New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-10-07
- TIE WAR A ia


- THE WAR FAlLCR
The Chicago platform declares that
the war has been prosecuted for four
years and has been q failure. This
Mr.. Chase disputed in his speech on
Saturday night. He enumerated
some military victories which we had
gained, As if that was reply, lie did
not state that no substantial results
had thus far followed our victories
Well says Mr.. Vallandigham, IN his
Sidney speech: .~
|" / am speaking now of the fret this
Convention pronounced this war fail
u"e. end giving you the rrasols Why
it is o failure. Is 1t not failure to
restore the Union? (Cr;es Of yes) l
have said it was not the want of an ar
my of soldiers or Of officers, but that it
was, first, because of the nature Of
things, and, secondly: because of the
policy Of the administration. That it
is failure to restore the Unios, you
all know. What State has it returned
out Of tho eleven which seeded? What
State has representatives in the FEEDER
al Congress among those that went out.
What State acknowledges obedience to
the Constitution and laws Of tl.e
erigioual eleven? Not one. What
has been gained by this campaign?
Note lives have been lost, more hard
'fia ng has been done, 1nore c"urase
has Sgen exhibited Wy the Federal as
we'll as the Souther.. -s,l'lisIa, than in
any former campa;;S, and what has
been Accomplished General Grant is
nearer to Richmond! occupying re,-
haps a territory Of eleven miles, which
was not in the possession of the United
StatAs .vha. +he ee~.-r~;s~ L-5"", v.n
! the City Point to the suburbs of P'-
tersburs. TO secure that he gave all
the country from Manassas down to
Richmond, and large part of the val
ley until the last few days. What
there is in these victories reported by
telegraph, 1 see not. We know that
Presidential election is pending and
every instlumentality will be restored
TO, to magnify these victories. Gen.
Sheridan gained . victory, but Gen.
Lincoln did not do it. It happened an
hls administration, and ghatis all that
can be said inregard7 toit, What yet
IS to happen there wesknow not. y p
iHow&about the Southern campafgn?
General Sherman, through the courage
ofthe best disciplined, best organized
and most powerful army that has been
seensince the campaigns of The first
Napolean, has taken Atlanta town
somewhat larger than Sidney. It has
cost him sixty Thousand men, and four
or Eve months Of the most terrible canlI
paign ever ;waged onathis continent or
any other part ofthe gl'bo. lie occu
pies from two to fiye-miies on each side
Of a railroad of 1873 mles in length.
He has penetrated that far into 'Geer
gis, nWlIat has been surrendered to
obtain that? All of Texas, nearly all
Of Louisiana. nearly all Of Arkansas,
Mississippi, Alabama. and part Of Ten
.nessee, which were in possession Of the
Felerals on the first Of May. Ken
lucky has been opened to continual in
! cuysions of the Confederate armies.
All this has been surrendered in order
to gain this narrow strip Of country on
tho line of the railroad. The war then
has been properly pronounced a failure
in 3 military point Of view. The con-
vention meant that it had failed to res
tore the Union, and there is not Re
publican in the land whe does not
know it. 1'r
| tar;. ~ ~ IT. - IT. y So. ,'
The GREAr NATIONAL Auction
4SALE.--Ihe, "Governmcnt,'' in the
| psrson6f Abrah,m Lincoln, Will retire
to private life on the 4.h Of March, 49,
65.s His Admins tration having selsc-
ted many things which will be Of nc
lass 70 his sueee.sor, who will, admins
sissr the government in accordance with