The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-19
JUNE 1871 1863.


skunk, do not believe the delicate nerves
of the rebels will be able to withstand a
bayonet charge from these American sol.
dierst of African descent, if made when
the state of the thermometer indicates
cutaneous activity and corresponding per.
spiration. Time, however, will soon set
tie this disputed question. 10 ,a5.aila.ulI
You should further denounce all who
complain of the army of the Potomac
1t has bee inn no sense failure. It has
achieved more than any army in ancient
or modern times has accomplished under
similar or equal difficulties. Its bravery
is unquestioned, and injustice is done its
Generals. True, Mcclellan, under the
influence of Northern copperheads, aided
by such Republican fogies as Thur.
low Weed, and backed by the stupid grad
yates Of West Point, was fast becoming
favorite with the army and the people,
and it was gravely limited by some of his
holder adherents that he might be used
by the copperhead fraternity to supplant
our unrivalled President in 1864. .ll
Besides, Gen. Mcclellan had command.
ed the army of the Potomac long enough.
"Rotation in Office" is o sound political
axiom. He was, therefore, retired, al
though still favorite with the brave
men he SO long commanded. Gen. Burn.
sides career has been an eminently bril-.
liant one, and the same may be said of
Gen. Hooker, who, I presume will soon
retire upon the laurels he has so nobly
won. ,a}' - s'.s.. ..,!H = ,..',|
But in all this there is strategy. 1t is
the result of that superior genius and
wisdom of our President, who, as Soon.
mander-in- Chief" moves interiors upon
the military chessb 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 album
dance of leaders ready and willing at a
moments notice to lead the army Of the
Potomac to the rebel capital We have
in reserve Butler, Phelps, Busted and
Lane, to say nothing of Col D'Utassy,
who, like Mahomet's coffin, is still sus-1
pended between the heavens and the
earth. I look in vain among the names
attached to your letter for one which re-
calls familiar face. 1 do not now re.
member that 1 ever had the honor of a
personal acquaintance, with any one of
you, although in former times knew
many of the leading citizens of Memphis,
among whom are not few who are still
ardently in favoraof restoration of the
Constitution. / regret to find none Of
them associated With you in the proposed
demonstration. But I will indulge no
complaints. -04gsr~ga Sd .laa u. 1s
Wherever our armies have secured a.
permanent Judgment in the South, as att
Hilton Head, New Orleans, Newbern,
Nashville and Memphis, the Northern
friends Of our most excellent President
have supplied us abundantly with most
disinterested men and women, whose 10y
al tonges are heard in melodious tones
wherever we "hold, occupy and possess"
a cotton or contraband settlement in the
Confederate wilderness. Look at Hilton
Head, where the tender maiden and tough
err matron of the North mingle upon sis
terly terms with the Palmetto African Ia
dies Of South Carolina. A beautiful issue
of tracts and catechisms will no doubt soon
be followed by an improved issue of con-
trabands-not so white as the pure Anglo,
nor 50 black as the normal African. In q
few years they will i, -, .' +o1
Walk in beauty like the night .ssaa aa'u|
%, VI cloudless chimes and starry skies, ,. 3,
And all that's best of dark and bright,
Meet in their aspect and their eyes. . ~
In North Carolina Charles Henry Eos
ter, Esq, originally from Maine, aud a.
warm political friend Of Breckinrige. has
organized free labor association, and, Gov
eruor Stanley has gone back to California
in disgust. In Nashville we have aJregu-
larly organized abolition society,", It's or
gan Is the same as that Of the, State and
Federal Governments, and the editor,
though imported from abroad, is doing
more to sustain the glorious, tadministra-
tieh Of President Lincoln than any native
born citizen Of The State can do or is viii
ling to do, This Abolition society. and
this Abolition newspaper, although CON.
Quoted within the Qualifications OF this 81,
| ty, IA doing, no IdoubS very much to in.
duce the people Of Middle Tennessee n ssa to1
cease all further opposition to the wise,]
gentle and constitutional rule Of, our dis
tinguished Chief Magistrate, Z. , -1.2
"a Memphis the harvest is a tempting
4 one With cotton ~ dnllar ynr ,y,soIu,,,J