The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-30

more enticing than you possibly anticipa.
ted. you might change your purpose without
seeming to violate your promise. Candid
people will zee in this q good Edeet more
eyideEf1 &C cuhnine than cf hdn6stys ss2
TheMA0ls truth 10 thie you are leading
the nsticn quietly to It's destruction by de-
ceiving the people as to the dangers which
threaten it. In the Ifint part of the cam
paign of 1862 you gained advantages which
yos we're qnahle 10 utilize OrfeveH resa'n
in 1863. .,-,,.,,, ,.--..,.,-.,r.,.-p
You sscrifced the entire West for the
capture Of Vicksburg, and then You pro-
claim 10 the four winds that the Mississippi
is free while not . single steamboat can
navigate il without being attacked, or
perhaps burned, and without every passen-
ger having tAe fear Of death or 3shPfisity
before his eyes, M L} = " -
To serve the ends of your cause. you
have made hero ont of a man on whom
YOU have lavished everything, who had
every obstacle removed from his path, and
who was promptly furnished with re.en-
forcemeuts and supplies, while Rosecrans
could get none, and who has scarcely been
able to hold, with the immense resources at
his command, the ground which his prede-
cessor gained in spite Of you by his own
talents. ..I w
You have offered US the distressing spec
tacle of the sacrifice of merit to caprice
and personal political interests, and this in
a Republic, in the name aud under The plea.
of popular sovereignty. lse.l ~ a.s4-.
And to cap the climax we are obliged TO
hear definitions like this; An unconditlon~
ally loyal man is one who, although not
satisfied with the measures taken by the
Government, approves them all, and gives
his constant support.
. 1t seems almost incredible. Are We in
Oonstantinople, IN st. Petersburg, In Rome,
or in Paris r Are we the descendants Of
those proud Saxons who refused to succumb
to snylyoke, or thelillegitimate offspring OF
cardinals seeking to secure fortune and
greatness by perpetual Worship Are we
really the descendants of those disciples OF
Luther and Calvin, who, rathe- than subject
their reason to an authority which they de.
spised, preferred themselves to those shores
where, through the agency of liberty. they
founded our national greatness, which you
are now striving to drown in a sea of cow
ardice and adulation, corruption and incom-
potency p Were our ancestors to visit the
earth they would be surprised to see that,
eighty years after the Revolution which
gave life and liberty to the nation the Lin
coin party could find no other definition Of
loyalty than blind submission to the de-
crees Of the Government
. Bat we have exercised this blind submis
sion during three years; during three years
we have kept silent-and what is more gen
erous than sience2
Some true radica! patriots said not long
since, "We have lost confidence in Fremont;
what has he done or said for year past 2"
What could he do? What could he say
He has done for you what Butler and Sigel
have done; what we have all done he has
been charitable enough to keep silence, aud
that is more than he should have done. la
the face of 50 much incapacity and corrup.
ton, patriotism alone has kept us silent
Each time that fresh defeat OF fresh
concession to foreign powers brought al in
dig nant exclamation to our lips, we restrain
ed its utterance. And yet have much grief,
and love and admiration, accompanied each
hecatomb of these unknown heroes, mar
tyrs to their country, who had fallen
through the incompetency and the cold
and incspable ambition Of the men whose
mission it was to lead our sons to victory,
but who, being blinded by political consid.
erations for their personal advancement, led
them only to proitless death.
And you have not displayed more talent
or energy abroad. Napoleon has tranpled
upon the rights of friendly republic he
has insolently notified US Of the blockade CT
the Mexican coast, and thrown the Monroe
doctrine in our face. We ask, then, who is
the master now in America, he who lays
down the law,or be who submits to the
crime? Is it Napoleon III, or the success
sor OF Washington ?
God alone, by bestowing upon the coun
try inexhaustible natural wealth, and that
ardent patriotism, which makes every SOL
dier hero, has saved the country from
the ruin into which your sel6shness would
plunge it, This is the secret of the differ
ence between your currency and that OF tue
South.
. Wehave been imposed upon long enough.
The ruin which you have been unable to
accomplish in four years would certainly
be consummated were You to remain In
power fou. years longer. Your Military
Governors and their Provost Marshals over
ride the laws, and the echo. of the armed
heel rings forth as clearly now in America
as in France or Austria. You have en-
croached upon our liberty without securing
victory, and we IN ust have both.
You have dishonoredus abroad by shame
less Misrepresentation as to our true condi
tion. Places that we occupied in 1862 are
now again in the hands"of the rebels, and
God knows whether your preparations for
the approaching campaign are adequate
Corruption has entered into every depart
ment Of your administration, rendering it a
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