The weekly Butte record., 1863-08-08

States-freeing all the slaves and eleyating
them 10 political equality with the whites.
/ Our people being Of coarse, very ignorant.
believed all these false. Scandalous and mali
ciouS statements, and among the resolutions
you Will adept 8, your meeting, there shoull
! be enc thauking his EXce.lency. the President
/ Tor the efecinal means be has adopted to give
strength and moral power 10 the mon men
aud women Of the South. while at the same
time be has shown how wickedly false and
lbtlious were the allegations Of Soa;le-n
traitors ard Northern CoVperheaas that be
intended u use the army and navy to abolish
slavery. The Union men Of the South Wi!
ever gracefully cherish the name and memory
Of one who. by 4 ScruTulouS regard Of his
official and other pledges, ard his manly adhe
renee to the Chicago Platform, has vinilcated
the truth OF all The pledges which from time TO
time we made in his hahali. aud the traitors
and Copperheads who have falsely charged oar
great and good President with designing to
Subvert the institutions Of the Southern States
must henceforih hide their faces in shame
You should by no means fail to adopt with
wild acclamation, mingled with few d" Bully
Hallelulahs, q resolution severely denunciatory
OF those who crticiSe our military operations.
or show impatience at the tardy movements Of
cur armies in South Carolina and Virginia
Such criticism gives the rebels aid aad com
FORT aud though it may not be felony without
benefit Of clergy, is nevertheless what Nj
Polk Stigmatized as moral treason "a crime
which our noble President and other Wings
were compelled to dry up during the war
with Mexico.
Oar present military d:scord is but har-
mony, when understood" We are abundautlv
able to beat the rebels whenever We try. As
we have them completely urrounded-crowd-
ed into small circumference Of not more than
six thousand miles. Our armies are guarding
the oa;Pnsis of this contracted line, and every.
where daring the p1silauimOus Buuernu.s 10
pierce the eenlre.H We hess Us al Gal
veston, New Orleans. z lnsaeq Hiitou Head
Newbern. Suffolk lail is qsiaa b the Back
water.) Fortress Monroe, oa iAl Rappahanock.
at Baltimore. along the 'ice Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, il Western Virginia, in
Kentucky. Tennessee. MIssoari. Fort Smith,
and al Nicksburg, in the very heart Of rebel
dom. How long Gao the rebellion exist when
thus circumscribed In addition to all this,
Adjutant General Thomas a native of " Ny
Maryland" and who, last year. was charged
by the malignant tongue Of SANDER with being
such noble men as Butler, Brady. Dickinson
ard other old friends of Breckinridge dare to
lead is BOW in the South west organizing the
loyal blacks, who it is understood, are impa-
tient TO be led against the barbarous hordcs Of
Lee and Beaurcgard. Northern philosophers,
women and divnes, who regard the African as
the best normal representative of The human
race. and those who have seen the sturdy mas
4: IL
believe that the delicate nerves of the rebels
will be able to withstand a bayonet charge
from these American soldiers of African des-
cent, if made when the state Of the thermome-
ter indicates cutanc0us activity and correspond
ing perSpiration. Tine, however, will soon
settle this disputed question.
You should also further denounce all who
complain Of the Army Of the Potomac. 1t
has been in no sense failure. 1t has achieved
more than any army iu modern or ancient
times has accomplished under similar difficult
ties. It's bravery Is unquestioned. and Injustice
is done its Generals. True, Mcclellan, under
the influence Of Northern Copperbeads aided
by such Republican fogies as Thurlow Weed
ard backed up by the stupid graduates of
West Point. was fast becoming favorite with
the army aud the people and it was gravely
he might he used by the Copperhead fraternity
to supplaut our unrivallei President in 1864.
Besides, General Mcclellan had commanded
the Army Of the Potomac long enough. "Ro-
tation in Office - is a sound political axiom.
He was therefore, retired, although still
favorite with the brave men he so long com
manded.
But in all this there is strategy. It is the
r. IL.
our President who. as " Commander-in chief,
moves Interiors upon the military chess board
with a skill that eXcites the admiration of all
who are truly loyal to the Administration
No harm can result from all this We have
an abundance OF leaders ready at moments
notice to lead the Army Of the Potomac to the
rebel capital We have in reserve Butler.
Phelps, Busteed and Lane. to say nothing of
Colonel de Utassy. who, Ike Mahomet's coffin,
is still suspended between the heavens and the
earth. | look in vain among the names at
tached to your letter for one which recalls
familiar face. do not now remember that !
had the honor Of a personal acquaintance with
any one of you. although in former times l
knew many of the leading citizens Of Memphis,
among whom are not a few who are still ar
denty in favor of a restoration OF the Consti-
tuition l regret TO find none Of them associa-
ted with you in the proposed demonstration.
But will indulge in no complaints. Wher-
ever our armies have secured permanent
lodgment in the South, as at Hilton Head,
New Orleans, Newbern. Nashville and Mem
phis, the Northern friends of our most excellent
President have supplied US abundartly with
most disinterested men and women, whose loyal
tongues are heard in melodious tones wherever
we - hold, occupy and possess cotton or
settlement in the Confederate will
derness. Look at Hilton Head, where the
tender maiden and tougher matron of the
North mingle upon sisterly terms with the
Palmetto African ladies of South Carolina
\ beautiful issue of tracts and cateohisms will
20 doubt soon be followed by an improved
issue of contrabands-not 80 white as the
Anglo, not so black as the normal African.
In few years they will
" Walk in beauty Ike the night
OF cl0uiless climes ana starry Skes,
And all that's best Of dark and bright
Meet in their aspect and their eyes