Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-11

You again say:
stW hen the national flag was struck down at
&c Charleston, and the national capitol was
&c threatened by Secession, the North rose like
&c one man. The world saw with astonishment
sc the great uprising of the people; Europe
g preiudged the Issue in our favor; yet, as f
&c smitten with blindness, the Republican lead
&c ers seemed striving to waste and disspate,
&c instead of 10 seize and use, the noble mate
Sc rial for great armies which was, with scarce
' ly any limit, placed at their disposal. The
ss soldier who offered himself for the public
S' service found that he must ear-wig some
Sc politician before he could be allowed the
ss priviledge TO fight or die for his country.
&c Men began to say that the to be
g made sa Black Republican job
Well sswhen the American flag was struck
down at Charleston and the national capital was
threatened by Secession" Who struck down
the flag Certainly not Black Republicans,
but The leaders Of the Democracy-the leaders
of your party and mine. Can this be denied !?
You as we'll as know that we were taken
aback that but tor the universal upheaving
of the free States Washington would to-day be
in the possession of the leaders of the Democ-
racy. You and Know that under Democratic
President Buchanan, Democratic Secretary
Cobb robbed the treasury, Democratic Secre-
tary Floyd robbed the arsenals, Democratic c
Secretary Secretary Toucy scattered our feet;
you and know that Democratic Senators Da-
Wis, Slidell, &c, assisted them in their viii
lainies-that Democratic Yice-Presid't t Breck
inrldge was the pivot Of treason. You know,
or ought to know, that Democratic Senator's,
and Democratic members Of Congress, and Dem
Ocr0tic leaders IN The North sympafhieed Uifh
these traitors; you know, or ought to know,
| that If Secessionsm were as strong North as
| it has been South, that man like me would
not get leave to live. Andy johnson and Par
son Brownlow are hunted like wild beasts for
defending the Government. Is it not curions
that the vials of your wrath are poured out up
on the heads of the Republican leaders, while
you can scarcely spare even a drop for those
who are now i'll arms against the Government {?
You state that s.men say that the war is to be
Black Republican job ?'' Pray sir, who are
these men Let us know by all means who
they are. You further state:
GA general, born here among us. restored
| sc to their due supremacy the martial virtues
" that insure success in war trained and COM
sc petant officers second his efforts, scores OF
| &c imbciles have been pushed out of service,
| &c and this good work still progress ses. The
&c Democratic party will sustain the men-the
&c McCiellans and Duponts--who have in
| sc charge the honor of our flag on land and sea.
&c Let, everywhere, the people put in office
6: men who will not see the war again become
&c "a party job > let tie administration of the
/ &c Government be such as TO attract, not repel
&c the doubtful States.'
Who placed Mcclellan and Dupont in their
respective commands Did not the present
Cabinet gladly avail itself of the services of
! both these distinguished citizens ssfhe
| Democratic party will sustain the men-Mc-
Clellans and Duponts.'' Such is your ex-
preston. OF course they will, jus; SO long
| as the McClellans and Duponts sustain the
| Government. The Democratic party of the
Free States-those gallant men who rallied to
the standard OF the lanented Douglas, in 1860
are true to the Government and 10 the laws,
and so is the majority of those who voted for
the arch-traitor Breckinridge. Only the mis-
cradle drirellers who cannot read the signs OF
the times are disloyal broken down clique,
which clings to the phantom of power. There
| is not a disi0ydI man today, in the Free States,
,rho has not been Breckenridge Democrat.
My dear sir, every such letter as yours gives
encouragement to the rebels, and induces them
to prolong the struggle.
| agree with yOu in your denunciation of
corruption and incompetency, but you ought
to have been specific you should be particu-
lar and give to the public the benefit of your
own knowledge : you should let us know who
are the villains who are perpetratiug the
crimes which you so eloquently portray. 1t is
not fair to leave us in the dark we should be
forewarncd against these bad men. To retain
this knowledge in your own heart, without in
forming your fellow-citizens who the catffs
are to whom you allude, is hardly treating us
justly. You create suspicious for, if are
not cognizant of the names of the guilty par
ties, how are we to guard against the rascals
you SO feelngly describe :? Above all things,
let US have blaZsned to the face of the world
the names of as many of the villains you
know. / am advocate of Black Republi-
cansm l do not approve of incompetent Off
GERS being appointed in the army; but, taking
every circumstance into consideration, the
wonder is that an unarmed people has done so
fhs,xx h.., I'LL ~
can job, we ought not to forget that Democrat
ic traitors forced upon uS the issue; we ought
not to forget that Lyon and Greble, and Baker
and Elsworth-none of whom were Democrats
have given their lives to the Union; we
ought not to forget that the Government pla-
ces its trust in the McClcllans, and Duponts
and Buffers, who are Democrats.
have thrown my thoughts together hastily,
in the hope that in Congress you will lend a
cordial and hearty support 20 the Admnistra-
tion that you will use your own sound sense.
uBinfuenced by any of your Breckinridgc ac-
quaintances. There is glorious future be-
lore you. You are yet young man rely
upon the people, and the mighty power OF
truth assist to crush out treason and this fou
rebellion; DO this in no querulous of caviling
spirit, and no man will try more ardently fol
your future political advancement than your
humble servant, JOHN CAMPBELL.
REBEL FOREIGN PoLICY.-The Charleston
Mercury, of Oct. 20, has an elaborate article
of the foreign policy of secessiondom. II
says that three Commissioners were at first
appointed, to England, France, Russia and
Belgium-which was mistake as one man
would have done just as we'll. Now two more
are added and the countries sDecIfied and