The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-03-27

generals by instinct and tho grace Of God |?
} For year and half, this luminous lido
has swopt over usi and will some mortal
tell us of some good, tho least, that has
waited upon the labors Of these critics -
What mistake has been avoided, what error
retrieved, or what blundor redeemed And
yet what jeSlousies they have engendorod,
what factions they have built up, and what
fcuds thoy hnvo ombittercd
pray gentlemen to remember that no
general has been improved by denunciation,
or made skillful by abuse; nor yet removed
by this clamor, and mover will DO. But tho
confidence of subordiuateE has been shaken
in commander, and the confidence Of the
people has been weakened in the President,
for placing or retaining general in COM
mand, when no two could agree upon sub
stitute or successor Those outspokon COM
monts, here and elsewhere, have at least the
merit Of bolduoss, but what shall be said of
that muttering, unmanly, yot swelling un.
der'current Of complaining criticism, that
reflects upon the President, on his motives
and capacity, so freely and feebly INDUCED
in by mon having tho public confdcncei--
whsperings, and complainings, and doubt.
ings, and misgivings. and EXPLANATIONS and
; predictions. ] have heard men complain
that George Washington had died, as il un.
tirnoly, and feebly Sigh for return of An.
drcw Jackson TO life. What can be done
with such pulling drivolers? Men who have
o morbid passion TO oxaggerate our misfor-
tunes, and aggravate and riot in our calam.
isies; and who are never so happy as whom
they can gloat over the sum OF our disas.
ters, which they charge ovor to the personal
d account of the President. am sick of thi,
+ everlasting cowardice and pallcr under 70
= verses. Defeats must come, disasters mrs
= como. and still groator ones, perhaps; anc
/: tho end Is not yet. These mon would neve
t have worked through the Nrst Revolution
j but that, as this will be, was achieved il
0 spite of them.
Sir,if We fail, il will bo wholly because W,
{ are unvorthy to succeed; because We viii
t not. with our whole heart and energy might
mind and strength. give ouaelgcs up who'll,
n to this war, as do the rebels; study Its por
tents. and obey it's demands alone. The
task ii imposes is for our human kind, III
o work is the accumulated work of the dea,
J. centuries thrus. upon our hands, and i,
o hope is the hope of all tho ages to be borr
U Ii We doubt, assal and cast down those VIII
s alone must lead us. wo might as woll no,
slough into any infamy that mon will cal
Q peace. or skulk behind the med ating sec o
0 ter Of no matter what 6espot, an:
0 forever hide our dishonored heads amid tn,
ruins Of our nationality. If any man hor,
4, distrusts the President, lot him speak forth
hero, like these bad leaders, openly, and nc
longer offend the streets. and naaseate places
OF common resort with their unworthy clam.
or. He may not have in excess that ocstatic
fire that mnkos poets, and prophets, and
: madmen; he may hot possess much of what
wo call heroic blood. that drives mon even
often to stake priceless destinies on despe
rate ventures, and lose them; he may mol
Ia an eminent degree possess that indefinable
something that schoolboys call genius, thai
. enables its possessor. through new and un
hoard.of combinations, to grasp at wonder.
= fui results, and. that usually ends in failure
) or, If he possesses any or all of these quail.
t ties, they are abashed and subdued in the
presence Of danger that dwarfs giants, and
teaches prudence to ,emerity. IIe is an
: unimpassioned. cool, shrewd, ssgacious. far.
sooing man, with capacity to form his own
} Judgments, and will to execute them; and
he possesses an integrity pure and simple
as the vhite rays of light that play about
! the Throne. 1t is this that has SO tied the
hearts and lovo of the people to him, that
will not unloose in tho bresth of oil Of the
: demsgoguos in the land. 1t is idle 10 com.
pare him with Washington or Jacksou.-
, Like all extraordinary men, he is an orig.
s inal, and must stand in bis own niche. He
q. has assiduously studied the teachings of this
war; he has learned it's great lesson; and 10
time he uttered its great word. He com.
r mits errors. Who would have committed
. fewer? Think Of the fierce and hungry do
, mands that incessantly devour him up.---
: Remember the repeated instances In our
4 own time, when the ablest Of our statesmen
In that chair with cabinets of their choice,
: and sustained by majorties in Congress, in
/ times of profound peace, have gone down,
] and their administrations have porishod un-
der the bare weight of the Government
0 Aud then, contemplate, it you can. in adj
: dtion 10 the burdens that have crushed SO
o many strong men, the fearful responsible
o ties imposed upon this man. Is it not n
Q marvel, most living wonder, that he sus-
:, tsius them 90 we'll; Let not the distant
o mother who has given uPa loved one to
y fearful death. think that the President does
# not sympathize with her sorrow, and would
Il not have been glad, oh, how glad, to have
II 90 shaped events as to have spared the sac.
J. rifice. Let not fathers. mothers and wives
Il any wher6 think that, as he secs the long, blue
d regiments of brave s. beautiful ones march
d ing away, stepping to the drum-beat, that
It he does not contemplate and feel bis re'
o spousibility as be thinks how many of them
+ shall 60 to nameless graves, unmarked, save
70 by the dOwn-lookipg eyes of Gods pityins
y angels.