The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-27

/ puDllc lnIereSu, DuI 10 biF RraLlncatl0n OF hi
own private feelings, sies this opportunit
to strike an old rival, ati embraces it, IL
refused him in all promkion, and left him tn
alternative Of wearing himself out as captain
of a company, or seekint position elswhere
Mr.. Browns election tofhe Confederate Sen
ate terminated the mattr.
He drove General Eustavus w. Smith
from the army. He wa once ready to re-
move "StonewalP' Jachon, and only the
success of the latter, baked by a powerful
and excited party, preYnted it. He over
slauhed and oppressed Eeauregard. because
he let the people know Vat he desired the
move on Washington atofe after the first
Manassas fight and was pevented by Davis.
He drove Gen. Walker, of5eorgia, out of the
service. He retained Hi1 man in Arkansas,
with a positive knowlede Of his outrages.
He removed him but to iacrse his acts. He
retains Holmers here to gatify the Johnsons
at the ruin of our people. He has pursued
and oppressed Gen. Price, ecause, suppose,
the latter was made Briadier in Mexico
and Davis was not He rained Pemberton
in command against the wshes of the army
and the country, and, to ad insult to it all,
sends him to Mobile to tab command where
he is execrated by every lan, woman and
child. By trick and swindle he got
General ]. E. Johnston away from his com
mand in Virginia, and gye him no other
definite position until thee was a pressing
emergency. and chang to damage him.
thereby showing both his onfdence in him
and his malignity towards him. lie drove
Gen. Pike out of the armyto gratify HIND
man and the Johnson,s, and thereby lost to
us the whole Indian county, and it the war
continues, will place thd tomahawk at the
throats of women and hldren.
He retains week and inefficient cab'net
and never calls them in cSuncil, that he ma y
reign as sole despot ovdr our people, lie
has had at his disposal physical force enough
to carry out acts the most arbitrary and op-
pressive. He has used chat force. Ho has
shown his selfshness and. disregard for the
interest of the people by his appointment ol
Heath, Van Dorm, Dick Taylor, Davis and
Mansfield Lowell, all relatives of his, and all
alike incompetent. He gas ahenated Inc Inc
the Confedercy Acknowledged to-day, Geor'
r-io ,,e,.ld not yenaain two years undar him,
heard a Confederate General, of great prom
inenee, who understands the feeling in the
State, so declare. And as significant of this,
Govener Brown, of Georgia, gave to General
G. w. Smith, meanly and spitefully driven
out of the army by Davis, the Presidency Of
the Etowah Iron works, with salary larger
than his salary as Lieutenant-General H'
falsified all his promises to Kentucky, ano
took General Humphrey MarshalPs command
away from him, turning it over to his ole
political rival, General Preston, to crafty thu
partisan requirements of Kentucky citizens
who had suddenly risen from the obscure
nosition of pork-packers to that of Senator
and Representatives in the Confederate Con
ors.s and jugglers in that political Sodom
r. In a word, he has enriched and honored hi
fr;snds ruined and impoverished his enemies
has given over the people, those of Arkansa
especially, to plumber and oppression by nj
fayorites. and in no instance punisneo 'h
offender.
admit that in some things he looms NJ
above other men, but he has so many detect
and weaknesses beneath others that it reduce
him to very poor second-rate character
And YOU can never change him. His lift
has been warped by political intrigue Ill
preiudices have been narrowed and his hate
embittered by years of partisan strife. An
vov had as well take the oak which has beel
bent while twig and beat upon by tn
storms of centuries, when its boughs ar
falling off and its trunk decaying, and al
tempt to straighten it up towards heaven,
to attempt the strightening ola character
warped and bent by years of political stori
and intrigue.
what Shall We DOT
This question naturally comes up after a
that has preceded. If Mr.. DAVIS, when
held the lives and fortunes of many million
in his hands, SO blundered as to lose his O.
portunity, what can we hope from him no
that a scene of blackness, of anguish and de
olation reigns were wealth, happiness al
nlentv smiled? If he would not protect A
kansas when he could, bhtinstead gave itoy
!. to plunder and oppression by his pets, VIII
have we to hope now that he trembles
Richmond for his own safety, and wakes !
at last to the terrible reality of his folly, wea
L
F ness and indiscretion ? If we were not pI
, tected when we could have been, and if
/ cannot now be protected, what must we d
Some saw continue the struggle ;slet the 10