The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-30


heard from, and were expected at Chattanooga
on the 26th.
The army is in good spirits. The loss of
artillery and trains has been exaggerated.
The Battles of the Chicamauga. i
The Army of the Cumberland did splendid
fighting in the two days battles before Chatta-
nooga. The enemy received severe punish
ment and at the last report our loss in killed
and wounded is named at ten thousand. We
are also said to have lost fifty pieces of artil-
lcry. But for the sudden reinforcement of
Bragg by Longstreet from Lees army the reb-
ell chieftain would to-day be fleeing before our
brave army. BY this relief he was able to
throw force of fearful dimensions against
Rosecrans, and yet no permanent advantage
has been gained to him. Rosecrans lies at
Chattanooga. strengthened and ready for the
they can pursue The cause of the Union
is still strong, safe and secure. No material
ground has been lost. The ample resources
of the government put beyond a doubt any
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great problem is being surely worked out.
In cases of this kind it is natural to advert
TO the cause of disaster; mismanagement
somewhere, a want of energy at given point.
If there is one thing more to be charged with
the responsibility than any other. it is the
Governor of New York and his known SYM
pathy with rebels. Every man drawn from
Gen. Meade's army for service in New York
just so much strengthened the rebel army of
the Potomac-and allowed that army to REIN
force Bragg for the destruction of RosecraEs.
The Vallandighanmers of the North have
retarded the triumph of the Army of the
Cumberland, but, thank God, it is onlya wave
on the surface, though it adds to the cost of
blood and treasure in the great struggle, and
slightly delays the day when the full tide of
victory shall crown the flag of the Union.
vaiiandIgham,s Disunlon ProposE-
ton.
Every word uttered by Vallandigham since
the first gun fred upon Sumter, proves him
be an enemy to the Union. His enmity
has assumed different forms, and taken on
different shapes, as his dalk depravity and
capabilities for evil have from stage to stage
suggested. His official acts have shown him
false to every obligation to every branch of
the Government. Among his other schemes
Of wickedness he proposed, on the 9TH of
February, 1861, (see Globe, page 701, }
amendments TO the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States, by introducing joint resolution in
the House of Representatives to amend Ars
ticle XIII. By dividing the Union into four see-
tions to wit:
j The States of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey, and Penn
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shall constitute one section, to be known as
the North.
The States of Ohio, Indiana Illinois, Mich
! igau, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas
to be known as the West.
The States of Oregon and California =
o5shali constitute anoth-
er section, to be called the Pacific
The States of Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
/ ginia North Carohna, South Carolina, Flori-
da. Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, Texas,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missou-
ri, LOUISIANA,
shall constitute another section, to bo known
as the South.
Shall the man who thus sought to destroy
the Union: who was anxious to throw away
! the glorious institutions that the blood of the
Revolution bought for us: shall this monster,
this conspirator against the liberties, the pros
perity and welfare of his country, be the man
chosen to administer the government of Ohio;
to control its military power, its revenues, and
tho destinies of its people? This is the
question to be answered on the second Tues.
day of o.tober. Let the traitor be repudia-
ted. ti