The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-09-19
The President Angry.

A private letter, dated Washington, Sept.
9th, makes the following statement. which
is published in the Chicago Journal:
"Tbe Presidents anger is up, for once,
and look out 80 see the fur hv. He has
been disappointed aud mortified beyond
measure by recent events. 1t will take
week or two to repair matters, and then for
Cigor. Some of the peacock officers who
have failed to came up to the scratch will
now have to gyo place to men of brains and
stability. No more fooling--no more tritling
will be allowed. "Old Abe is mad-his old
Western dander is up. and havo heard
him use some pretty strong language within
few days past, in private conversations
The mousng politicians who come hero from
the eNortb,pretending to represent the wishes
of tho whole world, and almost annoying the
life out of the President and his Cabinet
officers by asking impossible things of them,
viii! now be tabooed. Thoy have kept the
wheels of the war machine locked long
enough, aud the President aud llalCck will
now run the machine themselves. and en-
tirely on war principles. You folks in the
West cannot possibly feel moro chagrin at
tho discouraging situation of affairs at the
present moment than VIC do here, and the
President feols worse than aGy other man
in this nation possibly can. But we arc full
of courage. Are we going to DO whipped
to death ! asked an Ohio Congressman of
the President yesterday. Whipped ? OK.
claimed the President Indignantly. There
no such thing in tho books--these Southern
rascas will fud themselves buried under a
Northern avalanche sooner than you think
and like tho boy who was struck by lightning,
they won't know what allied thom. Never
spbi psI ,philn lhnra 10 (And in larnal
This the President said with much emphasis
He does not dream of such u thing as failure
in this war. lie soes how great mistakes
have been mado. and they will be romedied
as far and as soon as possible, and guarded
against 10 tho future. His groat wish just
now is that he was military man. II he
was, actually believe he would himself go
forth and lead our army to battle"
We trust tho above will prove to be truc.
President Lincoln has certainly witnessed
enough of wrong doing among his Subordi.
mates, to make yirtuous man angry, and it
is to be hoped that, although his anger has
been "slow to rise," now that it is up, it will
not be "ready to abate" until ovcry dilatory,
Incompetent aud reasonable officer has been
dismissed from the service. The loss of life
and treasure in tho almost uninterrupted
series Of battles that have recently occurred
in Eastern Virginia, has boon apailingi and,
if any part of it ia duo to the known or prob
able incompetency or treason of single
officer, whatever his rank or former services
or however numerous aud powerful his ad-
herents, it would be criminal to longer ro.
tain him in tho service, when the lives oI
our volunteers, and the life Of tho country
itself, arc at stake. We arc glad of thu
assurance that the President realizes th,
fearful responsibility resting upon him ii
regard to this matter, and Is prepared t
meet it. Instant dismissal from the soryic
is tho least severity that officers who are nc
trustworthy should bo allowed to expect O
his hands.