Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-12-04

              0 jH'J0liE VC 11 Ml! h i 1 1 11 VOL. IX MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 1862 NO 5 THE MOUNT VEBXON REPUBLICAN. TEBMS: For one year (invariably in advaucc)82,00 r or hix cwntliH, l,UU TERMS OP ADVERTISI.NO. One square, 3 weeks, 1,00 ( ne square, 3 month, 3,00 One square, 6 months, 4,50 Due square, 1 year, 6,00 Jne fijuare (changeable monthly) 10,00 Changeable weekly, 15,00 Two squares, 3 weeks, 1,75 Two squares, C weeks, 3,25 Two squares, 3 months, 5,25 Two squares, (5 months, 6,75 Two squares, 1 year, 8,00 Three squares, 3 weeks, 2,50 Three squares, 6 weeks, 4,50 Three squares, 3 months, 6,00 Three squares, 6 months, 8,00 Three squares, 1 year, 10,00 One-fourth column, chan. quarterly, 15,00 Due-third " " " 22,00 One-half " " " 28,00 One column, changeable quarterly, 50,00 All local notices of advertisement, or vailing attention to any cntcrpri.se intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will e charged at the rate often cents per line. Select poctru . LOVE'S VIGIL. Ellen W. became deranged upon hear iug of the execution of her brother, for sleeping on guard, and every evening she would wander out and siug to him, for fear, she said, that he would sleep. On Guard. UY MISS SOPHIA M. WILLIAMS. Why '&Q you call nte mother, from out this dreary storm? I am wot cold dear uiuthcr. the snow has wrapped wc warm, The winds will bring we tidings before the morning's light; For you remember mother, my Phillip guards to-night; And I must wait and watch, and sing sweet songs to him, Lest ere the morning comth, his eye shall grow so dim, His limbs so weary, mother, that he will fall asleep, And you remember mother, his slumbers are so deep That he will not awaken; The penalty is death For him who sleeps on guard mother, so the order saith, So I shall wait and watch, and sing my sweetest song, That he may waken mother, through. all this drear night long. I did not tell you mother of my sad dream last night, E'en now it makes me shudder, 'twas a horrid Bight! I saw tho stern battalion drawn up in long array, 'Twas in the evening mother, just at the close of day, And a thousand bayonets caught the sun's last beam You must remember mother that this is all a dream, Just then I saw my Phillip, he stood there all alone, And mcthought about his brow a light, a glory shone. And these thousand bayonets were pointed at his breast, Pray for me dear mother, I would forget the rest! I heard a horrid noise, I can hear it even now, And niethought I saw the lightnings twining 'bout his brow. When the smoke had passed away I looked whero he had stood, But, O mother! he was lying in his own life blood, The old smile-was on his lip, but mother, in his eye There was a look so terrible, so full of agony, My heart was almost broken; but wherefore do you weep? Did you forget, dear mother, that this was in my sleep? Now you must hearken closely to what I say to you, For fear my droam, dear mother, shall happen all too true. I have sent my scouts the winds, to Virginia's hills, They are to wander there among her rocks and rills, Until they find my Phillip, wherever he may be, And I must wait dear mother, 'till they come back to me. And I shall sing too, mother, but I do not sing alono, Fx the winds have learned my song, they have caught the very tono. List! did ye not hear a sound borne hither by the brcesc? Did ye not hoar a voice amid the maple trees? . 'Tip my mnsscngor, tho swift-winged he c.vuefh from afor, The lightning are his coursers, tho storm cloud is his car. Await one moment mother he bringeth news to mo, Ouly one moment wait and I will tell it thee, Alas! Alas! he findeth naught but a new mads grave, In a dense, dark wood, mother where giant birches wave Their long lank arms above it, silently and slow, And ghostly shadows over it, pace ever to and fro. Await one moment mother while yonder star I ask If my dear Phillip slumbers now at his weary task. List! I hear a voice saying "Bcyeud the pearly gate, Within his hand a golden harp one doth thee await," I hear a voice sayiug, "Near to the throne of light Wearing the golden crown, thy Phillip guards to-night. I cannot understand, mother, only this I know, I do not heed the storm, I cannot feel the snow; And I must wait and watch, and sing my sweetest song, That my Phillip may not sleep, through all this drear night long. Froatho Comintnw.aHh. The Negro as He Is. No. 2. Since the President's Proclamation, I hear all sorts of queer statements, and wild discussions,conocrning the fitness of my un popular brothccSmbo"for the enjoyment of 'iifc, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." Want of thrift is the sovcrestcharge brought against him by Yankees. Yet these same Yankees scein to admire tho absence of thrift in slaveholders. The recklessnessand prodigality of lordly planters arc accounted virtues; and language is stretched to its ut most tension to praise these qualities under the name of generosity and hospitality. The planter prides himself on his con tempt of industry and economy. In pompous tones, ho jeers at Yankee thrift, votes its vulgar, and abjnres the "copper circul ation," I will give a specimen. A lazy old planter was sitting in his verandah, smoking a cigar in the afternoon sunshine. Be fore him stntched his broad domain of fer tile land, and iu the "near distance" was a line of negro cabins, with crisp-haired little groups playing about them. Ashe glanced over ihe scene, ho doubtless felt a proud satisfaction in the state of things ut the South, and was comparing it disadvantage-ously with what he had seen a recent summer visit to tho North; for he turned to the group of his family and friends around him, and exclaimed, "I am glad enough to get back. Those Yankeesare an odd,mean set. They can scent a dollar ten miles a-hcad. You can see the counter and the yard-stick in their narrow looking faces." His auditors greeted the sapient remark with a heartv laugh. Two of the children, who were playing in the corner of the verandah, got into some quarrel over tho games, and began to call each other by all mannerof opprobious names,in true Southern style. Finally, tho little girl's rage culminated in what he considered the most insulting of all epithets. She spitefully exclaimed, "You Yankee!" The indignant boy cried out, "Papa, she calls me a Yankee; and I'll kill her." "O, I wouldn't do so bad as that, Joscy," replied his father with a smile. Then, turning to his friends, he added, "Though I must confess the insult is rather hard to bear." Oue of the guests said, "Josey, what is the meaning of Yankee?" The boy-hcistated an instant, and then answered, "Why Yankee is Yankee." Perceiving that this excited a smile, he was annoyed; and being determined not to be put down, he exclaimed, "I know what Yankee means. A Yankee is a schoolteacher, a clock pedlar, a tradesman; that'g what a Yankee is," The boy spoke as he had been taught. In"Slave-owo-ia,"knowl-edge, invention, and thrift, are all designated by the despisod word Yankee. Yet I never hear Northerners accuse slaveholders of laziness or want of thrift. In them want of thrift, and contempt of work, seem to be esteemed gentlemanly virtues. Only iu tho negroes are indolence and improvidence branded as vices. Certainly slavery is well calculated to make any class of men shirk labor, since it takes from them tho stimulus of wages; and what can more effectually teach improvidence than the fact of having no legal protection for property? Ifaslavo has a dollar, and docs not enjoy it to-day, his master may tako it from him to-morrow; for tho law expressly declares that a slave and all that he has belongs to his master. Yet even under these crushing disadvantages, the negroes generally manifest industry and thrift whenever the good nature of masters a ford them tho encouragement and security denied by law. I marvel whether "ur Northern frictrlfl, who folk o much of the negroes want of thrift,are aware tha1 it is no unconimen thing for masters to borrow money of their slaves. Mr. B , a Southern gentleman of respectable fortune and social condition, bciug called suddenly from home, found himself in that rather common but micviable situation, "out of funds." He summoned one of his slaves and said, "Jerry, can you let me have some money, till I roturn from town?" Jerry looked sorry, and answered in a humble tone, "I'se berry sorry, massa, but I se out of pocket dis several monthi. I hasu had no change senso I lent you dat last ten dollar.s,what has 'sea ped your mind to hand mo back. "Why, you black liar, haven't I paid you that teu dollars long aj;o:" "No, massa. Here's my stick.what shows how we stands, and dar is do notches yet standm aginyou." He offered to explain the notches of debit and credit on this stick but his master had neither time nor pati ence to attend to it "Never mind the notches now, Jerry,"said hc,"I don't bother myself about those affairs. I dare say you are right, I'll pay you when I come back." When Jerry rojoiucd his wife, ho said, iu a contemptuous tone, "Dat ten dollars am a doad note, I'll never see it aain. But I don't kecr. It saves me a good deal: bckaso ebbcry time massa asks to borrow more, I jist says I habn't had no money sense I lent you dat ar ten dollars. Dat shuts him right up. But, by golly, Fee got a right smart chance of change hid up till I gits ready to fly." Who was the thrifty one iu this case? Who showed Yankee acnteness in this transaction? Among the negroes, to fly means goiug to Canada. "Canaau'sfairand happy land." of which they 'sing so much, signifies, iu their own private parlance, the cold shores of Canada, which to the imagination of the desolate Southern slave is the clime of the blest. They often talk of it and sing of it, in this enigmatical way, in the presence of their masters and mistresses. A lady, who was in the habit of hiring ncgeocs annually, told mo the amount of personal effects which they "trumped about" with them was atonishing. "It takes two furniture cars," said she, "to move our old cook Dinah." On one occasion, Dinah did not make a very close bargain with the carman, and the mistress proposed that she should pay tho over-plus he demanded. "No, indeed," said the cook. "You hires me, and you are the one to pay. I aint gwioe to contribute ono cent." The lady iu telling it, remarked, very amiably, "I was so pleased with tho amoHut of worldly wisdom manifested by Dinah that I was very willing to pay the over-plus." The samo lady said. "It is an established rule with me never to hire a woman who does not own a feather-bed, a chest of drawers, ic.j for if negroes are good for anything, they always contrive to get such things. They have so little timo to work for themselves, that I don't know how they mauage to do it; but somehow or other, money seems to flow in their dark hands as if by magic." They do indeed seem to have discovered the secret of Midas; which I conjecture may be best unriddled by the important word thrift. I oneo knew a Southern mistress who undertook to instruct her cook in the French mystery of making a Souffle. She went into the kitchen with Miss Leslie's 'Five Hundred Receipts" in her hand, read the directions to the cook, watched the mixture of ingredients and gavo pre cise orders concerning the length of time necessary for tho delicate preparation to remain in tho oven. It was brought on the table sadly deficient in .all tho essential properties of a Souffle. Talking of it afterward, the cook laughed heartily, and said 'Now, missus, if you'll jist let mealone and not bring your book and your big word here, I'll make dat ar Souppley do right sort I'll make it common sense way." Ac cordingly, the next day the tablo was sup plied with an Omelette Souffle worthy of the chcf-dc-cuisinc, Soycr himself. Her mistress was wont to say ever afterward that Aunt Kitty's "common sense" cooking was the best, for it never failed; which was more than she could say of her directions from books. I cauuot remombcr any department of labor or ingenuity in which negroes, as a class, have shown themselves deficient. Their quickness and readiness are so proverbial at tho South, that they aro called nimble-fingered and fleet-footed. They are witty and enthusiastic; almost univer sally gifted with music; and they have a wealth of illustration in language, as unique as it is gorgeous, lucir tasto in the ar rangement of flowers is often exquisite, and some colored mantuamakers, milliners, and dressing-maids cannot be surpassed in their beautiful combinations of colors and trimmings. All who have had an opportunity to know them testify to their markod es prit rfu corps; and I know thst their na tionality is as intense as it is sincere. In this article, I only bear testimony to some of their lighter estimable Iraits. I feel rebuked by the recollections of higher and nobler characteristics, which live fresh in my memory. Someyears have passed since I lived in the South, or have been placed within the in flueucoofnegroHocioty. But I confess that even now, if I chance to see a bright-color ed bandanna head kerchief, or a shining black face, I feel my heart throb and my eyes moisten. For well do I remember an old face, which always shone upon me warm and bright as a lamp of home-comfort. From their lips came the gentle song that lulled my petted childhood into slumber. A thousand acts of tender indulgence and soothing kindness came back to endear the negro character, and embalm my recollections of " the slaves away down South." A Nativk of the South. Becclier on the Duties or the Crisis. From a sermon delivered by Henry Ward Beccher last Sunday night, wc reproduce tho following eloquent passage: The Free States of the North have only just turned back in time. The war they make in tbc struggle to escape, is a war of ideas, of fundamental and eternal principles. It is the spirit of absolute Governments of the old oppressive Governments, ever hostile to tho spirit ofself-goveru-ment is what they have to meet. Wc know that we shall have the final victory; but whether through sad reverses and through cycles of delay, wc cannot tell. Tho right is on our side every idea of God's providence, every aspiration of the human soul struggling upward, every hope of humanity, the cry of tho coming generation, the scheme of universal liber ty filling the void with prayer and warning exhort us not to yield, not compromise, but to 0 right onward, to do battle to the bitter end in this great, good fight. The principle of darkness, the bauded minions of oppression, all the congregated elements of evil assail the house of liberty. I am in the habit of saying distinctly what I think and I do declare that the opposition now formed here in tho North against this Government is the meanest, tho blackest, the most hypocritical ever conceived on earth. There, they have tho benefit of my candid opinion, if they want it. Laughter and applause 1 And now. I add that. whatever may have been my frienships, that they arc warm at all times, I will not stand, I will not strike hands no, not with my own brother with those who arc not, now, openly and forever on the side of liberty. I had in this contest meant to overlook all party divisions, but now when I see Satanic iufluenocs and such they no doubt are again combinim; against tho North, I will not touch any man who is with them, unless it be with the bosom of the rod. We have no material for conflict here among us.nnd the blood, the massacre, of the old Paris days of murderous revolution might well return did uot those who foster and such men there are, beyond peradventure. in our midst cloak their wickedness in a sort of sneak ing piudence. They come to the Government saying "How art thou, my brother!" while they plunge their dagger under the filth rib. Then, brethren, rise to the imminence of the danger. Cast your votes for liberty cast them as far as you can out of this night of rebellion, towards God's throne! Go back to the days of Jefferson and Madison, and Franklin, and stand by them and their great principle "all men free and equal!" Never can we have such a war again so cheap. Compromise will bring no peace. Such peace would, at each recurriup; election, revivo tho question whether some other State should not go out from the Union of liberty. You have got upon your feet keep on them; you have got your hands out and your hearts to strengthen them keep them out and stretch them further! Never was such a speotaele of shame before beheld as for fifb years was seen in the National House of Representatives. Northern doughfaces cringing in the presence of Southern slave driversl Let it never bo seen again. Does material interest stand in tho way? She slavo freed will spend 8100 in your factories where the slave in bondage can'tspend ono dollar. The slave buys no books, no carpets, no pianos. Freedom makes commerce; the plow will say to the farmer Freedom makes me bright, vote 'or Freedom! The forge will say, Freedom makes me musical, vote for Freedom ! The ship yard will say, Freedom makes mo merry, vote for Freedom! All the factories will siug this anthem, excepting oue kind only the oat o'niuo tail factory and it, too, on second thought, will join the chorus. The loom tho spiuning jenny, and tho mill will echo it. The natural state of man is not sim plicity, it is complexity of wants, it is not poverty, it is comfort. Like the tree( man rises first a naked stem, but the expanding oak shoots forth ton thousand branches, and asks more room below, more heaven space abovo ! Everything pleads for the p-ilicy of emancipation, and now that it is uttered, let us not fall back. If when tho bridge was built, vi earthly pair-we go to pieces, who shall restore the shat- rr rmdd induce Mr ( 'hlhui to rldr on the tored temple? The Phydian lnarbla mourns i luconiotiie tin fust t lutein ruts his outt bridge. in Alliens nmul tueruinsot the rent Aero- polis, mid points the moral of tho broken State. The doctrine of division and secession is the doctrine of devils. Let us have no part in it, but cling to ono Government one Constitution, one policy the doe-trine of all men free and equal and all the machinery of devildom shall not pro-vail. Negroes Iu the Union Cause. At a tremendous emancipation mooting iu New York on Wednesday evening, lion. Lyman Treuiain referred to negro allies of the Union Army iu these stirring words5 "But, says some timid conservative, Would you arm negroes, and turn them loose." I reply, I would save this Government by all the instrumentalities known to civilized warfare. Immcncc applause. I would use the negroes to dig trenches, to drive army wagons, to perform camp labor. Those competent for militrry service, I would drill for the field, but not turn them loose. "That's it." Negroes proved themselves good soldiers iu the war of the Revolution, at New Orleans in 1815, iu West India armies. But I would introduce them into our army proper only to a limit- cu extent. i wouut uetaii tne ngnting material among them for special service. For example: The South arc making this a war of guerrilla raids. By their manner of prosecuting it iu many localities, they have put themselves outside the pale of ordinary warfare. I would checkmate these Rebel guerrillas with black loyal guerrillas Loud and protracted cheers. Many slaves are bold riders. Others are swift on foot. On horseback and on foot, with proper drill and judicious commanders, I would place in the hands of choice bands of in-t clligcnt and obedient negroes, in the malignant Cotton States, revo Ivors, carbines, and sabres. Applause Pointing them to tho cattle on a thousand hills, and the waving graiu in the intervening vallics,and taking care that all loyal plantations shall be spared, I would shout, "Descendants of the homo-land of Toussaiut L'Ouvcrture, in the name of God and Liberty,strike home." Tremendous applause, renewed again and again. Let us not be alarmed. The negro is uot an incendiary. He is not cruel. Ages of oppression have proved him docile, obedient and kind. He will do no unnecessary harm. These Rebels arc not fit to be drowned in the tears of their slaves. Applause. In these two modes, then, Slavery can inflict the death-wound upon the Rebellion. Like Samson iu the temple of tho Philistines, it can lay its hands upon tho main pillars of this Confederate conspiracy, and crush it and itself in one common ruin. Loud cheers. Thanks to our President Cheers he has rolled Slavery iuto one big. black bombshell, and charging it full of Greek fire, has rammed it down the muzzle of a rifleman nrtial Pro- cltmatiou, which, with his long-sighted eye, he will, on tho first day of the coming yea.', aim strait at the heart of the Rebellion blowing it back to its kindred hell while all that is liberal and free on the face of tho globe will respond: "Glory to God in the Highest, Let all the Earth say Amen." Cheers. Gen. McClellan's Lack of Decision. We find the following explanation of Gen. McClellau's constitutional unfitness for the position of Commander of the Army, in the Salem Observer. A few weeks since, a number of gentlemen were waiting for the cars at tho Oneida Depot, N. Y., and their conversation was of course upon the war. In this connection tho character and deeds of Gen. McClellan came under discussion. There were various opinions expressed as to his loyalty, his intentions and his ability as a Commender-in-Chief. Some were in his favor, but mostly ho was thought to be incompetent aud some even doubted his loyalty.A gentlem m present listened carefully to comments upon tho General and then said: "Gentlemen, I know McClellan personally, he is a friend ol'miue, and I am a siucere friend of his. i assure von that he is an able man and of his loyalty there is not the slightest doubt; but I frankly confess that ho is not the man for the plvcc he occupies. Thero is a want of decision and a natural timidity in Gon. MoClellan which unfits him for tho office of Commander of the army. He is a great civil engineer and in that department ho cannot be excelled. I know something of him in this respect. I hav j beea on an Engineering Corps ith him in laying out railroads- Wheu we came to a very bad gorgo which had to bo bridged, we would exert all our i ling tha enemy, it will probably be his fi-skill and notsuccead very well; and thoa nil effort. If ho break: our defenoes and we would put the tack upca McCitllaa J mkai his vt&j in'.o the iu'.srlor, enforcing He would soon plin tho tery lesi Indgt eaaucipatios as he iiv.scr, !:: :!! which humau skill could devise. Fu ' iivaWlaMe mbrhicf." 'l0 lacks soniothinv mi decision in Ins na ! I l I' ... : ... i... tare, una tnereioiv in mv opinion tie is HJIIIIHHI 111 unfit for the postho occiiptos in the army."' Query. Is not the above the true duo to the character of Gen. Mcl.'lell.in? X. The N'ejsro our .Natural ill). The following is an extract from a let ter of the Port Royal correspondent of the Independent speaking of the expedition to tho St. John's River. THE NEGRO IS Oi:u INVALUABLE AND OUR .NATION AL ALU". It was a negro who saved the exhibition from utter failure, and the troops from probable ruin. On reaching the mouth of the St. John's River, it appears that there was no way for the troops to get in the rear of the battery on the Bluff except by marching for forty miles around the head of Pablo and Mt. Pleasant Creeks. They must carry their rations, and the sick or weary must be left by the roadside to be murdered by the guerrillas of the enemy. The troops would reach the scene of action utterly exhausted, and, if defeated, would be likely to be annihilated. Yet there was no alternative, and the order for the desperate match was given. But, about midnight, a negro came from shore aud told the General of a point of laud where the troops might land with ease and safety, and by a march of eight or teu miles would reach a spot where they could cover the lauding of cavalry and artillery, and from thence by a march ol four miles could reach the battery from the rear. He described the roads, and gave all needful information as to the topography of the region with perfect clearness and absolute accuracy. His advice was adopted; the enemy found themselves assailed from a side whero they had not dreamed of attack, and fled precipitately. We owe the bloodless victory of St. John's Bluff, and the opening of St. John's River, to the bravery and intelligence of a negro, (no longer, thank God, a slave.) A Beautiful Sentiment. Shortly before the departure of the la- mented Ilebcr for India, he preached a sermon which contained this beautiful il- lustration: "Life bears us ou like a Htream of a mighty river. Our boat at first glides dowu the narrow channel, through the playful murmuring of tho little brook and the winding of its grassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads, tho flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves to the young bauds: we arc happy in hope, and wo grasp eagerly ut the beauties around us but the stream hurries ou, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wilder and deeper flood, amid objects more striking ami maguiticcut. c are animated at the moving pictures; we are exsitcd at some short lived disappointment. The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs are alike left behind us. Wo may be shipwrecked, but werannotbo delayed; whether rough or smooth, the river hasten.) to its home, till the roar of the ocean is in our cars, and tho tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the land lessens from our eyes, and the floods arc lifted up aroHnd us, and we take our leave of earth and its inhabitant.", until of our future voyajrc there is no witness save the infinite an I eternal." Soldier's Votes. The Coriuth correspondent of tho Cincinnati Gazette has the following allusion to the votes of the Missouri volunteers. "Yesterday the soldiers of the first Missouri Artillery, mostly from St. Lonis, did their share of law making by casting their votes, just as they would do if they werft homo. Thoir vote was largely for Knox, tho emancipation candidate for Congress, against Frank Blair, thoir former Colonel. Thero is no use denying the fact that the army approves fully the President's proc lamation the votos of Iowa and Missouri troops aro enough to establish this, but if you would know the contempt and hatred with which Vallandigham and his crew are viewed, by the nieit ultra deniocaa'.io soldier, you could not donlt that there was prepared for even more vigorous measures than tho proclaoutiea propo;es." .McClellan's Strength. It is not ofteu we agree with the N. Y. Herald and the Boston Post. There papers say that McC'lolhin is stronger umy than when at the head of his army. We think so, deeide lly. But ho might be that and not very formidable. Where tiis Shoe Pinches. The Richmond Whig says : "We axe about to bo put to tho greatest trial wo have yot encountorod. If wo are ready at all points, and encceod in repel- General McClellan Again. As lung as General McClellan was at the head of the Army of the Potomac, our lovaltv forbade that we should weaken the confidence of the country and of his soldiers iu him by the publication of the tarts which have been long iu our possci-ioii. But now that he has been displaced to make, rouiu for a better and more earnest man. there can be no objection to saying that when the war broke out, and beforeaMajor-Generalship was tendered him by a too indulgent government, ho frequently and unreservedly expressed the opinion that "the South was right and ought to suc-cccd." We ourselves have read a letter from one of the most truthful and excellent gentlemen of Cincinnati, a frequent visitor in General "McClellun's familv, iu which the charge of former disloyalty is made, and supported by proof that uot the most anient of the McClellan worshippers could doubt. It is, in fact, notorious in Cincinnati, where his home was when he was called to a command; that the sympathies of the general were wholly in favor of the rebellion, aud that, he never used any care in concealing them from his associates, upon whose discretion he could depend. Many of these while wondering at the revolution of opinion that impelled him to accept a commissiou when it was tendered to him by Mr. Lincoln, have never becu at any loss to account f. r his failure to achieve success. We state nothing but facts. Chicago Tribune. A Bitter Truth. The Boston Transcript in one of the scathing articles which it published last week relative to the conduct of the war. savs : "The first main act of the government turned itself into a slaveholder for the bovfit of whom it might coneern." This is the plain English of the course which tho government so disgracefully as well as inexpediently pursued in relation to almost the only loyal citizens which it has yet found in the South. It took the poor trusting fugitive negroes who came under tho "flag of the free" for protection, aud held them as slaves that they might be rtturte,J to their rebel masters and tuU3 useJ iiS a make-weight in adjusting tho torm3 of a compromise. This was the measure of the morality of the government aud of its conception of the nature of the contest. Thauk God, the government c:m no longer pursuo this policy except by delating the plain provisions of the statute; but the disgrace of its early policy in this matter will never be effaced. Gov. Seward and President Buchanan.The Tribune is incredulous about the counection bctweeu the above-named old publio functionaries, during the last four months of Buchanan's administration. The Tribune is singularly unsuspicions for its latitude. It is certain thatSewcrd was in consultation with that administration. Attorney Gen. Black beiug the medium. Black is a very different man from the man who superceded him; and through him we have reason for sayiug the consultation was with Buchanan himself; also that Mr. Seward saw Buchanan's menage before it was sent to that Congress. Position of the President. A Washington dispatch cays that the change iu the command of the Army tf tho Potomac is tho President's first response to tho vox populi of the recent, elections. He reorganizes them as demanding a more vigorous prosecution of the war. And he is determined they shall be gratified. So, let incompetency and semi-secession, in and out of Ibo army, ttand out of the way. Especially let all croakers harp upon pome other string than a "modification of the Proclamation." Not a line of that immortal dc-ument will bo altered not a word eratsi It will staud! Clcvdand Leader. Quiet Retirement. The example of Frimom, supers Jed twice at the head of armies which ho inspired with condece and enthusiasm, and in the midst of success which was at cac turned to disaeter, had given ths peop! an idea that the retirement cf a cuperseded General waa a quiet, graceful, unootenta-tious 8Dd dignified affair. Ihey are w.scr since they have seen the thing done in th regular way. Now they find that the mi!-' itary way is to give the intelligence cf tho removal four days to work in the aray, and then to have it paraded, and a patbet-io farewill address read to each divifico. This appeals from the President to th sympathies cf the Army, tud by means of disciplined expression miy he made quite effective. With experience e (dull iu-., prove in our military waye. Well Saiu. One of tho best things the President over said was whtn ho mat MoClelhn after the army got back into its old trenches. ' Wall General," he aaid: "I have heard of people being knocked into tha mid lie of next sok, but e tt ti fircl poapla I ecr i::- -h.i vera Lc::ksi in'.: '.he ciiilt - !vM -r.''