Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-10

: and navy to abolish slavery. The Union m,
OF the South will ever gratefully cherish d
!, name and memory of one who, by scrupulol
regard of his official and other pledges, and b
manly adherence to the Chicago platform, hi
vindioated the truth of all the pledges ubit
from time to time are made on his behalf; al
the traitors aud Copperheads who thus falsel
charged our great and good President with d,
signing to subvert the institutions of the Sontl
ern States, must henoeforth hide their faces j
shame.
You should By no means fail to adopt wit
wild acclamstion, mingled with a few "bull
Ihallelujahs," resolution severely denunciator
OF those who oritcise our military operations
or nh0w impatience at the tatdy movements O
our armie1 In South Carolina and Virginia. :
Such criticism gives the rebels "aii and com
fort," and, though it may not be felony withou
benefit OF clergy, is, nevortheless, what Mi
Folk stigmatizes as moral trea!oni" a Grim
which our noble President aud other Whigs o
that day we're compelled to "dry up" durinj
the var with Mexico.
Oar present. military discord s but "harmony
when nnderstood." Weare abundantly able /,
beat the rebels whenever Ne try. At pressn
We have them completely surrounded od-cFowdet
ihto email circumference not mere than 81,
thousand miles. Onr armies are gua,dng ia,
outposts OF this contracted line and every Hher,
daring tho pnsilIa iimoug butternutB to "plorc,
the center" and the ragged WretChes "take th,
dare" We have forces at Galveston, New Or
leans, Pensacola, Hilton Head, Nowbern, Suf
folk (all is quiet on the Black oater), Fcgtresr
Monroe, on tho Rappahanlock, at Baltimore
along the line Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, In Western Virginia, 10 Kentucky, Ten.
neaeee, Missouri, Fort Smith, and at Vicksburg
In tho very heart Of the rebellion. How long
can the rebellion exist when thus crcumsctlbedi
ln addition to all this, Adjt Gen. Thomas, q
native OF "my Maryland" and who last year
was charged by the malignant tongue OF slan-
der with being secessiOnis: and traiLor--fol-
loving where such noble men as Butler, Brady
Dickinson, and other old friends OF Bieckinridee
dare to leid-ls now in the Southwest organiz-
Ing tho loyal blacks, who, it Il understood, are
Impatient To be led against the bafbarous bordes
OF Lee and Beauregsrd. Northern phIloso-
pher5, women and diyines, who regard the Al
rlcan az the beat normal representative of the
human race, and those who have seen the sturdy
maslif quail before the perfume of the skunk.
do not believe the delicats nerves of the rebels
will be able to withstand bayonos charge from
theae American soldiers of African descent. If
made when the state of the thermometer indi-
Gates outaneous activity aud corresponding per-
spratOn. Time, however, will sOon settle the
disputed question.
You should further denounce all who COM
plain OF tho Army of the Potomac. IL has
been In no sense u failure. II has achieved
more than any army in ancient or modern timsa
has accomplished, under similar or tqual dfi.
culties. Its bravery is uuquestioned, and in.
justice ia done to its Generals. True, McClel-
Ian, under the influence OF Northern Conner
heads, aided by such Republican fogies az
IhurljW Weed and backed up by the stupid
graduates OF West Point, was fast becoming a
iaVotite with the army and the people; and il
wAs gravely limited by some of his bolder ad-
herents that he might be used by the Copper.
head fraternity to supplant our illustrious Pres.
ident In 1864. Besides, General Mcclellan
had commanded the Army OF the Potomac lone
enough. "Rotston in Office" ia q sound noIitio
cal axiom. He was therefore retired, although
still fsvorite With the brave men he SO IoSo
commanded. General Burnside's career has
been au emiDently brilliant one, and the same
may be eaid of General Hooker, who, / pre-
sumo, will soon retire upon the lsureis he has an
nobly won. Bot In all this there is strateov:
SIS the result OF that superior genius and wis.
lom oil our Presldent, who as Commander. in.
Chiei," moves inferiors on the military chess
board with skill which excites the admiration
of all who are truly loyal to the administration.
No harm can result from all this. We have
an abundance oil leadera ready and willing at
notice to lead the Army OF the Poto.
mac TO the rebel capital. We have in reserve
Butler, Phelps, Busted, and Lane; to say moth.
ng OF Colonel d'Utassy, who, like Mahomet's
,oflin, Is still suspended between the heavens
Ind the earth,
| look in vain among the names q tacbed to
FOUR letter for one which reoallsa familiar face.
do not remember that ever had the homo, of
personal acquaintance with any one of Won.
although, In former times, knew many of the
eading citizens of Memphis, among whom are
lot q lew who are still ardently la favor of
OF the Constitution. | regret 10
iud none of them associated with 5ou in the |
proposed demonstration. Bus l will indulge
10 complaints. Wherever our armies have se-
ured permanent Judgement in the South-as
t Hilton Head, New Orleans, NeWbern, Nash. /
lille and Memphis-the northern friends of our
lost excellent President have supplied us
bundantly with most disinterested men and Wo-
nen, whose loyal tongues are heard in meIodi-
us tones Wherever We "hold, occupy and DOS
ess" cotton or ooltraband settlement in the
confederate wilderness. Look at Hilton Head
there the tender maiden and tougher matron
/ the North mingle upon sisterly terms with |
le Palmeto; African ladies OF South Carolina. |
| bountiiul issue OF tracts and catechisms will |
o doubt soon be followed by an improved ia |
ne OF coltrabands-aot 30 white aa the poor
Inglo, not 30 black as the normal African, In
few years they will
"Walk in the beauty like the night
or cloudless cIimes and starry skies;
And all that's best Of dark and bright
Meet In their aspect and their eyes"
la North Carolina, Charles Henry Foster,
':q., originally from Maine, and q warm polt- |
al friond of Breckinrige, has organized O Free
,abor Association, and Governor StAnly has
one back to California in disguat. In Mach
lie we have q regularly organized abolition
,ciely; iIs organ 10 the same as thas of the
safe and Federal Government, and the editor,
lough imported from abroad, is doing more to
lstain the glorious administration of PresidentI
incoin than any native born citizen Of the
tate can do. This abolition society, and this
oOlition newspaper, although conducted within
le Notifications of tho city, is doing no doubt
cry much to induce the people of Middle Ten
essee TO cease all further opposition to the
i5e, gentle, and constitutional rule of our dis
nguiahed chief magistrate. ...a.
In Memphis, the harvest ia O tempting one.
lith cotton at dollar per pound, and likely
,ntrabands "lying around loose" our enter
Using northern friends who love the Union and
ish,it preserved under the guarantees OF the
onslitution may make a "good thing of it,"
lready hear of several who have farms in
anaas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and other
2fNt taa ~ hsah II