The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-09-19

btossht about ssces-ies IN 1861 bad attempt
ed the disruption Of the Union no les than
thirty yesrs ago. Gsnsral Jackson put i
down them: but he said, and wisely too.
that u would not De quiet Tor any length Of
tine. In letter written 70 = irseDd soon
Afterwards be said: This attempt 81 disnnion
is ooly smothered for the time. The question
u Tot pemsnenily settled, These men are
Determined 10 dissolve the Cnion- The pre-
texE b.s been toe tariff - far. butt viii be
slavery hereafter
There are some men la the North who |
have % much sympathy fos the thres or -four !
hundred thousand men IN the South sh0 bold !
property Ia negro slaves. that thsy seem Ut
terry regardless OF their o-n interests Ia their
anxiety foe the interests II these Southern
people
No person will pretend 70 say that there
void have been serious In8stefs Of differ
ence existing st the p eseat tizns between the
people Of the North and the people Of ihe
South bad il not been Tor The qus-lion Of
slavery. Let me ask you candi1ly Tonight.
% there anything IL Jour minds, o. hesrts
which prevents you from HAVING your vontsd
regard for the Southf Have you 1T jos, e
much interest IN trade aud commerce With
them. a. YOU ever bad before. and are you
nos Just wiling and ready 70 engage ~
theso againf believe you are. have
fels % all ths tine have DO personal hos
tilisy against them, txeepi a. ar IS tney
misbehsve. am surs they have 20 other
feellng than thls 'esafd tie people Of the
North, bui those Leading men who control
the Southern States. and -ho are unwilling
70 submit % az eiectior unies- IS results 10
their favor, who refuse 10 abide - tie first
/ 4. fIs.ff he
s.sll goseru-she-e have hurried the Teople
Of shs south into a n0si fuiseus waf against
their Government. and by a most terrible
| iespotsm, have held them there until this
day.
This. then. i the question that y Gov IN
issue between the North and The ; sufl.-
Nov for the question OF slavery.
Well. the President Of the Uuited States
conscious OF the feelings Of VAT nuuher OF
people IN the North. was a. FIRST uawiiling-
/ very unwilling, indeed, 20 DO anything IN the
| prosecution ol The var. which would msteri-
ally interfere with that ciass OF property. or
any other property belonging 10 The people
OF the rebeliious States. The war. however.
| went on. Some OF the 6euerl's = the I'm
ION army issued their proc,amations. forbid
ding any Interference With private property.
particularly with gbe slaves. OlAsf Gene
rails. Ia other Depsstsents. proclaimed The
slaves of armed robes free. The President
however. sensitive upon this question aud IA
disposed To do anything that might give
grounds Of complaint of dissatisfaction, r.
voked these orders Such 49, the policy ol
the President during the earlier stages 81 the
war.
But, Ia the autumn Of is62 there came ou
q general election. and Il was argued 20 the
people of this STATE. add 90 the people n Ne"
York and OF New England. during the eat.
vas. which preceded that election, that ths
var bad been but ieebly aud intellectually
prosecutor up 10 uist time. and tia. unies.
. radical change took place, the war cou.d
never succeed aud the Union be restored
The was the general, aud indeed The slnos
universal complaint throughout, the coun-
try.
| Who vac "a that had hitherto been in CON
mand OF the armies OF tho United States
The Army OF the Potomac had been com
msnded ~ Msjor, General Geo. b. Mcclellan
lie had an army Of one hundred and fifty
pine thousand men upon the Peninsula, nnd
a. testified TO BY Gen Hooker. =, that lins
there were only from seven 10 fifteen thou
sad rebel troops between him and tie capita
Of the Southern Coniedefaey. There he re-
NAMED With this imSen.e force without
accomplishing any thing. until IA the montl
of July, when he reiterated so the Jame'
River with loss OF slxty thousand men
Many bsttles had been fought. but upon nC
occasion had there bees any thing ike ia.
aggregate force of the army brought iht.
contact with the enemy. General Mcclellan
then demanded reinforcement OF fifty thou.
sand troops TO enable him 20 resume eoiiy,
| operations Ii was found that the govern.
meht could supply him with twenty thousand
With this no pfolsssed himself ooRtent. But
Immediately thereafter. he wrote asking lol
fifteen os twenty thousand more iron the
Western army. and - these could not b.
| furnished II VAS resolved 90 bring the arml
away. 10 the month OF September following
the army fought the great and bloody bat
tie OF Antietam. ia which II achieved a par
tial rucceps. In October the President or
dered General Mcclellan 10 cross the Poto
mac. and within one month from the time
the order was gwen hs had eucceeaed u
transferring his army from TIE norih 20 the
south bank OF The river Shortly Afterwafd
the commander 81 tie Array OF the PotoDas
was relieved.
The army OF the South vac commanded b,
Major General Buell.. Under his discc,is,
the ARMY msfched through the State OF Z en-
nessse mt Al~l.us. with scarcely an,
fghtiIg. bot hsaill returned 90 the Obi.
River. discouraged A. unsuccessful lot
are all OF you familiar With the spirit ant
views with which General Bueil entered ~
on tho war. and you all know, or a. ies-'
might have known, thai nothing could have
come IL. IL vac not his plan 70 use ioscs
Ito punish the people 81 the south aud shus
bring them back % The observance OF shs
i l.. - Il.
meui lie entertained the idea that nobody
wa- 10 be hurt. bat that hy Our keeping ua
large army. aud IpsTchssg e TO aud ffo
across the country. the rebels we're % see
the hopelessness OF their cause. give up the
confess snd come back into the urion with.
out the shedding Of any blood 90 either side
That al course would no. do--it Was folly
aud ve' II appeared 70 the country that such
was the policy adopted bs General Buell.
add practiced BY him during the entire time
that he Was IN command OF the Army OF the
South. 81 that takiag into view the coudacs
OF both. Mcclellan 40 command On The Pc
tomsc. aud Buell. commanding the other
great branch Of too rDion army. he CON-
| plsiut cannot be called unreasoo elc. that
the war bad not been prosecuted With the
vixor aus efficiency that prom sed suscess.
In this State the election OF ieo2 resulted
IN the choice Of men Who lad oegsintd yoGf
votes upon the pledge that Il elsessd they
would use every spdgcpce they nd 70 Sc
cure change Of policy asd mote sSorans
snd efficient prosecution OF tie az. oul sho
nov appear 60 have believed from the very
start tia, Ii would be fortunate thing Il the
South should have the powes a. keep the
armie. OF the Cnlon a. bay. Of erpel them
from southern soil. and thsl IA has case The
party ~hsch they ell TIE Democracy would
have been better Of
The election vAs alike disastrous 90 the
Union Cause n some ~ tie ether States
Govsrsof Seymour. Of Nee York. II every
nseeliog rbsre - appeared before The p~o-
PIE. esmpisinsa ousesiy o. the want OF viSer
~ish shich The VA ". prcsecuted. but ~
sooner vzs be elected than he began - throw
ever obstacle shss Ne could IN The was q
the Admias-irsitan saa finally wheu the
sstsmps - msde 80 enforce the draft .n the
CITY - Ssw left qels'tudss Il arm~a men