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HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK j PA.
Wednesday, April 1, 1863.
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for the N. B. Democrat, in those cities, and are author
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us at our lowest Rates.
I" RTG"—CMBB——TTVMXMWL—
List We have received R-iymea by the
yard, inf late, the writers of which, should
know that any communication not accompa
nied by the name of the author, will receive
but little attention. We do uot ask the
name, for publications, but as a guaranty of
good faith. We do not engage to publish all
the so-called, poetry sent us, even though
we know the writers names, but must de
cline doing so, in some cases, for the sake of
the writers, themselves. The name, if not
intended for publication, should be written
on a separate slip of paper, to avoid mistakes
by us.
JG3T A slight illness has prevented us
from giving the usual attention to the cor
rections of proof-sheets, and to editorial mat
ter in this issue.
szsr We are again, obliged to say that
no very impirtant changes has taken p aJO in
army affairs—vicksburg and Port Ilenderson
ar under s : ege, but as yet, with indecisive
r< suits. While a vigorous prosecution of the
war is promised from day to day—a vigorous
prosecution seems to be protracted.
Manufacturing Sentiment iu the Army.
The partizaus of the Administration are
endeavoring to create the belief that the ar
my is entirely satisfied with the conduct of
the war thus far, and views with disfavor all
who are bold and houest enough to express
any dissatitfactiou with it. In the last two
or three weeks the papers have been filled
with resolutions which are represented as
having been passed by the soldiers and ex
pressive of their real sentiments. We know
better. We know that those resolutions
were prepared by the commissioned officers
of regiments and brigades, and that the rank
and file were required to accept them under
pain of being marked as fit subjects for the
displeasure of their superiors and the govern
ment. The soldieis are really allowed no
freedom of opinion whatever in the matter,
but are compelled to give an apparent sanc
tion to declarations which, in their secret
hearts and minds, they utterly despise and
repudiate. But it is the design of the Ad
ministration and its tools to manufacture a
ficticious public support, and this mean im
position on the soldiers of sentunents which
they do not entertain, is one of the tricks re
sorted to for effecting the end. 44 Oh ! shame
where is thy blush ?"'
Democratic Doctrine.
As the Abolition papers are now busily
engaged in quoting garbled extracts from the
writings of Thomas Jefferson to prove that
he, although a large slaveholder himself, was
opposed to slavery, perhaps they will not ob
ject to give their readers a sight of the fol
lowing principles enunciated by that great
Democratic statesman in his Inaugural Ad
dress as President, on the 4th of March 1801 :
"Equal and exact justice to all men, of
whatever sect or persuasion, religious or po
litical.
" The support of the State Governments
in all their rights, as the most competent ad
ministration for our domestic concerns, and
the surest bulwarks against anti republican
tendencies.
" The supremacy of the civil over the mil
tary authority.
" Economy in public expense, that labor
may be lightly burdened.
" Freedom of religion ; FREEDOM OF
THE PRESS, and FREEDOM OF PERSON
tinder the protection of the HABEAS COR
PUS, and TRIAL BY JURY impartially se
lected."
Democratic Victories in Pennsylvania.
The municipal and township elections,
held throughout this State, on Friday last,
resulted most satisfactorily to the Demo
cratic party. In almost every place that we
have yet heard from, where a straight polit
ical contest was made the Democracy have
been victorious. In Harrisburgh, Reading,
Allentown, Norristown, Bethlehem, and ma
ny other places that have been carried
against us for years past, the blacksnakes
wore forced to succomb on Friday. Truly
the day is not far distant when the friends
ol law and order—the opponents of mob rute
—will control the destinies of our State
again. God grant that the day may speedi
ly arrive.
ALL FOOL'S DAY —To-day, Ist April, is a
regular " April-fool" to everybody. Hav
ing had, as the phraze goes, six weeks good
sleighing in the month of March, we were
getting a little tired of the monotony of win
ter, and expected, at least, when April came,
to be able to see a patch of blue "sky and of
.green earth, but the sky is overcast witli
dark ominous storm-clouds, and old mother
earth is wrapped in a winding sheet of snow.
Iso little birds twitter their morning tongs
among the leafless branches; no Y i- lets peep
modestly from the grassy mead ws. Win
ter still lingirs, defiantly, in tie lap of the
daughter Spring.
The TJnlou Leagues Budding.
"We copy the following from the Philadel
phia Inquirer of the 23d. inst.:
A NATIONAL GUARD.— A project is on foot
lo form in this city one or more regiments,
to be entitled 41 National Guards." The
members of the organization, will not be re
quired to serve more than six months in ac
tive duty, and they will be held ready to re
spond to the call of the State or municipal
authorities to sustain the law 9. The organi
zation will probably spread throughout the
State, and possibly throughout all the loyal
States, to act as a kind of reserve in case of
emergency. Efforts will be made to procure
an allowance of pay for the men from the
time they are enrolled, even although they
are not engaged in active duty, and it is be
lieved that membership in a regiment thus
formed will relieve the minute tnan from the
chances of conscription. These considera
tions, together with the shortness of the time
for which the citizen soldier will enroll him
self, will doubtless render the movement ex
ceedingly popular. The establishment of
such organizations as that set atloat in this
city will tend, not only to aid in quelling the
Rebellion, but also to prevent fresh outbreaks
among the evil-disposed.
Does the foregoing mean that the 14 Union
Leagues" throughout this State and other
States are about to form themselves into mi
litary organizations, under the name of 44 Na
tional Guards" to do 44 home duty ready to
respond to the call of the State or municipal
authorities to sustain the laws," but to be by
reason thereof, exempt from liability to serve
in the At my of the United States under the
conscription act? This National Guard is
not organized to do National service, not to
be subject to the call of the President, and
not to be required to do active duty more
than six months, yet they are to be paid from
the time of enrollment, and will be exempt
Irom the draft under the conscription act.—
lhey are to act as a KIND of reserve, in case
of emergency." What kind of emergency ?
We are no alarmists, we have ever coun
selled obedience to every lawful and consti
tutional action of the Administration and its
officers. But while we consider this to be
our duty, wo want these abolitionists to un
derstand, that the laws and the constitution
allow ot no privileged classes in this nation,
and when they attempt to get up illegal and
irresponsible military organizations the plain
object of which is, to overawe and intimidate
their Democratic opponents, they are strain
ing the point a little too far. The old adage
is, 44 the last straw broke the camel's back,"
and our opponents may find when it is tub'
late, that they have lighted up a flame com
pared with which that of Lexington pales be
neath its glare. So let them be warned iu
time not to trifle with the rights and liber
ties of the people.— Danville Intelligencer .'
Peace Proposition.
The following correspondence of Hon. Fer
nando Wood, with the editors of the N. Y.
Evening Post, is suggestive of something
hidden beneath the surface which if fullv
ventilated, might open the eyes of th** peo
ple to prove the criminality of the "powers
that be" at Washington, in rejecting a mode
which might have brought peace to the na
tion. Mr. Wood, boldly states that "pro
positions for an armistice or peace" had been
submitted to the President, on the 12th of
September last, which had they been accept
ed would have terminated the war on a sat
isfactory basis to both sections by the Ist of
April; and he further states, that he is only
prevented from giving publicity to them by
" request of one of the principal officers of
the government." This is pointed. Who is
this " principal officer ?" What evil influ
ences have prevented the administration
from settling this war on a " basis satisfacto
ry to North and South ?" Was it the abo
lition faction with their fanatical crotchets,
or was it the army of contractors, Provost
Marshals, epauletted cotton speculators,
Treasury plunderers &c. &c., who are fatten
ing off the misfortunes of the nation. Mr.
Wood should expose this " principle officer"
by all means.
To the Edilojs of the Evening Post:
At a meeting held at Stamford, Connecti
cut, on Tuesday evening last, I said "that
propositions lor an armistice or peace had
been submitted to the President on the 12th
of December last, which, had they been ac
cepted, would have terminated this war by
the Ist of April, upon a basis satisfactory to
the people North and South."
In referring to this statement, you ask :
" Who made these ' propositions lor an ar
mistice or peace,' the adoption of which Mr.
Wood pretends to believe 1 would have set.
tied the matter by All-Fools' day ? Were
they made by Davis and his follow rebels ?
If so, how does Mr. Wood know anything
about them ? Has he beeu in secret corres
pondence with the enemy ? Or were they
made by some of the anti-war men here ?
If so, who authorized them ? And what are
the terms of the propositions from which
Mr. Wood hopes so much ? If they are hon
orable to the nation, if they are such as pa
triotic Americans ought to favor, why not
make them public at once ?"
To which I say, in reply, that the state
ment referred to was made by me deliber
ately. with a full and personal knowledge of
the facts, and that I am constrained from the
publicity of them ouly by the request of one
of the principal officers of the Government.
When this interdiction shall be withdrawn,
I will cheerfully gratify your curiosity.
Very respectfully, &c.,
FERNANDO WOOD.
New-York, March 11, 18G3.
A soldier's letter from Baton Itouge, in
Bank's command, makes the folk wing queer
statement:—"The Southerns who live outside
of our picket liue have to pay $lO for a 'pass'
to come into the city. So you see by pay
ing $lO iuto the pocket of the I'rovost Mar
shal, the rebs can send a man into our camp
and learn a : l they want to for that ligure
Soiuedsts there are a hundred a day, so
you can ccc it in a ■ iuojiev making, business.' "
Butternuts.
[Found in the Office oj the Clermont Sun.]
The Conscript Law has a curious effect.
The Administration is coercing the gcopli of
the North to coerce the people of the South,
The Constitution of the United States fee
ognizes and legalises slavery. The Adminis
tration is endeavoring to make an army of
the Negroes, to enforce and defend, as they
say, that Constitution. Thus they compel
the Negroes to fight for that which makes
them slaves !
Indications prove that Thomas 11. Seymour
will very likely be elected Governor of Con
necticut. We hope by the 4th of April next
to be able to SEE .MORE light and truth iu
that dark and superstitious land.
YOUR MONET OR YOUR LIFE .-If a mannow
a days assumes to be obstreperous and to op
pose the draft, the Provost Marshall walks up
to him, with the air of a man stiff with au
thority, or a highway man confident of throt
tling his victim, pistol in hand, demands:
Your money or your life !
Some Abolition rowdies endeavored to de
molish MEDARY'S Crisis the other night. If
these Abolition rowdies had not brought
about our Nation's crisis there would have
been perhaps no MEDARY'S Crisis.
If the Conscript Law goes into effect, in
the course of a few weeks, every able-bodied
man, whether willing or not, will be trans
formed into a soldier, liable at any moment,
to be ordered from his family and business at
an hours notice, take a gun and knapsack and
inarch to battle, or—to his grave. Header,
what do you thing about it ?
If Democrats do their duty, the spring
election will prove a full election for the
Black Republicans."— Logan Gazette.
It Democrats do their duty at the Spring
election, law, order and Christianity will
spring up all over the land. If Democrats
dc tl eir duty at the, abolitionism, corruption
and infidelity will fall into the depths of ob
livion.
L nder the Conscript Law, all preachers and
christians are liable to bo drafted. What a
draft upon their consciences there will be!
Men, whose calling is to preach peace on
earth and good will to all men, to be forced
into a war between brothers and friends !
The Abolition papers and speakers have a
great deal to say about the "K. G. C's."
They seem to be enamored with those initials.
But who wonders, when their meaning might
be so significant as that of the Knaves of the
Government Contracts ?
The Abolition papers talk and bluster pro
digiously about a " war for the union."
What k'md of a union ? Are you in fa7or of
the Union as it teas, with slavery in the
Southern States and all the of those States
nnder the Constitution guaranteed and pro
teeted ?
—
The Wright Serenade.
Ihat eminent convert to abolitionism, Hon.
Ilendrick B. A\ right was serenaded last even
ing at the Continental, at the expense of his
new friends. The playing of the band, which
was generously hired by the Union League
for the occasion, arrested the attention of
pedestrians, until about as many were gath
ered together to hear Mr. Wright's speech as
an ordinary dog fight would have collected.—
Mr. \\ right spread his Union wings, and
soared alott in the atmosphere of patriotism
somewhat higher than Dan Dougherty's fa
vorite bird ever ventured—but how or when
he came down we cannot say. The last we
saw of Xlendnck he was out of sight !
That other Wright, (he of Indiana.) was
present, and also made a speech—both these
gentlemen claim to be Democrats. They are
employed by their new allies to go about and
secure abolition recruits from the Democratic
rands, by declaring themselves Democrats.
But this dodge will not answer.
These apostates cannot carry any Demo
crats with them into the ranks of the ALo
lit.onist. They will never be able to repay
their new friends for the expenses incident to
their entertainment with suppers and sere
namo. But the country will be pleased to
learn that the Abolitionist for once have
If right on their side.— Eletting Journal.
Appointment of Provost Marshal General.
Washington, March 18.—The following
General Order has been issued :
War Department. Adjutant-General's
Office. Washington, March 17, 18G3.
General Orders, No, 67.—1t is hereby order
ed :
First. That Colonel James li. Fry,
Assistant Adjutant-General of tho United
States Army, be and he is hereby detailed as
Provost ilArahal-Gcneral of the United States,
in pursuance of section 3 of the act approved
March 3d, 1803, "for enrolling and calling out
the national forces, and for other purposes."
He is accordingly authorized and required to
performed all the duties of Provost Marshal-
General set forth in the said act, and such
other duties as may properly pertain to his
office. All communications relative to the
business of Provost Marshals, and the pro
visions of tlie act of Congress aforesaid, ivill
be addressed to him.
Second. .That all appointments which have
been heretofore made of Provost Marshals are
hereby revoked.
By order of the Secretary of War.
THOMAS, Adjutant General.
JUDGE KF.TCHAM.— Hon. W. W. KETCH
AM, who ran as the abolition candidate for
State Senator, in Luzerne county, and was
defeated last fall, has been appointed by the
President an Associate Justice of the United
States Court in Nebraska Territory. The
President seems to be particularly anxious
to reward all those whom the people have
repudiated ride Wilmot, Grow, Ketchatn <ic.
THE FITEBOM or THE PRESS !—Within a
short time four newspaper offices located re
spectively in Kansas, lowa, Illinois and Ohio,
have been destroyed by niggerhead niobs!
The atrocities < f the Freuch Revolution recoil
ed Willi terrible effect upon the beads of
tliuae aho initialed thim ; and so it will be
before long, with these infamous mobs. Viol
ence always begets violence.
Getter From Hon. Wm. Hopkins.
The following letter from Hon. AV in. Hop
kins Containing his Withdrawal from the con
test for the Gubernatorial nomination before
the contention in June will be read with in
terest by his friends, and its sentiments ap
proved by every sincere lover of our Com
monwealth.
Mr. Hopkins having made up his mind not
to go into the contest, presents his views as
to the character and qualifications of a suit
able nominee for the party ; and in his mod
est and explicit declination gives utterance to
opinions at once so disinterested and proper
that they cannot fail to commend themselves
to the public:
IIARRISBURG, March 22, ISG3.
To the Editors of the Patriot & Union.
GENTLEMEN :—Having received many as
surances, from different parts ot the State,
that I would be supported for the nomina
tion for Governor, at the approaching Con
vention, and having made up my mind not to
go into the contest, I deem it due to ''those
who have thus voluntarily indicated their
pieference, to place before them, and the pub
some of the reasons which have intlueneed
me in coming to this decision. I have always
regarded the position of Governor as one
that ought to be sought after, and acting up
on this idea, I have n vcr, personalty, solici
ted a vote in my life, notwithstanding my
name has been used in that connection on
former occasions. This having been my rule
of action heretofore, I see no inducement for
departing from it now. Indeed, if there ever
was a time when the selection of a candidate
should be left to the voluntary judgment of
the people, wholly uninfluenced by the im
portunities of aspirants, that time is the pre
sent. If we look abroad over our bleeding
country, the patriot is horrified at the dark,
impenetrable cloud which overshadows our
political horizon. All human forecast is baf
lled in attempting to solve the problem of our
future, either as a State or Nation. We are
in the midst of a crisis, such as the world
has seldom ever seen. The whole fabric of
our government seems to be tottering to its
very base, and none but He who holds in His
hands the destinies of the nations, and of men
can tell what is to be our fate. The respon
sibilities that will devolve on the ne.vt Gover
nor of Pennsylvania will be appalling beyond
precedent. That there should, at such a
.set amLle for the nomination, is most amazing,
lo iny own mind it is clear that those who
really comprehend the magnitude of the dif
ficulties which environ us. should be the last
to seek the position. Here, perhaps 1 ought
to stop. Lit when I contemplate the vast
interests at stake, 1 feel restrained to venture
a suggestion or two in regard to the qualities
which, I think, our candidate should possess.
This, I-trust, I may be allowed to do, not
being one myself. Among these I will men
tion that, in my opinion, the candidate fho'd
be a man of experience, mature judgment,
and unquestioned administrative abilities.
lie should be a man of the most indomitable
courage and firmness such as would enable
him to interpose a manly resistance to all in
fractions of the Constitution, and encroach
ments upon the sovereignly of the State,
and rights and liberties of her citizens. lie
should be a man of unfaltering fidelity to the
Constitution ot the United plates and the
Union, as they were founded by Washington.
He should be not only untrammeled by cor
porate power, but entirely beyond such influ
ences. Lpou this point too much care can
not be taken, for it must be apparent to all,
that this influence has already made fearful
strides towards undermining the liberties of
the people. \\ hen it is remembered that
within the past five years, some twenty mil
lions of dollars have been taken from the
1 reasury for the benefit of two corporations
and that too by the notorious use of corrupt
means, the question may well be asked, "Is
there not imminent peril to bo apprehended
from this quarter in future ?" But above all
the- candidate should be a man of incorrupt!"
ble integrity, whose private character is in.
vulnerable and whose public recurd in the
past will be a sufficient guarantee that his
future will bring no reproach upon our glo
rious old Commonwealth. With such a
standard bearer we would go before the peo
ple with a certainty of success.
In conclusion, I dcsiie to tender to all who
have deemed me worthy of so exalted a posi
tion, my profound gratitude, with the assu
rance that I shall cherish with loudest recol
lection, these indications of confidence and
regard as long as I shall live.
1 am, very respectfully and truly,
Your friend WM. HOPKINS.
BOYS WANTED.
Announcements similar to the abort are
not (infrequently seen in the columns of the
daily newspapers, on bulletins, and in the
windows of shop keepers. _
Of course boys are wante"cF. ' v ho doubts
it ? None but the most superficial thinker,
we are sure, could entertain such a
for a moment. In a few briefyears the bovs
who are now living will be wanted to pro
claim the gospel—will he on thejudge's bench
—in the gubernatorial and presidential chairs
—m the halls of learning ; in short, to fill
the places now occupied by the millions of
the earth.
Boys are wanted now ! They are wanted
to fill our public, private, and Sabbath-schools:
to store the intellect and the heart with the
useful and the pure ; to take the initiatory
steps to becoming good-and useful citizens.
Boys are wauled in Ihuren. Since we be
gan this article, a sorrow-stricken father, in
a thread-bare coat, passed Sy our office with
a little coffin under his arm- lli s little hoy
has been wanted in heaven. Others may
soon l>c caliod. God desires all. and invites
all.
Yes, boys, you are wanted, not only on
earth, but in he&ven. Are you ready 1
IT is a notable fact that all the Abolition
ists who are loudest in their laudations of the
conscription act are either over age or have
money cuou-fi to purchase exemption.
Philadelphia Evening Journal'
Our readers will remember that Mr. Boil
eau, the praprietor of this papor, was some
time ago arrested and taken to Fort Mcllen
ry for alledged treasonable publications.
The munner in which Mr. Boileau procured
his release so inflpnsed his patrons that he
was forced to sell out.
The paper Is now in charge of C. N. Pine,
who avows himself the writer of the article
for which Mr. Boileau was arrested. We
know him well, and when he declares him
self in language such as the following, the
public may just count upon it that he will
be as good as his word:
If it be treason for a public journalist to
insist upon a strict observance of the funda
mental and supreme law of the land by men
in office, and to condemn all officials who
violate that and their oaths to observe it,
then the undersigned desires to be deemed a
traitor.
That such conduct constitutes treason, ac
cording to the decision of the administration
and its friends, he is well aware, and he en
ters into the business of editing and publish
ing this paper with the full knowledge of the
risks incurred by a journalist who ventures,
in times like these, to demand for the people
what is right, to condemn what is wrong,
and to publish political truth. But lie in
tends to do all this, and is willing to take
the consequences. CHARLES. N. PINE.
Philadelphia, March 12, 18G3.
The "League with Hell."
Twenty years ago Win. Lloyd Garrison,
the editor of the Boston Liberator , submitted
the following resolution to an Abolition meet
ing in Faueuill Ilall, Boston :
Resolced, That the Constitution of the
United States is a covenant with death and
an agreement with hell, which ought to be
immediately annulled.
To day Lincoln and his supporters indorse
it, and are using the civil and military power
of the country to carry it out. So far as
their own acts go, they have already " annull
ed" it, and" they are now endeavoring to co
erce the people into an approval of, or acqu : -
escence in their course."
The best Loyal League that ever
was, is the Democratic party. Under its
auspices, the country has attained a degree
of power and prosperity unsurpas.-ed in the
history of the world. To be loyal to the
Democratic party, is to be loyal to the Union
and the Constitution ; and treason to the one }
is treusan to the other. If a man does not
feel it to be his highest duty (next to his
God) to maintain and defend both the Union
and the Constitution, he is unfaithful to that
party, and comprehends neither its history,
its principles, nor its teachings.
To those men of the late Republican party
who have no stomach for Abolitionism, and
who feel like identifying themselves with a
sound national, and truly loyal association,
we say come xrith us, and unite your p ditica]
nflueuce and fortunes with that party which,
ihas ever been true to the whole country, and
the eaidence of whose loyalty is inscribed up
on every page of our country's hsitory.
NEW NAME. —No more forever are our
political opponents to know themselves as
the Republican party. They have now bap
tised themselves as Loyal Union Leaguers,
and we may soon expect to hear them swear
that they were never Republicans !—no not
one of them. A further change would be still
more appropriate. Instead of using the word
" Loyal," let them write it "Royal." This
would correspond much better with the re
gal aspect of public affairs about Whashiig
ton.—Ex.
SyiST A CINCINNATI paper says under the
Congressional stamp act, it cost the executors
of the late Nicholas Longworth four huudrcd
and thirty dollars to purchase a stamp to put
on his will.
Communication.
LETTER FROM THE 13* d.
CAMP NEAR FAI.MOI'TH, V,\. F
March 11th, 18G3. \
FRIEND * * *
Nothing of importance
has transpired within our lines since my last,
with the exception of the Rebel Cavalry raid
the particulars of which you have, doubtless,
read in the newspapers. The promptitude
with which it was met, and its object defeat
ed, matte th© affair•ltageiiicr iu^i^niHppnl •
but it had the good effect of redoubling the
vigilance along our picket lines, and a sur
prise, or a successful raid, on the part of the
enemy, is how considered a matter of impos
sibility.
Quite a pleasant little episode relieved the
usual monotony of our camp, on Monday
evening, two weeks ago. The officers of the
Regiment complimented Col. Albright with a
beautiful sword, at a cost of $250, as a token
of their esteem for him, as a sold'er
and a man, The occasion created quite a lit
tle furo, and many kindly and patriotic; senti
ments were interchanged during the evening.
The compliment was well deserved.
Every perceptible change has taken place
in the tone and discipline of the "Army of
the Potomac," since " Old Joe Hooker" as
sumed its command. • After the battle of
Fredericksburg, the morale of the army was
very perceptibly impaired ; and, from one
cause or another, it was fir6l becoming de
moralized. Everything is changed now—the
most rigipl discipline is enforced—all the loose
ends are gathered up, and I do not think
that the army was ever in better condition
or spirits than now. The love for McOi.EJ.LAN
is still extant and universal, but IIOORKU is
paring the way to a popularity quite as un
bounded, if Political Generals and public cla
mor will but leave him to work out his own
euds, in his own way, there is no doubt
whatever in ray raind, but that he willaccom.
plish the most satisfactory results, with th®*
army under his command, when "the aus
cious momentV arrives. But the curse whicb
has pursued the army, from the commence,
uicnt of this war, is the Interference of new ß .
paper Generals, and the usual pack of noj .
politicians, yelping at their heels, with the
movements of the army and the business of
officering- the same. Personal popularity *4
crime against the Administration ; and for |
General to possess the lo7e and confidence of
his soldiers is to render them liable to tb
imputation of being ICBS loyal to the Govern,
meut than thev ard to their General.
Should HOOKER fulfill the expectations
the army ? (and there is every reason to
that he Will,) can we hope that he will oecui
the fate of those who have preceeded him7
For the sake of the Union, for the sake of th
country, for the sake of the government, fot
the sake of the army, I hope he may.
It is not in reason to expect ah army f,
fight well under a General in whom it h*
no confidence, and who it does not csteei,
for some good qualities, however
devoted it may be to the cause in which it if
engaged; and yet the sopor-patriotic J* I
bnne has urged MCCLELLAN'S
the soldiers, as one of the reasons why
was upfit to be continued in
cause, says the sages of that sheet, " whet*
array becomes more loyal to its General tfi*
it is to its government, it is high time tht
he was replaced." In principle this is jj
right, but the inference, when applied toMc
CL.EJ.LAN, or this armt", is too contemptiUeu
bear discussion. If the army lacks patnot
ism, a heart in the work which n befoq
them, there must be some reason for it k
yond the influence which
other General ever exerted over it.
If I have ever had an honest motive—i*s|
heart has ever had one patriotic throbJ
was when I entered the service of my coj
try. Disregarding party ties—disregard!
the teachings of half a life-time passed in J
political arena—l came into the army
and purely fur the purpose of helpmrS
fvjhl down this wicked rebellion. I UlxJ
then, and I yet believe that that wasuß
the only mode in which the difficulty mB
then or can ever be honorably adjusts B
never thought i* in the nature of
the complications which have s nee gr *<B
Would be thrown into the question, J
placed among the issues invutvid in tbefi
test; but 41 times are sadly out oi jint, r B
what is to-day, may bo suiiuthing t.-.B
morrow. !
To my mind, before the issue ol theifl
ident's preliminary to the
lamation, there was only one varietal
patriotic an 1 union loving citizens
g-trd their duty to tlie country ; and.
there is but one way now. We
putt the government—under protest
if you please—but it must be supp
But at the same time, 1 believe that
<>f those who administer the gorerm
as much open to criticism now as t
were. Nay more; that it is tie d
impartial public to express the wmi
ticcd, and prepare the minds oft!
to pahs upon its acts at the ballot b
the proper time arrives. I am in
maintaining '• the constitution asi
restoring the union as it was"—just
gramme enunciated by Congress
ginning of the war. lam mtic
any war for the Abolition of Negro
But say the admirers of this plan,
that this abolition principle was:
original plans as proposed by Coup
11 military necessity" makes it
that we should cripple our enemy
we can, aud thus it was the ri:'
duty of the President to make i
rnation. Admitting the right, let
jne the policy. It has always bef
ed, I believe, that there was alt-'
feeling existing very generally I
the South, which only needed th
of our armies to make itsell P U "
it policy to fa raish the
the proof that the pretext upon*
grounded their rights to rebel ( ::l
coin and his party were ah l "'
aimed at the distinction of their•
stitutions) was founded in
operation of the military rule—" 1
as contrabands of war—hits a!
effect that the Proclamation ci-it-i
You know you cannot free ! •'
you can reach them with y uri
natural effect that tho Pn-cljE l
hate upon the people of the s
to make them a unity, h they
before. Again, was it good p
rtrtß pNehuMtion iu the laee*
ing democrats North, who had
consistently opposed Abtditio
their fives, thus driving theffl
support of the policy of the 1
which had thus violated |ls
pledgee ? To my tuind, the o
positiou tliat the Admin- J
had to contend with North
the inauguration of thi~ Vt ' rl ;
time has not yet arrived wl
lan.b can lie down together. *
, . 'J
just as well expect such a -
to expect ail the known p"' 1
unite upon a common aboM-'
may result in good to the >
must confess that I ,tf '
plications growing out of |£
moved further into tho di t3 *
The Irish Brigade made - j
for a grand " abfustUh'a'''•
day, but the boonbrg ul
the sport, and the long r ' ,
gramme to an abrupt and \
tiou. (Jen. Ilooker, aid
erals in the army, bto'd"'
of Colonels, Majors, tap" ]
and soldiers were present,
daddk-d" for their v ' rlt,U \
quick," when the alar" 1 v * j
occaaiou you hare had i>*