The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-02

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aud proportional number of small arms and
cannon, and stores. These splendid victories
were the closing acts, of long and tedious
campaigns attended with series of hard
fought battles, that severely tested the loyal
ty-the endurance, the superiority of our
troops. What a noble, sublime heroism was
that of the Massachusetts troops, under
Banks, to stand by their commander, and
comrades, in arms, after their term of service
have expired, TO see this undertaken work
done up?
What a long journey those Massachusetts
men had to take, go from Boston to Port
Hudson, to hear s,the roll call of victorious
rebel legions !? Whyldid not the rebels visit
Bunker Hill, as they said they would do p
Why tax mudsills to journey so far south
ward :! The nearest approach to Boston,
these boastful foes have made, was lust. OF,
the southern border of the Western Reserve,
the otherday when the meteoric raid ot John
Morgan burst in the air, and fell directly INTO
the Pcnitentiary zA1sE siao PuA - pl
f New Orleans, you know, has long been in
quiet possession of our troops. And what do
we this day witness We witness the Mis-
sissippi River, that great national thorough
fare, on the effectuai blockade of which. the
Southern Confederacy placed SO much de-
w PSifN' w ~ thetiA ava
~ lel oanhs cleared OF trown-
II n,;tk 49, e:,I.e L. AGAIN 9.lroeti-
ness these Notifications taken,-their tens of
thousands of armed men, prisoners, their
stores and ammunition socured,-and their
guns turned against themselves. We witness
the conquest, and dispersion of armed hosts,
IN their rear, and the prospect of certain Sc
curlty, to that part of the country. le Vl-i
ne S"sef fstipoort;'iice oi these signal
nig Teli,ei's can cannot De easily comprehend
GU. ps tueui' the entire reoel territory Is
cus II, 1 rwaf''- ITS area is about equally divid
Gu heia r. Pfii'ell'ai source OF supplies is
tnus .ut "ii' auei 'ne packoone OF ttherebelllon
"'J,eni l,..gag issE -, ri -.
pS tllese N1 aciievemehts, me nope OF fore
ing the North, ana especially the y orth-west,
NV q tliSciiefouS peace has been destroyed.
NO YlSilailt treaty, TO those with the Confed-
eiscF, INC Navigation OF the MISSISSIPPI, will
.:eeu 70 exist 10 Vex the complicated legisla-
,ioH oI tne country. The government, will
p"s -. ~ an iIs own way as It VIII have 1t al,
10 49, """u''@ anu IL there were no otner
Ile 9e ~ Jo.t, lo-uaS tnan tnis' IL would, OF
'sSo' . Oe :, G''' :" ',nu more than enough, i"r
o"I HPecidi sI"titu'ie: l: -e,;,r- f. y.5 I# III
Lr o"pfose me Waf haa closed three months
. ago ann the southern Conicderacy been ac-
NifowleaSea.a7 oarpose the country divided
. up mo t~o separate, independent empires,
VINO cannot see at once, that no terms OF alli-
aliee' between the , TWO sections, that would
loI ''sa'l 10 cause than TO live IN peace, under
uu. so'einlieh'' eouia De framed tnat would
elis"'e ~ "sfi"Stins. peace ~heh aiVldea- w no
o''Lnrc 81 see tn't any compromise that should
lio' "nolu n,"ch larger portion Oh the gam, to
one purity thah the other, would justify the
eApense OF separation, ana no preparation
Wa ,1lH' M''s no' iihParna eouio be peaceful
- ':io.'.' tiialiA .Ioo' 'then to7daE, that
.ne'e p no pTosPect' no nope OF sHch dlYl-
Nlon' WIN al IT'S complicated interests, and
te"seicss q, q"i.rrefs: AGAIN, we afhrm, that
Sneso :. t'ot"rieS on the MISSISSIPPI, are
oo u, na; themselves TO warrant this days
B. A'"i'.'ons ~
-sDus s9arfely naq me intellsepeee ot,these
.,l:.5 re'chee us ere we were
uno,,b of ic or q, lne ;r ssiiai trl-
m y e'i o,t' 'u'1' 90 pe'tssourg Ihere' IN
~ 'iia "i.H 'io.sspeeii't advantage
Eii e''lier sue, oqs ttlat OF nun, VINO : hath
ms a quarrel just the two armies met. The
Noren ana the South was full represented
- was ieit on tn sides, that the decisive day
rp fiae come. ne strife was terrific 1t was
leit "" ooSr sues, tnas aii was at stake As
G1IS rI .iS ot1tIe' 50 Mou'd go the TIDE OF war.
ne Eoou,h, Win the choiceSi oil her troops,
ti ,'''1 d oolu at, oefihS lnroad upon Tree soil.
i-i ne iol'ei OF e!Vertihs the man part OF our
i1ioes, .loip washington ana It's vicinity, and
tnuS, leaVihg the capital OF the nation ex-
posed 10 an invading army IN the rear; the
capture OF winch would be most disgraceful,
u y iioe most calamltous, to the North, and a
aeIe,t'atl9n ei II possible, TO press onward
aLiu '.se flarrlsoofs, and fhiiadeiphla, and
U"rsssis tne seat vi war from the slave
70 'i,e ilee States animated LEE, ana 1ls cho-
sen legions, with every every motive of despera-
Iioii, ana rs, success combined. The onset was
maze. mao Inc men OF both armies ,grappled
~ mi.u eaGh o'per; for three long Gays, the
o1Sle a:Ie n"u WIN immense slaughter eniooth
o,aeS' WEI .ne tiHaoln9 zoe, was SO oadiE
tnu i, ,l as 40 rellre from the
tonil'''' anu M iease tne hcio 10 our VICTORIOUS
nooP elooPs: nc ne enemy enemy lost from 4ooo0 10 o.
wv Vi thelr itA oest men, IN TINS presulnptuouS
sttenlPC 10 transfer tne theatre OF war to the
,ree States. In this oioody conflict, the mum
peis sla.il, nearly Vlea with the slaughtered
~ npsos , ., waterloo. ana YET TINS is one only
,,,h;oL GlHelS -nau the las' SIX weeks
- - IL onieuei~oy nsS ioss aS ie''S'i
lo tll.uiou 'tous''nu 'iel,,---ohe-tElro' per
iiaps. VI i1s wnoie ssrehgtn, ana more thap
otte l tili,u Vi fts confluence III lhe nope OF ma
Triumph III nl 'fe
IsedW, ala roW, 20 recruit ms snaSVereo FORCES,
yenerson v.Hl :, DaVis mas ordered nnal eonserp-
tween the ag,. Of - and ID Ak s5i5 fba rsSsl Se
States The Srn3ber ali, toia iti;s sa;d 81,
not exceed seventy tbonsand Ths late. late raf, S.,,
of Mr. Lincoln cslIs for soo 600 and i ,r,,'
ceedino ali onar tba lona S,itb Ganarai 20 po,
factiop Nav yori Citvno+ go exsentad '''''''
IF now we add tbsSs' sictorias t, n +bos. ba
w '-N'A oiASoO 'iSVOA4SS " 'iOoO oO-