The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-06-04
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With some, il 10 habit SO long INDUCED in. that
it has become chronic With these We have nc
patience. They find fault with everything, and
everybody bat themselves. They scold about
everything which they do not have the manage
msnt Of, or which does not proceed upon the
plan which they, in their profound wisdom, have
laid down.
It 10 too cold or toe hot, too vet or toe dry,
too fast or too slow. They are not satisfied with
anything. No matter whether they fully under
stand the subject or not, they find fault. They
would have il otherwise. II they were to Go
things, things would be done quite differently
We have no doubt Of it.
We hear these fault findings, this scoldiRg, this
fretting, every day from disappointed and garru
Ious old women Of both sexes, and We occasion
ally newspaper articles, editorials venting the
same spirit, and casting chill and shadow over
everyone who sits down to read them.
The writer's Of these articles do not enjoy good
digestion. They are afflicted with dyspepsia.
They need to write less, and take more out door
exercise.
You can, through the columns Of these papers,
zee the unhappy editor, uneasily seated in his
arm chair, or fus-y and pettishly trotting around
his esnctum, with wrinkles on his face, cloud o.
concern upon his brow, and gloom at his heart
sxclaining: cit isall wrong There il screw
''looss somewhere. Things are not going right
Lincoln is to blaue for dsing this. Tie ought
to have done that. Here he made great blum
der. There he made . fatal mistake. We
thought he was all right but he isn't. McClel
Ian is not doing right. He isn't moving fast
"encngh. lie goes too slow and missed hs op-
opportunity. We are afraid he isn't loyal. All
eff he should prove not to be! Alas the fat
evil all be in the fre-anless we take bold and
"put things to rights"
We noticed lately, in one Of our republican ex
changes which shall be nsmeless, q marked srti
Gle Of this sort remarkable for its complaining
fault finding tone. 1t arrasns the President OF
the United States, aud accuses him OF a want of
snsrgs in putting down the rebellion in the out
sat. inactivity and doubt during the first months
Of the war, and losing precious time, while the
repeW wouU u'o', preparing LOT war sho""'g
the country to drift along without any settled
policy, while the rebels we're maturing their
plans; acting under his favorite deiusion that
the Border States could be conciliated, and re- |
beliious designs coaxed and reasoned down; re-
speeding too long the treacherous neutrality OF
Kentucky, &c, &c. And now, the President is
to blame for acting r;thout sufficient deiiberation
in a.nulling Gen. Hunters emancipation procla-
nation.
We would like to ask the unhappy editor of
the newspaper in question, and GROWERS general
y, by what authority they claim to act as cen
sors of the conduct Of Abraham Lincoln and his
Administration What do you know about rdr?
Have you taken into the account, the condition
Of the country. and the almost insurmountabe
difficulties, which surrounded the Administration
On every hand, when it came into power? Do
yea consider, when you growi. that when Ahra-
ham Lincoln became President, the Government
had well nigh been sold out by James Buchanan
and his CO adjutant traitors, to the rebels! that
the Government Offices in the States and in Wash
ington, on the land and ON the sea, At home and
abroad, we're filed mostly by traitors? that the
greatest thief of either ancient or modern times
had been at work for months, stealing the nation
peer! that the Government was literally with
out the means, BY land or BY sea, Of defending it.
sell from within or from without! Doyou reflect
that nearly one halt Of the nation was arrayed in
open hostility against the other half? that the
people Of thirteen Of the States we're arrayed in
open rebellion against the Government, and de-
termined upon its overthrow! Do you realize
the magnitude of the rebellion, which it was the
work of the Administration to put down? 1t
you do now realize it, you did not twelve months
ago, and with the light which has dawned upon
you during the intervening time, you should row
be ready and willing to praise the President for
bis activity and energy, rather than blame him
for the want of those virtues.
To Us, it seems truly wonderful that the Gov
eminent has accomplished 50 much as it has /:
done, in crushing this stapendous rebellion in 8"
short time. We think it has shown an energy
and an activity, unparalleled in the history Of the
world, in bringing the resources Of the country
- bear upon the rebellion. We think that new
Or before, since the world begaE, has such an i'm
mense army been gathered from such vast dis
tances, from such raw materials. and armed,
equipped, and trained to such state Of efficlen-
ey, in 90 short time, "a the army OF the United
Stases new in the field. We think that never
before, since Old Ocean rolled, has such navy,
a that of the United States, Row proudly hoat-
ing upon his bounding pillows, been created III {
% short time. Within the short period OF
fourteen months, all this vast preparation has
been accomplished.
Meanwhile, have won victories small and
great, upon the land, counted by scores We
have driven the enemy from Missouri, Kentucky, =,
Tennessee and W es,srn Virginia, and have him
nov literally peuned up at Richmond and at Go
rinsh. We have retaken all the forts and strong
holds along the sea board, Of any Importance. !,
.eised by the rebels, except two, viz Fort Nor
zen, at the entrance to Mobile, and Fort stump
ter, as Charleston harbor. We have regained
eousrel Of nearly the entire length Of the Ass's-
Gppi, With is great emporium, New Orleans.
We have 80 efficiently blockaded their ports,
q 70 nearly reduce the secession rascas to star
walton. In short, We have nearly accomplished
the business of putting an end to the rebellion
And vet men will complain Of the Administers !
lion for not prosecuting the war with more encr-
". For eurself, We are satisfied to let well
s~s.gh alone.
But what OF the Presidents recent proclama. ,
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