The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-05
New York Troops Sent Home
to Vote. -,

Itb no longer runoT, uuI Poeitir'
fact, that eighteen thousand or thereaboutl
of New Y ork troops have been or are to bt
sent home to vote the Republican State
and local tickets tomorrow Wegive else
where facts, official orders and afidavits
upon this subject, to which we invite the
serious attention of all the citizens who
have the interest of the country at heart.
A morning paper in commenting upon q
statement in the Ho,ld, tnat Gen. Meade's
late Retreat was because a large body of his
troops were voting in Pennsylvania, and
that his present inaction was because his
New York soldiers were to be used to carry
this State, declared that the World ought
TO be suppressed for trying to bring the
authorities into contempt by propagating
libel which, if true, would almost justify a
revolution on the part of an outraged peo-
pie. We do not exactly assent to this view
Of the case, but it is undoubtedly true that
no more damaging charge could be made
against Government than that during the
supreme crisis Of the war, and in most
critical stage of the campaign, troops were
used not for military but purely selfish and
personal purposes. 1t is to charge GoV-
ernmeut with want of wisdom, u All ~ n,
and even of common decency.
Now we do deliberately make this damn
ing charge against the administration OF
Mr.. Abra ham Lincoln. We allege and are
prepared to prove that while the Army OF
the Potomac was being depleted OF troops
to reinforce the Army of the Cumberland,
it also was weakened some Ia, 900 Pennsyl
vaaia troops, who were sent home to help
re elect Governor Curtin. This fact came
to the knowledge of General Lee, and he
was able to drive back General Meade pre- |
oipitately upon the defenses Of Washington
and destroy the railroad from the Rapidan
to Manassas. s..-.
We also deliberately charge that at the
present time, when it is of the utmost mo-
ment for General Meade to keep the rebels
fully employed, so as to prevent their send
ing reinforcements to Beauregard or Bragg,
the Army of the Potomac is at a stand
still because of furloughs which have been
given to New York troops to come home
and vote The fall campaign In Virginia is
given up, Burnside's, Thomas's, and Gil
more's armies are ndangered-merely to
insure paltry victory in a purely local
election. We do not believe the history of
free governments will furnish an instance
of such party folly and madness as this
misuse of the Union army by the Lincoln
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1t is for the people of this State to take
the matter in hand tomorrow, and by their
votes give lesson to the government 1T
will not be likely to forget daring it's now
happily brief term of power Our brave
men from the army now in our State must
in their hearts feel as indignant at the way
they are used as any member Of the Demo
cratic party possibly can. If they must
vote let it be against the party which has
malgned and endeavored to disgrace their
best and favorite leader, General Mcclellan.
In relation to this matter the Washington
Union of Saturday last well says:
We sound the note of warning. Let the
Democracy Of New York prepare for an IN
undation of the opposition, by orders OF the
President of the United States. And mean
while, let Gen, Robert Z. Lee take notice
that in reply to his earnest invitation to
battle, General Meade cannot attend, and,
therefore, sends his most respectful regrets,
for the reason that his troops are required
in New York for other purposes than those
for which they have been recruited and or
ganized. Over four thousand soldiers re-
ceived transportation tickets yesterday
from single office in this city, to proceed
to New York on ten days leave Of absence.
This is only one days work of single Of
fee; the aggregate of all the offices OF the
kind, for the whole time they may be SO en-
gagged, will be enough to carry any election
and at the same time give assurance to
General Lee that if he is particularly anxl-
Gus for battle, he will have to 90 to New
York for it,