St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-01-28

go.rrila ~ariis 81 Is. s.beL i,
own vith-aaiil + ems army bslore Is.
wsodsn guna.tf ,Yolk1gwa ~lhae Is.
Confederate forses :xAlhs,l hasnselys,
safsly within the wlals .tf 'laiSh.aond,
from whence they watdht laeallsnt re.
treat Of Little Mac from tkelFeninsula,
and ooolly pick their .eetd ~ they ace
him pasa Ais wsy.baek 10 y position Of
lcss danger.
10 continues -. :.s-~ae-r,.r.
ut sAsild mot ,he.~ war hooking 10 the
suhjugasioo Of the people Of any State on
any event. Il should not 30 1t al . wat
upon population, 'bu, sgainst armed forces
aad political ~egsniss,isn.'
A. the world IL well aware ol ycu,
operations against EARNED forces
against what "politieal s.z.auisation y
would you, n'ort astute pesi.ioian, have
The powers Of the Governneat directed,
when little further on, you expressly
declare that slavery shall not be later.
tered with? As the purpose Of tie re-
bcllion was for the extension of slavery
and grasping Of power, what il 70 be
done if it is guarded from injury p
Save this, no other organization existed
in the South, unless We except the fee.
bic efforts Of the then few Union men
who endeavored to bear up against the
cssstaed 'outsages Of the bushwhack.
sss :sad your scarcely less Infamous
profession of the property and persons
of'disloyal *eltizens. ......
."0od6seaticn Of property" must not
be permitted, or "Jorcible abolition Of
slavery'becentemplatcd for moment p
E'PriNase' property aud ssaarmed persons
sheaa' be>stnc.ly protected" ....
e:'!cAtlsY1ivataFrspsfty' t&ksn sfor military
use should DO paid ,or 1reseipted for !; pill
lage and waste shoald ,be treated % Aixh
crlmes.> oil unnecessary trespass >stssnly
prohibited, and offensive demeaaorshy Hhe
military toward eitizens promptly rebsked.
OF what does this ''o8ensive demean.
or consist? Resisting tho attacks of
mobs? seeking the assassin who fire.
At "the militery" from his concealment
on the by-road' or protesting against
having poison put in the springs and
wells (!
:'Military power should not be ailoved
TO interfere with the relations Of seryitude
= except for repressins disorders"
Thus the duty Of the soldier il made
to be to keep the slave in the depths
Of servitude! u ea:. .
"A system Of policy thus constitutional
aad conservative, and psrvaded BY the In
assases Of Christianity and freedom, would
reessse <siaesqRport Of almost oil truly 10y
q 'nsn, would deeply impress the rebel
DC. ;',z,. ....' + ..5aTs'. -.
In view of what isrefs,.ed TO, this
is'too .eoutsmptiBle for comment.
r. "A declaration Of radical views, espeoial-
y upon'slavery, viii rapidly disinteer.te
ourP1essnt asmiss."
The soldiers themselve, have brand.
Cd the 'fslsiB Of 'tliis 'ky 'thsir votes on
'every occasion 4hat nus offered. No
where was aheiasue more radical shan
in Ohio, and nowhere was there Us ttii-
umphant majorityagiinst'thec
vative, copperhead, pro-shpery policy.
Never has the army been stronger IN
more united than since the ueoisma.
ton Of emancipation by the President;
and this slur upon its honor shows that
Geo: B. McClellan's heart was never in
the cause to which he rendered pre-
tended and fatal support. ~
The letter il weak and iusipid, and
proves the author y lackiug in states
manship y he evidently Is in genuine
patriotism. It is Is throughout q pie.
for the sehals, :snd an attempt to make
the conduct of the war such as to bear
upon 5hon with litde or M severity,
even at the 'expense Of the lives .of,o.c
own army and the good u.ase .dt bhe
nation. :sa: If. @as a. -
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