Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-12
VIEW OF NORTHERN POLITICS.

The following from lue, number Of the New Yo;L
Herald shows that the tremendous pressure Of the
war is Insufficient te exclude discogd and wranging
fcom the councils Ct is supporters TIE hcsiie ken.
nels Of New York politicians still snsr aud Ggat
the boues aud garbage of pirty. Renuott threatens
Greeley Raymond and others with the Rasle which he
only escaped by COwardly reoantation Of all he has
said for ten years. Perhaps the threat ia not Wholly
idle. Perhaps Bennett too may thu inside Of that
now noted dungeon Perhaps the more convenient smo.
posts Of the city may do the work for all of them
Wait till the wnter.6ends, Hunger and Cold, get 10
work, and see wha. happens. Bu. here Is what the
Hsraid says:
Nearly four hundred thousand men stand arrayed
agsi4s. each other upon the banks OF the PJt6 lc
prepared before the expiration Ot many days, and per
haps within very few hours to plunge lorsaid n suc
ferocoI and singunary coIhct as has not been vii
messed in the civilized wo since the terrible struggle
Waterloo. Ri ers OF blood wi flow Of tiixn engaged
but short while ago 10 peaceful pursuits aud valuable
lives will bs sacrificed by Thousands il not of thou
sands. cy Of mourning will arso from untold beIe!
fimi throughout the land, ali whichever side may
iumpb pail vii lang the glorious lrc piiss
o. victory. No will be at lass to know who re
sponsble for calamitous a safe Of things Under
the utelage Of arstocracy in Britain. jealous OF
Of American institutions, the Garrsors Tsppan'
a11 q. lDifty Yeas bsBN lutd. m2cnlna
ito which, uader Greeley, Beechsr Raymond, Chee
YER Wendell Phillips, an3 hers eliminated ia the
Of q ry which denounced the Constitution a
'lesgue with he'll and a1t with death" aud nevr
rssxCd its ncenGlry Efforts CnIl the siayehoding States
ha b: zen goade into overt scs OF treason Northern
fans NJ iostered by British gold, AMI the discomfort
and bal ia the South which It ongendercd Il
sources OF al cf our evils and bo arc sill serking
at the prestut hour reap the fruits Of hsr inqlitous
llbors
Il Is clear that however the mes. great battle In Vii
gnia may mate the resut will certainly b. calls for
new evs Of ,osIs ard for increased aid ia money to
prosecute the 70 fasly successful ssue. Yet IL
the very midst Of the iLterStsto quarrel whicn i
gnlphing such treasures OF LIE and property the two
sctors in the loyal Ststs which, from The ou'se. have
c1barrdis the plroilc measures oi the Prcsirent,
continue 10 throw every mpediasnt in the way OF the
Govern ment aud TO prevent tho recruiting o the Fed
eril army every means in their power. For this pur
40 the rotten Democratic leaders OF the genoy under
Jaeger X cImond and their al aies in Tsmmany Hall,
have put forward antAdn .istraiol ticket pledged
O denuntiaon of the vises; and mes. rseDitl steps
that have been taken by the President and calculated
SOW tho seeds Of dsconent aud iasureci ion in the ur
ti,tlcis On the hor hand tn,h a5, l,ion organs
the 1riJuns AHti-Sldvtry Standard Tmss, LberaLor,
and Indepsndtn leuI n their oucfs agaiust the
President for not sancoriug the i'll gal proclamation Q!
Cereal Fremont ard ee.k;'g TO uncerni1e by u,na
abolition anti constitutional ravnes, the popularity
servasm OF his condac'.
II would be equally destructive and unprincip.ed TO
milce matters in tie RomeItoGs crisis through Which the
country il pAssug. The duy Of Government is unmis.
skahe with respcc' TO all Of these who seeking to
sackle lis hands preven: the free development of tie
great up-sng Of pir.ntm that has b. en witnessed in
the Northern States. The elrciioneering wrepules Of
the Regency well these WHO cDnrc sl ks the ab,-
lfion organs Of the North, should be loo ked after. III
Fort lafayette Is not roomy enough to bold them heto
ara tl n.y of oher s.roughods where hey may may be
secured aud the people will applaud the check which
viii thus be given TO III, most srbe ard active enemies
Of the great naiinntl Meanwhile, let every
Of the thousands who intend 10 engage in the en'hui
ascc crusade Il NJ has begun for the peoples Union
ticket In this State his endeavors also 10 procure
crus for the brave srny which Is zhiag efans, i
lien. With the ticket headed by tie name Of Daniel s
Dckiosou al closing with that Of TsllGsige In their
hands they may not ory secure nj ,riy Of three hun
dred thousand at the next election but add whole brig
sdes 10 the forcss on the Southern frontier.