Nebraska advertiser., 1861-05-30
THE VERTIS
r. EDITOR.
THURsDAY MoRNING, ~ 30, I86l.
CirCumstantIaI Union Men.

ClfeumSEantlaI UnlOn Men'
We have heretofore spoken of men
and papers who support the Union with
an Of" showing that they were enemies
in disguise. There is another class Of
men and newspapers not much better,
who of late are Union men because cir
cumStances compel them to be such. We
like to see men convinced of the errors
Of their ways" make an "open confes-
sion," which is said to be "good for the
SOUL, F" and change their course Of life.
But we are disposed to place very little
reliance in men or papers, who suddenly
change from sympathizers, at least, with
the rebellious movement against the gov
eminent, to supporters--.SuPPorters IN
pord only. We dislike to see men or
papers in this, the critical moment, stop
to accuse this, that, or the other political
party with being the instrument Of bring
ing about the unhappy condition of our
once happy and heaven-favored country
and claim that this, or the other party
is to be the sole instrument by which the
Government is to be sustained and per-
petuated or to spend words, ink and
paper, in finding fault with an isolated
movement of the Administration; the gen.
eral policy of which they must necessa-
rily be ignorant in regard to. Intelligent
and patriotic friends of the government
have long since lost sight of party dis
tinctions in the present contest. Men
who SIX months ago were arrayed against
each other in political contest, are now
fighting side by side in support of the
Constitution and Laws not for one mo-
ment inquiring into political antecedents.
All know that political issues have had
nothing whatever to do with bringing
about, or continuing the attempt of trail
tors to overturn the Government.
At the time Of entering into the origi-
nal Federal Compact, there were those
who opposed it: were opposed TO a free
republican form of government. Cir
cuna8tanoes, however, compelled them to
acquiesce but they and their progeny
have ever since lived but to finally bring
about its downfall. The traitor, Burr,
first made the attempt; Calhoun spent a
long life in ~endeavoring to dissolve the
Union /; and the rebels Davis, Cobb Floyd
Toombs, Rhett, Wise & Co. are but fol-
lowing in the course marked out by the
earlier instructors.
The New York Herald, St. Louis
Republican, and many other smaller
lights have Of late changed fronts" in
regard to sustaining the Government;
but instead of giving a manly support to
''the powers that be" in the attempt to
enforce the laws and thereby sustain and
perpetuate our Government, they spend
most of their efforts in raking up dead
issues and ~denouncing the Republican
party, and harping upon the inherent
right of the freedom of speech" We re-
peat, if such journals design, or desire
to be useful to their country they had
better wait until the contest for freedom
is decided, and then "settle old scores"
The man or press, who "with the lights
before him." will starry by the wayside"
and content himself with a simple decIa-
ration of loyalty TO the Stars and stripes
while his every word and act is to find
fault with the political party that happens
to be in power, and with which he diff
fers, is either insane, ignorant, or at
heart a sympathizer with the rebels. Old
political parties are lost in patriotism,
and after "the contest Is ended" it will
be a long time before party lines are a.
gain drawn. The issues which have for
years been the "bone of contention be-
tween political parties will be annihilat-
ed in the struggle now progressing, and
when political parties are re-organized,
the basis will be more akin to the prin-
ciples of the Fathers of the Country"
than we have been used to of late. Mark
hat prediction!