Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-11-03

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i firm grasp of the pilot at the helm
4 Rising at last above the influence Of
4 Border State seduction, and of Re
4 publican cowardice, ne elevated him
4 tself to- the full height efn his mora
nature, and declared, ff To all whom
| it may concern" that there should
be no negotiations except on tbs
..ttasis Of the "integritF of the Uniou
rad the 6baHdosuiaent St siperyi' {1ong
continued. cheering and -seriesi5ot
!" That's the .dactEinef') Well may
| every honest, man weh may every
imam, who loves E5d and loves
fiiberty, exclaini, Hrhank God fol-
Abraham Liucolnt',, Wiser and
/ frmer thai his official or offieious
admirers, he has saved the nation
| from disgrace he has rescued
/ liberty from destruction / am not
about TO bestow indiseriminate praise
upon all the acts of the President.
Whoever heaps fulsome eulogy on
those in power is parasite and a
I sycophant, and not an honest e6uni
i,selfor. He !" crooks the pregnant
/ hinges of the knee, that thrift may
follow awning" Ah honest critic,
who points out the errors of his
friends, may be believed when he
speaks of their virtues He who
denies any errors to his idol makes
him more than human, and is enti
tied to no credit, Mr. Lincoln, at
the commencement Of his term was
beset with difficulties such as never
environed man. Unfortunately, his
Cabinet was not a unit His kind
nature inclined him to favor those
who were most favorable to our
" erring brethren" He hesitated to
lay the axe at the root of the tree,
and eradicate the cause Of all our
evils. He rejected the counsel of
Cameron and Chase and Stanton in
the Cabinet, and Fremont. and But
Ter, and Hunter, and Wadsworth,
and Coehrane in the field; and fol
lowed that of Seward, and Blair, and
Smith, of his Cabinet. and of Hal
leck. and Buell., and Schofield. and
Mcclellan in the field. They drove
back to their masters fugitives from
slavery, and protested agai1st their
freedom But all this is in the pro
cess of correction Some of them
have no longer power None of them
have influence any longer. Fremont
and Cochrane, with a magnanimity
which does them great credit, have
! merged their private griefst in the
love of their country, and cordially
support the Baltimore nominees.
The slanderer of the Republican
party, who charges them with in
tending "negro equality, fraternity,
anC amalgamation," though long
spared, has at last heard the solemn
sound. "Thy time has come The
President has ordered all his gene
rails to receive and set free all fugi-
tives from bondage. Above all, he
has declared that there shall be no
compromise with traitors. Submis,
sion, the integrity of the Union, and
the abandonment of slavery are his
only terms Let us forget that he
ever erred, and support him with
redeubled energy. Who is this
Mcclellan that he should reign over
us? "a voice, "Gpnboat engineer"
and laughter.) Well, he couldn't
engineer his own bridge. , [ Laugh
ter and applause l shah not init
tate our opponents and make per,
sonal attacks on their candidate 1
knew his father well He was an in
innate friend of mine For his sake,
l wished well to his amiable son
when he first rose into notice. For
qrickness of perception and deci-
sion Of character Ire had no superior.
I had hoped that his; son had in.
lierited these characteristics. 1t was
no fault of his that he falls far be-
hind his ancestor in those great
qualities. He is, I have no doubt, a
mild, kind hearted gentleman, 1t
would make his heart bleed to see
a traitor suffer We have the au
thority of an able Border State gen.
tleman. who so long assisted to mis-
lead the President, that he is a gen
ueman of refined education and
polished MANNERS. / remember that
While Mcclellan. with one hundred
and fifty thousand men, lay before
Washington, besieged for nine
months by General Lee, with fifty
thousand soldiers and twenty Quaker
guns, he was deemed the neatest clad
officer in the army. No man on dress
parade created so great sensation
among the ladies. They called him
"dear little and-box Mac" tLaugh-
ter and applause. In these quail
ties it must be confessed that Ein-
coin is no match for him. His big
fists we're not made to wear KID
gloves aid walk in silket saloons.
They were made. to grasp the oaken
helve and swing The tempered steel
of the woodman. His arms, instead
of being artisticaI1y rounded and
tapefed, are sinewy. aud long as
cyclop's. Nor is he so graceful a
horseman. His legs, instead of
being padded to fit a quilted saddle,
are long. with joints like Hercules.
Put him astride of Mcclellan e pranc-
ing parade horse, and you wonid think
he was walking with a frisky pony:be-
tween his legs. Now, / think that
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