Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-22
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The Federal Capital.

reason 10 believe that. before this time, a
fearful battie has been fought on the South
bank Of the Potomac. The organs of treason,
here, have persstently declared that the
rebels never contemplate ed an attack upon
Washington The dove-like Davis was nl-
ways represented az having no other oil ject
in view than the defense Of the "homes" Of
his followers The invasion Of the South
he would resist, but only madmcn they said.
believed that there was any need of fortily-
ing Washington. There never was any room
for argument as to the objects Of this rebel
lion. Every man Of intelligence knew that
the revolutiunsts could onl maintain them
selves 10y absolutely overthrowing the Gov
ernment Of the United States. Tie Vice
President of the mock Southern Coufederaey
declared long ago. in public speech, that
Washington would revert to Mary land as
soon as that State should 60 through the FORMS
Of Secession, and he declared that she would
eecede within short space cf time. The
presence Of Federal troops in that State has
Hlone defeated the schemes Of the rebels
within her borders, up to this time. No OPP
portunity has been given them to organize
and concentrate their strength. The Govern
ment has really succeeded in making loyalty
cafe there But the rebels only adhere to
forms, when they can go through such forms
answer their purposes. They are waging
war for The suhjugation of the border slave
States, and in one Of those States is situated
the National seat of Government When
reasonable minorities can pass bogus seces-
sion ordinances, it has been the policy Of
! Darts to base his right to invade border
State, with cotton state troops, upon such
ordinances. But had Virginia done as Ken
tucky has, he would do 10y her as he does hy
Kentucky. The traitors in Maryland having
been held in check by the power Of the Ma
tional Government, and it appearing to BE
impossible for even the forms of secession to
he gone through with there, the rebel leaders
have no preteXt, consistent with tieir own
theories, upon which to base nm attack upon
the Nations heart If Maryland traitors
could manage in any manner to adopt secrs-
sion ordinance, no matter how little author-
~ they might have to speak for the State,
flaming proclamation from DAVIS, would an
n0unce 10 the world that the State had be-
come a member Of The Southern Confederacv,
and that Washington. having reverted to the
State, must he purified of the ra;cally "North-
oru invaders" This important part of the
rebel machinery has worked lamely. Mean
while the Confederate troops have been
growing more aud more impatient as day by
day th1 shoes dropped from their feet, and
the clothing tluttered in rags about their ill
fed bodies They have been consuming the
substance of their own friends. instead Of
marching in triumph through the streets of
Northern cities Washington was to have
been taken in June last according to the
clustering pledge made by the Confederate
| Secretary Of War Then, they have Greclrys
| and Blars, too, in the South, as well as in
the North. Onward to Washington" has
/ been howl MS potent for harm (let US hope
more coy TO them, as "Onwapd TO Richmond
was to US. The fiery editors in the Cotton
States promised the almost immediate down
fall of Washington They held out, as an in
ducement for excited men to enlist, the idea
that the valiant Generals OF the Southern
| hosts would lead them on to exterminatc a
race OF -combatants, and to become the
h,ira rFi fla yinI;,,,e &c tl,-:, L.,
Richmond papers have necessarily and wildly
kept up the "Ohwsrd to Washin gton" cry
because the Old Dominion WAS being eaten
up and they were anxious to be relieved of
the presence Of the Confederate armies,
either by victorious advance into Mary
land and Pennsylvania, or an iguominious
flight back to the cotton States SO the "ud-
vance" has been made The ragamullins al
last accounts were close upon McCIellan's
batteries, and before this, no doubt, a great
battle has been fought
We may look TO hear, also, of serious times
in Maryland a boli attack upon Washing
ton would excite and encourage treason there
ana well-lald system Of falsely reporting
on the instant. the success of the attack,
would dspirit the friends of the Government.
A general and sudden uprising of the rebels,
would plunge the State into such scene of
carnage as has not yet attended even this
bloody war. Baltimore weuld be laid waste
by Fort McIl lenry, but the great necessities
Of rebellion know no restraints Of eympn-
thetc nature. This state Of things once in
augurated there, the meresl Chat owe: q rebel
camp fire, and secession" scrawled upon half
n sheet Of soiled paper, and signed hy any
body, will suffice to admit Maryland as one
of the Confederate states That accomplish
ed, every patriotic ,raitor's heart in the South
will throb with indignation at the idea of
President Lincoln and his Cabinet being al
lowed to tarry one moment in Washington
one OF the cities Of the Southern Confederacy
We cannot but think the war near its close.
The rehels have aimcd too high. If they fail
in their attempt upon Washington, (and their
own sympathizers believe they will no other
object will appear to them worth striving
for. If they succeed, and Washington should
fall, and be theirs for thirty days, then will
they have canse to hope for final success.
We hope We shall have no more Internal
nonsense about the rebels fighting merely for
the "protection of their homes Thenosassins
aim at the heart Of the Republic. May the
united etreOrth and wisdom of God and man