The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-02-26

lore Nc uoes nothing. Ihey are not partners
in his confidence; therefore be does wrong -
1 He has no retinue, no laced add gldsd So.
| pernumeraries, no blast Of trumpet and boom
OF guns, 10 announce himself here and thefe.'
He does not dress his child up like the young
| Prince Imperial in the Tuilleries; therefore
he lacks the esprit. He has no elan, no dash,
no piumed nonsense; therefore the public
/ faith in him must be sapped. Most Of all, ne
regards this SIS great war for the Union and
Constitution. for the salvation >of the white
mans free Government Of America; and be.
cause he does not play General Phelps in
proclamations or Fremont in deeds Of manu-.
mission, he is abused and iDaligned.
| Who are those that thus question McCiei-
! lans ability? Did they see and understand
his mastery strategy in Western Virginia,
the fame OF which is the pride Of the western
soldiery? Do they know the calm confidence
and meritorious patience with which he now,
pursues bis schemes by sea and land, by river
and road, grouping whole sections In HE
comprehensive combinations OF strategy, and
striving, without irritating and ineonsequen-'
tial skirmishing, to end the war by "a sharp.
1 though it may be a desperate struggle" and
thus restore The Union? He has pledged
| himself to the President; that If he live, and
be allowed to carry out in action what he has
matured in design, that we shall soon see ous
flag triumphant and the rebellion crushed.
These ready military critics have not even
the militia training, which was SO important
years ago, to make them experts.
A former colleague of ours in the days OF
184O, when the campaigns Of Gen.. Harrison
were discussed by brigadier general Of the
Michigan militia, with the grotesque hufnor
hoII H., a.
gress the peculiar military studies by which
the member from Michigan was fitted to the
subtle criticisms on strategy, and the careful
reviews Of battles. He yentured to believe
that the militia general might have studied
the title page OF Baron Steuben enough to
know that the rear rank stands right behind
the front. Laughter B4si1es, the critic
on that occasion had the fortune to have been
in the tolls, priyation, sacrifices, and bloody
scenes through which q militia officer in time
Of peace was sure to pass. 1t is long since.
! read graphic picture OF muster day in
the West, touched by the tints Of Corwin's
facile humor. The troops in motion! the
corn-stalks, umbrellas, hoe and ak handles,
and other like deadly implements Of war
overshadowing all the field, when 10! the
leader of the host approaches! Far off his,
huftSS. Htcu uUL ut6CTlUe nlh'
horse, the rising cloud, the rain, the retreat
the remorseless fury with which the water
melons are slaughtered, and the whisgey
drank in neighborins grocery. (Laughtsr.fr
If with such experiences the member from
Michigan was regarded then as the prince cf
military critics. what shall we say now of the
member from Ohio, whose gentle lie has
been passed in the green pastures by the
still waters Of peace and whose every pros.
pect was the millennium, in which the lion,
and the lamb Shall lie down together, and the
little child shall lead them. GaE H i0 1907
Oh! how it jars to hear the voice SO often
raised in benediction and prayer, and tuned
to the sweet accents Of love and mercy, 3s97
Splitting with tremendous sounds our ears
asnnder.
With gum. drsm, Trumpet, blunderbuss and
thunder"
Here the hammer fell, Mr.. Cox's hour
having expired Leave was granted him 70
print the remainder ft.t ,i;,-- ...
If militia general was 80 well fitted for
the task of criticism on war, a .fostiori, what
heed shall We not pay to my reverend coll,
league. whose only experience has been that
of Bull Run retreat? Such critics ought at
least to know a spear from pruning hook,
or sword from q plowshare. It is doubtful
il they can tell an ambulance from caissiori.
They could not biea car r dge without Lifting
their tongue. The only fuse they know is
political }ason; they can deploy around II
convention OF caucus, and fire The political
thunder from the batteries Of demagogue.
masked with the negro. IF they fred q gun
and should hit. they would do it, as did
Winkle, when be killed tho rook--he shut
his eyes and blazed away in limid despair.
My colleague is one Of those whose politics
and prayers have ever been to be delivered
from the men Of war. IN times past he thot.
more Of Saint Peter than OF saitpeter. When
the Mexican war was declared, the class TO
which he belongs echoed Summers true,
grandeur of nations" when he said "there
was no war which was not dishonorable, and
no peace which was not honorsblep They
sang The ironical Yankee slang of Hosea
Bigelow to the recruiting sergeant Of Colonel
Caleb Cushing
"Fifs away you ffin' felisr OFT
You may fife till You are yelier,
Pore you geta hold Of me. 1910
There, sway down IN some New Ene;snc
village, they kind O. thought Christ went
aen war and pillage, and thai eppylettsl
warn't the best mark OF saint" Now,
they are willing to swear ",hat the, apostles
were rugged out in their swallow tail coats.
an marched round in front ofa drum and
a ffs" Nov, they agree to the ironicsll
verse:
"John r &i
Robinson--be .s .4eh .,f3t44{,t,,
says they didn't know every thing down in Judee"
These men whose lives have been dedics-
ted to considering the horrors Of war and
slavery, and whose consciences were very
tender about the downtroddsn when they,
wanted votes, now undertake, by congrss-
sionaI committees, declarations, and military
diatribes here, to set squadrons in the field,,
and to show Mcclellan now he is not doing
it at all or how he might do it with the aid
Of armed blacks SO bravely and all at once.
Not satisfied with the President Of their
choice; not content with tha. which they
voted in the Crittenden resolutions az the
object to which the war. should be devoted;
moi happy in the calm progress Of campaign
which, SO far as General Mcclellan 10 con-
cerned, has been comparatively successful,
and certainly without bunders, they want
movement cat all hazards" even II 1t moves
the country and the Government to ,seces-
sion, dictatorship. chaos, or destruction. Such
political dyspcptics and martial zanies ought
10 be sent home 20 teach boarding school
misses the doctrines That brought maLy
members hers--the beauty Of John Browns
life. and ,hs glory OF his death. sle st&
Judging by the remarks made here, ons
would Inter that these gentlemen. were all.
ready to receive and provide for the four
millions Of. blacks who are to be freed blythe
war power; that the corn bread and fat porlrg
were all provided ior the jubilee Of freedom.