Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-20
own notiou. chose to relieve them. Ha1

own motion, chose TO relieve then.zz nav
| Ing made UP his Cabinet originally OF Re.
publicans, no sooner was he reinforced by
| the accession of Union War Democrats,
than he selected from among them an ex.
| member of Buchanan's Cabinet for Secre-
| tary of War--and found In him the ablest
| war secretary of the century. see
Towards the rebel army Davis imper-
sonated discipline, severity and bad faith,
| for he turned the bsyonets OF his troops
against each other after their terms had
expired, to compel hem to remain in the
! service. But towards the Union army,
Lincoln impersonated pardon, never allow.
| ing soldier to die If bis signature would
save him, even though at the alleged sac
rifice OF discipline. Il j.,
Davis, entering the struggle with bril-.
liant reputation, waned into hated ana
despised leader long before his cause was
| Lost. Lincoln, entering upon his office al
| most without reputation, grew into a
| mighty ascendency over those who, at
first. might well have scorned to have
been his rivals, and long before his cause
was won, had achieved a popularity that
was politically omnipotent. -
The burning impetuosity with which
| the South plunged into the war, was less
remarkable than the vast, almost incom.
prehensible moderation of the North. ''If
| were to choose" said Davis, In one OF
his public addresses, between the COM
partnership of Yankees and hyenas,
should infinitely prefer the hyenas
with malice toward none, with char
ity for all"-replied Dir. Lincoln. Con
gress resolved that the war was not
waged to destroy slavery or the States,
| but that, as soon as the rebel armies
should dispense and the Union be sus-
| tanned, the war would cease. Mr.. Davis
| replied, "We will have Independence OF
determination" Mr.. Seward instructed
| our diplomats abroad to deny that the
| fate of slavery was involved in the con-
test. European Liberals replied naturally
then 1t was D war of mere dominion
| with which we have no sympathy. Why
| ask us to sympathize with an effort o
twenty. four States TO conquer twelvey
But the ideas that underlay the strug
| gle were stronger than the policies Of
leaders. For the first two years OF the
| war;, MIR. Lincoln conducted 1t on the
most conservative principles; Demo
cratic Generals returned fugitive slaves
! and were sustained. Republican Generals
/ freed them, and were removed. Demo
Gratis who opposed the war, applauded the
| administration and large wing of Re
! publicans were disguised with Mr. Lin
| coins conservatism.
Suddenly, like clap Of thunder out OF
| q clear sky, came the promise, in Septem'
Der, 1862, of o Proclamation of Emsnci.
| patton on January LIST, 1868. But che OF
! two obscure Democratic officers resigned
A few Democratic votes fell of, enough
/ to elect Seymour in New York, and to
shake Republican majorities In other
| States. But those who remained were
| Republicans thenceforth.- The Republi'
can vote was weeded out, but 1t grew
more rapidly for the upheaval OF the soil
and uprooting the tares. a yA f,
Meanwhile the army was sioughing of
It's failures. and educating its Generals =
Burnside, Hooker, Kearney, Grant, sher
man, Thomas and Sheridan. The opposi
oppose the draft Twenty-Five thousand
troops around New York, and an equa
number In Ohio and Indiana, were required
to thwart the opposition, represented by
Ben Wood and Chauncey Burr, and Val
! landighan and Pendleton.' Our fearfulN
decimated, but vigorously reinforced
armies learned tales ofsufering from theil
emaciated comrades, returning from rebe
/ prisons, that improved their discipline OF
the battlefield, and ended that habit o
easy surrender, In which they were at frs
encouraged by incompetent and conserve
tive Generals. They began to fight witt
invincible obstinacy and to win victories
Yet In every strict military respect, in dis
cipline, courage, generalship, endurance
and zeal, the supporters of the rebellion
were, fully equal, and at first superior, q
the average, to the Union forces. {. But, Il
the maintenance of their finances and In
dustrial resources, and in care for the com
fort and health Of their armies, the con
tending parties showed the most market
contrast. The Sanitary and Christian
Commissions organized by the philan
thropiC men and women aof the North
resulted in sustained aid and timely kind
ness to our soldiers In the periods Of thei
most critical straits The Bureau 0
Freedmen and Refugees identified the gov
ernment with benevolence at the South
AL these agencies had no counterpart
/ within tbs rebel lines Aid to the wounde
rebel soldier, except he fell into our hands
was confined to the surgeons knife, ant
tho rude sympathy of hts companions-ir
arms. No commissions OF bsneyolen
men and women, except In few exceI
tional and fltful instances, nursed the sicf
, shrived the dying. or buried the dead. Th
South was unframed to organized benevt
. lence. .s5-.tg4ssa 81 ksilf
/. But, as the war progressed, the Mort
8 principally contrastcd with the South !
! the maintenance Of its industry and n
!. sources Much Of our superiority wa
8 doubtless due TO our actually greater wealt
{ and diversity of industry, which rendeIe
0 us less dependent on importations frol
a abroad for the means of war; but mucl
) also, to the ADLER management Of OF
J. Treasury Department--ef our loans an
9 currency To have attempted to condu'
! 80 great war with no other currenc
/ than gold, and the heterogeneous bills I
!. the State banks, many of which, In tt
!. Western States, had failed, would hay
J, been like attempting to float a steamer @
e morning dew. Both parties issued pap,
o money The Confederacy issued thei
with as little system, and the same resul
d as pertained to the Assignats of the Frent
3, Revolution. Secretary Chase, lhoweve
r founded the National Banking System, /
8. which the debts of the nation became
d most valuable commodity to the banke
v and the very corner stone of his bushes
q The umbilical cord which connected u
4. frall offspring currency with the pare
+, gold, was maintained by the payment
" gold interest; and by founding the n
n payable in gold, making the legaltende
e. COW srtible into bonds payable in gol
,e and taxing the State bank notes out of 9
). istence, the visible connection betwe,
a. gold as the basis, and our entire curren,
g. az the credit superstructure, never W
ir severed. The country felt the healtl
&c oti,,,,,lr,s IF n n h,1 pdanca of fnnrav wifi