The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-09-25
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AZ puOllc meeting IN NeH LIAM pohiic'
Senator Hale of that State, is reported to
have said: al may be ordered to Fort
Warren for the expression | am about TO
make; but l do not hesitate to declare that
there is nothing that can parallel the exhi-
bi ion of ability, vigor and resources shown
by the Confederate Government, except
the incapacity and imbecilty OF our own
Senator Hale has not Yet been sent to Fort
Warren; and will not be. That place ia
reserved Tor Democrats, who at some for
mer day may have offended Cabinet Of
icer and. who are badgered with false
charges of disloyalty now
What is the secret of the contest between
rebel efficiency and government helpleas-
ness? When the Confederate Government
was organized, the opposition was at once
associated in the Administration. Stephens
who ran with Douglas, was made Vice
President A Cabinet OF all parties was
constructed. When Cabinet officers were
proved inefficient, they were dismissed.
Laggard Generals were cashiered. deser-
ters shot. peculators punished. The South
was organized on war basis.
President Lincoln, on ibe other hand,
made up his Cabinet out of tie dead wood
of the Chicago Convention. Seward,
Chase, Cameron, Bates, were all his III
walls and enemies Of each other; all disap-
pointed and rejected men! These worn
out politicians had their followers to pro-
vide for. and they fed them upon the plum
der of the treasury, upon the spoils of pat
ronage. In the crisis Of the first battle of
Bull Run, the President was engaged in
settling psltry claims of partsans 10 pos,
offices; and fourteen months later, when
Washington was iu hourly danger Of cap
ture, was busy making up partisan lists of
Tax Collectors and Assessors: selecting
them upon this occasion from the exposed
aud condemned shabby contractors.
One army, at cojuncture when the
fortunes of the whole contest were depend
ent upon it. has been sacrificed to political
jealousies, Another General, whose Lame
has always been associated with defeat,
has been kept in command by the nepo-
tism of Cabinet Ministers All the while
the energies OF the Government have been
directed against the press, or the free dis
cusson of citizens, or to seconding the
private revenges and political hates Of men
who have secretly iustigated acquisitions
against their neighbors. Never on so great
an Occasional ha an Administration confined
itself to such paltry objects!
But did not Mr.. Lincoln preface his in
augural oath by the declaration that he
considered the dec sion OF the Supreme
Court, in regard to the subject of slavery,
as not binding upon him while he felt
bound to obey the instructions of the Chi
cago platfoom? A stream never rises high.
er than its fountain, nor an administration
than its head.
All this while the people have placed in
the hands OF the President at Washington
unlimited resources OF then and money.
arms, ships. and public credit.
1t IS customary to say. ih excuse for the
present stale of affairs. that the Confeder-
acy has exhibited unexpected resources.
True; but has not the North shown pew
er and wealth Of means equally surprising?
We have raised armies such as Europe
never equaled, navies which have never
been surpassed in extent or in The use of
modern improvements of warfare We
have spent money at rate that stariles
the most extravagent schemers OF the Old
| World There is not an invention oi war;
plated Ship. mammoth gun, marine ram.a
rial telegraph, balloon OF reconnaissance,
diving bell. or pontoon' which We tave
not had. No army ever marched. no navy
ever sailed, with such pay, or provisions,
or armament, as ours.
We stood as immearsurably above our
adversaries, in resources, on the last days
battle at Bull Run, as year ago. We are
now as far above them as at any time; If
we had men in charge of public affairs ca
pable of handling these resources. There,
and there alone, the contrast lies between
ourselves and our radversaries.--N y Ar
gus.