The Van Buren press., 1861-10-31
rbe Danger of Rebellion In the
North

Under this head, the New York Time.
Il the 9th inst, has a long editorial article
which We find in Richmond paper. We
u,ke the following extract from the Times,
article:
"The symptoms of a mutinous and sedi-
,ious spirit against the government are
daily aud hourly developing themselves at
the North in the radical wing of the Repub-
Iican party, and among the Abolitionists of
the true-blue stripe Both factions, having
been separated by only the breadth of a
hair, OF the difference between tweedle-dum
and twecdle-dee. are now cordially united
in opposition to the President, whose manly
letter to Fremont is the occasion for the
opening of a general fire upon him, from
the big sixty-four Founders down to the
pop-guns- Even the telegraph at St. Louis
Is used to spread mutiny through the North
Under these circumstances it is the duty of
the conservative elements to come forward
snd sustain Mr.. Lincoln, and denounce the
abolition traitors, who are the prime cause
Of the present misfortunes of the sountry.
and are doing their worst to render perma-
nent the mischief they have wrought. The
govt, Consulting its own safety. ought to
seize and incarcsrate the leaders, who are
thousand times more dangerous than the
editors of -hsrihsrn- -pApsrs srmn..L;.:ns
with the Southern rebellion, and opposin9
the war for the Union The secession hensV
never had any strength at the North, and it
is now completely squelched here by the
vigorous action of the Government but a
more formlnable and far more extensive
tisunion element openly defies the Presi-
dent, spits upon and execrates the Consti-
.ution, which is the bond of the Union, and
threatens to subvert our whole political sys-
tenn, turning it either into a consolidated
military despOtism, or into Mexican an
arehy, in which numerous petty chieftains
will play an Independent part.
&c We now warn Mr.. Lincoln that there is
disaffeetion to his Government in his own
party at the North, that it is every day
gaining strength, and that unless he speedi-
ly crushes it. it is very likely soon to crush
him, and betray the cause of the Union into
the hands of the Southern foes. .-s
eff the policy of the red revolutionary
republicans prevailed, and the Government
were weak enough to succumb to it, and ar.
dorse such proclamations as F.emc,nt's n,
issne others to the same effect. the North
would become divided iS..stead of a united
people. and the Soath would become so
thoroughly uEIred that it would be as easy
to ind white crow as a Union man yond
the Delaware and the Ohio. When the
war commenced, no sane. we'll informed
man hoped for the success of our arms,
unless upon the basis of Union element
in the Southern States, which would become
developed as our armies advanced The
malignity of abolitionism seeks to destroy
that element and convert it into one of
hostility
Already great evil has been done by
the proclamation of Gen. Fremont in Mis-
seur!. We have the testimony of Rev.
Mr. Olmste>d, paster of the Baptist church
at Bonneville, IN a letter in a Chicago Re-
publican Journal. :hat the whole country
IN Northwestern Missouri is up and hocking
by hundreds to Price, camp. their arms
being of every description the whole force
of the rebels marching from various points
against the Union army viii amount from
100, 900 to $50, 900 men, and his opinion
is that the only hope is to fall back con.
centrate. eutrench, and act on TIE defensive
Such are the first fruits in Missouri OF the
false step of Fremont in making the war
one of emancipation, instead of war to
restore the status quo ante belluna-the ame
condition as existed before hostilities brc Ike