Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-04-28
General Banks Responsible for
the Red River Disaster.

The abolitionpapers have already announ-
ced er cdthedrd, the victim in the case Of
the Red River disaster. This is strictly in
accordance with the tactics of abolitionism,
in other words, its policy always is, in
case of defeat, to ailix the stigma to a
subordinate, if the commander be an aboli-
ZIONIST, or to the commander himself in case
he is not devoted to loyalty and the in
terests of God and humanity" Thus, at
Big Bethel, BUTLER was commander, but
being an abolitionist, he, like his Holiness
can do no wrong, hence the abolition Jour
nails placed the blame upon guiltless sub
ordinate. At Chauccllorsvine, AN abolition
General was savagely beaten, and abolition
ism at once laid the blame on some misbe
haved corps. At Fredericksburg an abo-
lition General was again badly thrashed; but
in this case there was not single abolition
journal that admitted that BURNSIDE was
in the most remote degree responsible for
the result. An abolition General becomes
at once, by the mere force Of his position.
intallible and can thereafter do no wrong,
commit no blundcrs, make no mistakes
moral, social, or political
BUTLER, HOOKER and Burnside were
each diSgracefully defeated; but it was not
their fault, it was the treachery and incom-
potency Of subordinates But how different
is the case when conservative commander
meets with a reverse. MCCLELLAN and
BUELL. and FGTz JOHN PORTER and SnER.
MAN invariably lose battles through theil
ignorance, their incompetency, their luke
warmness, their want of that Divine anatu,
which fills to oyolflowing all true men labor
ing for God and humanity. BUTLER. BURN
SIDE, HOOKER, PopE, BANKS, McCLER
NAND, lose battles through the treachery,
cowardlce or ignorance of their subordin.
atcs. 80, In the same spirit, Malvern Hill
was our Waterloo, our Salamis; but Antie-
tam was simply Il successful skirnish.-
Fredericksburg and Charlottesville were
light reconnossances, but Chattanooga was
only captured when BRAGG had commenced
retrcatng.
In the same manner, we find that the in
dlvidual who is responsible for the disaster
on Red River is not the commander, BANKS,
but Il subordinate named STONE Now. if
may be inferred that, inasmuch as BANKS
was present during the engagement; that as
he was exactly on the spot endeayoring by
curses and imprecatious" (shudder, Oh !
piouS aboltlonism) to stop the rout and re-
store order he is to some extent responsible
for the affair Not so. BANKS is sound on
the Niger question, ergo, he can do moth
ing wrong he possesses complete infallibili
ty. The man who lost this fight is namet
STONE, who ought to know by this tim,
that the only way he can avoid losing 8,
many battles is to experience change o
heart, and be baptiscd into the Zion of alb
olltionism. He is now in the hands of con.
servatiye sin and of democratic iniouity
let him repent, and partako of the sacra-
ments Of orthodox abolitionism, put ON the
white robes of the " loyal " elect, take n
harp in his hands to chant the praises of
the redeemed Niger and of the abolition
God and thereafter he will lose no more
batueS-cXpCrlcncc no more rcycrSGS