The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-10-27
GEN. BUTLER ON THE RE-
BILLION.
His Letter to Simon Cameron
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have found much OF interest in answer I"
the question; What Of tho rebellion
frum your point Of vicwl
We have been lying in front OF b'o's
army for four months, which have by mo-
means bCe1 spent IN vain. From the cN
animation Of thousands o; prisoners and
dcscrtcrs, and articles in the s. u,hern
newspapers, I am certain that these have
been months Of depletion to the South
crn army; that the wlo,c arins-henrlng
population OF the States within the rebel
lines have been Exhausted In the oiihrt TO
recruit their forces. and the cupublliiy, ifl
not the will, 10 resistance is fast dwind.
ling away.
The Confederate Congress, in De-
cember last, passed an net, the first sec
ton Of which is in these words: "Thc
Congress Of the Confederate States do
enact that all ioaife residents OF the Con.
federate States between the ngrs ul
seucnteen and .6tty are in the service OF
the Confederate States.'
The act then provides how farmer,
mechanics, and others muy be dcfdiledbyI
military authority To rose the provisions
aud do the work for the army in The field
What would cur Democratic friends
who ure 80 blatant over "Linculn's tyrnn.
ny" say To such draft M that on our
sidcl | " ould not like to see Governor
Sevmour's mild protest against 1t. J.
would not like 90 hear Voorhees, donun
cintiois of Il, for they would be vulgar.
Now, when read in the Richmond
papers clnmorous calls that the detailed
mcn shall be put into the ranks, hoN
can doubt the united testimony Of de-
scrters aud prisoners that the Rebel
means ms 10 men are nt an cudl
Never having been convert 10 the thco
~ that the provision at the $ iuth would
readily be exhausted, have not plac.
ed much reliance upon that result. Yet
IL Is certain that the mcdns of transport.
ing provisions from point to point by rail
bayc given out, and the railroads are be-
coming so crippled in their equipment
that Il is impossible for them to furnish
the movement Of men and supplies ncccs
sary 10 the extensive military operations
required TO meet our forces.
Add TO this the current testimony oi
prisoners, dcsertcrs, and refuge $, IN the
rank file of their armies nrc in confident
expectation aud belief IN the promise ol
ehcir leaders that this will b. their last
campaign, that the nominees OF the Chi.
eagO COnvc Ition will be elected in No.
rcmbcr, and that the independence OF the
Confederate States will be acknOwlcdg.
ed aud n treaty of peace cOncudcd, Un'
you have IN imperfect synpOsis of the
reasons why believe the rebellion near
its end.
II will be for the loyal men OF the
iVorth to see to il that their treason does |
not end in the way proposed by the South.
,nn leaders, aided by tie lection of q u.
Mcclellan aud the Chicago platform.
Here is the only danger, il danger cS-
lists at oil. There fore, whatever may |
have been or may be the preferences ol
any man us TO any person for the Chief
Executive Of the nation, or dissatisfaction
with the course OF the Government upon
matters of mere administration yea,
even in the important points of the Ad
policy, as laid down in the
platform or forcs hadowcd in lis ncts---it
+ Gems tu inc the plain duty orcvcry loyal
'nan To support the election OF Lincoln
aud Johnson.
The question now before the people il
not as to the prcpOnGorancc or fitness OF
MIR. Lincoln or General Mcclellan ior
the Presidency. Admit that neither or
either ono or the other is uf hmsclf thc
best man for the place. What thcnl-
One must be elected. No other result
possible. We are then rcmittcd to the
class of political ideas which each repre-.
scn,s; aud to what is still more impor.
tant, to the men and their Bliiliations by
whom each will he surrounded and con.
troled in tact, aud by whom his admins.
tration WILDE shaped in the event OF
election. Can it be that any true man,
especially any Andrew Jackson Demo.
crat, can desire this Government put into
tho hands of Messrs. Vailandigham,
Woods, Seymore, Pendleion, Long, Har.
ris, Voorhees,, aud their surroundings,
North aud South' Let us see what their
platform ard their candidates mean: The
war is to be carried on or il is not; ifnot.
then n disgraceful nad dishonorablrl
peace, which be no peace, aud which ne
true mun wants, is to be the result. Or
II carried on, then both platform and eau.
didates are pledged to the disbandonment
of two hundred thousand colorcd men,
now doing duty as soldiers or serving the
army, their places to be supplied either
by volunteers, at an expense of hundred
of millions in bounties or by drail,
which is the great ground of complaint
by the opponents of the Government.
Nav, more, il either the Chicago Plat.
form or McClcllau's acceptance meHns
anything, these negroes are to be return
ed to their masters TO fight or labor OF
the other side. Does any one doubt, i'll
returned to their masters, they would be
al once sent into the rebel lines, where
alone such property has any valu,l-l
Upon the theory of the Chicago Platform
and McClellan's constitutional rights ol
States" think il would "exhaust the
resources of craftsmanship" TO show why
these men should not be returned to
their former masters, as, ind, cd, was the |
practice in Gen. McClellan's army.
Still further, does not Gen. Mcclellan |
twice over, in his letter and Platform,
promise new constitutional guarantees o
the rights ofthe Sou,h'
Is il possible that all these concessions
are 10 be forced from the North from Sc
cession at the point of the bayonet.
That which specially effects the mind
of the old aud true Democracy of the
country in the Baltimore Platform is its
declaration as to slavery. In the view |
take of this quest on il seems unfortunate
that such declaration was made as iIl
proves a stumbling block TO many.
Whv not treat the Slavery question |
according To the fact, that Slavery dies
and is bnrried wherever our armies
march! No political action can aid, no
resolutions OF conventions can hinder
tha,,, asult, The war, il prosecuted To
The end, will accomplish all that the
most ardent al, ,islavery man can desire,
so tina, II the war goes IN to the bitter
end for The restoration o. the Union, then
slavery ia no more, and all declarations
that the war shall no, be carried on for