Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-11-03

Rebel Confederacy who tell you that all they
want is to be "let alone" means that the
United States shall march out of and abdicate
more than one-half of its territory. They
tell you that they are not struggling hecause
of slavery; they are struggling for indepep-
dence, and independence" means the de-
struction of the American nationality. If.
therefore, there be any way Of perauading
them to make peace on other terms than those
of independence, let some one arise and point
out the public man or the mass of the pop
ulation anywhere in the South that has de-
clarcd willingness to make peace on those
terms They are now stretching long fin
ger all through the United States, informed
ding in our Presidential election. They ut
ter nightly prayers for Mcclellan. They
hope that division upon the Presidential elec-
ton will ultimately place some one in power
who will make terms that they will agree to.
Has anybody ever heard them say ''If you
elect Mcclellan we will submit to the terms
of the old Constitution as it is" in the phrase
of the modern Democrats; that they are will
ling to accept the old "Union as it wns," in
the slang phrase of the modern Democrats;
that th,y are willing to take any compromise;
that they are willing to take slavery in the
whole of the Territories of the United States;
hat they are willing to take theincorporation
of slavery forever into the Constitution ofthe
United States that they are willing upon
any terms whatever to reunitc with your
Their question, gentlemen, is that of sever
ance and independence, and the Democrats
are pcrpctualy mumbliag to themselves some
unintelgiblc words about compromise" with
people who say ''want no compromise" terms
with people who SAY, ''our terms are ndc-
pendencc;' concessions to people who say.
1--WE will have no concessions from your
hands," Union to people who say, Dc death
rather" Then there is, gentlemen, but one
path. ! say, out of this difficulty. 1 have
said so from the fall of 1860 to this time
said so before sword was drawn said SO
after the Secession ordinances were passed.
and whom the old fogy convention was num-
bling over, terms of compromise in what they
called a peace Congress" said so when
two great committees of the two Houses of
Congress were straining their nerves to get
something to force down the Rebels throats,
which they swore they would throw up as
soon as it was fore ed down. .a,...
VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL LIBERrY-M'oLELLAS's
We hear dolorous objections about the vio-
lation of personal liberty we hear objections
about weak men placed a. the head Of the
armies; we hear objections about the lack of
vgor in the conduct Of the war and the only
argument to be dedrocd from such imputa-
tons as those is not that Mr. Lincoln is not
so great, or so able, or so wise as somebody
else, but that George b. Mcclellan should be
put in his place. The question is not whether
Mr. Lincoln has done the best that any mind
could conceive, nor even the best that ha him
self could have. done, nor whether what he
has done was absolutely right, or absolutely
in accordance with law; but the question j.
whether his opponent would do better. &c He
has, says a distinguished Senator of Mary
land = in most elaborate and able speech in
Brooklyn, the other day, in behalf of McClel-
Ian. appointed weak and incompetent men
to the command of his armies" say yes.
with Mcclellan at the head of them. TGreat
applause. They say that he has punished
and excluded from Office and pcsitiiiorri 'rr.ien.
merely because they were the friends of leo.
B. Mcclellan | say yes. and. Fits John
Porter was. one Of tleut 'IGrest applause |
They say that the war has not been conducted
with tina. energy 'Sith2wbich it ought to havo
been corducted and which ought long since
to have STAMPED out the rebellion. say yes.
and the greatest of all failures was the failure
of George b. Mcclellan, who wasted tff
largest army the Republic has ever assembled
in idleness, in and around the city of Wash
ington, for nearly eight months, when ono
third his number Of enemies were within thirty
, FIVE miles in his front, and he did not dare ts
feel them with a squadron Of cavalry, to, as
certain their number. [Applausc. Tes
opportunities have been lost There vas n,
), ! opportunity equa, to the opporsuna, If Geo
B. Mcclellan in the fall of 1861 and tn
spring of. 1862, Lost opportunities !
Aye. greater one when broken and flyin,
i, army. With & vast river in its rear, was al
= lowed to escape with out pursuit; and tha
was by George B. Mcclellan after Antietam
/ LhsplMse- j.. ="
:. 1t may be that the war has been basel
conducted. 1t is certain that the worst mar,
~ of its conduct have been those parts wbic
q have been attributed toGeorgc B. Mcclellan
i 1t is certain that there have been failure,
There have been no failures 50 disastrous. S
:. continued. so inexcusabIo, rs the failure ,
.s the Peninsular campaign. There. havo bee
:, failures There has been no, future tn,
!. rested on the good fa of ang officer, q,
> ceptire Huelfs in KeirucEy, ard Mcclellan
:, and Iitz John Porters failures at the secon
&c Bull. Run battle, ..Coacede that the oondu,
: of''she var has been weak; agree to ever,
"a thing that our antagonists say; the fact N,
the war has continued for fonr yesrs w;sbo,
!, the rebellion being broken, is because Georo