Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12

lIl ltt-I III b .ftt ilL TAI It JUS MERIT
Yet o. calling t. miad boss faith
iallg, abiy AID brilliantly he has
ERA ed tie country from q time
ir back ia our history, when
lew of the how living mad been
born, AID thenceiorward contiu-
llly, | cannot but think that We
aee still his debtor. I submit,
therefore, for your consideration
whlt further mark OF recognition
IS due to him and ourselves as 4
grateful people.
With the retirement Of Gen.
scott came the executive duty OF
appointing in his stead a Gene
rai-in Chief of the army. Il is
n fortunate circumstance that
neither In council nor country
VAS there, so tar as. | know any
difference oil opinion as to the
proper person to be selected
The retiring Chief repeatedly
expressed his judg ent in favor
OF General Mcclellan for the po-
sition, and in this the nation
seemed to give an unanimous
. concurrence. The designation
D; General Mcclellan is, there
lore, in a considerable degree,
The selection OF The country, as
well as the Executive, and hence
there is better reason to nope
there will be gwen him the con
idence and. cordial support thus
by fair implication promised
aad without which he can not
with so full efficiency serve the
country.
1t has been said that one bad
General is better than two good
ones, and the saylGg is true i
.tiken To mean no more thar
,hlt an army is better direct
ed by a single mind, though in
.erior, than by two superior oaei
n variance and cross purpose;
and the same is true in all join
operations wherein those eugag
ed canhave ne'but a common
cad in view, and can differ onlJ
IS to the choice oil means. In q
storm at sea 10 one on board cal
wish the ship to sink, and ye
rot unireq emily all 90 down to
yether, because too many viii
direct, and no single mind cal
Je allowed to control.
1t continues to be developed
that the instruction is largely
II not exclusively, war upoi
the first principle of popula
government-the rights OF tn,
people. Conclusive evidence
81 this is found in the mos
grave aud maturely considered
pnbiic documents, as we'll as II
. the general tone of the insurgents
In these documents we find tn,
ibridgement OF the exis ing RICH
! oi suffrage and the denial to tn:
people OF all right to participate
IN the selection of their publir
} officers except the Legislative
body, advocated with laboret
arguments to prove that larg
control of the Government 10
the people is the source OF all pc
ktical evil. A monarchy itsel
is sometime limited at as possibl
refuge from the power oil the PEG
) Pile. La my present position
could scarcely be justiflble
were | to omit raising a warnin
: voice against this approach OF re
turning despotlsn.. II is nc
not needed nor fitting here that
, general argument should be mad
N lavor OF popular institution:
bat there is one point with it
I connections not so hackneyed a
| most others, 10 which | ask
r brlef attentIon. 1t is the eilol
. to place capital on an equal loot
D ins with il not above labor ia III
: structure oil government. 1t
: assumed that labor is availabl
oly in connection with capita
: rhit nobody libors unless some
4 body else, owning capital, some
. how hy the use oil il, induces hit
5 to labor. THIS assumed, /;
: next considered whether it is be:
{ that capital shall hire laborel
Y and induce them to work by thel
2 own consent, or buy them an
1 drive them without their consent
2 Having proceeded so lar it is mi
urally concluded that all laborer
: are either hired lihorers or wha
4 We call slaves, and that whoeve
2 is once a hired laborer is fixed i