Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-16


try's honor, or any desire for the perpetua-
tion Of the Nations existence, will insist that
the authority Of the Government must be ac-
knowledged throughout the lergth and
breadth Of the land The rebels have utterly
failed to give any decent reason for their
headlong plunge into anarchy and war
| Wicked and crafty men have succeeded in
deludng the people Of the South into the
idea that their rights were TO be invaded
The anti-slavery sentiment of the Republican
party has been held up to the popular preju-
diccs, and every effort made to create the
| belief that the new Republican administra-
| ton contemplated nothing less than an effort
to abolish slavery throughout the Union
When the last Congress met the rebels were
in arms. and our Government was lying
supinely ON its back. Now we are driving
the enemy before us. Then, TO have offered
terms Of adjustment to the rebels, would have
had the appearance Of yielding something to
their mcHaces. Now, we are ready to crush
them, and to compel respect to the flag dis
honored at Fort Sumter. The Government
can now well afford TO deal forgvngly with
such as choose to abandon the reasonable
path in which they walk As yet no great
battle has been fought The rebels, ten
thousand strong, have just fed before the
brave Pennsylvanans whose march into Vir-
gnia they essayed TO impede. The strong
arm of the Nation holds treason in check in
Missouri and Maryland, Willie in Delaware
and Kentucky, the Unionists take care of
their own traitors. Virginia is rent asunder
already by divisions among her people. In
stead of defiant threats against the Capitol at
Washington, the insolent pretender, Davis,
now shows symptoms of weakening, and the
dispatches indicate probability of his forces
retiring to Richmond. The evacuation of
Ilarper's Ferry made some brave fellows
away down on the Gulf very wroth; the
evacuation of Menassas Gap will perhaps
drive them into rebellion against their own
rebel leaders The people Of New Orleans
are in Il state of commotion, expecting Fed
eral hostlities there The Georgians refuse
to allow any more arms to leave their State,
lest they be caught defenceless In short the
clustering swagger of mouthng traitors has
much subsided. 1t is very possible that 10y
master stroke Of policy, our Government may
now drive in the wedge which, by dilatori~
ness, or more probably inability on the
part of the Davis concern, to carry on the
revolutionary war, has surely been entered
between the rebel leaders and their follow
ers. Our Government can now, without APP
pearing to be governed by threats of traitors
give any assurances necessary to convince
the dupes in The South of the fatal error into
Which high-handed treason has led them.
We do most fervently hope, that Congress
! will, during the extra session, recognize the
fact that none will deny, viz: that thousands
of Southern men do really believe that the
party in power is hostile to their interests in
times of peace. We do not say that the fear
ought to exist, but as il does exist, we would
gladly see it removed. We hope that the
President will be sustained by Congress in
every act he has performed since the l2th OF
April last, when Sumter was attacked. We
hopo to see rebellion crushed out SO complete
" that it will never rear its monstrous head
again. We know of no local interest for the
benefit Of which this great Nation should be
dissolved into its original elements of petty
States
We know, now, that the Nation is strong
and that it has power to sustain itself We
hope to see every rebel camp, from the Poto-
mac TO the Rio Grande, broken up and
the voice Of sedition hushed. Believing that
all this can be accomplished, we are anxious
that, if possible. none snail suffer who did
not deliberately enter into hostlities against
US. We hope and believe that the Message
of President Lincoln will be of such char
acter rs TO convince those who have been
dragged into taking up arms against our
Government, first, that they can never pre-
vail, and that obedience to Federal authority
legtimately exercised will be enforced at all
hazurds and second, that the alarms excited
in their minds by Disunionists per SC could
never really have been entertained by the
latter for the reason that no cause for such
alarms ever had existence. We shall proba-
bly, see the Message by Wednesday, and we
feel certain that, while it will in no degree
temporize with treason it will 60 far towards
convincing those who will reflect, that what
seems 10 so many in the South just revolu-
ton, is really the result of a black and foul
conspiracy, born years ago in the brains of
men who would rather rule in He'll than serve
in Heaven.
MCCULLoUGHs RANGERs.--Ben McCullougl's
Texan Rangers are described as desperate
set Of fellows They number 900 half saw