The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-04-20

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successful.; you have perpe.ually offered
us The wrelched spectacle oil splendid re-
sources and excellent chances of success
sacrificed to incapscity The only success
which yeu came near attaining, bu, the
credit of which we intend 10 take from you,
is due to the incredible imaginstiveness
that you have dis2saysd in describing facts.
Changes of base, maslerly retreats, aud re-
connoissancss have succeeded each other
with rapidly worthy OF The greatest show
man of modern iifhiies. The immense variety
of circumstances is only sQusaed By the
identity OF the results. We have:
Sherman's reconnaissance.
Smiths Reconnaissance.
Thomas reconnossance.
KiIpa,rick's reconnoisssOeS.
Cnslers Reconnaissance.
Seymours reconnaissance.
Gilmore's Charleston recon noissance.
The result is everywhers the lame, III
dicuIous aud disssuots. The sole con-
cession we can make to your honesiy is
that you have improved upon the change OF
base IN 1852 you destroy lever soldiers
and burn less of the nations property.
How is it that after three years OF iucom-
parable victories. according to Halleck s
facetious expression, unprecedented in
the military his,oiy of nations, you are sill
pondering how to preserve the national
Capitol and your bases of operation
! Is il reward for such saccsss. for the
achievement, of snch results, lh you now
ask lhe nation 10 pass vote OF confidence
| and elect you for another. aud perhaps
another TORN
In your inaugural address you gave 9
very striking illustration Of your peculiar
honesty by pledsing yourself, in accotdapcs
with the well-known principles of the par
| ~ which had elected you, not TO Berve anoih-
sr term you said this in a mAnne1 which
none OF rour supporters then understood )
bul your words were evidently designed to
bear = double meaning, SO that, il you
| should find the sweets oi office more en-
ticing than you possibly anticipated, you
might change your purpose without SEEM
+ ing to violate Jour promise. Candid people
will see IN this great deal moro evidence
Of cunning than of honesty.
The whole ruth is this youare leading
| The nation quietly 10 destruction by deceiv.
| ing ihs people as 10 the dangers which
threaten il. 10 the first part OF The cam
Paign of 1862 you gained advantages which
you were unable 10 utilize or even 10 retain
IN 1863.
| Yon sacrificed the entire west for the cap
| lure OF Vickshurg, aud then. you proclaim
| 10 the isur winds that the Mississippi is
| free, while not single steamboat can nav.
igaie il without being attacked or perhaps
burned, and without every passenger hav.
| ing the fear OF death or captivity before his
eyes.
To serve The ends Of yonr cause, you
| have made a hero ont OF 9 man upon whom
/ you have lssished everything. Who had
every obstacle removed from. his path, aud
who was promptly furnished with reinforce.
ments and supplies. while Rosencrsnis
could gel none and who has scarcely been
able 10 hold, with the immense resources a,
his command, the groand which his prede-
cessor gained in spite OF you BY his tal-
ents.
You have offered us The distressing spec.
| lacIs OF the Sacrifices OF merit to caprice and
| personal political interests and this is re-
public, 10 lhe name and under The plea OF
| popular sovereignty.
| And TO cap the climax, you are obliged
TO hear definitions like this. An uncondi-
.ional loyal man is one Who, although not
satisfied with the measures taken by ibe
government, approves them all and. gives
them his con slant support.
Il seems almost incredible. Are we in
ConstantinopIs, in 81. Petersburg, in Rome
or in Paris Are wa the decendenls Of
those proud Saxons who refused 20 suc-
eumb 10 any yoke, or the illegitimats Off
| spring of cardinals seeking to secure for
tune and greatness BY perpetual worship /!
Are we really the dsscendents of those prin-
ciples of Luther and Calvin, who rather
Than subiec: their reason TO an authority
that they despised, preferred 10 sxPatriass
themselves to those shores, where, through
the agency of liberty, they founded our ma
| tional greatness which you are now sifivins
TO drown in sea of cowardice aud sdula-
tion, corruption and incompetency Were
our ancestors 10 visit the earth, they you'd
Certainly be surprised TO see that, eighty
years after the revolution which gave life
and liberty 70 the nation, the Lincoln. patty
could end no other deiuilinn of loyalty
than blind Submission 10 the DEGREES oi =
government.
Bu, we have sxefeised this blind and
muls submission during thres yeats DUR
ing three years We hass kept silsn,--snd
what was more genefons than silence
Some lfns radical patriots said mel long
since, "We have los, all confidence 10 Free
mont. What has be said OF done for year
past :"