Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-08-28

End the enemy reinforced. and in such mum
bers that he was in danger Of being out
H.nked and bis whole army defeated. Sc
be found il necessary to change the base Q.
bis operations from the Chickahominy "a
the James river. which he succeeded in ac-
complishins after seven days fighting. in
which he 10 So fifteen thousand men. And
DOW. there on the banks Of the James riv.
or. under the protection of the Gunboats.
rests what is left Of the Grand Army Of the
Potomac. reduced to near half rs former
strength: end the men completely worn
out with fatigue and exposure. AS 70
KcC ClellAn's hiking Richmond. there is but
little more prospect of il than there was
twelve months ago. Now throughout the
|, whole smount ef. ssrsisosy we have con.
quered ws end our Gcasrsls tamperinQ
With the rebels and traitors. guarding their
persons and property, especially their
slaves which they have lsfs q home to raise
grain 20 feed the rebel army. There be,
been great deal said about starving them
out. but that is impossible under the poll.
cy that hes been carried out so far. Blu,
is Is said that more vigorous war policy
is to be inaugurated. God knows that il
ss1at 4 hope. hope that they have be.
come thoroughly convinced that il is oil
nonsense to think of putting down this re.
bellion without hurting the rebels feelings
So you see that after q twelve months
campaign. which to great exten. has ex.
hsustsd the powe. of the nation. TO carry
on an aggressive warfare. there has been
but little accomplis he'd toward putting
down the rebellion. and At last they are
coming right down on Fremont's Missouri
proclamation which was for confscstion
and striking the hardest blows where they
would be felt the most. making rebels
know and feel that it is hard to bear arms
against their Government. And you can
also see that we will have to, .reorganize
our armies and commence anew.
In looking over the history Of the past
year il seems almost like offering an insult
to tho loyal people Of the North to be- OBJ
liged to call on them to send SOC. 600
more men willing sacrifices to the field Of
battle. But they say it is . necessity; that
unless We have the men in the field soon
we shall lose al we have gained. Well.
! suppose there is something in that. But
they have had men enough. and money
enough. that with the right kind Of Gen
eralship they might have whipped the
South in sensible manner. ana then turn.
cd around and whipped what was left Of
the North. But il we must have the men.
le. them be taken by draft. Let somO ol
those men who have been crying Union
20 Justify. be brought out to the support
Of the Union. but not impose on loyal men
BY calling out 100000 volunteers and
leave this other class Of men to "opens q
Ere in the rear" i do not wish TO take
any part to discourage those who would
willingly volunteer to defend their coun.
sry's honor on the bAttle-f field. but must
say that l think she has pretty much lost all
her honor when she will permit men who
have left their homes to defend her inter
ests TO be worn out By fatigue. and killed
By thousands in guarding the persons and
property Of their enemies. men who IS soon
as they got the opportunity VII shoot them
| in cold blood 70, what they have DONE
These are about my opinions in regard to
war matters. l may be mistaken. but.
think you 1t least will agree with me that
they arc true. Igivs them for what they
will fetch. Excuse mo for writing SO
much with 90 little sense init. but the fac.
II I eos started and did not know when to
stop bra yfiss4s .1'fsiai -ol ia. Ia.