M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-07-09


the delicate nerves of the rebels will
DO able to withstand tho bayonet
charge from the American soldiers OF
African descent, if made when the
state of the thermometer indicates
cutaneous activity and corresponding
Precipitation. Time, however, will
soon settle the disputed question. |
Yon should further denounce oil
whe complain OF the Army Of the
Potomac. 1t has been in no seuse
failure. 1t has achieved moro than
any army in ancient or modern times
has accomplished, under similar or
equal difficulties. lts bravery is un
questioned, and injustice is done to
its Generals: True, Mcclellan, under
the influence of the Northern Copper.
heads aided by such Republican fogies
as ThurlOw Weed and backed up by |
the stupid graduates Of West Point,
was last becoming a favorite with the
army and the people; and it was
Igravely limited by some Of his bolder
adherents that he might be used by
the Copperhead Fraternity to sup.
lplant our lllustriOus President in
l1S64. Besides, General Mcclellan
had commanded the Army Of the
Potomac long enough. "Rotatiou in
office" is sound political axiom. lie
was therefore retired, although still a
Iavorite with the brave men he SO
long commanded. General Burnside's
career has been an eminently brilliant
one, and tho same may be said Of
! General Hooker, who, | presume, will
soon retire upon the laurels he has 80
nob!y won. But in all this there is
strategy; it's the result Of that supe
rior genius and wisdom of our Presi.
dent, who was "Commauder.iu Chief
Imoves interiors on the military chess
! board with q skill which excites the
admiration Of all who are truly loyal
to the administration. No harm can
result from all this. We have an
abundance Of leaders ready aud will
ing at y moments notice to lead the
l Army of the Potomac to the rebel
3. capital. We have in reserve, Butler,
Phelps, Busted, and Lane; to say
, nothing Of d'UtaSsy, who, ike Maho.
NETS coffin, is still suspended between
the heavens and the earth.
look in vain among the names
attached to your letter for one which
} recalls familiar face. | do not re-.
member that | have ever had the
} honor of q personal acquaintance
} with any one Of you, although in Tor
mer times, | knew many Of the lead.
) ing citizens Of Memphis, among whom
are not few who are still ardently in
favor of q restoration of the CVnstitu-
ton. | regret to fud none Of them
associated with you in the proposed
demonstration. But | will indulge
complaints. Whenever our armies
have secured permanent Judgement
in the South as at Hilton Head New
Orleans, Newbern, Nashville and
Memphis the Northern friends Of
our most excellent President have
supplied us abundantly with most
disiDterested men and women, whose
loyal tongues are heard in melodious
tones wherever we "hold, occupy and
possess" a cotton or contraband settle.
ment in the Confederate wilderness.
Look at Hilton Head, where the
North minge upon sisterly terms with
the Palmeto-Atrican ladies Of South
Carolina. a bointiful issue of tracts
and catechisms will no doubt soon be
followed by an improved issue OF
coItraband mot so white as the poor
Anglo, not 30 black as the normal
African. In few years they will
"Walk in tho beauty like the night
0fcloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's beat Of dark and bright
Meet in their aspect and their eyes,"
In North Carolina, Charles Henry
Foster, Esq, originally from Maine,
and a warm political friend Of Breck.
inridge, has organized a Free Labor
Association, and Governor Stanley
has gone back to California in disgust.
In Nashville we have a regular org~
anized Abolition Society; its organ is
the same as that Of the State and
Federal Government. and the editor,
tho imported from abroad, is doing
more to sustain the glorious admins.
tlation of President Lincoln than any
native born citizen Of the State can do.
This abolition society, and this aboll.
ton newspaper, although conducted
within the fcrtificatiOns Of the city, is
doing no doubt very much to induce
the people Of middle Tennessee to
cease all further opposition to the wise
gentle, and constitutional rule Of our
distinguished chief magistrate.
In Memphis the harvest is tempt.
ing one. With cotton al a dollar per
pound, and Likely contrabands "lying
around loose" our enterprsiDg north.
ern friends who love the Union and
with it preserved under the guarantees
of the Constitution may make "good