The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-01-03

marked with blood and in the middle of
winter, cross the Delaware, filled with fioat-
iIg icO. eau wo not at the same sensnn
move with our woll.clad lcgiUDs towards
tho mild valleys Of the South, to re. establish
that freedom which their sufforings Sc
cured T?
Will YOU wait till spring. when tho roads
u ever. will brcomo impassablc: or ill our
troops shall havo boon ducinated by the
diseases of summer No Clear this war
OF the doubts that snrround it's purpose !;
give To th" volunteer a battle cry cherish
that enthusiasm which is Indispensable to
success, aud which nerycd the conscrip;s oi
Napoleon TO the achievement of victory
without references to disparity Of numbers.
SEE that your volunteers arc not thrUwn
upon artillery without preparation 1; they
must SEQ the guns. count them. hear the
whistle OF their balls. and thus prepared no
strength oi fort iication can resist them !;
they are the most ctf, ctiye troops on earth
He who donbts this. or undertakes them in
comparison with Others. knows but little ot
thor rhorgy OF purpose, aud their devotion
to their country aud their iag. Where
such another victory ever gained upon the
open field as ihut ot Burna Vista! Twenty
thnusaDd we'll disciplined troops, amply
supplied with artillery, ovcrthrown by
torty.six hundred ragged American volun.
tccrs Those who witnessed that conflict.
we'll know bow to appreciate the indomi.
table lighting qualities OF troops like ours.
The occupation of tho rebel Stutcs by our
army isl military urcessity. laugh to
scorn the policy of wooipg back the traitors
to their allegiance by swzlng aud holdlug
uniWportaut points in those S ates. Every
Invitation extended TO thcm in kindness il
all encouragement to stronger reslstabco
The exbausting policy is "a failure So long
as they have tour million slaves to feed
them, 80 long will this rebellion be sus.
tanned. My word for it, sir. long before
thoy reach the point of exhaustion the
people of this country will lose crnfidonce
il their rulers Aud il 10 unreasonable 10
cxpec tho loyal citIzrns OF the rebel States
tn manifest their desire to return to their
allegiance, while their homes and families
are IN the power of their oppressors. Dm
tho Italians welcome Napoleon till he had
expelled their tyrsnts. aud thereby proved
hls ability 10 protect them So with the
people of the d!sIoyaI States march yonr
armies thure ; engage aud scatter the forces
ct tho enemy; whip somebody evidence
your ability To protect the loyal clt,zens.
their homes, aud tamIies and then, aud
not ill thon, viii they rally to your standard
Ly thousands and tons OF thousatds. ..
l have alluded, Mr.. President. TO the
slave population of the robei States. 1t is
claimed by the friends of slavery that the
Insttution is a source of military strength
The slaves are made not only 10 feed aud
clothe their oppressors. but to build torti.
ticatiOns for their defense pnd even in
some cases to bear arms ia THEN service.
Tho shareholders aro rigbt--aBd they arc
Srohg the INSTITUTION IS All element OF
strength, but only while IT exists. WIthdraw
that element, and this rebellion falls of its
own weight. The masters will not work
and they must eat. New. they are fighting
To retain their slaves, exposing their lives
aud tho lives Oi their sons. Suppnse TOE
had their slaves; 10 what lengths would
they hot 60 in an opposite direction, ib the
hopo to recover them : They would bow
down IN dutiful submission. even TO Abra
ham Lincoln hrmselt. In my opinion the
obtaining possession of those slaves by the
Government would be more effective in
crushing out rebellion, than the seizure, u
ii could bo made, of every ounce OF ammu-
nltlon they possess. AS the fear Of their
los'ng 'oo'r saves Is now me ineenuVe 10
war; so ~ould 'nen ,he ues're Tor tne'r re-
c"Very DO 'no Ihuueemeht Tor peace
March your ARMIES 'n'o .ne neart OF 'ne,r
o"h'edoracy; WIN one V'c'oryj oppose k'uo.
ness 10 c. ue'ty anu us Tue peasanuV OF
france ra''''d 10 IN" STANDARD OF Napoleon
on ms return IRON Epa' 30 VIII me s'aSos'
WIN one impulse h"ek t' ours Inc gen
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