.2- )^ n The War must be prosecuted with more vigor. E 458 .2 ■ G98 Copy 1 S P E E C EC OF HON. J. A. GURLEY, OF OHIO DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 29, 1862. The House being in Committee of the Whol«» on the State of the Union, and having under consideration the Army Appropriation Bill — Mr. GURLEY said : Mr. Chairman : I do not rise for the purpose of making a long speech, but simply to oflfer a few suggestions in reference to that great struggle in which our Government is engajod, having for its object the suppression of treason and rebellion, and the pre^^ervation of a nation's honor and life. Sir, it is useless, in ™y ju*^g™<^nt, to attempt to disguise a fact now almost everywhere recognized, that we must have a more active and practical war policy in this House, in the Cabinet, but more especially in the field, or we may prepare for a war of several years' duration, both domestic and foreign. As we have been going on, and as we are now proceeding in the military campaign, when a few more months have gone by, it would be no strange thing if the southern confederacy should be ac- knowledged by foreign Powers; and when that takes place, if ever, our Govfrn- ment will stand before the civilized world not only humiliated, but utterly dis- graced. But what means this long delay in attacking the re be Uiou.s forces ? Sir, our army has long been ready and anxiou.s to fight ; our soldiers are burnin" with a 'desire to 'strike at the traitors — the madmen who have risen up against the best Gov»nment in the world — and our subordinate oflScers are chafing and pantinw for thf battle-field ; but what avails all this? They have earnestly cast about for a bold and daring leader, ready for the great contest ; but where is he ? Sir, echo answers in the far distance— w/icre is he? It is painful to confess the real truth on this subject at this late day. Thus far they and the country have looked in vain for a commanding general — a commander-in-chief, I mean — who has exhibited the will and the requisite enterprise and genius to lead our forces on to victory. But why not fight? What lion is that which stands in the way ? Is it feared that if we do fight somebody will get hurt? or is the ghost of Bull Run still hovering about and haunting the minds of our commanding generals? Sir we have lost more men in camp by orJinary disease and sickness durinf^ the last five months than we should have lost, in all human probability, in a half J -r 2 . G,'\X. dozen general engagements in the field. Not only so; hundreds of millions of njoney have been spent, and one of the largest armies of the world gathered, only to lemaiu, it would seem, comparatively idle, and to become weak and demoralized by iuaciivity in camp. So much, however, is now certain : if we would any lon^^r have the respect of our own people; if we would continue mighty in the means toproecute this war, and receive the moral support of thie world, we must delay no longer, but strike out boldly for victory, and trust the result to good powder, strong arms, well-aimed guns, to G''d and his providence. Far better is it to meet with occasional reverses and defeats than to remain in the inglorious and passive condition of the past; for who does not know that our army will never become au overwhelming power till our men are practiced in the field under the fire of the enemy ? We must now fight or be disgraced ! Yes, sir, fight as only men can who are on the side of justice, right, and human freedom — otherwise our people will become discouraged and disgusted, the Treasury bankrupt, and the Government be brought into utter contempt. Do you reply that there is a general who stands in the way of the onwurd march of our troop*, who holds in firm check more than half a million of men ? Then I say ti.ke him out of the way, and let his place be occupied by another, if this is the only remedy for so terrible an evil. Generals are nothing of themselves in ihis great contest, when thrown into the balance against the honor and integrity of the Union. Sir, if the angel Gabriel had command of our forces, and he failed to do his whole duty, and march out against the enemy, I would at once petition that court to which he holds allegiance, and ask for his instant dismissal. This war has reached a point where kid gloves, pleasant words, and gilded promises are of no further use. The exigencies of the hour demand hard words^ and still harder blows; for remember, this cjntest must close, either in the ruin of a Republic that has filled the eyes of the best men of the world with admira- tion, and possib y the destruction of civil and religious freedom in America, or in the more perfect supremacy of law and order, and the renewed stability of our cherished institutions. I have firm faith in the latter result, for I long since learned that great revolutions move the woild forward, but backward never. JMr. Chairman, it is a souod maxim, I believe, that we should learn of our ene- mies whenever we can ; and in pursuance of that I shall now ask the Clerk to read an extract frmii a Richmond (Virginia) paper, which, I am sure, will help us to realize souie of our military errors and blunders, and prepare the way for souieihiug better in the future. The Clerk read, as follows : " The Rebels Prompting the Federal Government. "The develnpments of the last four weeks of the war have been the most remarkable that have occurred during iis eutire progress. The beginning of Deteml)er saw the Yankees in full force, apparently ready for decisive battle at all iIik inii'frtant i.oiuts on the irontier. On the Potomac they had the best appointed army on ihe 1 ontinent. sta;e ' by their own autlimiiies t<. be two hnndred thousand ftronp. In Kenlncky they had mast-d tn^ui lier twi inuntue lorce< of tliiriy to tiriy ihimsaud each, which menaced Columbus and Bowling Green, ana all iiinic'ti.iis pointed with cerniiiity loan imniwliate advance npun our lines Ht a time when we were wiak and jioorly aide to withstand assault fioni heavy columns. Z'liicoffer wasp^eB^ed befure Cumberland Gap by a face nioie tn»n double his own; I'ound Gap Was at the mercy of Nfl.son. having only a thousiind men to oppo.'^i' agaill^t ten thousand. Kosencrans w^sun tlie Gaul.-y with an army which he now confesses to to have bei-n flfi. en tin u-a d strong, against Floyd, having only twenty-three hundred. Knynclds was on Cheat jjouutaia witU fi»e lUousaud, o^-posed by Johnson, wiili only twelve or fourteen hundred; and Sherman had 3 ruecftded in UmdiiMfiftem or twenty thousand men at Bttufort, rphiU wr had in ITt/ri region at the I'mn hutaft-w thoumnd forces. UUU better than militia, poorly provided toiVi arms and ammunilton. And. to crown all. ttw splendid weather invited them to the chiir>:e. . „,, ^ j- >.i . "Then wis presented thn golden npportunitv t> J^tnfee at ercrv '>no of tlipoo nmn*'. lin''! e.ifctre. filows, stricken then simultanentuly by ,,11 their armes.cnuUl not have fniUd to crush nnrftrennth in sern-al ffinrt'r<. "nU putaqloomy face upon our afuirs. Smces"! a- Cohiii\l>u< iitid Hnwii.iR U'ei-n wo .11 hiv l.M..n nliii •-' niuiiliil . IM, to our fortuiies in the WeRt. Biicre-s "t Ciiinl-evlan ( n-d l-.-nnd lia-.s \v....M h^vo rn' our '■••n' ecio » wun Tenneooee and Kentnokv irrptriev..biy. Sivcess in ra:itiii-ins our iirmv in 'lie Kfinawhii womm i,.,ve i..ui op-n all middle Western Viisinia next sprinfr to t>'e -..sy inv .si.m ..f ihe e.-emy. A vi>inro„s P'is'i from Iff^^if^ upon the Charleston and &ivannah railroad woidd have separated those two cities, and cut our army of the seaboara in two. ,1 J ft "Hut the enemy had ha the e ilden opportunity «io thrm^h thoir fin^ors. T'le^l hnie nllmuvl uf time to make good our defences in every threatened quirter. The enero' "»'the aouihei-n i pople has ••een iiro„pef| hy ine imminent danger. «nd we are now enfo in every point «-h»r« hef.re we wnre xo vuln.-r hie. 0!t.dan.7jr w passed, and rve are now nt liberty to specuMe upon the blindness or imhecility which prevented the enemy from usintf an opportunity which w'U never return to him. . , , , »j . ti,„ "to whHt cause is the envmv's failure everywhrre to advnn-e attributable? It c'^nrly was not due to the want of men, to the want of supplies. ..r to the want of ireparation in faci ities of every .-liMr cter. No troops were ever better armed, befer ch thed. ^r belter fu'nished with irovi-i .ns and amninn'tio... Thi< was n< t only the ra-e with particular corps, but was the case with all. And vet. t>iomrh fully prepared for effentive operationB, though the whole world was exnectirg heavy Mow.s to be strn.k i.nd derisive results to W. »■ hieyeM. tneir armies everywhere either remained n^ck still, or ignominiously and most stran/ely and suddenly stampeaea from an imagin.iry and non-i'ursuini: f^e. ,. » . c u. »»,— "There ran but" be one solution f>r this most strange phenomenon. The Yankees do not enlist to flcht they eiili-t only todraw pay. The cess;,tion -f southern tra.leliavin-put a stop to their fa- to-ies and meehanical trades, the operHtives have had no other means of livelihood iha" enlistment ; the Heiks and foremen have, under the same necessity, taken lieutonan'C'es and captaincies, an-1 the bosses are forred to play colonel--^ They "aye all gLi.ie into the Army as a mea.is of live'ihoo 1. and without any s^rt of in'en'ion to throw awav ih ir lives, l hey to^.k to the Aruiv to keep body and soul together, ani without the remotest tte ught of emp'oying It.at me'h 'tt for separating the two Accordingly, when McOe'lan orders an alvancefom 'he P tonne a he has sain to have done repeatedly, these weH-fed. well-d-.thed. well-paid, and snbuied me- of war persi-ter.tly do n-t mar-M. So in Kentucky, where they li>d every opportunity for a liciory ; and s., at Reaulort w' en the i aire rf-a eci nv their l.iuding invited an advance All around the fr. ntier ihev exh bit this same f u/M 'egard f r l.fe and comfort, and the same stolid immobi ity u..d-r orders for an advance W? i-gad the last fuur weeks as .ie-isiv« of the war, not merely by its results, or rather bar-e-n.'Ss of results f ivora'Oe to the « ..my but l>v i s c ear developments of the tact tha' the Yankees have enlisted in the Army for a living and with a fixed objection to hard fighting."— iftc/imond Dispatch, January 2. Mr. GUllLEY. Kvery member present and the whole country will recognize much truth in this mw-papcr article. We have let slip golden opportunities for crushing out this rebeliion, and for achieving brilliant victories ; we have failed to follow up signal .successes when once landed upon the enemy's shores ; but the declaration that our men entered the army for pay, and will not fight, we all know to b3 as fahe as falsehood itself The great and only cause of dissatisfaction among our troops is, that ihey are not permitted to strike down the rebels. Call for men for a dres^ parade, and about five hundred of a regiment will appear; make a call in camp for a regiment to go on duty where finhting is to be done, and nearly every man will respond, " Here am I." This I know to be true; but there are loud and bi ter complaints, whether just or unjust, T will not say here, that the comman ler-in-chief, the general at the head of our forces, has held them back for months when they have often seen victory right before them. Sir, I prefer no charges against him. That he is a good and loyal man I have no doubt ; that he is a brave officer is perhaps true ; and that he is a skillful commander I shall not now question ; but that man docs not live, that man does breathe, in my judgment, who e-m command with that success required six hun- dred thousand men, scattered over a territory extending over two thousand rai'es ; and yet he has been holding the thread that guides and controls this vast body of men, larger than any man of modern times has commanded. Indeed, sir, the destiny of this great Republic has long hung upon the volition of his will, for the army that must decide the weal or woe of this country only moves as his mind directs. It requires no great military science to decide, it requires nothing higher than common sense to comprehend the fact, that it impossible for a man tttanding upon the banks of the Potomac to guide and control an army in detail a thousand or two miles distant so as to successfully meet^the sudden exigencies that must arise, requiring almost instant movements and attacks upon the enemy. Nothing short of omniscience and omnipresence would qualify him for so vast a responsibility, and so great a work. No other Government invests its generals with such unlimited authority ; and_^although France and England have some of the best trained, best educated, and ablest generals in the world, no man has been foand higli enough, no man has been found great enough to receive the supreme command of even three hundred thousand soldiers. Sir, the idea that the destiny of this mighfy Republic, with its army.of half a milliun men, with its great wealth, its multiplied interests, its hopes and fears, should exclusively rest with a single general in the field, and he an untried man, with almost unlimited power, is not only anti-republican and alarming, but monstrous •^^o the last degree We see the necessity daily of some division in the military power ; of its being divided by the Cominander-in Chief among competent generals, widely separated, so as to bring out einalation, enterprise, and give the -^spring to'deeds of daring and genuine chivalry. A part of the tremendous burden thrown upon the shoulders of our young gen- eral should be removed and divided in a way to call out the best energies of the best officer.-, aud at the same time secure general unity of action. Had this been done months ago, I have nodoubt that the^success of our arms would have been as signal as glorious ; but thus far our commanders appear to have been the vic- tims of some fixed, unalterable plan, the fruit of one mind, which plan, after all, has succeeded in accomplishing only one marked result, namely, preventing five hundred thousand men from attempting precisely what they came together to accomplish — to fight and whip the enemy. They have not been permitted to move forward, however certain the prospect of victory in the minds of officers in immediate command, lest some favorite scheme should be marred or ruined by precipitating a general engagement. Will it be said that no one can know so well when a division of the army may safely advance as •he commanding general in Washington.? That^may be where he has an immediate supervision ; but why should officers of equal ability, who are in the valley of the Mississippi, a thousand miles distaut, svith their men, who are familiar with the country and the position of the enemy, and know from personal observation just when aud where to strike, be compelled to wait for spe- cial orders from here before they can make an advance ? Sir, I wish just in this place to notice one remarkable fact connected with this war. Eight out of tsn of the subordinate officers and soldiers in our army, the very men who are to bare their breasts before the fire of the enemy, the very men who must receive the shock of battle and he rain of bullets, are precisely those who complain most, because they are not permitted to go forward and fight. Tho.se upon the ground, and who see and know the danger, and realize the strengih of the rebels, ought to be able to form a correct judgment as to whether they can whip them or not. Leave the question to them, and ten out of twelve would vote that there has been no necessity for the delay of the last four months. But what is that great plan which has stood in the way of our onward more- ment? I reveal no secrets, I presume, for I shall only repeit what the news- papers have published, and we all know they never tell stories, only indulge in occasiunal flights of fancy 1 I shall s ate what I think is true; that the plan was to strike at all points at once — a simple impossibility ; make a simultaneous attack upon the enemy east and west. Every arrangement was to be made in Missouri^ Kentucky, and Virginia, and preparations perfected as far as could be, so that, as by a single tick of the clock, all would rush upon the enemy at once and crush the monster rebellion at a single blow. What has been the practical working of this, or if not this, of any other plan ? Our army has been live months getting ready for its realization — waiting impatiently for the nice and precise adjustment of all parts of the machinery of this scheme; but as the enemy is not alike weak in all places, being strong in some and weak in others at any given time, we are as far from its execution as we were last summer ; and whatever our array now accomplishes must be accomplished as the troops in Kentucky have recently and gloriously done, not by a signal from Washington — if they wait for that they will never do anything — but by striking boldly at the enemy when and where you can find him. So far as the Potomac is concerned, however, tkc are compelled to say, "The harvest is past, th« summer is ended, and we are not saved." We must now drop all such impracticable plans and fight, or be called a nation of cowards. Why should the great army of the Union remain idle when the people every- where, soldiers and civilians, are imploring for and demandine active movements against the rebels in the South ? Sir, the people of p^ast Tennessee, for example, have long been asking for ten thousand men to save their part of the State from the desolating hand of the rebels, and their wives and children and families from insult, persecution, and starvation. How have their prayers been answered ? By an announcement that we have no troops that can be spared from the great army ; yet there are absent from the Potomac — or were a few days ago, and this is about the average at all times — on business or plea.'-ure or other objects, nearly one thousand officers and over seven thousand privates, a great army of themselves, and as many as were required to save Tennessee, and for the lack of which large num- bers of citizens have been imprisoned, shot, and hung; and still larger numbers driven from their homes and hunted like the wild beasts of the forest. Why were not eight or ten thousand men from this great army sent at an early day on an errand so important, and which would have secured the great railroad over which the rebels carry their troops and supplies? Why, in these times of peril, give leave of absence to eight thousand soldiers, and yet plead the want of men in reply to a people who chose to sacrifice all they had in this world rather than desert the flag of the Union ? Unlike us, they were in the power of the infuriated confederates; in the very jaws of the lion, but boldly dared them to do their worst; and yet we have left these loyal people to sufi"er, to hide in the caves and the moiiiit.iins, and even starve, under the plea that we have no army to send to their rescue, when some two hundred thousand well fed troops in this neighborhood have been three or four months begging and pleading to be led aga'npt tbe enemy rather than pine away in camp. To show the condition ind character of these people in Eastern Teiinessee I will as-k to have read an extract of a letter d;)ted January 15, written from Kentucky, and published in tbe New York Tribune. The Clerk read as follows : "Otir bri^de has two regimentfi of Tenneeseeans. The history cf these men is truly a fad one; compelli'd to flee from their homes enrly in the gnnimer, leaving their families hebind. their property has been coi fiscal e'l. Miny were rompelled to leave their hHrvest standing in the field and flee to save their li^e'. They rame to the Slat- and asked f r arms 'o liefend their hooie'; they were informed that they rould '^nly be supplied upon the condition of becoming soldiers of the United States. To this they iheei fully consented, lioj ing thereby to obtain Fpeedy .sue. or from the GoTernment, whii h was iiromi»ed them; 1 ut some six month-v have passed and here they Btill are, HUxiouRiy anaiting the auspicious moment when aid shall be giren them, with orders to march into Ea^t Tennessee to ransom their homes and families from rebel rule. "These are the neighbors and kinsman of Johnson and Mat.nakh. and in common with them »re exiles from the StHie of their birth. The story e to inquire the date of that letter ? Mr. GURLEY. It is dated Januuy 15, 1862. But we need not go to other regions for illustrations of 'he want of enterprise and daring on the part of the controling and%icting manager of the Army. Sir, I am informed, oh authority which I am not permitted to que.'^tion, that some three weeks ago from ten to fiffet n thousand confederates, in the nt ighborhnod of Romney, were virtually in tbe power of a division of our Army, numbering about forty thousand. General Lander sent a messenger to General Kelly, snying in substance. "We have got them now certain — ^join uie;" and General Kelly, without the knowledge tf such a messenger, sent one of his own bearing a similar message, showing that both concurred in the same thing. Meanwhile, one of tliese generals telegraphed General Ranks to advance on one side, while he advanced upon the other; but, unfortunately, telegraphed at rhe same time 'o headquarters in reference to what was jroing on, when an answer came in the form of an order not to advance, accompanied with a severe reprimand for even the suggestion; and this, too, when able officers on the ground saw, or thought they saw, more than ten thousand men completely in their power. The capture « f this army, which was almost su; rounded by an immense force of ours, about for'y thousand men, would have fired the whole country with en'hu-iasm, and lifted the nation up from a general distru-t if the efficiency of tho.se in high command. That The battle would have sadly broken in upon some great plan, or favorite scheme, is quite probable; it might have finished the great anaconda, as the newspapers have expressed it; but it must not be forgotten that this mammoth reptile, that was to draw in his folds and cru.-h the rebellion at a single .-weep of hi< tail, has already swallowed up all our ';ontemplafed victories and gorged himself with the subs'ance of the people to no purpose. Sir, there is no use to disguise the fact, the com- manding general is responsible for the inaction of our Army. Less than thirty days ago a tried general in Missouri sent firw^ird several thousand cavalry against General Price, and was about to follow with t< n thousand infantry, with every prospect of success — with almost a certainty a.> an officer expressed it who well knew the strength of the enemy ; but all at once an order came from a superior officer there, to hal' — to go no further Is not this charac- teristic of the whole war ? Why, sir, the brilliant battle of Frederickton, Missouri, was fought without orders from the commanding general in Mi-souri, if not against them, which latter I believe was the fact. Mr. KELLOGG, of Illinois. I desire to ask the gentleman from Ohio whether the baale of Frederickton was in fact fought against orders, and if so, what and whose orders ? . , , ., t i ^ » *u Mr. GUKLEY. I do not propose to go into the details, i only state tbe fact as I understand it. ^ ^ t u n Mr. KELLOGG, of Illinois. If the gentleman states the fact, 1 would lik- exceedingly if the gentleman would state the order, and who it came from, not to fight that battle. Mr. GURLEY. I decline to go into details. Mr. KELLOGG, of Illinois. Then I ask the gentleman to permit me to say that in my judgment he is mistaken. Mr. GUllLEY. I stated that the battle was fought without orders from the commanding general, as I understood, but upon orders given by General Curtis. It was without the order of the commanding general, who was at that time far away from St. Louis. I have so understood, and, in fact, I saw the order tele- graphed by the commanding general himself, for the return of reinforcements sent in that direction. The recent battle in Kentucky, which resulted so gloriously, was fought only when our troops were attacked ; no officer from here directed an attack at that time, although it was undoubtedly in the great plan that they should be ready, and possibly the commanders had leave to advance as they might judge best. Sir, only give our western generals full power to march against the enemy at will, and the war, so far as the Southwest is concerned, will close in ninetj days with the possession of the Mississippi river from our northern frontier to the Gulf Untie the red tape about their hands, and they will soon find their way there, or perish in the attempt ; for never were soldiers in such terrible earnest, as ours are in the West to day. Say to the generals, push on your columns: march for- ward as you will, but crush the rebellion at all hazards, and it will as surely be done as that the Father of Waters moves towards the sea. But I shall be told, perhaps, that this would be unwise, because we are now just on the eve of a grand forward movement. Ah ! sir, how long and often has that forward-movement song been sung? How many months have the people been beguiled with it? It was to come as soon as the hot weather had gone; it was to come with the cool autumn breeze ; it was sure to come when Providence smiled upon us and lengthened out our charming fall weather into a winter month ; but now when is it to come ? Oh ! as soon as the mud is dried up on the other side of the river, which is now deep enough to swallow tbe large.-t battery, which will be, I reckon, about next June, and then it will be too hot. I fear that the weaiher will never be just right for us till we realize more fully our responsibilities and danger; and should the commanding general hold a check over our impetuous soldiers till spring, and keep them at a safe distance from the enemy, and refuse to permit them to gather up ten or fifteen thousand men when they almost ask to be caught ; if he shall still permit the blockade to progress on the lower Potomac, almost under the eye of the General Government, our reputation abroad for courage and r-bivalry will soon be equal to that of the Chinese ; and yet there are no braver soldiers in the world than those who are now in our camps, and who are bitterly bemoaning the fate that prevents them from doing the work they were sent to do. Why, sir, there has been no time within the last three months, in the judgment of fir^t class Army officers, when ten or fifteen thousand men could not have quietly gone from here to Western Virginia and finished the war there ooce for all. They would have hardly been missed till ready to return. A hundred thousand soldiers would have leaped fur joy at the order to go; but no, this most likely would have infringed upon some great plan, and stirred up the great anaconda too soon ! Sir, the blockade of the Potomac alone, under the eye of some two hundred thousand well armed and equipped soldiers, and within sound almost of cannon ^^ 8 012 028 066 1' — from the proud Capitol of the nation, is enough to crimson the cheek of every American, and cause him to hide his head for very shame. Mr. Chairman, I am very sure that the Commander-in-Chief, the President, is as anxious as any man in the country that the war shall be prosecuted with vigor ; but from necessity he must rely mainly upon the judgment of the first military ofl&cer in its management. While I know that he is behind none in zeal for forward movements, I presume that he does not feel justified in setting up his judgment as the standard for military operations ; and his multiplied duties leave bim little time to study the plans of battles. No man in the nation, however, is more anxious for tho speedy suppression of the rebellion, and he will second, I have no doubt, every daring and wise eiFort to accomplish that object. Mr. Chairman, no (me can dislike more than 1 do to criticise in terms of severity the conduct of this war ; I would rather a thousand times praise every act of the commanding general ; but this is no time and this is no place for flat- tering and deceitful words. Sir, it is a serious question with many honest minds whether this Congress, this Government, and this great nation are not to-day sleeping upon a volcano. Murmurs, deep and strong, are everywhere coming up from the people against the inaction of the army ; they are amazed and grieved that the most intelligent body of soldiers in the world are restrained by a single hand from vindicating the honor of our flag upon the battle-field. Meanwhile, the public Treasury is being drained for their support ; the fleets of three power- ful nations are nearing our shores, and if our military do not rouse themselves to speedy action, and strike quick, sharp, and heavy blows, some fine morning those fleets may make a visit to our southern coast, politely announce to us that cotton is an absolute necessity in Europe, and the blockade must continue no longer. All this is not only possible, but in the contingency of continued inactivity, and the standing menace of the rebel army against this capital, almost at its very gates, highly probable. But I see at last a streak of daylight ahead. I see it resting upon the chair of the new Secretary of War, a man who, if report speaks truly, is like brave Ben WadE) of Ohio— a good combination of Old Hickory and Zack Taylor He certainly appears to have a mind of his own, a brain to plan, and an iron will to execute ; and if I am not greatly mistaken, he will push on thi^ war with all the vigor that characterized the people in raising so vast, so mighty an army. Let us thank God and take courage, and unite all our energies with those of the new Secretary, as well as the Chief Magistrate's, that we may bring it to a speedy and glorious termination. McGILL k WITHEROW, Printers, Washington, D. C. \ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 012 028 066 1 ny^^vsws^ytCct^