Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-16
Congress,

congress,
This assemblagc OF army contractors,
suffers and humbugs are going on about
as usual. They have been in session six
weeks, and during that time, notwithstan.
ding the condition OF the country, the,
have done nothing but discuss the incom
potency Of some Of our Generals, and tht
feasibility of emancipation, beside layin.
partisan schemes to entrap the Admins
tration. We learn from letter of the
Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times, that ga radical Republican
Member of Congress recently had pri-
vate interview with the President. in
which the latter avowed his fixed determ.
ination to oppose any measure of general
emancipation, or for arming the cofsca-
ted slaves Of rebels"
The President having taken the position
at an early day, that this war was to be
prosecuted for the suppression ofrebcllion
and the restoration Of the Union, and not
for the emancipation of four million of
slaves, has had to watch the course Of
the Lovejoys and Stephens with the same
vigilance as he bestows on Southern ,eb
els. They, in return, arc leaving nothing
undonc, which can be meanly accomplish.
ed, to embarrass the Administration, in
its policy to crush the rebellion
In the House of Representatives on a
recent occasion, Mr.. Conkling, of n. Y,
revived the discussion concerning "wbo
is to blame for our disaster at Balls Bluff.
His effort was to convict the Adminstra.
tlon OF incompetency, by fixing the res
possibility of that defeat upon General
Mcclellan aud the War Department. AZ.
ter running debate, motion to Law this
subject on the table was defeated, Ly n
vote OF 81 yeas, to 7S nays. Now mail,
the Inconsistency and dishonesty of these
fanatics, who arc so desirous Of ascertain
ing the authors ol ourdeieat a: Balls Bluff
After this vote was announced, Mr.. Rich.
ardson, Democrat of Illinois, offered an
amendment to Mr.. Conkling's resolution,
that the Secretary of War also report TO
the House, if compatible with the public
interests, who is responsible for the defeat
at Wilson's Creek. near Springfield, and
at Lexington. Disagreed to; 40 to 81.
1t will be remembered that at the battle
of Wilson's Creek, near Springfield in
Missouri, the gallant Lyon fell at the head
of an Iowa regiment, leading with frantic
valor a most desperate and forlorn hope.
This intrepid officer waited far reinforce
ments from st. Louis until his proud
heart broke, and he in fit of despair ex
posed himself at the head of regiment
whose officers had been slain, and become
the target Of a hundred aims; underneath
the bellies Of his enemies steels. that
battle their fctlocks in his smoking blood,
1.-THE noble gentleman gave up the ghost"
At Lexington the intrepid Mulligan was
permitted to be surrounded, and although
he and his handful of brave fellows fought
for days like "bcars encompssed round
with dogs" they were at last forced to
yield to superior numbers and be taken
prisoners. Does the reader comprehend
why the Abolition majority do not desire
the causes Of these calamities to be inyes
tigated? Why the reason is palpablc, the
Abolition pet, Fremont, vas in command
at 81. Louis, the magnificent commander
OF the Western division. An investiga.
tlon OF these two battles would show what
Is already known, that while these brave
men were being hemmed in and slaught.
cred by overwhelming numbers ofrebcls.
he was csrrying on n scene OF cxtrava.
5ance and vanity worthy OF the most Ink. /
inouS OF the old English Barons. While
these gaIlan. men were waiting, writing ,
and mploring for help, he, like old Lear, {
was procuring magnificent apartments for
his hundred knights" Like an Eastern 9
despot' he was surrounded with his body.
4 guard of California adventurers, excluded q
irom' and inaccessible to, those having !
oilcial business to transact with him. AT
the very time too that the Union causs
was desperately struggling for existence +
III Missouri. His conceptions of war are
not those that mount barbed s,eeds to "a
'r'ght the souls Of fearful adversalics, y
but rather those of the carpet warrior,
who looks upon nations efforts to crush
rebellion as beiug proper time for the 4,
Indulgence of luxurious tastes aud apre. d
liteS. Yet, Congress, that miserable gath. l
oring Of narrow partizans, while eudcov. )
OrinB TO censure others for incomne.
ency, endenvors to shield this man
fremont from merited condemnation
For his incompetency, extravaganza an
neglect the President removed him: but
e issued a silly proclamation, squirting
emancipation, and that act in the es.
lmation Of Abolitionists, should oxempt II
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