M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-11-03

gold and silver. And yet the supper.
ters of Mr.. Lincoln dare to charge
him with being hostile to the army
and an enemy to the Union. But
his record diSproves their aspersions,
for he has publicly declared "the
Union is the guarantee Of peace,
power and the prosperity oftbe people
And no one would more earnestly Ia
Dor for it's restoration, By ALL THE
NEWS which would effect that end
than myself"
As | have the honor to address sol.
diers as we'll as citizens, trust | will
be parloned for saying one briefword
as to the cause Of my having with
drawn from the army and to do so
because my motives have been mis-
understood, alike oy those who are, as
we'll as those who are not my friends.
In one word, | left the army in conse-
quence Of badheaIth andalthough | con
demn the general policy of President
Lincoln since the first day of Janua-
ry, 1862, yet Of my own will, | would
not nave parted from my comrades
But while | say this, | equally declare
that no consideration could have
made me the blind instrument of des,
potic power, or forced nae to become
a party to the violation ol.the laws OF
civalizsd warfare. r1,.g
FOURTH YEAR OF WAR.
We are in the fourth year Of the
war. Two million five hundred
thousand men have been called into
the fold, countless thousands OF treas.
ure have been expended, and hun
dreds Of thousands Of the best and
bravest OF the land sleep beneath the
red sod oI battle; aud if President
Liacoln 8 mistaken policy BE- contin-
ued, the child is Eot yet born which
will live to see peace and the Union
restored. Where is the fault! Where
is the responsibility Why has not
the Unicn been restOredl The tault
is not with the soldiers, for their
deeds of valor command the admira-
tion OF the civilized world; nor with
Our citizens, for they have prodigally
given their children and their treas
ure every man and every dollar-so
often as called upon by the President
to do 50. Tell me. if you can, one
single Instance in which our noble SOL
dlerS have tailed to do their duty, or
our citizens have refused to answer
every requsitiOn for men and money!
No one replies; for all know that the
army and people have alike nobly
discharged their duty, Bot there is
fault somewhere: Some one is re
sponsible, and we have seen that the
f1uit has neither been with the army
nor the people; and our august ma
tivnal Legislature has done all which
President Lincoln directed to De done
And yet there is fault somewhere
some one is responsible. Can it be
that the fault is with Mr.. Lincoln2 that
he is responsible for al the evils and
all the woes which afflict our land!
Let I'd reflect a moment.
PRESIDENT LING LIN RESPONSIBLE.
To become a surgeon, lawyer, a
cal penter, a watch maker, a mer.
chant or 4 blacksmith, training and
experience are necessary. But even
after years Of practice and study the
lawyer has become skilled in his pro.
tession, still, If his life depended on it,
he could not make watch, any more
than the matchmaker could perform
a uice surgical operation, which re-
quired not only the skillfu use of the
knife, but a profound knowledge Of
anatomy. So too, the profession Of
arms, which is at once an art and a
science, requires profound study and
experience. What then, should be
thought of the man who, wholly ig-
norant of the rudiments Of war-'who
never set a squadron in the field"-
who has not sufficient knowledge of
tactlcs to display company of skir-
mishers, and who is as uniniormed in
the principles OF strategy, as is a
Choctaw Indian in the science of as.
tronomy-what Judgment should be
passed upon the nan who, thus ig-
norant, would have the criminal pre-.
sumption to undertake the direction
Of armies. and to interfere with the
plano OF we'll trained Generalsa Why
comrades, let me put a case to you;
Suppose that on, the eve. of battle,
when you expected to meet a brave
enemy, commanded by skillfal sol.
der, it should suddenly be snnouu-
ced to the army that a lawyer had
inst arrived from Spripg gfeld, Illinois
with absolute authority over the
movements OF the army-shat he had
condemned the plans of Sherman,