The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-06-24

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influence Of Northern Goppsrheads sided
BY such Republican fogies ., Thurlov
Weed and backed up by the stupid Grads.
stes OF West Point, was fast bscumin8A :
favorlte with the army and the peopis; and
It was gravely hinted by some Of his bdidsf
ad1erents that he might be used bv. ths
CoPperhsad fraternity to suppIaat onr IL
iustrious President In 1864. Bcsides,
General McClellaB had commanded ths
Army Of the Potomac long cnoush.
Rotation in Office is sound polit;cai
axiom. He was therefore retired althoueh
still fatorite with the brave men .hs'sn.
long commanded. General Burusile's
career has been an eniinently hrillisnt one.
and the same may be said Of General
Hooker who, presume, will soon retire
upon the laurels he has so nobly Won,
But in all this there is strategy; It's the
result ofthat superior genius and wisdom
of our President, who as sCom udattdnr in.a
Chief moves interiors on the militsry.
chessboard with q skill which excites the
admiration Of all who are truly LOYAL "a
the administration. No harm can results
from all this. We have an abundance Of
leaders ready and willing at. moment's
notice to lead the Army of the Potoiaau
to the rebel capital. We have in rsssryS
Butler, Phelps, Busteed, and Lame; To say
nothing of Colonel d'Utassy, who ike
Mahomet's coffin, is still suspended be.
tween the heavens and the earth..
look In vain among the names attack
ed to your letter for one which 'recalhsa
familiar face. i do not remember that I
ever had the honor of personal acquains
tance with any one of you, although. ID
former times, knew many Of the lead-
ing citizens of Memphis, among whom
are not fewwho are still ardently in favor
of a restoration of the Constitution. i.
regret to find none of them assUclatsd
with you in the proposed demonstration.
But l will indulge no complaints Whsr=
ever our armies have secured permanent
Judgement in the .South-as at Hilton
Head, New Orleans, Newborn, Nashville
and Memphis-the northern friends cfouf
most excellent President have supplied ID
abundantly with most disihtersstsd fasn
and women, whose loyal tongues are heard
In mclodious tones wherever We SHIELD.
occupy and possess cotton or contfa.s
band settlement in the Confederate wilder.
ness. Look at Hilton Head, whsfe tho
tender maiden and tougher matron Of the
North mingle upon sisterly terms With
the Palmetto African ladies of South Caro-.
lima. A bountiful issue of tracts and cat.
echisms will no doubt soon be fo,lowsd b.
an improved issue of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES %
white as the poor Anglo, not SO black a
the normal African. lii . few years they
will. -
"Walk in the beauty like the night
\ OF cloudless climes and starry skiss;
And all that's best of dark and bright
| Meet in their aspect and their eyes"
In North Carolina, Charles Henry Fos.
ter, Esq, originally from Maine, and =.
warm political friend Of Breckinrigo, has
organized Free Labor Association, end
Governor Stanly has gone back to Cali
fornia in disgust. In Nashville we have
a regularly organized abolition society, i'd
organ issthe same as that of the State and
Federal Government, and the editor.
though imported from abroad, is doing
more to sustain the glorious administrator
of President Lincoln than any native born
citizen Of the State can do. This aboli.
ton society, and this abolition newspabSf.
although conducted within the fortifcas
tions of the city, is doing no doubt vsry
much to induce the people of Middle
Tennessee to cease all further oppositiou.
to the wise, gentle, and constitutional rule.
of our distinguished chief magistrate
i In Memphis, the harvest is tsmptihd
one. With cotton at dollar per pound,
and likely contrabands lying around loose
our enterprising northern friends who
; love tho Union aud wish it preserved IN J
der the guarantees of the Constitution.
may make "good thing of it." Already
: / hear of several who hare fasms in Kan
sas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and other s'ftes
States, which are now Melt ltilisd With
. negroes who once belonged to the rHniedl
men of the Sopth. Facts like these sxin
tend greatly to the restoration Of peace
and harmony, and materially aid ii re-
moving the prejudice which the te6blo
Of the insurrectionary States have enters
tanned against the northern kipdrsds
They now know that the war is not 70 ID
so conducted as wantonly to deprive them
Of any portion Of their property; and they
now have positive proof that southerd 20
cessionists and Northern copperheadsa who
charged that the war was to b finally
iwaged against the South as section, in
! stead Of the rebels and their allies, xrs
. guilty of falsehood Furthermore, Tiers
:. is large party at the North who's have
persistently refused to regard the Africau
as the best representative Of the human
race. This inaux ofnegroes viii do ma, \
to change their opinions, and BY the same
. means southern manners and cnst0ms JVitt
become gradually introduced north Of the
Ohio and Potomac, rendering our peol Is
|, much more homogeneous than in former
times. Thus we will again become nm
! tied and loving people. Tho lion aud the
i lamb, the contractor and the contraband,
! will lie down together, and then the mil.
lennium will have coms. Excuse The
haste with which / write. and accept %.
! surances of my highest regard.
a Very respectfully, 50
~ Your obedient servant s
EN-. ETH EHLDGE
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