, 1864-10-24
The Voice Of our Generals.
Union Thunder from The army.
Democratic Of11c rs Of tho Army and Xayy IN
Political Affairs 10 General and Gen.
= Mcclellan In Particular.
Let our friends not fail to give the widest
elf:aiaflon to the document hereinafter fol-
lowing. 1t ia d sumner:

-eL ool 'lieaus not Iall 10 give the Wides
circulation to the document hereinafter fol
lowing. 1t ia sumner:
L1EUTESAsT GENERAL GRANT.
General United States Grant is the Lieu
tenant General commanding the armies o
| Vicksburg. Chattanooga, the WIIdernesa
snottaylvanfo, and the campaign agatnsi
! Richmond Gener,Al Grnnt has al VARS bees
| claimed az Democrat, md was even adyo
cat:d ior the Presidency by proment Demo.
crats. Nevertheless, In Well-kno IN letter
Written after the talt Of Vicksburg, this con
scientious and modest man declared;
/ "Ihe people Of the North need not quarrel
over The Institution Of slavery, What Vice
President Stephens ackno Wedges az the cor
nerstone OF the Confederacy is already
knoeked sannat % ont; Slavery is already dead, and
standing army to maintain slavery in ths
South, II We were to take possession. and
had guaranteed to the South all her consti-
rational privileged. I never was IN Aboli.
Zionist, net even what would be called anti.
slavery, but try to Judge fairly and honest.
earl5 In the rebellion that the North and
i south con1d never live at peace with each
other, except Us one nation, and that Tithont
slavery: a. anxious as I am to zee peace
eetaolished.l Wou1d not, therefore, be willing
iorsSet sss apy ssttsa ss.sment until this question
The position, antecedents, and character of
General Grant no less entltle bis celebrated
letter On the question OF peace to profound
Tespect. Oo the 10th Of August be wrote as
follows regarding the condition Of the re-
"ILeir only hope DOW is divided North.
ibis might glVe them reintorcoments from
Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and Affs-
eourl, while it Wou'd weaken u.s. With the
draft quickly enforced, the enemy would b..
come despoDdent, and would make but
nfue resistance baye 10 doubt but that
the enemy are exceedingly anxious to hold
ont until after the Presidential electton
They have many hopes from It's efects. They
nope counter-reVolution they hope the
ELECTION OF the peace candidate. In fact, Ike
Micaw ber,' they hope tor something to turn
snp:' Our peace friends, If they expect peace
would bnt be the beginning Of war. with
thousands of Northern men J,in,ng the
South because Of our disgrace In allowing
separation. To haye tpeRce on any tesms.i
the South would demand the restoration OF
their Slaves already. freed; they would
ard they would de- dsmaud aSsiss su'ff1ese tress1
which would make the North slaye-hunters
ior the South. They Wor4d demand paw
ior to- re restoration Of every slave escaping to
MAJOR GENERAL SIBERIAN.
Ala1. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman IA
Gommander-in Chief OF the grand army in
Gsorgia. At the outhreak Of the war be was
q military Professor In Louisiana. aud Wit
State was cuerced into rcbellI0I.-. Gen. Sncr-
man bas been long utfe11ng Democrat and
9 soldier, and it ia owing to his experience
~ Lou1sIan,, and his various observations OF |
the var and It's leaders, that he 30 strongly
tayors ts the policy of .' coercion" He was
AMID
from: jackson to Meridian, Misa. (so vehe- |
mently detained By the Copperhead meql, in |
Which he brought Off from the eneuy'a Ter.
ritosy nearly 200 colured labor, rs. Ii his |
iast great act be cohfecated whole citv |
Atlanta), and Jet we do not hear the Copuef.
1edds complain; for they ctatm him as q
democrat We shall show that Gen. Sher-
VEL know11 that he publicly declared him.
selt IN favor Of not only crushing the reheI-
lion, Int of making the rebel States paw the
War debt. But the following extracts from
9en. sherman's letter will Be- sufficient to |
convert any Copperhead from tha belief that
zen; Sherman Will vote for Mcclellan:
While aeee1t for our Government the
9 eear IL patlsaee tkat e1tici u pop.anas M!aIng
y slave rights, State rights, freedom Of con
clencs; freedom Of press, and such other
Eass4."wl :. ~. S.:sr1nan e .Aajsr ssawysr..
. eentehd that the treason and rebellion
! The master freed the slave, and the armles
hare commanded have conducted to Eafa |
oants more negroes than those OF any gen
raj officer In the arny.-TSAeTmat 10 he
tas1aeAasefss "a Recruiting COMMITTEE
Ihe government Of the United States
a5e ar N North Alabama, any and all rights
'hich they choose to enforce in var: tpIaEe
1eir lives, their homes, their lands. their
very thing, because they cannot deny thst i
ar ooes exist there, aud war is simply DOW
nnrestrafned By CoDsti ution or cpmpact,"
/ lSht.".aM ~ to laf r u. Sauyer, Communicating
Aa1tsrtNe, in dprii Iakt
ihs ns people Of The South, having appealed !
war, are barred from appealing TO our I
ont thtstion, which they have practically de- !.
eo. They have appealed to war, and must q
'lde by its' rules and laws. Tie United I
ates, as beliige1ent party, claiming right g
:. ne eoil as the ultimate Sovereign, have i
}, and is, both polite and Just We should o
go In certain districts. Wnen the fnhsbI-
Ets persist too long in hostility, 1t maY,ba
'l1tlc and right We should baaish them and /
pfopflate their lands to more loyal and !
{ eini observation-disclosures to kA4 sasss. !.
10 hose Who submit to the fightfol law E
authority, all gentleneBs aud .forbear. =
Ct; but TO the retulent and persistent se-
;s1onasts, Why, death is mercy, and the
1cker &c, be or she ia disposed Of the better"
S.eaznan to the SUM -
AAtoR-GESEHAL R0aECRAN5 n
Major General ". 8. Roeecrnns is the hero
the first campaign in West Virginia, the
[tlts Of 1uka, Corinth, Murfreesboro' and
campaign agBiDst chattanooga, His M /
'o-military record il we'll known. OrIgfn-
: q Democrat, the war made him an ear
It snti-elsyery man, and his personal infiu- y
e led the vast army opposition to ValIan. I'll
ham and the Democracy during the lat A.
bercatotial election In Ohio. Geherai
6ecrare, with his brother, Bishop Rrs-- =
ne, and Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati g., Sa
e led the anti.slavefy Catholic sentiment BE-
the r est In opposition to the DAmocratic {
t.. Roeecr4ns was the first General tn "
'llcly express himself In taYor Of pitoWin~ T
soldiers to vote. His great autI.siavar1 u
Il, is still f1esh IN memory. He Il foyy II
coins reelection. - A"e d!
ADMIRAL FARRAGCT. r.
dmiral Farr.gut is the great naval hero of +:
age For bis vtews upon the uuGstinn ~ "a 81
ce, Ne commend the doubling to h;s -,
'ches In New York during the Rnsa;an r
ntral's visit. He Ia an ardent aunno1taa
he> Government, which has 60 nbly sns. eo
Cd him, and, s3ithal b.JoneH. tn .ro,na "a