, 1864-02-17

lincoln. like thourands Of Union men In The
country, hsd not as much faith at that time
In the good effects Of the Emancipation Proc
~lamatfon as some others In the party, Nor
bad he such fca1s Of Its bad effects as the
great mass Of the Democracy and numbers of
the Republicans professed to have. In fact,
like as he does with all questions, a{r. Lin
coin viewed It In all its bearings, as = LAWYER
receives every point in his case. With his
usual ffankness, also placed the objections Is
we'll as the points which favored the Procla-
nation before those who urged It upon him.
He did SO in the case of the Chicago. deIexa...
non Thus he remarked to the- gcut,cmcn-
composing It.: "But what if it proves Of no
more effect than the sPope's Bull to thi,
Comets'" Like man who was couscien-
tious In the discharge Of his duty, Mr. Liu-
coin weighed we'll all sides Of the case, look
Cd Mt 1t in Its best and worst phases; and
when bis mind WAS made up he put his hand
10 that measure with a8 clear a conscexceas
ever man enjoyed And is not such man
the true and loyal patriots lie Ind his doubts
and Tears, llia hopes md glorious expectations,
ana atter balancing all the probabilities on
both sides, The did whnt he thought his duty,
aud lett tho result to his Mixer. ~,
= MOVEMENTS OF TIE REBELS, i;
All the indications arc that the movements
Of the rebel armies in the spring threaten to
be OF an active character and quite harnssins
to our troops. Tiey take advantage Of the,
opportunity Of the Withdrawal of our men on
ihrlough or rt-enlistmcpt, and OF the concen-
11atlon OF our forces ut important strategic:
points, to make raids into the tracts of colin-s
ny that lie between our: advancing columns
81 attack. Thus We have simultaneous move:
nlents on their part into East Tennessee,
Gorthe1s .nd1,e1 MiesisssIp1i West virginia NORTH
tended to harass and cut off our commanica. l
tons, end also to devastate5 the country, SO,
that supplies shall not bo ohtaincl BY our ad-:
vancing armies. This, question Of supplies
OF forage and subsistence will hereafter prove |
formidable one for our armies 10 encounter.
at Chattanooga, and the further we advance
into the enemy's country the mo1o II will
prove an obstacle to our progress. 4,
MONEY DUE DECEASED SOLDIERS.
Great difficulty Is experienced by the rein :,
tiyes- widows, orphans, brothers, sisters,
&c.3 of deseased soldiers, In obtaining the
money due them. In all cascs It takes q year
alter the death of q soldier for his relatives
to obtain the money due him. This appears
to be on unnecessary, and indeed, shamefulIy
protractcd delay, md have sought for the
cause Of it. It Ia alleged thut the repson Is
the negligence Of the Adjutants Of The yari.
ous regiments In forwarding the muster
lollE q tho companies or in noting the date
Of the death Of the party. Will not the Ad-
lutants attend to their duties in this matters
They know not what misery they entail on
poor.1amilies who have lost their only means
Of support. It Is also said that there had
been q want Of clerical force ia the Depart /
ment; but this has been remedied. VIII
not Adjutants OF regiments make note that
they arc lmperatiyely called upon to perform
their duties In this matter? The snme de-
tentiou and impertection Of mustcr rolls
cause delay in the payment Of pensions.