The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-18

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weak, mean and malignant in Others BE j,
1 cold, selfish, aud supremcly ambitious and
under theseeEer of outward sanctity and Tia9-
riotisnl, flows concealed the strongest vein of
| hypocrisy and demagogism. ID e -ysI
3es HI has never been up to the magnitude oil
the undertaking. He refused troops for the
war IN May A. D., 1861 BECAUSE he did no
'siaoi0 that they ,CoitlI Je nee}el' His idea, at
first, seems to have been that hostilities would
soon cease, and he bent his energies for a
cheap war. His preparations and outfit were,
accordingly, contracted and parsmonious.- =
Awakened to sense of hiserror. his next aim
| seems to have been to conquer his foes, and
| put down every man that had passed his path
way in life The latter success at all events.
Instances of this are numerous, but that of
I Senator Brown--the peer of Mr.. Davis IN
! everything, his superior in many aud his rival
aud successful competitor ,forethe United
| States Senate-is pointed. He joined a COM
! pany in Davis army and was elected Captain.
He had capacity for any position. Yet Mr..
4 Dayis1snot looking tothe p sbfc interest, but
to the qualification of his own pr vate feeling.
/ sees this opportunity to strike an old rival,
and embraces it. He refused him all promo
| ton, and left him the alternative of wearing
himself out as GaptainHofa eompany,o or seek1
| ing position elsewhere. 20 Mr. Brown'sy cleo
| ton to the Confederate Senate. terminated the
matter. He drove Cen Gustavus w. Smith
from the army He was once ready to re-
| move Stenewall L Jackson. and only the sue
cess of the latter backed by a powerful and
excited party, prevented it, He oyerslaughed
and oppressed Beapregard, because he let the
| people know that he desired to move on
! Washington at once, after9he first Manassas
| fight and was prevented by Davis. Hedroye
4 fxaD Nv Wall-ar of Of th.,c
4 He retained Hindman in Arkansas, with a
/ positive knowledge Of his outragcs He re-
tains Holmes here TO crafty the Johnsons, at
the ruin of our people. He has pursuedsaii
/ oppressed Gen. Price, because, / suppose, the
! latter was made Brigadier in Mexico, ane..
| Davis was not. He retained Pemberton in
command, against the wishes of the country
i and, to add insult to it ALL sends him to Mo-
| bile to take command, where he is execrated
] by every man, woman and child. BY a trick
and swindle, he got Gen j. E. johnson
from command in Virginia, and gave him no
other definite position until there was apress-
ing emergency and a chance to damage him
Thereby showing his confidence in him and
! his malignity toward him. He drove Gen.
| Pike out of the army to crafty Hindman
and the Johpsons, and thereby lost to lis the
whole of the rebel country, aud, if the War
eair;l tba tlaeG : ,,.,,'
a,d ~ H. -, i ;,,,f;
cent Calnet and colls tbsr,
I'll tbot he =, ro;[, o soia desrot ,,,,,
people. He has had at his disposal physical
force ,o,,rf 70 carry n,,t ac+s tbo 49, ar};
;, i ,,, ~ q
/ He has shown his selishness and disregard
| for the interest of the people, by his appoint
ment of Heath, Van Dorm, Dick Taylor, Da-
Wis and Mansfield Lowell all relatives and
all alike ;ncomnetent He has aIienated the
neople of Cieoroia so nuch 50 that were the
i Confet.eracv acknowledoed to-day Georgia
/ -would not remain fwo Years pnder him I
heard n Confadar,ta caneral of ,,reat nron,;-
nencas. Who understands the faeiina in that
State so declare. And as si5nifirant Of This
Gov. Brown of Geor,ia oaye TO Gen q. w
i Smith sreanlv and snitefnllv driven ont Of
! the army. h. Davis the Prasidancv of the
Etowah Iron Works with salary larger than
1 that oe III, s,lor,, os T ;,,t5 !, - n ,,I 81 n
ifalsified all his promises to Kentucky and
took Gen. Humphrey Marshal's command
away rom rom nm, turning lover 20 ms ola po-
llUiti flta zen reSIon, 10 srae'iS th@ par,i-
sa'. '.feq.retiiei'ts vi helt!cky citizehs' VINO
nae suoaehiy RISEN rom :. the obscure Pnsitlon
/ pork packerS' 10 tnat OF Senators, and Repre-
sehtattVes IN me Gohfenerases Gongress,z ald
}ussgiers In enae l'ellt'cal oooonl: In word
ne mas enriched ana honoreu ms irlehas' rl,-
ieu anu erisneu ms enemies n :. Ne
mas gwen over one people ehose OF Arkansas an
esPeeiaily' 10 P'ahoer ana oppression oy ms
tasoriteS' anu IN no instance ponisned ehe OF
lelfer. bz.oeg. 57es .s-sE - - z
l ADMIT that IN some Things hesiooms, =ap
Il ABOVE otner men ; oul ne Eas SO many saeleets
ana M WeaNnesses penea'il others, tnat IL reduces
MN nm 70 very poor lsecond.rate enaracter;--
! ana you can never cnange MN. MS NE mas
been warped by political intrigue. His pref
9alces I nave been narrowed antt ms mates EN-.
Dtsereu oy years OF partisan strife Ano
you hai as Wen take the OAK wl,icf mas oeet
oent white twlg and beat upon by the storms
j io of centuries when Its honshs are falling OF
and us trunk decaylns, and attemps e
stfasiieeii = up toTHro neaFeh' as 30 aeteh,P
Tue y 50 w,'tPeo t'h
peht oy1years OF poll!eai storm ana Intrigue
efa Fs;es i. I91, F.,,I9s
4 In answer TO the question, what snail VIZ
do ? he says: aafFd .1 li1A eI ~
}, rh;s o,est;o,, y. ~, oftar
that has s nreeededs IF Mr. Davis when h,
held the lives and fortunes Of many million,
: in his hands so blnndered as TO lose his on
nortnnitv what can we hone from him nov
J. that q scenes of black ness ggof anou;isb ano
dosolat;on roie7ns ,,b orc yaaIfb ban,,;,o,s on,
,,laD,,. sn,iled IF ba ,noyI5 i,ot irotect A.
k,nsos wbenfbs- zo,,tj' .b,,t insta,,d NV. = /
over TO nlI,rder and oI3,5rassion Nv his nets
what have we to hone now that he tremble
in Richmond for his own safety. and wake.
4 mn AT last to the terrible reality Of his weak
ness folly and ineiscretion . If we mere no
nrotsctad when we oo,,1 ho,,e beoo and if W,
i cannot now be .nrotected. what must we do