Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-09-10
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much improved. The remaining half OF
the army Of the ChickahOminy, blasted Ol
its numbers by the purposeless sacrifices
OF the Peninsula. hes been extric3ted from
its slough bf General IIalleck. and placed
in safe communication with the troops OF
tho Potomac.
The cleanness with which this hazard.
Gus operation was performed by the new
mmander-in- Chief, reflects upon that
officer the highest credit, and in the lux
ury of the long breath we take at behold
ing our shattered legions safely landed
home, we may reasonably be excused in
awarding to him n liberal need of praise.
lfa condemnation Ofunskilfullness. where
the interests of the country are at stake,
i an incumbent duty of the citizens, an
acknowledgement Of merit has an equal
obligation on the conscience; for rewards
stimulate. as much rs penalties alarm,
and between the two, lies the road by
which Capacity obtains possession Of its
right.
The army of the Chickahominy has
been landed at Alexandria, whence. with
4 blind confidence in It's commander, it
set out five months ago to seek its fortune.
The camgaign against Richmond will,
therefore, be resumed in proper shape,
and It will be pressed forward along the
obvious line of march, which was so per-
sistently rejected by Mcclellan, but which
might have teen made available to yictO-
ry year ago. The only difference in the
positions of the confronting hosts now, Is,
that the enemy is relatively much stron-
ger than before; but this will merely de
mand a superior vigor from our soldiers,
and show how easily and cheaply the Reb-
el Capitol might have been won, at tho
proper hour.
What chieftain is 10 marshal our united
host has not yet been determined, but,
probably IIalleck, cOveting the dazzling
opportunity presented him, will assume
the baton and reap the ecidt of admins
tering the corp de grace himself.
Alas for the precious time. and lives and
millions lost. But the ways of Providence
are inscrutable, and, perhaps, 1t is better
that we have been obliged to drink so
deeply of reverse. We have had other
perilS than those which threatened us
from foes in arms. \ dormant nest o!
traitors, here at home. have periodically
shown how ready they have ever been to
take advantage of the undigested anger
of the People, by demanding mercy for
their brother rebels, which would have
been fatal to our cause These dangers
are vet alive, though latent. They break
the surface on every billow of opinion,
and it is matter still of doubt, if the gene
rous and unsuspiciOus mass, are even yet
sufficiently impressed with the heinOuS
character of this rebellion, to adjudicate
firmly and wisely OH its punishment.
We saw these conspirators, alert and ready
to spring at the throat of the Administra-
ton when it was thought Mcclellan was
on the point of marching into Richmond).
and in the name of a great party, much
demand a wholesale amnesty for
Treason. The sickening disasters of the
"change of base and the dying wall of
the thousands ofour youth. abandoned by
Gear in the swamps, which found
mOurnful echo in almost every family, sent
these Pharisees confounded and covering
to their dens. But they re-appeared
again, and, at every step of federal pro-
gress, have been ready TO perplex the
Even the last week beheld
the disgraceful spectacle, in Philadelphia,
of q public meeting called to deprecate
the Subjugation Of set of wretches, who
are hanging loyal citizens for an express
sion of opinion. and projecting wholesale
ON the hollow pretense of retail
iatiOn
They who get up these meetings are
the true allies OF the insurgents. They
have no words but those of tenderness for
Treason, and while they lavish slur and
on the Government, they
,ugar-coat their poison by SpeciOus devo-
iion to the Constitution. These creatures,
however. are not the true leaders of the
Democratic party, and We Indignantly
deny that they represent any wholesome
part Of il. Most of them are the mere
third and fourth rate ours of Office, fellows
who never inhaled an honest breath, but
who, with n mock pretence. and sad sha-
kings of the head, assume To be jealous OF
he laws. They are shocked, forsoOth, at
he suspension of the kaJeds corpus they
ave at the idea of the draft; they de-
lounce every new measure of the Gov
.rnment as a dangerous precedent; but
hey are never struck by the idea, that Tie
rar Of tie repsls Is a dangerous precaisat. or
,eem to comprehend that a man, surpris-
ii by an assassin, had better thrust a
lnife into the vitalS of the niScreant, than
% desire him to loose his hold and 90
Iuietly to court.
These sensitive patriots are very fond
# directing attention to the abolitiOnists.
They would have us believe, perhaps, that
I was the abolitionists who passed the
.ecompton Constitution, who basely be-
rayed the Democratic party by nomina-
ing Breckenridge; who made the South
ecede when it had practical possession
If the Government; who seized the ar
enals in time of peace, stole the public !
leasure. fired upon Sumpter. and sent
orth red-handed pirates to sink peaceful !
beneath the waves. These |
urid images might well intlame an honest !
,atriotism, but what shall we say when /
ve learn that such shuddering crimes are
he guilt of the friends they patronize, in
tead ofbeing the acts of those they would |
ondemn? How shall we rest the base at |
empt to fix the howl of party upon set |
# weak and uninhuential zealots, for the |
purpose of giving shelter and license to |
he unspeakably damned villains who |
AVE dragged their country from its pOise /
f peace and stabbed it to the heart!
it is against the wicked and mischiev-
us arts of such insidious knaves as these,
hat we. as Democrat, would warn the
oval. honest masses, of our common par
'. 1t is from their Sinking masks we
-ould direct the public attention of our
elbow Democrats, to the noble aspects of
uch leaders of the Democratic mind, as
andrew jackson, Thomas ii. Benton,
tephen A. Douglas, David e. Broderlck,
)aniel f. Dickinson, and John \. Dix;
nd to such steadfast, incorruptible, and
patriots aS Archbishop
Iughes, Michael CorcOran, and George
rancis Train. THE Union must and
hall be preserved" +" said jackson, and Il
-ould prosecute the war until the rebel
on is utterly subdued," said Douglas.
he distinguished prelate who IS the Of
cial head of the Catholic church of the
-nited States. has ranked loyalty among
ne obligations of religion, and called up
n the whole North to take up arms.
Gorge Francis Train, with words of burn
lg eloquence bearded the insolence of