The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-10
Republican Testimony.

ments with any degree of severity upon
Mr., LINCOLN and the prominent features OF
his Administration, the condemnation is
ascribsd to party bitterness, and all good
Republicans believe tour noble President
to'be second Washington in personal pu-
rity and ability, and bis Administration to
sbes marked by high. and comprehensive
tstatesmanship. Republican newspapers
will not publish, for the information Of their
readers pnything exposing the crimes and
follies Of the President, and, since they
cast aside as false all that the Democratic
journals say, there are thousands of men,
intelligent in all respects save. this, who
really believe that Mr.. LINCOLN is model
man whom che eopperheads" are basely
striving to maligu.- To all such men, if
there be any such among our readers, we
would commend the testimony given by
prominent Republicans themselves concern
ing their candidate. We would recon
mend to them the pefussl of FREMoNT's
various letters, first accepting the nomina.
,tion fcr,the Presidency, and, more recent
.ly, declining it. We would commend to
them the protest against Mr.. LINcoLN's
usurpations," written by Senator WADE
sndSHENRy WINTER DAVIS, some extracts
from which we published few days ago.
Certainly that could not be ascribeds to
party rancor or "copperhead Spleen"
These men are Republicans "of the strait
est Sect, and WADE is now making
speeches in favor of LINCOLN, all the while
asserting that the charges contained in the
manifesto were true.
Last spring committee of Republican
congressman was formed for the purpose OF
showingt the country Mr. LIscoLN's un-
fitness for the office he holds. They issued
an address, signed by s. @. PoMERoY, one
of the most. prominent men in the Repub-
lican party in the West. We published
she address q the time, but would like. to
Il N I. & p IL H-l
refresh in our readers minds some of the
passages it contained. Speaking of Mr..
LINCOLN, it said y" The people have lost
all confidence in his ability to suppress the
rebellion aud restore the Union. 1t is i'm,
possible to put out Of view the fact that
there is q general feeling of disappoint-
mept in the loyal North, that after such q
wasting of its precious blood, and such a
vast expenditure Of treasure the rebellion
continues unsubdued and all the promises
of the Administration, time and again, for
its speedy overthrow have been falsified."
The reader should remember that these
declarations are not Democratic" but
proceed from Republican Senators and
Representatives. The address proceeds:
o. ''The truth is that there is no man who
does not wear the livery of Office or is not in
the pay of the general government, who
does not feel notified and humbled that
our nation with its twenty millions of loyal
people in the north, with four millions Of
auxilliaries in the south, to say nothing OF
large host of Union men there, has not
succeeded yet in oyerthrowing the insoent
slave oligarcby which does not number
five millions. How is 1t that Jefferson Da.
Wis with his slender resources, without a
navy, without manufactures, is still defiant
at Richmend, and has twice sent his rebel
hordes across the Potomac putting in jeop-
ardy even the personal liberty Of Mr.. Lin
coin himself.
at is impossible to prevens the Ameri.
can people from making humiliasipg COM
narisons between the rebel chief ano .he
President of tue United States. The
fault is not in the want of intelligence and
bravery on the part of our soldiers, or the
skill of our officers. 1t will not do to throw
the blame upon the country, for 1t has FUR
nished all the men and all the money the
President has asked. 1t will not do to charge
it upon the rebel sympathizers for they
have had no means of interfering with the
orders of the President. The responsibility
rests alone upon him. He has been weak
and vascillatiug throughout, seemingly in
capable of settling upon any definite line OF
policy in regard to the rebellion
The address of the Republican Senators
aftef pointing out Lincoln's failure to adopt
either of two policies which would have
long since ended the war, thus sums up his
character: m. ;
President has been the real cause WHY our
well appointed armies have not succeeded
10 the destruction Of the rebellion.
"Whether from the feeb1eness of his will,
which has been unequal to the alternate
pressure Of the respective leaders of these
theories, or whether from the want of in.
tellectusl grasp he has beeu unable to com