Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-11-04
From the New York World
MEADE s. ROSECRANS' REFUSES
Democratic Defeats-Thelr Causes.

The point decided by the late elections
is, that the ,car wW be protrac'cd until after
the end Of the presidential canvass. The
means by which these elections have been
carried furnish both q motive and reason
for diIatory military policy. The war cry
having been found by trial to be the most
efficient electioneering engine the admin
istration can use. they have II political in
terest in the continuance of the war, quite
distinct from the general interest of the
country, which requires that the rebel
armies shall be destroyed and the loyal
States relieved OF their heavy burdens at
the earliest possible date. The country
has no int crest that the war should CON
tinus for a single day beyond the shortest
period within which it is possible to sub
due the rebellion but every interest to
the contrary. Tie Republican party, on
the other hand, has no less at stake than
its own existence in the continuance of
the war, so long as war cry is the most
stirring legend it can inscrihe on its polit-
ical banners. Here, then, is a motive
which the late elections furnish for an
unnecessary protraction of the war ; ard
the means by which these elections have
been carried TO supply reason why the
war will drag its slow length along as the
administration desires.
We, of course, understand that in ascri-
bing TO the administration such motive
as the one now Damed, we are impeach-
ing lis honor and its patriotism. We are
making charge which, if sustainable by
proofs, ought to work a complete forfeiture
Of public confidence in our present rulers.
Shall we be told that their high sense of
honor and duty forbids them to weigh
the possession of power against the good
Of the country? We can in reply ONLY
appeal to ndsputable facts That the ad-
ministration ought to lie restrained by
honor and duty from seeking 10 strength
en- their hold on power by proceedings
which tend TO prolong the war is true
enough but unfortunately, a question
of right is not in this case identical with
a question of fact. We ask no reader to
follow US into the doubtful domain Of hy-
pothesis; our appeal is to facts actually
accomplished, and to the consequences
which necessarily result from those facts.
The evidence is such that If taken down
IN toe form in which testimony is given
in court Of Justice, il would procure
conviction OF the party inculpated without
any labor OF summing up. It could safely
be submitted to the jury without com
ment.
Qgestion-Wkat is the number OF Re-
publican soldiers iurloughed to go home
and vote in the Pennsylvania election?
AHslCcr. About fifteen thousand.
Q.-What is The Republican majority /
in the Safe?
About fifteen thousand.
Q-When were these soldiers with |
drawn from Gen. Meades armyg
1.-Two weeks before the election
Q.-When did Gen. Meade begin his |
to retreat from the adyan-
ced position in the enemy's country which .
he then occupied?
A.-Very soon after his army was weak I,
ened by taking away the Republican SOL !
diers for political duty in Pennsylvania.
Q-Wa, Gen. Meade suffered BY the |
enemy to make his retreat unmolested?
A.-No 1t was hasteIed and made
compulsory by vigorous advance of the
rebel army, now relatively so strong that !
Gen. Meade dared not imperi what re-
mained of his own army by staying and
giving battle
These simple, unvrnished facts, stated
in the plainest and dryest form without
artifice, prove that the political .
victory won by the administration in .
has been won at the expense
Of disgraceful retreat by the army Of the
Potomac, The cost Of this political vic
tory to the national treasury cannot be