The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-09-29

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again in spite of the winter mud, he entered
the entrenched camp at Manassas only To
find it a mass of smouldering ruins
He shipped round to the Peninsula, taking
$4,000 men with him. McGruder opposed
with 1900 men, kept him in check and fore
ed nim to the use of the spade and pick, his
faVorlte weapons. He made siege, and in
due time occupied our deserted lines.
space will not permit us to follow
Young Napoleon through the narrative of his
career. The Yankees might have taken
Richmond after the battle of the Seven Pines
when our forces were in confusion. After
the battle of Hanover Court House he might
have done the same thing. After the battle
of Antietam the same. His bombas-
tic dispatches from Western Virginia secured
his elevation. His reputation was founded
on lies. In lies he lowered and under lies he
is lost-crushed. How fortunate for us that
he was chosen Chief of the Yankee Armyt
With an immense number at his command,
an officer of truth, enterprise and daring
would have pushed US sorely; but McClelS
Ian was in awe of his reputation. His fief
made him coward, and from the first day
to the last of his military career, he did not
dare, on single occasion, to expose himself
to fire.
Such is the disinterested judgment of tho
Rebels of Mcclellan as General. And be-
cause he came so near achieving their inde-
pendence as General, they now desire him
to be made President, in order that they may
fully obtain their independence. To this end
they now begin to affect to fear him as Pres
ident, with the same sincerity, undoubtedly,
that they did when he was commander Of
our armies.
He was put in nomination in the interest
of the Rebellion. For why is it that Union
victories cast the Mcclellan party down,
! while our defeats make them loud and hap
py! And what signifies the great desire OK
pressed by the Rebel prisoners for his elec-
ton And what means the long and loud
cheering all along the Rebel lines in front of
Petersburg, when the news came to them
that Mcclellan was nominated at Chicago,
by the Copperhead, pcace-at-any- price De.
mocracy!
|
PATH izing sheet, of Sept. 9Th, says that mere
private dispatches to the effect that McClel.
Ian was certain to get the nomination caus-
| ed an advance on the Confederate loan of
three per cent. Why do they consider the
| Rebel loan worth more with Mcclellan Pres
ident than Mr.. Lincoln? Simply because
| tbo1 Lob aucb rtas in fo
culminate in the Rebels achieving their III
| dependence, for in 10 other event is the Con.
federate loan worth any thing. Why did
the Rebel Confederate pol iticians take such
an active part in the getting up of the DEM
ocratic platform and in selecting candidate,
whom they hoped would prove available, to
stand upon it, if they had not deep interest
in it! They succeeded in getting substan-
tally the platform they desired; and they
succeeded, further, in getting man to stand
upon it with one foot and with the other
upon platform got up by himself in order
to trap the War Democrats. Thus they
hope to carry their point by fraud and decep-
| tion.
jeff Davis has said he will have no peace
except he has inde pendence with it, The
Chicagoites resolved that they are in favor
| OF peace. Hence the so-called Democracy
have declared themselves in favor of disu-
| nion.
Unonists all be not deceived. There
are and can be but two parties. One, how
| ever honest many of the masses may be, is
| controlled by rebel sympathissrs nd IunniDg
! in the interest of the Rebellion; while the
other, led by Mr.. Lincoln, is unquali6edly
10 favor of the Union and lasting peace.
Choose which You will serve.