The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-15
Dealing Falsely.

We h4No Aonsphisuou Vne peOplN, ON
more than one Oecasion, that the Admin!
istratiOn is dealing lalsely with them in
regard to current svehts. 1t has employ.
ed q gang Of meFesnary wretchss to write
and subsidized newspapers to publish
false reports Of army movements and Of
the sinking condition Of the rebellion
It has "starved out" The Confederacy
twenty times, demoralized its armies and
captured, wounded and killed more rebels
than there are men, women and children,
including slaves, in the Southern States.
1t has pursued this Systematic lying from
the commencement Of the war, and thus
given Europe q right to taunt US as ina.
ton Of liars" 1t controls the telegraph
and allows nothing to pass over the wires
that might weaken the confidence of the
people in its ability and popularity. It
permits none Of its organs to publish the
truth. The masses have no correct idea
Of the military or political situation Of the
country, and NJ. Lincoln doesn't intend
that they shall have. 1t claims victories
when it has been defeated, and Stanton's
bulletins, notoriously false, have been
given to the public for facts. There are
palpable facts which. ought to lead every
thoughtful man to this conclusion. A
month ago, to encourage the people, in.
crease the war spirit, and infuse some en-
thusiasm into the Lincoln party, the tele-
graph informed US that Lees army is
only 10000 strong" and that deserters
are coming into Grants lines at the rate
Of regiment day." II this be:so, Lee
has only handful of men with which to
contend against Grants magnificent and
enthusiastic and victorious legions. II
this be so, Grant must be either "a COW.
ard or traitor" and we don't believe he is
either, for delaying to capture Richmond
and Lees small and starving army. II
this be so, Lincoln's call for five hundred
thousand more men is useless and foolish
and wicked. Why does not Grant ad.
vanceP Why is Butler idleS 1t certain.
ly cannot be because they are afraid Of
Lees weak and demoralized army-cer-
tainly not because they have not men
enough to whip Lee. Will some loyalist
explain their extraordinary inertnesSP
From the beginning of the war to the
present hour the people have been allured
along the dark and bloody path of war by
false representations. They have been
promised, time and again, that they would
soon emerge into the aowery paths of
peace, Union and fraternity. Yet, every
man who has taken the pains to conSidsy,
has been satisfied that the path we were
travelling could lead to no such Paradise,
soon or late; and none have known this
better than Lincoln. The Abolitionists
do not expect any of the results that were
thought to be desirable when the war be.
gun but they will prosecute it as long
as they can, partly for revenge, and part.
ly for the sake of the pecuniary and polit.
ical advantages they expect to receive
from it. To stop the war where it is, or
oven to change the fatal policy which has
so protracted it and made it so horrible,
would be to confess, in the midst Of an
election canvass, the errors and the crimes
Of the last three years, and to sacrifice
the patronage and the spoils Of four years
to come. This Lincoln will not do hence
he persists in war which he knows will
not restore the Union-a war which he
confesses is carried on solely to cmanci-
pate the slaves Of the South. And in his
attempt to free them he impoverishes and
enslavcs the laboring classes Of the free
States
He has recently called for half million
more men. More than two millions have
been called for already, and most of them
have been slaughtered. The hopes and
even the passions of the Hrst years of the
war have given way to feeling Of dis.
couragement, in view Of the small results
secured by such awful sacrifices. The
army is not now filled up with volunteers.
1t is seen that to enter the army is to
die; and to die for the profit of ambi-
tious politicians and mercenary contrac.
tors-die for the benefit Of negroes. 1t
is not an inviting field for white men to
enter. 1t is filed with dead mems bones.
1t is red with the blood of the men sacr-
feed in an Abolition crusade. Re.eIect
Lincoln and he will issue call after call for
"five hundred thousand more," and force
them into the army at the point of the
bayoneti while his organs will repeat the
oft told falsehood that the rebellion is on
its last legs" Re.elect him and the Union
is irrevocably dissolved. Re elect him
and civil liberty is doomed. Re.elect
him. and you will be crushed beneath the
iron heel Of brutal despotism.
EXCELLENT NOMINATION. The DemOc-
racy Of Nevada have nominated DavidE.
zf A. +