Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-04-18
Gfadual Development Of the Policy of MT.
 A1ncoln's istration--Impending

| Gradual Development Of the Policy of MT AAncoln's Administration--Imp
 Anarchy.
 A lit parallel to tho imbecile conduct of
 the aomlnstratioa in the crisis which threat ems 10 enSult the prosperity of the Union, | IS to De lound in the riotous intemperance | of sailors, Who abandon the care of a yes sel menaced with destruction, in order to gorge themselves with liquor, and to drown conscience and fear in brutal self indulgence. Out of the contradictory intelligence that Is received, from day to day, from the na- tonal capital, it Is not difficult to perceive that the Lincoln government is almost ex- clusively occupied with the apportionment of spells, and that it has adopted no settled practical policy, respecting the great ques. tions that agitate the popular mind. It has shown every disposition to pursue fanati- cal, antagonistic course towards the South, and would have, ere now, drifted the two sections into bloody civil war. but for sheer want of courage, and inability to car " out the aggressive instincts that inspire 1t. In directing the evacuation of Fort Sumter, not even a pretence has been made of desiring to conciiate the seeding States: nor were the wishes of the border slavehold- ing States taken into consideration. The solitary excuse given for the recall of Major Anderson and his troops, is, that govern ment is physically unable to give him any assistance. Previously to the inauguration. it had been hoped that Mr. Seward and his friends, were inclined to "magnani- nous" line of action; but the indications have been, that, through lukewarmness, greed of place, and an overweening desire to retain popularity with the ultraists Of New England and the Northwest, they also have concluded to take no efficient step to- wards peacefully solving the difficulties that embarlass the country. The procliv-
 ties of the administration, therefore, are for disunon and such inter State hostilities as shall accomplish the Wendell Phillips programme:-"D Disunion is honor; disunion is gain" The crafty indecision which chs r lcterizes it's course-now flattering, now blustering--is simply the result of the doubts government entertains, of its ability to carry out its iniquitous design.
 The election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presi- dency, was the result of thirty years per petual agitation, upon the slavery question. with the direct and avowed object of ruin ing the country. The constitution was de- cared, from the onset, to be " a league with hell, and a covenant with death;" slavery to be Ca crime, . a curse," and "the sun of all villanies;" and the calamities and dis asters which should flow from the destruc ton of the Union, subjects of triumph am rejoicing. ''There are scenes of tremeH dous horror 1 could smile at," exclaimed the great champion of aboltonism; and he has lived to cxult over the success of the schemes, projected by himself and his .coi- leagues. The active system of propagan- dism which theyi naugurated, has already eliminated in the elevation of their catdi date to the chief magistfacy of the county, it has driven seven members of the cont\- eracy from the republic; eight more, it is' believed, will follow within few months; and the guilt lies at their door of the most terrible blow that has ever been aimed at our political, commercial, financial, manu- featuring. and agricultural prosperity. If civil war comes, the republican party, of which they constitute the vital element, will have brought it upon us, and tt IS frightful to percieve that the greater number of those who surround the Presi- dent, and by whose counsels he is guided, are disappointed, and apologize for the de- lay of an nternecine conflict and attendant horrore, which thoJ believe would stcr, .yP pc anti-slavery fanaticism in the North.--As1o
 York Herold.