Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-08-03
From the New York Times.
ASPECTS OF THE WAR. rHs.

THE BEEcHEs. Saturday, July l6, '64.
Nothing has astonished me more. Mr..
Public, than your eccentric conduct in the
last two or three weeks. You have be-
haved yourself no better than nervous
lady in the Mysteries You should have
patience and fortitude; and if you can
not have these. have some reason; and if
you cannot have either remember, at
least, that you are an American of the
indomitable Anglo-Saxon race, predes-
tined, as Emile Girardin says, to govern
the world, and as | believe; for has not
God planted you and nursed you up from
that bleak rock at Plymouth, where the.
wild roses still bloom { for have seen
them to this great nation, marshaling
its millions to the field. and feared by all
the nations of the earth? Do you think
He will leave His work unfinished ? New
er The mother may forget her child,
but God will not leave his work unfn-
ished. The oppressed shall go free and
they cannot if one title of this rebellion
shall live. But Mr.. Public. | must re-
turn to your misconduct. Why did you
behave in such an unseemly manner? L
want to know the reason. | tell you,
Mr.. Public. you made an ass Of yourself,
and you might just as we'll confess it. |
am your friend, Mr.. Public and [ am
proud of you-very proud of you; for |
can tell you, my friend, that, for all our
wise Administration and leaders would
have done. the rebellion would have pre-
vailed. But God raises strength out of
weakness; and tits you and l. Mr.. Pub
lie, who have sustained this country, and
by His grace will bring it to victory.
So we must not faint. Faint heart
ne'cr won fair lady.
" FORTUNA FAVET FORT1BUS--'
But what put you into Mysteries, Mr..
Public? ! can easily imagine that some
Copperhead broker down there on Will
liam Street had instant dispatches from
that honorable man, Jefferson Davis. Esq,
that Early, Breckenridge s. Co. would
take Washington without fail. | can
imagine that dozen most " eminent
bankers " wiz, gamblers i'll gold,)
had told you that this great nation was
bankrupt. / can imagine that you
thought the nation put into confusion by
the resignation of Chase | can imagine
you believed one-tcnth part of the enor-
nous lies the rebels tell about their re-
sources and condition. can imagine all
this but, after all, | cannot sec how you
believed it, Mr.. Public. You ought not
to be imposed upon in this way You
are too old and too wise a gentleman to
believe all the lies aAoat. You should
have asked yourselves such questions as
these: s- t.s.-.a
Has sherman's army been stopped
Has Graut lost his grip on Lee? Have
the gold mines given out? Have the
broad fields of the West ceased to yield
their grain? Has the nation lost wealth ?
Is there the least sign of faintness through
out this broad realm? Have those Yam
kee sailors lost their ability to sink an
other alabama Do these European ru-
lers hate us because we are weak, or be-
cause we are strong? t4 g
Now, am going to tell you some truth,
Mr.. Public, land really ! am afraid you
hear very little, from the manner in
which you conduct yourself). In the
first place, the nation is good deal rich
er than when it began the war. In the
next place, the gold mines will yield
nearly, or quite, double in the current
year what they did five years ago
Thirdly-the crops Of the West, instead
Of being short. as they tried to make you
believe, will be full average. Again,
Mr.. Chase's resignation was a surprise
but the people can go on without him;
and let me tell yon secret. The people
can 60 on very we'll if Mr.. Lincoln resigns
himself In fact, few persons imagine how
very easily we can get along without any
ruler. Did you ever read the Constitu-
tion, Mr.. Public? If you have not, !
advise you to begin, and make it study
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