—and we trust this' power,
indeed we:helieve,it will, not, be "frit-'
tered away. " '
From what Nye:oras, now diaeover,
the movements gpii4forward,We,linvo
'high hopes of deciwe results- in :one
favor. If ,atuilv blows are., dealt out
upon the head and front , of this infa
mous rebellionOybere,it'llow-rears its
, wicked and'ilefiant 'crest• in 'Arirgknin,,
,and these blows' arn followed ,Up, and ,
the most ijade,Of` the =ictorjes wo may '
achieve, the kin,dom.of JeffPavis NU I
soon totter to fe-fall,
We have hopes that the hour has et
length fully come to end this Irar, not"
by compreniise, biit_ by the, complete •
overthrow oahose conspirators against,
the liberties of the tion,
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