Year: 1861

are rooted out; but they are already beginning
TO feel Gen. McClellsn's hand, as an unframed
horse gradually recognizes the force of his rider


That ssme good grounds for discomfort exist
ed, particularly among officers, cannot be de-
MED; 6Et as far as food and rations, tsntags,
and general military accommodations are
s0aeernsd, the men IA the service of hs Unt-
ted States are not BY any means III treated
The dissatisfaction connected with the pay
ment OF the men in some regiments was caused
by the officers, who did not furnish the pay
masters with the proper lists and, If delay
was sccasioned by want Of money in some in
stances, the patriotic feeling of the men
should have induced them to have borne the
privation with little more patience.


In the quality Of their clothing, however,
there has been just ground Of discomfort; the
contractors have been at their usual work
Gen. Butler pointed out to me at Fortress
Monroe soldiers who were clad in q sort of gray
stuff which looked like the worn-out Innings of
infantry tunies-Aufy yet threadbare, hard
yet ragged, looking as If wool had been glued
on to rotten calico; it seems probable that con-
tractors hencefOrth will be compelled to make
less money and better clothes. In some cases
regiments are prevented leaving for the seat of
war because the inhabitants Of their districts
will not pledge themselves 70 keep the families
OF the volunteers from want when they are
away. Every man, too, wants to have the best
description of rife musket,-an obvious impos-
sloillty at present. Although the wedding of
officers has been carried on to q considerable
extent, there are still many whom it is desira-
bic to get rid of


Encouraged by the approval of the people,
who are ready for anything in the shape of
force and strong government, the authorities
are determined to send every officer who resigns
In the army or navy to Fort Lafayette or some
suitable prison, and to arrest every individual,
male or female, suspected of treasenable de-
signs. The law of suspects Is in full vigor
IL was time for the Government to vindicate
its rights and its power, but it must be seen
that IN this vindication it differs in no way
from the means used by the other Govern
ments OF the world. which have been hitherto
considered in the United States as organized
outrages on human nature and certain sO-caled
natural rights Of man. The high-sounding pre-
lessons OF the statesmen and writer's Of America
In these matters were felt by them to be in
ridiculous contrast with the practices and ex-
tension of domestic slave trade in some prov
lnces, and with the existence of slavery over a
large portion of the Union. Amid the contend
ing cries Of the multitude, it is now scarcely
possible to ascertain how far this is a war
against slavery or a war for the maintenance
OF high protective duties; but it is obvious that
II the war goes on it will be narrowed TO the
former issue, and that the republicans, who now
repudiate the notion Of declaring all slaves Free
while in the same breath they express their
belief that the question must come to that end
Will be obliged to do that as party which as
yet has been done only by the individual men,
and hang out the unconditional abolition ban.
ner fully and fairly in the air. If they would
Kill slavery as a foreign trade. however, let
them at the same time alter the policy of their
rulers in reference to the right of search.