The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-07-16
IS Imbecility. of the Administrations


IS ImbeciIity. OF the Administrations ;
Many persons and presses seem to
delight in nothing so much as in at
tempting to prove the present national
administration insufficient To do this,
they dwell upon every real or apparent
mistake, committed since the COM
mencement of this unhappy war. One
can hardly take up (so-called) Demo
cratic paper, in these days, without
meeting with some scurrilous fling at
the 6 Lincoln Government" They not
only endeavor to prove the government
a failure, but they take especial delight
in parading Mr.. lincoln before the peo-
pie as a hypocrite and scoundrel."
They do not find fault with what the
Government has not done, but with
what it has done, and they support
their position by quotations from for
eign papers acknowledged by all to be
in complete sympathy with the rebels.
1t is true we have had protracted
and bloody war, that we have met with
apparent reverse, but has any one seen
any good that has been accomplished
by this system of fault-fnding, the
most of which, we can but believe, is
the result of bitter partisan prejudice,
disappointed political ambition, or &C.
tual sympathy with the cause of seces-
sion. What has been done to main
tain our nationality is not mentioned,
every failure or error, magni6ed. :" In
efficient Government" = let us see.
There was an inefficient Administers
ton" not named by these miserable
comforters" and faultfnders. 1t was
the one immediately preceding the
present. The Administration which
allowed treason to breed and bring
forth, unmolested, its Internal offspring.
And all this with perfect knowledge OF
what was going on. Why did not
that Administration sound the note OF
alarm? That was Democratic Ad-
ministratioD, and it brought forth rebel
lion and treason. When Mr. Lincoln
came into power, nine sovereign States
of the Union were nearly complete
unit in the work and designs of seces-
sion. Six other States were largely in
fected with this element. Our arsenals
had been plundered and their contents
appropriated to the convenience of the
traitors. A large portion of the mill
tary educated men of the nation were
of secesh stripe. Mr.. Lincoln heard,
upon his advent to Washington, the
mutterings of secession thunder all
around him, and he thought he could
catch the echo even among our north
ern hills. 1t might be said of him,
with considerable truth, that there
were foes in his own household.
In little over two years, an army OF
more than one million of men has been
raised, organized, equipped and discip-
lined. A blockading chain has beer
thrown around the South, their largest
city captured, and the "father O
waters,'' nearly opened to free com
merce. Take your map and sit down
candidly mark the progress of the fed
eral power made amid great embarrass
ments, hail the banner of the Unior
floating in hundreds of places wher,
the flag of treason waved, witness thu
increase of the power directed agains
the rebel cause. Errors have beer
committed, frauds have been perpetua
ted, grant all this, but no Christian o.
heather nation upon earth has as We
indicated a disposition to acknowleg,
and endorse the cause of the rebels
The pen of the faithful and patriot,
historian will record with pride tn,
energy and achievements of the Lin
coin Government" while over its fail
ures will be thrown the mantle of char
ity. What if fault may be found ]
is no time now to exhibit that darl
propensity in human nature hos
much easier and moro natural it is t
find fault than to aid and sympathiz
with. The right to criticise is unquet
tionable, but like certain other right
should be used with prudence and cat
> ton. The cause of the Union
e steadily advancing, the great probler
! is being solved. The aristocracy an
: despotism of the slave power, inaugr
. rated the rebellion, the hand tia
: lighted tho torch will be witheret
t Thank, God let it come.