, 1864-01-14

slaves Of dihoyal masters must he Kept II
their taAk BY the t9zon hand, !" Is he expressed
1t in his West Virginia proclamation. Htho
services Of slaves are appropriated they must
he nafd for. whether the owneris rebel or not,
md finally If the President shall declare ra-
dica1 views upon the slavery question 1t
giu be impossible to obtain any more soldiers,
and the present armies win ttrapid1y disinteg-
1atc,1' break up and 70 homei
But the faleehood Of This prediction is fully
equal to its impertinence. Shortly after tho
receipt Of The letter the President commenced
his tcrics Of axadical war measures" by H.
suing the hundred days notice Of the Eman-
cipa!ion Proclamation, rapidly followed By
orders to his commanders to cease guarding,
and to commence scizipg, the property Of
rebels, without compensation; to receive
and protect all slnycs escaping within our
lince ;snd finally came the order to arm and
organize The cont1ubnnds as soldiers, and set
them to fighting their rebel masters. All
these radical measures the army hailed with
delight and enforced with a1acEity. Instead
Of .srapidly disintcgrating our armies, !" these
radical war policies wrought exacty the con-
trary effect, infusing hope and contentment
into the ranks where before existed despond-
ency and discomfort. The "declaration Of
radical views - Of the President produced re-
cults throughout the country similar to that
amorg The soldiers. The Presidents radical
programme was triumphantlJ endorsed at
The polls, and pcrhcadisml lies bowling in
the dust. Foreign Intervention which in con-
scryatiys e, was gathering like a black thun-
der cloud, ready to break, in radical '63, was
diepelled, and has passed away, and tile
masses Of Europe now say to their rulers
now that the Federale fight for Liberty as
well as Union, there must be fair field, and
no favor shown to the rebels
The war during 1862 was conducted in
strict accordance with copperhcad policy,
and closed disastrous1y, filling the country
with gloom; but the next year it was man
aged On radical principles, md behold the re-
suit! Victory after victory was achieved; the
rebellion md slavery both have received their
mortal wound. The veterans of the army
arc rc-enlisting by regiments and brigades,
and thousands Of recruits are volunteering to
fill up the ranks and be in at the death. And
thus the wisdom OF tsdcclaration Of radical
f!che II J4etluSA9 "AA1 A!3 SoRfeAAea4 r. G
dictions Of Mcclellan have come to naught,
and the reliance Of the rebels on their North
c1n sympathizers to open paralyzing fire.
in-thc-rcari is shock,ngly disappointed.
Is It any wonder that the great army oi
the Potomac which set out on It's campaign
2aao, COO strong melted away Ike snow before
a spring sun, under the leadership Of this
pro-slayc1y bigot, who was SO terribly alfc'
ted with "niggcr on the brain'' that even
when Lis army seemed in ortiealo noTtis he
could think Of nothing else to write aboutto
the President except to warn him that he
must not hurt the rebels by conflseating theii
| property or libcrating their slaves! One ideo
wineccur to every reader: Why the Presi
| dent did not remove this copperhead on the
instant he received the menaclng and dictate
riai cpiSfles