The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-08-29
Quarrel of the Traitors.

Noi. pOTney WTlLe5 10 Ine fnHaQelphlf
Press from Washington:
There is late intelligence from Rich
mond to the effect that the couspirators
are surrounded with factions and covered
with the clouds Of despair. While it il
not doubted that they have intelli
gence of most Of OUT movements, and
that recent events have give them some
thing Of prestige, they are SO concious Of
their own wcaknsss and of their own
poverty. and so we'll, convinced of the
awful preparations Of the Federal Gov
eminent, that their only escape from ut.
ter defeat is by making rapid and com
binsd attack upon this capital. This
they are wise enough to see, il success.
ful, would give them an enormous ad-
vantage. and yet, il they should fail, il.
would be tho grand coup de grace of their
whole conspiracy. The obstacles in their
way, however, are obstacles Of nature.
Of finance, and Of party politics. Itmust
be recolleced that the railroad not uni
ting Manassas. Acquia creek, and Win.
chester with Richmond made them inde-
pendent Of those means Of transportations
which will be indispensable when they
advanced upon Washington. That they
are comparatively without means oftrans.
portalion and subsistence is notorious.
Next comes the question OF money. with
all the attendant horrors growing out of
the rapidly contracting blockade OF their
whole coast. Finally,the division among
tho leading spirits OF the Secession ca.
bal. Wigfall and Davis have had ter
riole quarrel, and Governor Brown, OF
Georgia, has denounced this self.consti.
lutsd President, aad his evident intention
to establish monarchy oh the basis Of
tho Southern Confsdersoy. The jealousy
of Virginia by South Carolina, the riV.
airy between Montgomery and Richmond
and tho untisguised displeasure at the
exactions aud tyrannies Of Davis by such
men as Z)licotfer OF Tenn, A. Gallaun
Brown ol Mississippi. and Fitzpatrick of
Alabama, are all evidences OF the grow.
ing weakness of movement originally
corrupt and revolutionary. How could
it be otherwise? The only matters OF
which the South has any real right to
complain were the dsappointments Of am.
bilious politicians like Davis, Breckin.
ridge, Slidell, Yancey, and the South
Carolina aristocracy, and surely these
were calculated TO awaken any honest iu-
dignation, or TO keep alive any per.
manent excitement. The war itself was
brought about by these reckless men. and
The whole idea OF invasion, with which
they are frightening the souls of tim;d
men, is Of their own creation. for their
own vile purposes. The Southern States
are Tiled with the elements oil disaffec.
lion in regard to the petty despots at the
head Of tho rebellion. or this you may
rest assured Davisis at heart tyraul;
Mason poor bssotled, ignorant ooncei,.
I'd ass; Hunter, timid and shrinking
scholar; Wigfall low drunkard; Toombs
! braggart and bluslerer. and Slidel a
lark gamester with the destinies Of his
country. Now when we recoleot that
hese are the men who have plunged the
Democratic party into ruin, and who have
'lways kept down the Wings aud Con-
ervatives Of theSou,h, wohsc whole prao,
ice has been to make close corporation
~ which TO take care oi themselves alone,
I is easy to see that heretofore moderate
men like Gen. 8. Houston and Gov Win
'ton Of Alabama. Sam Hous on ol Texas.
summers and Rivers Of fVirginia, Bell Of
Tennessee. Pierre Solue Of Louisiana.
isrschsll V. Johnson of Gaa will indig.
lauIly refuse to be carried further for
ward in scheme which, il successful. is
'nly to erect Davis into an Au,Ocrat. and
lis followers into Dictators and is to
Vhelm the whole South into one common
uln. Why is II that Alexandria II
stephens has lasterly been so silent?
Why is it that the Richmond papers are
10 full Of complaints aud dark insinua-
ions? Why is 1t that so many leading
men from Arkansas are protesting, as /
lave almost daily. against tue insanity of
Davis and his conspiratOrsY 1t is. ! re.
'eal because there is q worm gnawing at
he heart Of the Confsderacy; because
here is no real confidence in it's endu-
'ance, and because, furthermore, il is To-
ended to establish either military Die
atorship, or an inexorable monarchy.
We complain Of our divisions and our