East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-10-05

which arc required for the aid of our
gallant defenders in the field, and bear
the welfare OF our soldiers and sailors
ever uppermost in our hearts. And
as wo throw out our Mcclellan ban
ners to the breeze, let the word still
and ever be, alike to friend and foe.
:" The union is the one condition Of
peace. We ask no moro. But the
union must be preserved at all haz-'
ards" NA
Mr.. Winthrop closed amid loud ap-
plause, followed by three cheers for
the speaker. ,sa -.let
Scathing Review of Mr.. Linccln's
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
Hope OF tie Nation.
The Washington correspondent OF
tho New York Horsd, writes as follows
on tho 10tL. --------s-----------f.- f.---l.
Washington was electrified by the
publication Of the following letter from
Senator Reveray Johnson, of Mary
land, who was elected by his State
Legislature opposed to the Democ' attic
party, and who in tho Senate acted
not unfrequently with tho Republican
portion of that body. Let him speak
for himself, as the Oldest Senator in
Congress.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Sept. ID.
GENTLEMEx-Your invitation to tho
meeting to be held in Washington on
the 18th inst. to ratify thc.nomination
of Mcclellan and Pendleton, is but
just received.
1t will be out of my power to bo
with you, my stay here for some days
longer being unavoidable. Opposed
as 1 was to the original election Of Mr..
Lincoln to the position he nav .aa4,,.
unequal to its duties, tho manner in
which he has met them has but con-
frmed me in that option. With
more than two millions of soldiers
placed in his hands, and an unlimited
amount Of treasure, Ais policy and his
manner OF using his power, instead Of
putting the rebellion down and bring
ing to our ranks tho thousands Of
Union men who were in each Of the
seeded States, and who, in some are
believed to outnumber the rebels, havo
but served to unto them against US
and Of dividing the public opinion OF
the loyal States. The effect, OF course,
is that Notwithstanding the gallant
deeds Of our army and navy. and the
manifest justice Of our t6hse, the
Union is more efectually broken now
than it was when his administration
commepeod. Whatever of honesty of
purpose may be'ong 10 him, and ] am
wiling to admit that ne has had it,
his vaoillation, his policy, now con-
seryatiye, now radical, his selection of
military officers grossly incannetont.
MS treatment OF those who were Owl
IDENTIFY competent, his yielding in this
to what he himself has often beer
heard to say as an excuse was, "out-
side PRESSURE" his having not only
not punished, but as far as the pubic
know, unrebuked the vandal excesses
of military officers of his ewn selccA
ton, shocking the sentiment of the
world, and disgracing Us in the Wow
Of Christendom by the burning of pri-
vate dwellings, and depriving their
often exclusively female occupants OF
home and means Of livelihood all
demonstrate that he is grossly incom-
petent TO govern the country in this
crisis of its fate. tn
How can an honorable man believe
that one who has SO signally failcd for
almost four entire years, can be sue
cessftil If another four years DO grant
ed him? No ono In Congress-, cer-
tainly. Not twenty members believe
him equal oratall equal to tho mighty
task. lie has been tried and found
wanting. let us have q change, for
none, il loyal, can DO worse. 1t il
not that we wish, to use his own clas-
sic figures, to swap horses in the mids.
Of stream, but that when We are OH
journey and safety depends on max
inc our destination at tho earliest pos
sible moment, we should cast aside a
spawned and thin horse, and secure d
sound and active one.
In General Mcclellan we are fur
nished--in tho history of his life, in
the purity Of his character his refine
mont, his attainments, civil and mill.
tary, and above all, in his perfect 10y
alty--every assurance that, under his
executive guidance, the war, now SC
exhaustive of treasure and blood, vii
be soon brought to triumphal tor
mination, and this Union which "a'
all hazards" he will never agree t.
surrender, VIII be restored.
With respect, your ob't servant
PEVERDY JOHNSON
Esg The n. Y. Herald says: w
find the Tribune dcnounoing Mcclellan
oa n ncocc .nandidate in orc columns