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THE SEASONS.
Spring is the time wheu flowers
Bedeck the youthful path,
That scatters iar those gloomy hours,
Caused by the stormy blast.
Oh ! pleasant Spring to thee, -
Our songs will we upraise
And as thy bounteous pleasures flea
Our songs we'll not delay;
But when spring pleasares all depart,
Are there no others near ?
Yes, Summer with a cheerful heart,
Our youthful path will cheer.
But Summer, too, with all its charm
Will, like the Spring, decline,
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When pleasant Summer's verdant leaves
Are dropping Irom their bough.
But Autumn, like the Summer bofcer,
To cooler seasons cede,
And long but cheering winter hours
We'll hail with, noble deed.
Ah ! Win er yet may have a pang,
At present vol peiceived,
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Which we cancot relieve.
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As warmer days appear,
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gealual gi:o. s. mcclellax.
A Page cf History.
There is no passage in history which is
more deeply interesting, ione on which
the pen cf the his.orian will dwell with
more eloquence, than that which relates to
the condition of the United States, its army :
and its capital, on the last Jay of August, :
1862. Ihe report of General McClellan
now for the first time collects and mukes
clear the various incidents which are to fill
this important page in onr national record.
We regret that the Congressional edition,
the Republican Record edition, and cthr
cheap editions of the report are incomplete
ami inaccurate, ommitting eutirely oine
portions which present the most interest
ing and important view of the relations of
General McClellan to the Cabinet, ihe ar
my and Ihe country. The edition publish
ed under General McCiellan's authority is
accurate The omission was doubtless ur. -intentional,
some pages of copy having
fallen from a corupooitor's desk, or been
mislaid, in the government printing- office,
and the re primers who have followed that
edition have produced imperfect copies.
General M Clellan was not at that time
removed from ihe command of the army,
but the army was removed from his co.n
mand by ati ingenious device of the War
Department. He was treated with con
temptuous indifference by Gen. Halleck.
When ordered to abandon the Peninsula be
was so anxioos for an interview with Gen.
Halleck. and a free consultation, that he
proceeded from Harrison's BarXj the near
est telegraph station, and there finding that
the wires were broken under wa'.er, he
crossed Chesapeake Bay, arriving at Cher
ry tbue Inlet, en the east shore, about
miduight. He immediately telegraphed to
Washington, informiug Gen. Halleck that
he had come all this distance to consult
with him, and requested him to come .to
the War Department end of the wire. Gen.
IJ , 1 1 a L- mm. and int a hrip.f and mma
. ... . , flanara.
M'Clellan was aeciphenng this reply (it
was their private cipher), the operator in
formed him that Gen. Halleck had left the
Washington office without ao much as say
ing good night, and that further telegraph
ing was useless ? General M'Clellan re
turned to his array, brought it away from
the scene of its noble exploits, stood him
self, last man of all, on the deserted ground,
and left the Peninsula with the conviction
that a great error was in progrees. at Wash
ington. At Fori Monroe he wrote a dis
patch to Gen. Halleck, mournfully eloquent,
speaking of the services of his brave array
and begging Halleck to recognize them.
He said :
Please say a kind word to my army,
that I can report to them ia general orders
in regard to their conduct at Yorktown,
Wiliiaiasburgh, West Point, Hanover Court
House, and on the Chickahominy, as 'well
as in regard to the seven days and the re
cent retreat. No one "has ever said any
thing to cheer them bat myself. Say noth
ing about me. Merely give my men and
will do jou much gQQl and will atreDgthea
you much with them if you issue a hand
some order for them in regard to what they
have accomplished. They deserve it."
Verily they did deserve it. They were
an army of heroes, brought home from
fields of as gallant fighting as ihe world
ever saw. But there was no reply to the
request of their general. Triey received no
kind word, no cheer, no thanks. They were
hurried home, to be hurled into the jaws of
death under a commander selected to dis
plp.ce a general who had hitherto, shared
their fortunes. M'Clellan came to Alexan
dria. What was hi position and relation
to the army ? He himselfdid not know.
The process ol depriving him of his com
mand was going forward. Pope's Army of
Virginia absorbed the Army oi the Potomac.
Fur seven days that noble army disappears
from history. It had no exi-tence. Mc
Clellan was left at Alexandria, still the
commanding general of the Army ol the
Potomac, but there is an eloquence winch
every heart mut Ifel in his simple narra
tive ot what remained to him of his ouce
magnificent command. . Leas than one hun
dred men, many of. these invalids and
wounded men, were the sole repiet-enta-
lives ct the Army of the Potomac. jo rand j neglecting and even insulting him. The
is the contrast which this narrative allords ' President and Secretary of War had ysnld
betweun the days which preceded and ed to the radical politicians who were
those which followed the 1st of August, ihat ; hounding the young general, and on the
it may be suspected as intentional that the ' evening of the 30lh, when the War
narrative is omitted from ne incomplete Department issued its order, Wahington
ediuo'.s ol the Report. But we preter to ' radicalism was jubilant, and all believed
regard it as accidental, especially in view
of other mid numerous errors- w hich occur
in the same editions.
The secret history of political marasavr
ing at Wellington at this lime wonl i, if
ma-Je put-he, explain th whole responsi
bility ur trie iii.-airous campaign ol Pope.
The Hood of our thousands lost on those .
fatal plains of. Manassas is chargeable di- J
rectly on ihe iniriuues of Washington poli-1
ticiais of the radiccl pany, who only de
sired to r move M'Clellan from the public
view, bectiut-e they leared that the splendor
of lus genius, the devotion of his army, the
nobtene.-s of his character, might bring
him belore the people as a tit man to lead
the w hoie nation through war to peace and
under the Constitution. For this ihey in
triiueJ, and lor this they have wbsied thou
sands ol young lives, poured out on fruitless
battlefields. xr,d some of this history rosy
be recovered fiom a close examitmiaiiou of
the di.-patche-and ordr issued at Wash
ington, between the ZiJth of August and ttie
2J eptemtpr, 1862. Five days brief time,'
but lined with great events. The politi
cians had succeeJed. M'Cieilan was de
based and disgraced. He su-ks Halleck for
specific order as to what he is to do at
Alexandria. Halleck replies, giving geueral
orders and fiudi..g fault. "Amuuition , and
particularly lor artillery, must be immedi
ately sent lorward to Centervilie for Gen.
Pope. It must be done with alt possible
di!patch," telegraphs Halleck, al 1 45
o'clock, on the 3Jth. M'Cieilau replies at
2 10. 1 1 know uolhin ol the calibre of
Pope's artillery . All 1 can do is to direct
my ordinance officer to load up all wagons
sent to him." Halleck finds fault that Geo.
Frank Im was not sooner sent forward
M Clellan replies that Franklin had no
transportation, and finally marched without
wagons, and of course without aojumiiou
or subsistence.
rben Gentral M'Clellan sends a dispa ch,
which will be memorable in ail future
limes :
"I cannot expres to yoa the pain and
mortification I have experienced to day jn
istemng to ihe distant sound of the firing
of my men. As I can be of no fur.her use
here. 1 respectfully ask that, it tnere is a
probability of the conflict bein
renewed
to-morrow. I may be yerniitied to gj to the
of r,atti with mv staff, merely to be
with my own men, if nothing wore ; ihey.
wi I fi -hi none the worse for mv being with
"3 "
them. If it is not deemed best io intrust me
with the command even of rnv own array.
I simply ak to be permitted io share their j The hou,s thftt wenl ro!llrS over lbe hills
fate or. the field of battle. iYruse reply to 'ue exultation of men who had regarded
this to niht;' 1 themselves as doomed, but who now wel-
No sleep that long night in the little camp
at Alexandria. Every moment they ex
pected the answer permitting them to share
the fate of the army a fate which the wis
est soldiers were looking io with the -most
solemn apprehensions. But no answer
came. Not even the common courtesy of
a reply was given, till the next day came
HJleck's dapatch :
'T cannot answer without seeing the
j President, as Geu. Pope is in command, by
his orders, of the department."
It was too much trouble for any one in
Geu. Halleck's office to send to the Piesi
dent the night before, or even that morn
ing, and say, "The fata of the nation hangs
in the baUuce ; M'Clellaii asks leave to go
io the field as a volunteer ; may he go
But the insults were not yet ended. This
same day, the 3Ut August, Halleck tele
graphs M'Clellan :
"As many as possible of the new regi
ments shouldgbe prepared to take the field.
Perhaps some more should be seut to the
vicinity of Chain Bridge.'
"M'Clellan replies that it is Gen. Casey's
province to attend to the new regimeuts,
and Gen. Barnard's to order others to Chain
Bridge. "By the War Department order 1
have no right to give them orders.'' Here
was one of those very common Washing
ton complications under the present man
agement. I have not seen the order," re
plies Halleck. It was the last iusolt of the
War DeDartment. that order, devised infhe
' same spirit which a few weeks later dicta-
ted the order seadid; the victor of South
Mountain and Antietam to report at Tren
ton. The order was decisive. ' General
M'Clellan commands that4 portion ol the
Army of the Potomac that has not been cent
forward to Gen. Pope's command.' How
they must have chuckled at the War De
partment over the keen wit of this order.
It was issued on the afternoon of August
30ih, and after the receipt irom McClellan
of his dispatch of 2.10 p. m., saying :
'I have no sharp-shooters except the
guard around my camp. I have now sent
off every man but those, and will now send
them with the train as you direct. I will
also send my only remaing squadron of
cavalry with -Gen. Sumner. I can do no
more. You now have evety man of the Army
of the Potomac who ii within my re ich."
Certainly it was a 6harp satire, very keen
and biting wit, which dictated, after that
last sentence, the words of the order :
Gen. M'Cle'.lan commands that portion of
the Army of the Potomac that has not been
snt forward !"
But the moruing of ihe 3lst bronght to
Washington some startling intelligence.
Halleck had been for four days buy re
ducing M'Clellan's position, finding fault,
that there was truth in Pope's dispatches,
ami that he was sweeping the rebel army
with the bosom of des. ruction. McClellan
was down, and a great victory was won by
Pope. Man who were in Washington that
night will remember the triumph of t!ie
radical faction. But the next day a change
came over the spirit ot the radical aream.
Halleck telegraphs M'Clellan that he had
not seen the order, and he evidently begins
to think that possibly they have been a lit
tle too fast in Washington. The new from
Pope is not rose eolored lo-day. M'Clellan
begins to loom up again in the minds of
the managers.
"You will retain the command of evey
thing in this vicinity not temporally belouj-
ing to Pope's army in the field. I beg of
you to assist me in this crisis with your
ability and experience. I am entirely tired
out."
So says Halleck at 10 p. rn., on the 30th.
Well he might be tired. The experiment
had failed The w hole plan of abandoning
the peninsular campaign and disgracing
M'Clellan was proving a di-astrons failure,
The "ability and experience" of M'Clellan
wa now w orth thinking of once more. Al
half past eieveo that night M'Clel an tele
graps Halleck that Pope is defeated, the
road filled wiih stragglers coming towards
Alexandra, that Pope's right is entirely
exposed, and he fears the gravest conse
quences. He adds : "To speak frankly
and the ucuiion requires it thkke apfkirs
io bk a total ABSENCE OF BRAINS, :
my
"I shall be up all night," says M'Clellan
from Alexandria. "I shall be up ail night."
says Halleck from Washington. It was a
fearful night. The morning brought truth
from Pope's army and wisdom to the heads
in Warhington. M'Clellan is sent for. All
day dit-astroua intelligence comes in.
M'Clellan is ordered to take command of
the delences of Washington, but his orders
are limited. They do cot yet dare to lace !
the indignation of lhe radical politicians,
who would have seen Washington destroy
ed rather than M Clellan restored. But the
morning of the 2d leaves '.hern in doubt no
longer. The hope of the nation hangs on
,he man they had disgraced and ridiculed
on the 30: h. The President and Halleck
"ek M'Clellan at his house, and
commit
everytaing- to nis nanus, uirecung uim io
S000t ar,d rneel he returning army.
.I 1. t"l l 1 . I A .
The cronsing of the Potomac that day by
M'Clellan is a scene lor long remembrance.
J comeu orur. wisaom, genius, -au.my aim
exeprience," all which they had proved
and known this has been described and is
recorded. How the General look the shat
tered army, restored its morale, led it into
Maryland, and in louruen days won the
victories rf South Mountain and Antietam ;
hov Halleck complained of his slow march
to South Mountain, and radicals every
where growled sullenly over the salvatisn
of the capital by M'Clellan tbis is already
history. Jour, cf Commerce.
Crbcption. The Albany Statesman (Abo
lition) says "every branch of government
seems to be reeking with corrution, and
what is still worse, praying hypocrites are
preaching against exposing these rascali
ties, lest it may 'hurt the war.' "
Whks the cold wind blows, take care of
yocr nose, that it don't get froze, and wrap
up your toes in warm woolen hose. The
above, w suppose, was written in prose,
by some one who knows, the effect of cold
snows.
If unfortunately on find yoorself riditig
the devil of anger, yoa had betler ride the
brute balf dead, till be fall down, that yon
may not have to mount him again for a
quarter ol: a year.
When we see two yocng lovers kneel
ing at tht alter, the heart's wish is that they
may resemble the married in Heaven, who,
4 according to Swedeabera'a vision, alwaja
melt into one angel.
The Democracy JInst flare flew Leaders.
We have contended ever since the com
mencement of the present civil war. tht
the country would not enjoy peace again
nor the Union be restored until the demo
cratic party should succeed in the elections
and once more wield the power of the Gov
ernment. We have also contended that
the party would never succeed while the
leaders made it a war parly, and so far our
predictions have proved true.
The Democratic party has been led for
Ihe last'few years by men, who did not
care a straw whether the principals laid
down by the parly at its conventions fend
ed to the coniiuuanca of our tree institutions
or to their overthrow and the establishment
of a monarchy.
They never asked the question -whither
are we tending V nor did thev care so long
as they saw a chance for office, thro' the
adoption of a wisha washa, non-coramitial
platform, upon which they could salely ride
in to the Leaven of a good fat ofiice.
If we will look back but a few years we I a
will not fail to discover the class of men I
who are always on hand at Democratic j come my wife." i tutions.
Conventions, and who Bhaped the policy of j Of course she would; who would not? Third, That the war has been conducted
the party regardless ol principle, eo thai the j and away went the happy pair to be uni- i 10 ba,ltJ up a P81" at ,he ePnse of blood
policy adopted gave them a prospect of re. j ted in the closo bonds of wedlock. 1 treasure and lime, and at the hazard of
taining or getting into office. We believe j The sertvee was speedily performed, and ; a Permanent eeperation of the sections, in
itial ihe men, with a few exceptions, who-; the unexpected balanco of our soldier's j a8mnch a em,nent tniIitary officers hava
claimed to be most intensely Democratic, j bounty safely invested for the benefit of his j been dePrived of command for merely par-
aud who had been supported and paid the new and youthful bride. Who would ad
best by the Democratic party, proved to be ver;i-e in the papers for a partner for lif-
the most laiihles when the day of trial j with specifications annexed whun by re
came, and were the first to show the white . enlisting, and getting a furlough and the
feather when the minions of fanatici.m bounty, one can suit himself off hand, with
made a vigorous charge upon the Demo-
crane ranks. So long as thty were permit- f
ted to shape ihe policy of the party, and so
long as patriotism consisted in the adop
tions cf resolutions , they were eo Iar as
outward aouearauca was concerned, esne-
cially "sound," but when .the lime come an aPPelil8 ,or ". l?e w9 anxious to , ce;itea in tne history of any people, for
for them to show ihe.r faith by their works j LeeP P hiH character for honesty, even J which the Pre.ident has, in many instan
they proved to be perfectly rotten. w"iIe e!,j'il'S his thorite meal; and while ces, title, the cases of Cameron,) declared
When the day of trial came when the
Union was to be saved through compromise,
or destroyed bv Civil War. thev either foil i
over into the Abolition party, or standing
non-commital, showed themselves to be
both cowards and traitors cowards, be
cau.-e they dare not maintain the riht,
and traitors", because they submitted to,
and deletided the wrong. ,
These men still claim to be Democrats,
and so far have succeeded in engrafting
their policy and wak kneed policy upon
j every Democratic Platform adopted by our
j fc'ale Conventions, and so tar lae uemocray
have been overwhelmed with disgraceful
defeats. This fact convinces us, that the
party must have new leaders. Men must
be selected as leaders ol the party, who
will boldly proclaim lhe will and wishes of
the masses men who wiil advocate Peace,
as a means of restoring ihe I'nioti and wid
prove upon every 6tnmp throughout ihe
broad land, that, "WAR . IS DISUNION,
i FINAL ETERNAL."
With such men, and cnlj such, fr leaders,
the Democracy will ultimately succeed and
then, and then, and not until then, will the
Uuton he restored.
iiajj" Florida Eipfdilioc.
Mr. John Hay is a fresh and fair youth of
some twenty or more summers, who writes
excellent verses arid has flourished for two
or three years in the executive mansion at
Washington as a pritae secretary of the
President. Hj was esteemed of the better
sex as a proper ladies' man, and might with
due change of garb have passed creditably
as a lady's maid. The ot:-.er day he was
made a major, and departed for the South
for what precise quarter was to the puhlic
unknown till a d3y or two ago, a steamer
from Hilton Head brought the heart-sickening
announcement that a thousand brave
men had lalle'i amid the swamps of Florida
in a fruitless attempt to make succe.-ful a
political expedition of which this young
man was the leader, and his master, Mr.
Lincoln, the inspiration. Gen. Gilmore
nominally led the expediuoti.but Hay had
full authority for its direction. Its object
was the occupation of Florida, with a view
to lhe reconstruction of that state, after the
fashion indicated in the President's proc
lamation of December last. Tho expelitioa
was confronted ty an unexpected and su
perior lorce of rebels, and was repubed so
signallythat our brave soldiers had, added
to lhe poignancy of their grief at defeat, the
bitter reflection lhat they were poorly led,
in a militarv sence, while the political ob
ject for which they died was so contempt
ible and so cruel as almost to surpass be
lief. Nothing has yet happened on the
dark side of our arms which will so effect-
ually shake a country's confidence in our
rulers as this lamentably wicked move
ment. I rT. Y. World.
Mr Frank Moore has made and caused
lobe published a book called "Lyrics of
Loyalty," which is certainly profane enough
lo be deemed a loyal book by all the howl
ing Dervishes in lhe land. The following
is a specimen :
"A prophet's soul in fire came down
To live in the voice of Old John Brown.
The eye of God looked down and saw
A just life Lt by an unjust lavo
The poetry and the morality of the book
are on a par, and both as bad as bad can
be. The idea that an old Kansas horse-
ilit.f kn,nt,r an1 .aeiBCin was tk nmnhft
V u r , 7 l t : r"
of the Lord, is entirely worthy of the ie
lifrirtn an A mnralitv of the loval leauuers. I
o J . J
Every man wishes to have bis own indi
vidual farm or lot, but the crave yard is the
common lot.
1 Soldier's Courtship.
A soldier cf the town ol Berkley, Mass ,
who hajusi re.enlisted lor the war, was
coming to the city with a pocket full of
money, when he made the acquaintance.
in the car, of a good looking grl Irom the lfX uPon certair" questions of law, or expe
same place. Her dress, however, was to .diRC?r which have arisen during the pro
his mind not exactly the thing, and he made ' eress of tbis Breal war lhere is a tolerable
bold to atk her why she did not wear a ' CtJrtainty about some ihing which favors
tetter one. ' i the idea of a change in the management of
"For the very good reason," said
slie,
i
"that 1 have none."
''How would you like to have a new
t
out, Miss !"
"Nothing would suit rae belter," was the
reply.
'Come then wih me," said Our kind
hearted soldier, as he handed her from the
cars. Suiting the action to the word, he
took her to various shops and gave her the
choice of the best fabrics for dresses. i
He then purchased her a nice fashionable I
cloak and hat, and not satisfied with that ;
crowned his gensrosity by buying for ber ';
gold watch and chain.
"And now," said he, "t want you to be- I
no delays and uncertainties, sacii as all sol-
diers must submit to who tur;i a deal ear
to Uucle Abe's order.
An ar.ocdow worth laughing over is
told
of a man who had an infirmity as well a
was anxious
making a Dill wita his merchant, as lae
story t'oes, and when his back was turned,
lhe honeat bu'er PP a codfish up un
uer nis coat tan. lint tne garment was to
short to cover up the theft, and the mer-!
chant perceived it.
"Now, said the customer anxious to
i re
prove ail opportunities to call attention to
his virtues, '-Mr. merchant, I have traded
with you a great deal, and have paid you
promptly and honestly, havn'l I V
'Oh, yes, answered the merchant, I make
uo complaint.
Weil,' said the customer, 'I always in
sisied that honesty is the best policy, and
the beet rule to live and die by.'
'That's so .-epiied the merchant.
And the customer turned lo depart.
'Hold on friend,' cried the merchant,
'speaking of honety, I have a tit of ad.
vice to give you. Whenever you come to
trade again you hud be:ter wear a longer
coat, or steal a shorter codfish.
Gainiso Strength A student in one of
our State colleges was charged by one of
the faculty with having had a barrel of ale
.... .
deposited in his room, con'rary of coursi to
1 ' -
the rules and usages. He received a sum
mons to appear belore lhe President, who
said :
'Sir, I am informed th.t you have a bar
rel ol ale in your room.'
'Yes, fir.'
' el, what explanation can you make
.... ., ,. , , . . . . . ,
ti!l tri.4 lupl i m Kir mo nln .innii t. H
W ell, the lacl is, sir, my physician ad
vised me to try a litile ale each day as a
tonic, and not wishing to stop at various
places where it is retailed, I cor.cli.dei to
have a barrel laken lo my room.'
'Indeed, and have you derived any bene
fit from it V
'Ah, yes, sir, when lhe barrel was first
taken to my room, two weeks ago, I coold
scarcely lilt it, now 1 can carry it with
ease.'
We believe the witty student was dis
charged without reprimand. At least he
ooirhi to have been
Insank Wives Ati attempt was made to
incorporate a clause in the conscriptiou act
which would more than likely secure the seats, and lei them fresh from the people
exemption of ail married men. An amend- take the helm, men who will not forget that
ment was offered lhat husbands of insane j they are teponsible, men who will not con
wive be exempted from the operations of trive new-fangled oaths whilst they are
ol ihe coriscript law, but the bachelor Rep
resentatives thocght that each married man
would be presenting his "rib" as insane,
thus throwing the burden of war upon the
eiugle, the suggston was not entertained.
Didn't Last. A country editor received
a rerniuance, with a request to sejd his
oarer as long as lbe money lasted. He
) P'- P "'"
J tespecdHly announced to his subscriber
i i , i l:. f 1
that according to his owa terms, ms suo-
senption was out.
The following notice, written by the
' schoolmaster vra- recently posted on the
j door of .chool-hous. near Frar.kfort, Ken
tucky.
Notiss. No swearing, enrsut or rtinnin
bowl iuse cr ho.leiin in this scul.
I j i st wonder what's the reason dis saw
mill won't go now !' said a country nigser
lo anoiher darky who had traveled some.
Dat circumstance arguffes enooghuigga,'
replied the philosopher, 'de reason is cause
dar am not uflihun number cf watur.'
It is estimated that lhe cost per man of
Uhe army is nearly if not quite 81,200 per
- i ' J
annum.
Tne government is as Abolition ia finan
ces as in other matters. It will not keep a
singla "yellow boy" in its raalts. . -
SHOULD BE
TacK for the People to Potsder.
Wf aiever difTVreaces of opinion may ex-
oor PubIlc fcairs. We may safely include,
in the catalogue of objections to the present
auminisirauon, me ioi. owing :
First that the war has teen preverted
from its originally declared purpose, (namely,
the simple suppression of certain armed or
ganizations in the South, with a view to the
restoration of Irieudly and constitutional re
lations,) io a gigantic scheme for the sub
J imiunnai system ol the utt-
ota.es.
Secnd that the war has been made a
Pretex'- and apol'gy for, the usurpation, by
th8 1 re""tletil' of P'er unwarranted by
ia" constitution and totally irrecon-
cilaL'Ie witQ 'otter spirit of our insii-
l f y
j tisan reasons, and, for" the same cause, vio-
lent an 1 inefiic:ent men put in stead ; troops
hae been withheld at critical junctures, and
the careluliy devied plans ol able general
have been waatonly reverseJ, the chief ob
' ject of all ol which folly and crime has been
to desiroy some real or fancied popularity
of certain commanders with with the mass
es of their countrymen.
Four;h, That the conduct of the war has
been characterized by corruptions onprece-
l: -if ...
niinsen responsicie.
Fifth, That the adminis:ra;ion has corn-
united itself to doctrines which elevate the
military above Ihe civil power, effect the
purity of ihe ballot box, and endanger the
personal liberiy of the citizen.
Sixth, and finally, That the policy novr
declared is fatal not merely to all ideas of a
legal re-union of lhe States, but foreshadows
future bankruptcy, constant agitation, the
establishment of a large standing army, and
in a lime by no means remote, a military
centralization such as to-day exists ia
France.
If there be persons of such buoyant and
ssnguirie temperameut as to laugh at the
calamities which we have indicated, and to
style them the mere phantoms of a brain
morbidly jaundiced, w e beg leave to remind
them of what has been done ; we ask them
to weigh the meaning of ihe cUirrj asserted
by Mr Lincoln to be lhe sole judge in all
ca-es of what is lawful and proper to bo
done as a -"military necessity." We call
their attention to what has been done in
t n , . , , , .
j Ca.eb bats, Attorney Genera! in Mr. Lin-
I , n . . ... ,
' j-ii.n7 f 3 lira Y A r . a . . i tk . M i U .
sae ol Governor Brad ord, showing how
electioos are carried by guu sud sjvord.
We recall to them the act of placing tho
Free North ur.der martial law. We ask
them to pause before t!.e schemes of reor-
. , . ,
t'lei. His o.i:h ! ponder over it. W e ask
-
thm to co.iiJer fie nieas used to make
the army a po.ical engine in utter 6Corn
of all she warnings of history ; and we bid
them think of the terrible increase of new
offices to swell the ' dispensing power" of
the Governmen'
whi'e the people are
the bordeu of high
struggling
under
prices
If thej-e be not reason amp'e enough to
warrant the people in demanding new
8g?n!, then we shall begin to despair cf lhe
intelligence arid virtue of the people. We
shall begin to forecast ihe doom of this once
peerless and happy republic. Let the men
1 al Was-hintou, who have made carnival
a :id tariffic of this aw ful teud, vacate their
daily breaking the old and honored oaths
which they took high heaven to witness
that they would faithfully keep : men wbo
will labor to get us Union, but what is even
better than Union our old and tried polit
ical system as devised by the statesmen of
I 1767 ; men who will keep their bands free
from illicit gain ; mea who will restore our
national name and fame .abroad, which
have been so sadly tarnished by the shuf
fling and cowardly policy of the last three
years.
Give us a change. It is the prayer of the
people, even if it is not their hope. Yet,
mere are signs in the firmament which glad
dens the souls of men. There are feigns
which hundreds of thousands watch as the
opportoni'y of the nation. God grant that
they may not fall ! Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The reason why a woman has her way
eo much oftner than a man is that both bo
and she are conscious lhat her way is the
best.
Mat God grant us sometimes a bard nut
to crack, for after such nuts the table-wine
of life tastes deliciously.
Taking an enemy into one's month is
steal away his trains isn't so bad as swind
ling a friend. Yoa had better take iu ad
enemy than lake in a frlsod.
Will THE AD.-lIMSlRATIO.il
CIU.NGEU
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