The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-25
Amo. K.nd.lI On th. CrI.I..
To all American Citissns aOhO long for spsedt
restorGtiOn cCPsGcs, liberty and the Cnion.

sacrifice Of human life, scarcely eoualed
in any war Of modern times, the rebellion
has not been suppressed, and peace re.
stored to our unhappy couutryG Why is
it, that call after call is made for the
young men Of our land by hundreds Of
thousands, to peril health and life in the
camp and in the battle tieldY Why is it
that our national debt is rolling up its
immense maSS by thousand millions per
annum, and taxation bids fair to absorb
all the profits Of industry? And why
the prospect now before US, Of indefinite
war and blOodshed, increasing debt, in.
crossing taxation, final exhaustion both
Of men and money. q nation clothed in
mourning, agitated with internal throes,
and sinking at last under q military des-
pOtiSmY
These are solemn inquiries. The an
swers involve awful responsibilities, and
though truly and boldly, should not be
lightly given. In devotion to truth next
akin to worship of Deity and devotion to
country never surpassed, l shall attempt
to answer them.
The cause Of the i'll success Of the Tn.
ion armies hitherto, may be summed up
under the following heads, viz:
/. The perility Of the Administration,
including Congress, towards the Union
men in the border and seeded States, and
the Conservative men Of the North. All
these entered into the support Of the war
with enthusiasm, because they were as
Sured that il was . war against rebels for
the Constitution Of the United States, not
a war against States, for the subversiOn
of their State rights and local institutions.
BY pertidiously giving in the latter drcc-
ton in the face Of the Constitution, as
we'll as the plighted faith Of the President
and Of Congress, they have quenched
whatever of true loyalty was left in the
seeded States, alienated the loyal men in
the border States, dsgustcd and measur-
ably discouraged the conservative Intn OF
the free States, dividing the North, unit
ing the South and doubling the relative
strength Of the rebellion. The country
is now suffering the God ordained pun.
ishment Of peridity by protracted war
with its attendant scenes Of desolation,
suffering, bloodshed and mourning.
2. lncompetency Of those in authority,
especially the President of the United
States. whoa many OF his original friends
now admit, has neither the judgment, de
ciSion or courage which the crisis oi the
country requires in its chief magistrate
vet, endowed with vanity and ohSlna-
cv, which at the same time make him the
victim of hattcry and blind him to the
s>onS Of experience, he is totally una.
ware that instead ol being the idol of the
nation, he is supported by intelligent men
of his own party merely as a choice II
eylI>.
3. The destruction Of the safeguards ni
liberty by the general suspension oi the
wr! of habeaS corpus. thus exao>inS cV-
cry citizen. loyal as we'll As dislol al, with
cause or without cause, to arbitrary arrt 81
and indefinite Imprisonment. This acI
and the outrageS upon personal liberty
and the press which have followed, would
have produced revolution among any
people less devoted to peace and ordtr
and less hopeful Of the future than are the
people OF the United States.
4 Military jealousy aud revolutionary
c"n>pIraclrS, winch operating npun tn,
mind of Il weak and timld President, have
defeated the hest lAii military plan>. .drv
rn >'tue Of our sble>t Generals from active
service, entrusted our aruiieS to iuc0inpt,
tent hands, exposed the North t. repeat
ri inva>innS and sacrificed hecat"mbs oi
human lives in >ickly camps, bootless vie
tories AMI ingloIiouS defeats.
5. The denunciatiOnS nf n SubServent
and - at nm.
perhead>, Sympathi$er~ or Traitors. al
those who ciuSr Ia endorse every meas.
urc II the Administration adopted under
prrtrxt Of Suppres>ing the rebellion,
thouSh in many instances calculated if not
designed to give il strength, and protract
tie war
6. The organic lton in connection with
: the Administrator Of formidable con
Spiracy in the North call the Cnirn
Leagues against the Union and he Con>ti.
tution for the preservation OF which the
people rushed to arms, the members oI
which are bound bY solemn oaths not IA
disclose the revolutionary plans and t.
aid aud protect each other in carrying
them into effect.
7. The diversion of portions Of the
army from the suppression Of the rebel.
lion and employing them in the suppress
sion of the freedom Of elections in Loyal
States not to prevent the election Of tral
tors, but to secure the election Of parti
sans and instruments Of the Administra
tior and the Union Leagues. and employ
ing other portions III enabling minoritie.
to prescribe institutions and laws to ma
jnritieS in States wholly or partially re
deemed from rebellion, all evincing de
termination Of the party in power il need
he, to carry the elections by conspiracy
aud force and re elect their own men al
the point Of the bayonet.
8. The gloomy prospect OF the future
arises not only from the mad policy Of tho
Administration in relation to the rebel
lion, but from their arrangements TO car
~ the election Of President and perpetu
ate their policy and their power by mill
tary force in its direct application in thu
loyal States, and its direct application il
the seeded States, or should they fai
thus to carry majority in the electoral
colleges in case OF division between Lin
coin and Fremont, to make sure Of th'
result in the House of Representatives
where the military elected Representative
: Of Delaware will not only mi>represen
! the people Of his own State but vote dowl
the thirty two true Representatives o
New York with her teeming millions. =
Thus, also few false Representatives o
, seeded States, the creatures of mlitarl
power,and single Representatives ofthoS
party creations aud executive sppendage
called new States, carved out Of the west
ern wilderness, may come in and vot
down the great States of Pennsylvania
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Can anv man of common understandin