The weekly Butte record., 1863-08-22
The Management of the War.


people enable them to DO so, Is to be found in
the action of Governor Curtin during the in
vasion Of Pennsylvania. When the State mill
tia had assembled in camp at Harrisburg, ii
became necessary 10 muster them into the Z.
S. service. They did not Ike this, after wit
Messing the manner in which the Army Of the
Potomac has been managed By the politicians
at Washington, and 1t became necessary for
Curtin to make some special and personal
pledges in order to induce them to consent.
He assured them that they should not be
cheated, or be led to useless slaughter by in-
competent generals. He said ::
The highest devotion Of our manhood is
called upon at this hour. ard, my friends, said
Governor Curtin, speaking with great serious
ness and earnestness) | will not betray you
and will pledge myself in writing to what
have told you Trust me, then, and | will
send you to your homes Just as soon as | think
your services are DO longer needed. The Gov
ernor disclaimed being a military man. He
would be acting in false position were be to
assume the military lead. Responsible soldiers
would lead them, and with much vehemence he
said :" will not play the cabinet of Wash
ington upon the army Of the Rappahannock. "
What wall from the heart of the people,
concerning the management Of the war, is the
last two lines in the quotation. Gov Curtin
has been the firm friend and supporter of the
war policy of the Administration but when
the hour of peril TO the old Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania arrived, and its Governor found
himself in the presence of her gallant militia
who had assembled TO repel that invasion, he
found it necessary TO assure them that he
' would not play the Cabinet at Washington
upon the Army Of the Rappahannock with
them.
1t is said that person who hurrahs for the
rebel Confederacy when he is drunk, has it in
his heart when he is sober, only be is then too
cautious TO give it utterance. May it not be
so with Gov. Curtin? Has not his good sense
and judgment all the while opposed the man
ner in which the Abolition fanatics are CON
Quoting the war for the suppression Of the re
belion, but been too cautious, as politician
to object, in the face of the powerful influence
they WELD at Washington. until, menaced by
the rebels on one side, and his own people on
the other, he makes clean breast of it, and
tells the militia there assembled that be "wi
not play the Cabinet at Washington with the
Army of the Rappahanuock." The patriotic
militia there assembled fer the defense of theil
homes, had lost confidence 10 the Abolition
fanatics and vagarists who controlled the con
stituted authorities at Washington, and de
manded some pledges before consenting TO bC
turned over to their incompetent CONTROL The
Governor saw it, aud the wall that then wen
up from his heart for the preservation of Penn
sylvania, condemned the authorities at Wash
ington. He has since been nominated by The
Administration party of Pennsylvania for Gov
ernor. VIII be again surrender himself to The
dictation of "the Cabinet at Washington" ant
turn the patriotic soldiers of bis State over t.
them without protest against their misman
agement?
Again, the friends of Gen. Hunter furnish
evidence that the energies of the nation art
misapplied. While he remained in command
of the Department of South Carolina, and en-
couraging negro aid societies, every thing was
working smoothly enough. But the negroe:
did not capture Charleston, and Hunter was
removed. He has demanded a court of inquiry
and it will be seen, his friends say, that while
he has been blamed for inactivity, it will be
found that he has been active 10 the utmost
extent of his power within the instruction;
sent him by the War Department, and that
against the hampcring and paralyzing nature
of those instructions he entered frequent pro
tests"
How long will the people support these in.
competents at Washington, in hampering
and paralyzing - the efforts of the army? BE
no longer deceived by the rotten and corrupt
political scallawags who have joined the domi
nant party in order to obtain office by cheat
and fraud upon the patriotism of the people
Demand, through the ballot box, that the army
shall be used for the purpose of restoring the
supremacy Of the Constitution and laws of the
United States over the revoltcd States. When
the people DO this, they will see the beginning
Of the end, and not till then.
CHEERING PRosrEcrs-We hear from DIFF
ierent parts Of the country that the eonserva-
tive element in the shoddy Union party of
California, are abandoning the ranks of the
political traitors who would prolong the war
aud continue the sacrifice Of blood aud
treasure to carry cut their sectional partisan
policy They see the old SILVER rrevs of