M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-11-28
Republican Assaults upon Gen.
4. w. Sherman.

Republican Assaults upon Gen.
4. w. Sherman.
While the loyal and and patriotic
) meC of the North are yielding the ri.
butte OF admiration and praise to Gen.
L. W. Sherman, commanding the
land forces in our EXPEDITION to Port
Royal and Beaufort, Tor the ability
which he has exhibited and the sue.
cess which has crowned his Opera
tions, the radical Republican and Alb
olitionists are very much displeased
with HIM. Why asks the reader.
We reply, because he considers the
cause of the Union to be above negro
emancipation, and does not put the
latter idea prominently forth in his
proclamation to the people ol South
Carolina. Hear how the two leading
Republican papers OF New York city
attack this gentleman and soldier
The New York Post says:
"sHERMAN's SILLY PROCLAMATION.
"The South Carolinians welcome
TIE Yankees with the offer of "a pris.
on above or tomb below their soil.
Gen. Sherman, bowing, with hat in
hand, addresses them as mast hospit.
able Carollnians, and then .pa!avers
the nauseous old staff about Constitu-
tioral rights, and what not. When
be hears from his chief, the Secretary
OF War, the next time, we trust that
he will be taught to speak like q man
and an American"
The New York Tribune remarks:
"Has Gen. Sherman profered fres-
dom tothe .Hlayes 2 las he invited :
them to repair to his camp, there to
be fed and set to work for the Union?
Has he taken a single step calculated
to win them to his support9 On the
contrary, is hot his proclamation ad-
dressed to the whites exclusively, aud
intended to assure them that he pro-
poses to uphold slavery Why, then,
should there DE any uprising Of the
slaves, or even aEstampede' to the IN
ion campo We do not Say that there
may not be; but what have VIC done
to invite itl"
We rejoice to say that Gen. Shcr.
man has not 'profered freedom to the
slaves" The people of the North
don't want them free, for what could
be done with them in that event 3
Gen. Sherman believes that white
men, North and South, can settle this
quarrel without calling in the aid Of
negroes. The paragraph in General
Sherman's proclamation, which has
elected the ire Of these prints, is this
"Tbe dictates of a duty which, un
der these circumstances, owe to
great sovereign State, and to a proud
and hospitable people, among whom
have passed some of the pleasantest c
days OF my life, prompt me to pro.
claim that we have come among you
with no feelings of personal anilnosity
mo desire to harm your citizens,
destroy your property or interfere
with any of your lawful rights or your
social and local institutions, beyond
what the causes herein briefly alluded
to may render unavoidable. '..' 7,
! aHft .. -yt.
"Caroliniansl we have come among
you as loyal men. fully impressed with 4
our Constitutional obligations to tho.
citizens Of your State. Those obkga
tions shall be performed as far as IN
our power. Bat be not deceived ?
The obligation Of suppressing armed
combinations against the Constitution
al authorities in paramount to all oh
ers. If in the performance ofthisdr.
ty, other minor but important obliga
tions should be in any wey neglected Z
it mast be attributed to the necessi
ties of the case, because rights depon
dent on the laws Of the State must b.
necessarily subordinate to the militia
ry exigenciea created by insurrection
and rebellion. H-a.HB
u. w. SEER Nj AN,
+ "Brig. Gen. Commandibg
Headquarters G. G., Port Royal, S.
O.. November s, 1861" .as
These radical Republicans don't
want to hear anything about fulfilling
Unconstitutional obligations" which.
they won't recognize or perform, but,
which loyal citizens consider binding
upon them. The fact is, the Aboli;-
lonists uphold Fremont andI1ane, fer
the same reasons are down Oh Sher-
man. We believe the soldiers reeip
rocate the feeling, and next to a Sc
cessionist. dislike an Abolitionist.
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