Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-12-19
The cAnti-AbOlitiOn Sentiment OF
the Army and the Cabinet.

From Russel's last letter to the London Times.
There has been no attempt to deny the
truth o. my statement that the officers OF
the regular army are by no means dis
posed to carry on this war witha view of
securing the ulterior success of Abolition
ism. They are prepared to fight for the
Union, for their country, for their flag,
but not for negro emancipation. The
Washington papers which have discussed
the subject admit the truth Of what 1 have
given as the result Of personal experience
Indeed, as the contest goes, there is de-
velopment of spirit hostile to Abolition,
which may be produced by considerations
of temporary policy, or by permanent
conviction that it is better to accept sa-
very than to lose the Union, its profits,
its glories, and its power. That develop
ment takes place not only among the peo-
pie, but among the members of the Gov
ernment, and Mr.. Seward, laden with the
responsibility of office throws off the in
cubus of his former career with graceful
vigor, and steps firmly onward in his ca
reer. MIR. Summers recent speech, class
zeal instructive and all, fell flat and dead
on the ears of his audience, one so erect
for the well-known sounds The act of
Congress is interpreted in no penal sense
for the Shareholders and in Kansas there
has been on open teud between the reSu.
lar officers and the volunteers, with re-
spect to the treatment Of negro property
in the rebellous districts. General do
not know if his name is James, but he is
always called "Jim"-Laue has, in a
speech at Leavenworth, openly denounced
the United States officers, and declared no
good will be attained until the slaves Of
the rebels are contiscated. His Union
remedy is simple. destroy, devastate,
desolate," he says, ''lor this is war;"
Brigadier Gen. Viole, on the other hand, /,
before his brigade sailed from Annapolis
this week, issued strong order against
the practice Of carrying off slaves in the
districts through which the troops have
to pass. 1t is called "running," as if
the creatures were spirits of distillation-
the making of some sort Of essence. And
a Republican paper in Washington there
upon says, "that with pro-slavery orders
we shall soon have an army capable OF
sustaining Southern rights" On this
question Of slavery the North is divided
while the South is united as a man, and
if the Tribune speaks the truth as to the
actual suppression Of General Fremont,
there will be an amount OF dissatisfaction
expressed in the West which will indicate
the measure of the difficulties the Govern.
ment will have to encounter in the con,
test, as it persists in its cndeavors to car
ry it on to tho battle-cry of "thc Uniou..
merely. Mr.. Everett, in his recent ad-
dress on the state Of the country, has ex.
pressed his conviction that the sole be-
lief of the American people which could
bo safely and certainly employed to save
the Union, is what we may without ir-
reverence. term Washington worship" "
"That," says he. "is the only feeling with
which the Northern and Southern breast
beats in unison" But, though Wash
ington left behind him proofs of what his
personal feelings were in regard to that
question, he certainly never did any act
which could satisfy the world that the
South is quite wrong in asserting that he
would have beecn with them in this stlug
gle if he were alive at the present time
His farewell address proc'aims principles
not opposed to those which the Demo
Gratis would carry out if they had thu
power and all the Republicans can say
is, that he would probably have strained
every nerve for the NUnion had he live
to take part in this great conflict
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