, 1863-09-12

find us deadly, bitter-determined, re
morseless, indispensable against them
and eo, as God helps us, we will alway
be, until they redress the vast catalogue 0
| wrongs Which they have perpetrate.
aG11nst Us.
THE 0TEER WAR.
Gen. 6ib1ey's expedition to the 1ndial
country and the late battle in which tn
redskins we're defeated, hare unquestion
ably freed the Territory Of Minnesota from
the presence Of the hostile savagcs, ant
bayc relieved the people Of all further ap
preltnsions Of attack. Driven beyond tn
Missouri R1rer, deprived Of their proris
ions, robes, blankets and tents, it is impos
SHE that the Indians can egain collect il
sufficient force to hazard an extensive
movement against the whites. Parties Of g
dczen OF less may, here and there, stealing
through our cavalry, approach the frontier
and possibly ravage the home Of some far
ont dontierman ;but hosti]i.ies on any large
or dangerous scale may be considered at
an end. Gen. Pope, who, fortunately for
the public veal, has the ordering Of affairs
in that quarter, will unquestionably leave
It sufficient force Of both horse and foot to
re-assrre the lately terrified Inhabitants
and the remainder Of his troops, near
seven thousand in all, can be ordered to
Ecme one Of the theatres Of the other war
where there Is IN enemy asyetunsubdued
The reinforcement, small AZ it is, will be
especially grateful to any Of the armies to
which it is sent; and ne have no doubt
that the men Of which it is made up will
gladly exchange the prospect Of q winter
Of inaction in the latitude Of forty.fou1
North, for active and more glorious service
under the genial skies Of the South. Thei,
gallantry has earned this desirable change
The class of moccasin politicians II
our neighboring State is not yet defunct
4 few Of the individuals thereof are still
il. power, and more Of them are graspfnE
after power departed. We already heal
their clamor that the war IS not oyer, thai
the enemy is still in force End threatening
new and more terrible atrocities, and thai
the troops must not be removed; and wt
are sorry to say that more than one Of the
Minnesota papers, and that scores Of hel
old po1iticians-the men Of the old regine
when Indians and their spoil were the
only subsistence Of the white men-have
Joined this CRY with view to keep that
army where 1t is. understand the mo-
tire Of au this, and are not slow to expose
it. In q country where money is scarce
and expectants many, Uncle Sam is an ac-
ceptablc customer. The profits Of the sol
diers' trade, and Of the prospective con
tracts for feeding, mounting and transport
ing troops. are too large to be dismissed
from patriotic considerations; hence every
man who has or hopes for any dealing
with the soldier himself, or with
the Com1n1ssay or Qua1te1master BY
whom he is fed and moved, has
gone to work with systematic craft
and diskimulation to, keep the men where
they are. The most absurd stories about
new incursions are circulated, and the
most distressing fears are excited. The
rustic Of every leaf is translated into the
tread of a hostile savage; and there is not
a barn-yard stampede Of unruly cattle that
does not, before it reaches the local papers,
assume the form and dimensions Of an
Indian army, quite as formidable as any
that Tecu1nseh ever led. It does not
matter TINT there Is not redskin within
two hundred miles Of the nearest settle
ment-the people are kept In state ot
chronic alarm, and the Government in
continued uncertainty. Meanwhile troops
remain, and trade goes on. Is not the
horse market active, and who says that
corn for Gen. 6ul]y's command was no'
bought at sufficient price?' To the effort:
Of these, the treason Of the Copperhead!
comes as reinforcement no
unminglea with the hope Of contractors
| profits How much too bad to send thcs'
seven thousand fine fellows-veterans har
deucd and Injured by Northern exposur
in brisk campaign-against our friend
Of the Confederate States! is the SOM
| that they sing to themselves; and, How
much too cruel in the Federal Goyernmen
to deprive us Of the protection Of thes
troops at the moment when the savage
are sounding their war-whoop at our vcr.
door, is the strain that they howl for tn
public. There is not Copperhead jour
nal in the Northwest having these seyea
thousand yeterans-Rosecrans' reservoir
its mind, thst is not willing to take II
oath that the Indian war in Minnesot.
will last forever, or until the last ditch i
scaled and the last Of the hcathens killed
Between contractors and Copperhead
there is probability that winter typhu
and spring pneumonia will kill, in Mime
| sofa, q few hundred OF these soldiers, who
if they arc doomed so soon to die, shoult
.lie g1orious]y with their faces to the foe
| The Government llesitates between the Of
fetal bulletins and letters Of its Generals
and the miserable fabr1cations that th
contractors and Copperheads have put i,
as rcjoinders, We write in the interest
| Of the public, and entreat that the troop
/ may be sent where they nre necded-Soutl
and into q service where glory may b
| VICE.
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