Year: 1862




| President shall change MS views and plans,
the manifest object Of these persons beiig 10
| eoeree an adoption of those plans by working


oa the public mind and bringing it into q


state of dependency or despair.


4 In opposition TO the effort it is the drty OF


all good citizens to look steadfastIy in theface
! the position of affairs and derive IRON them
/ the lessons that are needed for the hour That
| those lessons win be productive of encourage
J ment we are fully persuaded. We have not
4 Joined Ia tie clamor against the adminfssra-
| ton, " hich was LED by the radical press, and


carried on by them almost exclusively, for the


reason that we believed it to be the patriotic
| duty to stand firmly by the representatives of
| the government of the Uniten States in an
| hour of great peril, and withhold criticism of
| individuals when every man needed his whole
| stock of patience, and selfpossession to carry
| the responsibilities with which he was charged.
| And we still contend, with undiminished con-
| fdence, that ii the loyal people Of the United
States will earnestly and faithfully sustain the
government of the United States, there can be
but one future for US in the war, and that of
success We have faith in the Constitution.
and in twenty millions of citizens.


The question of war or no war was long ago
discussed, and the choice was war. That choice
should have been made, according to the Scrip
ture rule, and according to the rule OF expert
ence and common sense, by sitting down and
counting whether with our forces we were able
to meet an enemy coming against Us with his
forces. 1t was regarded as sympathizing with
the enemy to estimate his power at any large
figure, or to count our expenses in the war by


hundreds of millions. Too many men were
deceived by the confident bluster of political
harangues, and the arrogant boasts of news
paper soldiers. 1t is now another day, and
We look back with regret at the terrible mis-
takes then made. If we now do what the ma
zion should then have done-compare delibe-
rately and with judgment our iorce, our patri-
otism, our spirit, with the force and animosity,
and the ruling emotions of our opponents-we
shall not fail TO decide that in the prosecution
Of the war, the victory must be with the Union.
The cry that we are conquered unless we take
new measures and issue paper proclamations,
is a cry of cowardice in part, and political
trickery in larger part. II is nonsense to say
that the loyal States are not able in q war like
this, 10 exhaust the military power of the dis
loyal States, long before their own energies
are seriously injured. For it has come now to
be understood that this war is to be decided
BY the simple issue, which combstant will
first become exhausted and give up the con-
test Now, let US look st the facts and take
courage.


In the first place. it is true that we are ac-
cunIulating vast debt. But it is no greater
than WAS prophesied by all reasonable men
when the war broke out, the necessary re-
suit of one years contest. What Is the debt
TO US, compared with the debt under which
our enemy struggles For it must be borne
in mind now that this debt is not question


of future ability so much as present credit.
What is the relative credit Of the tive contes-
| tants with their own people to-day? What
in the money makers Of the world2 Consid-
| ering the war as just now commencing, and
regarding it as q war between two separate


nations, what are the comparative pecuniary


abilities of the two2 We are not falling into
the error of rating the southern credit as moth
/ ing, as was done by enthusiasts year ago, but
! we compare 1t with national credit and it
stands very low. Let men therefore who teel
! depressed because of cur enormous expendi-
| lures pause a moment to consider the pecu-
MARY weakness of our adversary, and our own
poverty becomes wealth in the comparison.


Looking to the future then, if We are to con-
! tinue this war with a steadfast purpose for s
| restoration of our national power, and to con-


tinue it simply as war, there can be no reason
! able doubt as to which party will first fail to
| have the means of carrying 1T on.


! As TO the comparative military ability of
the two parties, there is certainly no ground


for encouragement. The radical press has


made the most of the check at Richmond, and


has represented It to the people and the world
as disastrous defeat and the destruction OF


the finest army in the world. This is folly, OF


crime. The army Of the Potomac is to-day a
magnificent army, numbering many more


thousands than these frightened, or panic max
/ ing sheets representa-, andis armed and equip
pes assa.sazsry = the world was ever before


It is commanded by q General who has ne


confidence of every man, and who is worthy
| of that confidence The faith of the soldier,


IN Mcclellan is abundant evidence that he j:


the man for the place. The ,aSmies of the


United States in other parts of the great field


are ardent, eager, and ready for any duty
. Their officers everywhere are cheertully and


successfully doing their work.


The victories of the past few months have


been unparalleled in the history of wal, spread


ing over such q vast extent of territory, anC


crowding the enemy back into the heart OF hi


own country. In every State of the UnioI
|, the United States has now set its foot anC


holds its position. The Southern ConfederacN


has not one whole State tree from the dominion


of the government of the United States.
, is but q few weeks since the whole North wa


waiting for victory At Richmond as the granS


blow of the war, and although that victor,


has not yet been won, it is the worst of fool


ishness to cry out now that it is impossible. !


is net alone not impossible, bat It must ant


will be accomplished, and when the grand ar
mics of white soldiers and sons of the Uniol
march on the rebel capital, the frightene'
| sbriekers for negro aid viii hide their heads il
shame, H they have any sense of shame left
, at the memory of their cowardice and thei
, depreciations of the white American citizen
All this reduces itself to single point. w


have chosen to carry on this war. 1t is n
question now whether we shall or shall nc
continue it. The question is, are we to b
; beaten in it, or are we to be victorious An
. the answer is, that we have four lighting me
! | where our enemy has one, and fifty dollars {
money where he has five. We have the Sc
! at our disposal, the armories of the world ope
! to US. Our internal resources are inexhaustibl
! and our foreign relations are undisturbet
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