Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-08-01

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One Of the live Republican Abolition papers
a Ohio Il The AshiabuA Sentinel. said 70 be ih'
orRan Of JosHuA r GIDDIScs. and edited D.
W,LIlAM @. HomELLs, late Republican ofiieiA
Reporter Of the Ohio House Of Representatives
We propose to make some brief extracts rcn
,he Sentinel Of the 3Olh ult to show the Union
loving people Of Ohio the malignant disposition
OF class of men with whom they are called
upon by reckless demagOgues to unite In
grand Union or Fusion party.
Under the head Of "Enlstments," the Ssnh
mel has these remarks:
We said that recruiting goes on briskly with
ne. So 10 does comparatively With other places
but Il 10 only true, and only proper TO say that
the want Of belief with the people, that az
entire change of policy is TO be adopted, ano
that they are eDlistipg to fight, and NOS dig
trenches, retards recruiting more than al eise
Let the President proclaim an active policy 10
accordance with the confscation act OF Congress
and volunteers will rush to the standard by
hundreds.
This is as much as to say that there will not
be enisling to any great extent in Ashtabula and
"the region roundabout" unless ian entire
change of policy be adopted" The slur about
digging trenches is only thrown in as q side cut
What the SentinsPs people want is prociAma-
ton Of the President sin accordance with the
Oonfscatlon act" or In other words, procla'
nation Of general emancipation. The Presi-
dent has proclaimed cOn6scatiOn Of the prop
efty Of such rebels as do mob return to their
allegiance within sixty days. But this does
net satisfy the Abolition Republicans. They
hold back from enlistlng themselves and dis
suade others from entering the ranks, unless
the President shall proclaim the negroes free
This is cOnditisnal Unionism with vengeance.
President LINCOLN, 10 the eyes Of these Repnb-
licAn Abolition Disunionists, is not only oulpa-
bly, remss In regard to an emancipation policy
/ but he has committed an objectionable sin in
placing Gen. HALLEoK at the head Of our arm
les. The Sentinel saye:
Gen Halleck has at last been appointed Com
mander-in-C Chief Of the land forces ofthe Unit
ed States. This Is another change in our mill
tary system, whether for the better or worse We
cannot guess, though we do not like the char
acter of the man and feel inclined to distrust
him-not because Of any want OF military abil-
ity, but because he has manifested too much ten
derness in regard to the subject of slavery, and
ministered to many foolish prejudices. HE
Order No. has cost us more than bic services
will amount to; and the policy that prompted
Il, would proloDg the war TO the nation's ruin
He may not continue the order or the policy;
but such men are not very likely to change
favorite policy with the increase of power in
their hands. We confess that we do not like
to see such men brought forward BY the Presi-
dent, and put into places where live men should
be.
What more effective mode could the most ac-
tive rebel and the blackelt traitor devise for re-
tardng and preventing enlistments than to die
trust our commanders and generals; and insist
that they are unf. for the positions they occu-
py. Every sane man knows that counter pol
ICY to that of HALLEcK's Order No. 8 will de-
mo'alize the army and hasten the nation to that
irretrievable ruin, on the verge of which it is
now trembling, In consequence Of the mad
schemes of the Abolitloniets In and out Of Con-
gress.
To crown its disloyalty and prevent enliat-
ments as much as possible, the SeRtineI censures
President LINCOLN for bringing such men as HAL
LEcK forward 1t wants "liue men" 10 their
places, that is 70 say, rampant, reckless, un-
scrupulous Abolition fanatics, euch, for instance,
as PHELPS. HUNTER, FREMoST and JIM LANE.
Not satisfied with itp abuse of General Hal
LEcK and the President, the Sentinel devotes an
other article to General MoCLELLAE and the
President, It begins in this style, speaking Of
We have read for the last ten months, there
ports Of the career Of this military charlatsn,
with disgust, pain and horror, and astonishment
that he has been allowed to triAe with the lives,
treasure and very destiny of this country ss he
has The history Of the world scarcely presents |
O case where man 30 etupid, 30 stubborn, and
80 reckless Of ell bis trusts-if not guilty Of ac-
tual treason-has been allowed to crush the life
out of his own army, go cruelty as this man has
done. The very hope of the nation has perished
under his incubus rule, and national existence |
must perish nextif he Is not removed. Itis the
aret duty the President owes the country-to
assure it that 90 miserable q military abortion
ls to control it no longer. Clear him out OF the
way and victory is sure, and order and peace are
at hand.
General MoCLELLAN needs no defense at our
hands against such vile and malignant slandeF
as the above. It shows the GRimHs, the soul,
the black heart of undisguised Republican Alb
olitionism. /. demonstrates that IL cares
nothing tor the recruiting and strengthening Of
our armies, not straw for the success Of the
Union cause, II it can only succeed in crushing
down every officer and every man who does not
mount Its detestable hobby.
Here is an Abolition Republican paper pub
lished q. the county seat Of Ashtsbuls county,
Ohio, that accuses the President and the War
Department of retaining for ten months in the
chief command of the largest Union army in
the field, 20 military ohsrlatan"-"a man so
stupid, 90 stubborn and 60 reckless Of all his
trusts" that "if not guilty Of actual treason"
about which serious doubt is implied, he has
triaed "with the lives, treasure and very des.
Tiny of the country" And yet the Abolition
print that duplicates the President and the War
Department as conniving at, and in fact partici- |
pating in these crimes which it lsys at the door
Of General McCLELLAN, still circulates through
the mails in the loyal State Of Ohio, and is not
suppressed. We leave II to an enlightened pub
llc opinion to decide for itself why an officer of
the Government has not been despatched to
Jefferson, Ohio, to suppress the Ashtabuls Sen
tineI, and arrest Its editor.
The Great Democratic Mass COnvens
tion aG india nap0lis.