Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-12-07

and Dixou's line, and the friends of the
Union we're not free from apprehension on
this point. This however, was soon settled
I definitely and on the right side. South of
the line noble little Delaware led off right
from tho first. Maryland was made to
seem against the Union. Our soldiers were
assaulted, bridges wero burned, and rail
roads torn up, within her limits, and we
were many days, at one time without the
ability to bring n single regiment over her
soil to the Capitol Now her bridges and
railroads are repaired aud opened to the
Government. She already gives seven reg
iments to tho cause Of the Union, and none
to her enemy aud her people at a regular
election have sustained the Union by large
aggregate vote than they ever before gave
to any csndidst', or any question
Kentucky too, for some tiu in doubt, is
now decidedly aud think unchsngeably,
on the side of the Union. 't'N'IH Z
i Missouri is comparatively quiet, and i
believe cannot again be oyerrun by the in
surgents. s..
These three States, Maryland, Kentucky
| and Missouri, neither Of which would prom
ise single soldier at first, have now an sg-
gregate of not less than 10000 in the field
for tho Union, while of Their citizens not
more than third in number are among
the insurgents, and they Of doubtful where :
abouts and existence. VI .rs-.f b l1 2
| After q somewhat protrscted struggle Of
months, wintor closes on the Uuion peo pie
Of Western Virginia, leaving them masters
! of their own couutFy. An insurgent force
Of about l,5O0 for months dominating the
narrow peninsula region constituting the
counties Of Accomac and Northampton,
and known as the Eastern Shore OF Vir-
ginia, together with some contiguous paris
of Mary land, have laid down their arms,
aud the people there have renewed their al
egiance to and accepted the protection of
the old flag. -...1 .li.... = AfA-It
This leaves no armed insurrection North
Of the Potomac or East of the Chesapeake
Also we have obtained footlDg at each Of
the isolated points on the Southern coasts
Hstteras, Port Royal, Tybee Island, and
we likewise have some general accounts of
popular movements in behalf of the Union
IN North Carolina al d Tennessee.
These things demonstrate that the cause
Of the Union is advancing steadily south
ward. 4-t.
Slncs your last aljlurnment 1t General
Scott has retired from the head of the ar
my. During his long life the nstiou has not
been unnindful Of his merit, yet on calling
to mind how faithfully, ably and brilliantly
he has served the country from time far
back in our history, when few Of the now
living had been born, and thence forward
contln ually. I cannot but think that we
are sii bis d, btor. submit Their fore, for
your consideration what further mark ofre-
cognition is due to him and ourselves as a
grateful. ,...,...
With the retirement of Gen. Scott came
the executive duty to appoint in his stead, q
General in chief of the army. 1t is fortu-
nate circumstances, that neither in council or
country was there so far that | know any
d # .reuce of opinion as TO the proper to be
selected. The retiring chief repeatedly ex-
pressed his jld sment in favor of Gen. Nc
| Clellan for tie position, and in this the ma
ton seem to give q unanimous concurrence
The designation # Gen. Mcclellan is there
fore in considerable degree the selection
Of the country rs we'll as one of the execu-
tive, and hence there is better reason to
hope that there will be given him the conf
dence and cordial support, thus by fair i'm
pIication promised, and without which he
csunot with so much efficiency secure the
COUNTRY. s- g... ta. ..tr- f--.-...
II has been said that one bad General is
better than two good ones, and the same is
true if taken to mean no more than that an
army is better directed by single mind,
though that / g inferior than by two supe
rlor ones at variance and cross purposes,
and the same is true in all jpint operations
wherein those engaged can have none but
common end ir view and can differ only
as to the choice of means. In a storm on
sea no one on board can wish the ship to
sink, and yet not uufre9uently not all GO
r down together, because too many will direct
and no single mind can be allowed to con-
troll.
1t continues to develop that the insurrec
ton is largely, If not exeusively,a war upon
f the first principle ofpopular government
, the rights of the people Conclusive eyid'
ence of this is to be found in the most grave
and mature considered docu ments, rs well
as in the general tone OF the insurgents. In
these documents we fnd the abrdgement
| of the existing right of suffrage, and the de-
NAL to the people to participate in the Sc
: lection of public officers, except the legsla
: tive body, advocated with labored argument
to prove that the large control Of the gov
, ernmsnt in the psope is the source of al
f political evil
l.
; In nv present position | could scarcely
b. justified were TO omit raising r warning
voice against this approach Of ret urning DIES.
potism. IL is not needed. not fitting here,
that general argument should be made IN
favor Of popular institutions, but there Is one
point with It's connections, not so hackney
ell as most others, to which l ask brief at
tention. 1t is the eff IT to place capital on
an equal footing With, if not above labor in
the structure of government. It is assumed
that labor is available only in connection
= with capital, that nobody labors unless
somebody else owning capital, somehow by the
use OF IT, Induces hm 10 labor. This assumed 1t
is next considered whether it is best that capital
shall hire laborers, and induce them to work by
their own cpRseBt, or buy them, or oTlVe them 10
} it without their consent. Having prse-eded 80
far 1t is naturally concluded that all laborrs are
either hired labOreIs, or what We call slaves and
furi her IT iA assumed that whoever is cRee hired
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