Dec. 31.—Stanton is not at all responsible for the slaughter at Fredericksburgh, or for the infamy of the belated pontoons. Halleck has the exclusive control of all military movements, etc., in the field. But Stanton ought not be benumbed by a Halleck or a Meigs.
The people at large cannot realize the really awful position of patriotic members of Congress, and above all, of such senators as Wade, Grimes, Fessenden, Wilson, Morrill, Chandler and others, or the almost similar position of Stanton, in his contact with the double-dealings or the obstinacy of Lincoln.
Dec. 31.—To-morrow few, if any, shall miss the occasion to shake hands with the official butchers, with men dripping with the gore of their brethren. Oh, Cains! oh, fratricides!
Dec. 31.—Midnight.—Disappear! oh year of disgraces, year of slaughters and of sacrifices.
Tschto den griadoustchi nam gotowit? (Puschkine.)
Ring out the false, ring in the true,
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
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Ring in REDRESS for all mankind!
JANUARY, 1863.
Proclamation — Parade — Halleck — Diplomats — Herodians — Inspired Men — War Powers — Rosecrans — Butler — Seward — Doctores Constitutionis — Hogarth — Rhetors — European Enemies — Second Sight — Senator Wright the Patriot — Populus Romanus — Future Historian — English People — Gen. Mitchell — Hooker in Command — Staffs — Arming Africo-Americans — Thurlow Weed, &c.
Jan. 1.—The morning papers. No proclamation! Has Lincoln played false to humanity?
The proclamation will appear. All right so far! Hallelujah! How the friends of darkness, how the demons must wince and tremble.