, 1863-12-31

sa% the enemy :tating their 7~i7es Npoa tho
iron rail on TIE ot+9F xide, and our snen do n9e
the fire from the other side, until our men
with cheer bounded over and won, and
proudly say 1t. held all they won.
FROM WASHINGTON.
[special Correspondence Of the Chicago Teibune.j
WASHINGTON, Dec. es, 1868.
4 more striking contrast can hardly be
found in history than that presented by
glance at the circumstances and spirit attend
ing the assembling Of the American Congress
two yca.s ago, and those which We witness
to-day. Then du}ness presided over the mil
itary councils, III there were any military
councils, and the torpor Of death seemed to
have settled upon the Executive and Leeis-
latiye, as it Ind before rested upou the Judi
cial brunch Of the Government At the
time Secretary Stanton was invited 10 his
present position the War Department
o1o 9qt fho% tRo ea ths object Or purpose Of any
nor was it advised Of the numerical strength
Of the several expeditions then on foot or
about to move. Mr. Cameron. bV the way.
did not even know the number Of gun con.
tracts out, Or If he did lie left no tangible
lan's plan'' was the deas ca ,naehiu,s by Which
we were to be saved. Nobody knew What
the plnn was except Fitz John Porter. nud lie
refused to tell. {See testimony rcportpu the
Conduct Of the War, Vol. /, page l7l.) In
the long absence Of information, Or ANYTHING
which could be tortured into information,
tue loyal public settled into the belief that
the military Plan WIS, how to conquer the
enemy without offending him; while the DO
ntcal plan manifestly Was, how to mt down
the rebellion and save slavery. Mr: Seward's
dispatches were not moro decisive rs to tho
ardice of the Senate and House OF Rcprescn-
tatiycs. It can handy he affirmed that the
craftsmanship Of the poriod was much in ad-
vance Of its leadership in the Entertainments
Both reminded us painfully Of tho last days
Of the Byzantine Empire.
The changes wrought BY the two years
which have 1ntervcned may be ccmprehended
in sentence We have learned to disregard
the feelings Of the enemy on the battlefield,
and re may have been taught to strike down
slavery, both us means Of saving the Re-
troddcn race The statue Of Freedom crowns
the Capitol at fitting time. The rising sun
may now gid her couutenance with true
glory, for the President Of the United States,
In declaring that revocation Of Ills Procla-
nation would be "a cruel and astounding
breach Of faith," has uttered moral senti-
rncnt, by the side of which all his acts Of
c1pcdiency shrink to their proper insignin-
cance. And there is abundant evidence that
Congress will carry forward the work Of ma
tional regeneration with rapid steps. Slave
~ in the Border States will crumble By the
same pressure that is rolling upon it ii tie
rebel dominfons, and with equal velocity.
The tide OF mind and the tide OF arms will
Keep even pace, and neither will cease to
flow till the rebellion and its course are cy-
cTyWhere overwhelmed.
PRESIDENT MAKING.
That President mixing Is being carried on
to considerable extent in Washington is
not to be denied, and observe TINT those
who preface their remarks with the observa-
uon that it is not time to begin yet, and that
We had better first ascertain whether We are
to elect aAy President In 1864, are the most
enterprising laborers In the whole field
Horace Greeley for example, who has com
menced crying in the wilderness rs the fore
runner Of Mr. Chase As between Mr.. Lin
coin md Mr.. Chase the chances appear to be
ut least ten to one in favor Of the former in
the country ut large; nevertheless there
the latter than for the former ut the scat Of
government. BiogTaphers and pamphleteers
arc drawing their quilts in behalf Of the Sec
Rotary, and newspaper correspondents are be-
ing waylaid On every corner By his enthusi-
astic admirers. If the Presidency were to be
carried by storm it is not improbable that
LII. Chase's forlorn hope would ultimately
enter the breach. But The people do not like
10 be assai'cd in this way for tic Chief Mag
istracy Of the Republic
TIE MISSOURI IsERoGLIo-GEy. sCuoFHLD.
M paeeeh' a 1'sc y! ta sne psaE;annt snuta has @
agreed to remove Gen. Scho1eld after he il
et1.3sr7nfd, place Gen. Rosecrans at the head
Of the Department of the Missouri, and cre-
S Missan+i for cen nrtis Th;s is n tc no a.
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+n rc,nove h;m cheerfni1v and 1Fithnnt coGd;.
!s ~ ILL =; snnI ansa anu ~
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nng19 ,n IT, r";ect % Kim snmma15v ri ;s reec.
tio1 Monn ns r. 1or ne
cnn'o e ~. ntinr Rafc Gn,e ~ EXT
Gse c1nmaao 1 ussF t4 9ines naJol sacnElls. ~
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department, nntawin', IN 60 ias as ~ ma as-
snmed or eaerclsga auiInor1ay osef 9tnef
Ma]or oGme1ae. I'LL aActe - esety plooaoltlty
that hs WI be coniirm.d When ~ the e,a senste re-.
assemblies caTiy nexs mont9, mon ana mere u n9
tllAt end OF the bargaa Is fulfilled fulfilled q tie par
y, o. nc scGonu latt. esaako1 olomn, q
missouri, cou!d nave secured ms re]ectlon Il
nc ifao mslslea uppn II, ouI 1aeie Mefe lsa-
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causG a1 Q! cnanctpauon ~: ~ ~ h.ssonr!
when 1mpeue9 ain ~ 4soiq = Gonaict
VIA tne f5es1aeat, EhetE eac !a1tGT naa as
distinctly commated himsen. M Nhatescf
sooa Eas occn oone ~ tee ptemses Is due
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MS colleagues ol thc Missonn acieganon IN
tonE1cssf ara eA STATEMENTS winch attfl-
eu1e the retult 10 the Loyal Leagues, or 10
governor Dennlsof, OF 70 tnls or 1not mem
bcr OF the Cablne1, are net1lious.
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