M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-10-31
Mistt4arpuas.

~ JSp oiN oSOlub VIII buSoo luCu WIZ
are hurrying on your country to des
truction: "..
PRACTICE WHAT You .PREAcH!-I
iS disgusting as well as amusing t,
see some Of the Republican paper
talk about the Democrats being IN
williag g cast aside party and go, un
et,3fitfsdaily, for the Union, wher
those very papers, in the same issue
launch out into lengthy discussion
OF their own pet schemes Of partisan
policy. 1t is a glaring fact that those
journals which have been rabid il
advocating the doctrine or Abolition
ism, still cling to- that ism with
deatA.!ike tenacity; and are continu
ally u:ging that the eSemqncipalon o
the negro should be an ivowed objec
of the war. Why is this? 1t is plair
that The Preside lent disappgoYes such
annoursement and such doctrine. =
Why tnen are such journals as the
New York Tribune aRd other kindred
shsots, continually hdrpingupo the
subject when it is evidenbthat they dc
not iorshadow the will Or the desire
of the Administra.ions' 1--WE see 9th
er motive than the division of the
people in the North. lf they were
sincere in their requests upon those
who formerly have -besn- Democrats,
to forego all party prejSdices and unite
Simply upon the question qfUnion,
they most certainly, you'd practice
whet.they preach and DO likewise. -
But they act otherwise. They must
have an ulteror motive. THAT mo.
tive is, in our opinion, to make war
upon slavery, and force the Admins
.tratioa to accept it as.'gGpreshge Of
success. The Administration will do
no su,h thing, And it is time these
.Eanting abolition sheets were placed
in the same prescribed list OF journals
as the N. Y. Day Book, Baltimore Ex.
change, and many others. They are
both ThI'kRe as itregards their mischiev.
oas influence. II This thing contin-
ues, the people, the loyal, sovereign
people-thoSe who desire the perpo.
iuity of this Union as paramount to
every issue and all the isms that have
distracted the people for the last quar-.
ter Of century, will be;;compelled to
rise in their might, and in the true
spirit Of an insuIted and outraged
constituency, put down such pests to
peace and hapyiness5 That our read
ers may not be misfGd we subjoin an
extract from the New York Tribune
of the 14th. The Tribune is con.
demning the Express for its sand
replies as follows; 4
The Blacks Of the revolted States
are -Four Millions in number about
one third OF the entire population.-
Every one of them lnclineS to-day to
the side of the Union-can be called
into energetic action on that side by
simply profering them a recognition
Of tkeir natural human rights. The
Federal Government has but to speak
the word, and the aympathiess and
hopes Of every Black in Sthe revolted
States will be ardently enlisted on the
National side, 1t by no sweans fol-
lows that the slaves would sacrifice
themselves in rash, insane, hopeless
Instructions, for they are. not prone
to such folly, But they would require
constant watching and guarding; they
would escape to the Union armies or
TO the loyal States on every opportun.
itY; and they would be constantly Civ.
ing information Of the movements aud
lodges Of the Rebel armies. A prof.
fer by proclamation of liberty and
protection to all slaves Of rebels who
should see fit to come within the lines
Of the Union armies would immense.
ly weaken the traitors and strengthen
the Unionlsts. And even the Sex
press" comedies in effect that it could
do little harm; for the rebels have so
long been calling the Unionists "nig-
ger thieves" &c, and declaring "the
Lincoln Government" an Abolition
concern, that they could say little
worse of us than they have said al
ready, and excite no more prejudices
against us than are now prevalent
among the Slaveholding and Slave.
loving Southrons." ....
This language is altogether untime.
ly. 1t breathes a spirit of insurrec.
tion among the negroes. The best
way, we apprehend, is to prosecute
the war on just and honorable princ!-
Piles. Letthe rebels know and feel
that their Constitutional rights will
be respected whenever they respect
the Constitution. That what the Adj
ministration wants is an uncondition.
al surrender and obedience to the laws
Of the United States. That this qoHl
be required and TO It they mast sub.
NIT. Show. also, by precept and ex-
ample, that this war is not to be con-
dncted upon Abolition principles, and
the South will soon be undece!ved
and her loyal citizens will pant for
the restoration of the Union as the