The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-12-06

~ NotiliI1 No" otCuiS ~ ut q Vi a.lOalfdCl lO
or from the principles on general purposes
stated aud expressed in those documents.
.e-t - A REVIEW.
The last ray Of hope for preserving the
Union peaceally expired at the assault up
on Fort Sumpter, and a general review OF
what has occurred s:nee may not be I'M
profitable. " hat was painfully uncertain
then, is much better defined ard more dis
tinct now, and the progress Of events is /
plainly 10 the right direction. The insur !
gents confden Ey claimed ..strong support
from north of Mason e. Dixons line, and /
the friends of the Union were not free from
apprehension cn this point This however
was soon settled definitely and on the right
side South of the line noble little Della
ware led off right from the first. Maryland
was made to seem against the Union. Our
soldiers were assaulted, bridges We're burned
and rail roads torn up within her limits,
and we were many days at one time with
out the ability to bring single regiment
over the soil to the cal tal.
Now her bridges and railroads are re-
paired and opened to the Government
She already gives seven regiments to the
cause of the Union and none to the enemy,
and her people at a regular election have
sustained the Union by large majority,
and a larger agsr gate vote than they ever
before gave to any candidate or any ques
ton Kentucky too. for some time in
doubt, is now decidedly, and | think I'm
ellangeabiy ranged on the side of the Union
Missouri is again coml aratively quiet, and
| believe cannHt again be overryin by the
insurge gents These three States, Marylan1,
Kentucky and Missouri neither Of which
would promise single soldier ut first, have
now an aggregate Of not less than 10000
in the field foc the Union, while of Their
citizens rot more than third are among
the insurgents, and they IF doubtful where
abouts aud existence
After Il somewhat bloody struggle of
three months, winter closes on the Union
peopl= of Western Virginia, leaving them
masters of their own country. An insur-
gent force of about 1900 for months dom
mating the narrow, peninsular region con
! sisting o. the counties of Accomac and
1 \ ortilampton, and known as the Eastern
Shore of Virginia, together with aome con
/ tiguous parts of Maryland, have laid dow Il
iheir arms and the people there have re
/ newed their allegiance to the accepted and
pr, lection of tie old flag This leave nc
armed force North Of the Potomac or East
of the Chesapeake.
Also, we have obtained a footing at each
Of the isolated points on the Southern Coas
j of Hatteras, Port Royal, Tybee Island, nea
Savannah, and Ship Island, and we likewise
have some general accounts Of popnla
movements in behalf of the Union in Nort1
Carolina and Tennessee These thing
demonstrate that the cause of the uniol
is advancing steadily Southwark.
GENERAL SCOTT.
: Since your last adjournment Lieut. Gen
Scott has retired from the head of the M
my. During his long life the nation ha
not been unnlin,lfis of his merit; yet OF
), calling to mind how faithfully, ably, am
brilliantly he has served the country, from
: time far back in our history, when few c
the now living had been born, and thence
i forward continually, cannot but think tha
u we are still his debtor. submit tllerefore
for your consideration, what further mark c
recognition is due to him and ourselves as
IS IS grateful people. =.e5e
# GEN. MCCLELLAN
Il With the retirement Of Gen. Scott CA m
i the Executive duty Of appointing in hi
place General in Chief of the army.
; is a fortunate circumstance that neithe
: in council nor country ~as there. so ia
:. as know, any difference CT opinion as
- the proper pcrson to be selected. Tll
= re';ilng chief repeatedly expressed h
d, Judgment in favor OF Gen. Mcclellan fe
'o the position. and in this the nation seem
ed TO give a unanimous concurrence. I'll
II designation ii Gen. Mcclellan is thtr,
T.. 10 irrc IN "a degree the selection of tt
IL country as well as of the Executive, 40
4. hence there is better reason to hope thel
"a will be given him the confidence aud co
III dial support thus by fair implication pro-
Il ised and without which he cannot wit
III so full efficiency serve the country.
&c has cen said that one bad General
"a better than tw good ones, and the say
-d is true, if taken to mean no more ths
&c that an army is better directed by sing
y mind, though interior, than by two sup
ne and the same is true in all joint operation
ca wherein those engaged can have MOI
II but a common end in view, and can diff
lie only as to the choice of means. In
storm at sea no one on board can wi
''e the ships to sink j, and yet, not unfreauer
les IL all go down together because too m
iat ny will direct, and no single mind can
Ell allowed to control 1t continues to
re velepe that the insurrecton is largely
~ not exclusively a war upon the FIRST pri
I'll ciples of popular Government aud |
M rights of the people. Conclusive eviden
IN OF this is found in the most grave al
on,' maturely considered public ducur"ents
TN well as in t e general tore OF the nsu
* gents. In these documents We find t
lat a5ridgmeet Of the existing right Of S,
be fIage nd the deuial to the people Of
right TO participate in the selection
public officers, except the legislative bo
advocated with laboied arguments
cd pi owe that large con;rol Of TIE govel