The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-12-12
NO. s-3S.

constituting tie eeunties Of Accomac and
Northampton. and known as the BASTARD
shore Of Virginia, together with some
contiguous parts Of Maryland, have laid
down their srms, and the people there
have ieSe wed their allegiance 70. and ac-
lcepted the protection Of the Old Flag.
This leaves no armed ihsnIrectionists
northyof the Potomac, ofeast Of the Ches-
lapeake. .7t115 . -.@H s
( Also. We have obtained footing at
each OF the isolated points on the South
lern eoast--of Hatteras, Port Royal, Ty. {
bee Island, near Savannah; aud Ship Is. ,
land, and we likewise have some general
accounts in behalEof the Union in North
fCarollna and Tennessee. These things
demonstrate that the cause Of the Ucion
is advancing stosdily Southwark.
! Since your last adjournment. Lieuten-
ant General Scott has retired from the
Headquarters ~ tle srmy. During his
longilIt,. the Nation has not been un-
mindful Of his merit; yet, on calling to
nhnd bow faithfully, ably, brilliantly he
has served the country from time far
back in out hiSIery, when few OF the now
living bad beeu horn. and thence forward
continually, | canbot but think that we
are still bis debtor. | submit. therefore,
( for your consideration what further mark
Of recognition is due 10 him and ourselves
fas q grateful people,
! With the Ie,iremen. Of General Scott
came the Executive duty of appointing in
his stead General in Chief of the army.
Ii is a fortunate circumstance that neither
10 council nor country was there, as far
as know, any difference Of opinion as to
the proper person to be selected. The retir~
lng chief repeatedly expressed his judg-
imenG in favor Of General Mcclellan FIR
the position, and in this the Nation SEEM
ed to give an unanimous concurrence
The designation Of General Mcclellan is,
therefore, 10 a considerable degree the
selection of the country as we'll as Of the
Executive; and hence there is better rea-
son to hope there win be given him the
I confidence and cordial support thus by
r fair implication promised, and without
which he cannot with so full efficiency
serve his. country
1t has been said that one bad General
I, is better than two good ones; and the say
. ing ia true, if taken to mean no more than
: that an army is better directed by sin!
fEgIo mind, though inferior, than by two
tsuperior ones at vsriancs and cross pur-
puses; and the same is true in all joint
Operations wherein those engaged can
! have none but common end 10 view, and
: can differ only in the choice Of means
IL storm at ssa no Que on boar. can
. wish The ship to sink, and yet not unfTe-
5 queGtly all 60 down together because too
e many will direct aud.uo single mind car
p be allowed to control
ls 1t continues 10 dsvelope that the insur
g rsction is largely, if not exclusively war
al upon the first principle of popular Gov
= Iegnmsnt--the rights Of the people. Con-
elusive evidence OF this is found in the
l most grave maurey considered public
Is documehts. as well as in the general tone
Q Of the insurgents. In their documents We
] ind ,he sbridgemcnI of the existing right
s. Of suffrage and the denial 10 the people
IS OF sll right 10 participate in the selection
If Of public officers except the Legislative
J. body, advocated with labored. arguments
.e to prove that large control Of the govern
: men, in the people is the source of all po-
}. litical evil Monarchy itselfis sometimes
Il hinted at possible refuge from the pow
,e er of tho people. In my present position
is l could scarcely be justified were | To-
n omit raising warning voice against this
I. approach OF returning dsGpo,ism.
al It is not needed nor fitting here that a
: general argument should be made in favor
n OF popular institulions. but there is one
ie poin, with its connections not so hackney
al ed as most others, 10 which l ask brief
he attention. it is the effort to place capital
he on an equal footing with, if not shove,
We labor, in the structure Of the Govern
b. ment 1t is assured tha, lator is availa-
sl bls only in connection with capital; that
Sc nobody l,bors unless somebody else own
he ing capital somehow by. the uss of il iu-
K duccs him to labor. This assumed, it is
nd next considered whether it is best that
ed capital shall hire laboreIs, and thus in
lat drce them to work by their own consent,
ca or buy them and drive Them to it without
nd hsir consent Having proceeded so far,
he it is naturally concluded that all laborert
are either hired laborers, or what we cal
a slaves; AMI further, ii is assumed thai
nd who ever is once hired laborer, is fixed
ON ia that condition for life. Now there Il
his no such relation between capital and labo
led as assumed: nor is there any such thlnt
nth as freeman being fixed for life IN tb
of condition Of hired laborer. Both o
lde these assumptions are false, and all infer
ers ,ences from them are gfoundless. Labo
md is prior to and independent of capital
we Capital is only the fruit OF labor, an'
the could never have existed if labor had nc
yer frs, existed Labor is the superior
res capital and deserves much the higher con
the sideration.. Capital has its rights ~hic
ven are as worthy of protection as any othe
and rights; nor is it deemed that there is, an
at a probably always will be, relation bt
MON tween labor and capital, producing mt
pre- tua benefits. The error is in assumin
2 to that the whole labor of community exis
within that relation. A few men ow
,bt capital, and that few avoid labor, aud vii
,blv their capital hire or buy few to lab
,Iis- for them. A large majority belong
lave neither class; neither work for Others nE
mis- have others working for them.
tho. In most Of the Southern States N
,nId Iiority of the whole people, OF ell color
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