, 1861-09-12

lowest price, with direct taxation upOn us. and
great national debt impending We ask iC il would
not have been wiser TO have accepted the Crit.
tenieR Compromise. ami thus have avcr:cd these
losses and burdens? Would ii not be better to
compromise now on just and honorable terms,
than to persist in the road to ruin;
We print the above paragraph precisely as
we find it in the Portland Dliiy .4dr>tiser Of
the 9th inst. II is one Of many selections Of
like character which appear from day to day in
that journal, which the editor seems TO derive
peculiar pleasure IN hunting up and placing be.
fore his resdcrs-always vonching for their
truthfulnesS. Of course, as he does for that Of
the above.
Again, in the same paper Of the Sd inst, we
find
"The loudest advocates Of the existing dtplo-
rable war, says an Eastern exchange, in which
the country has been involved by the Republi.
can party" &C., &C.
And We might go on, dd inf,fum, multiplying
instances; but these must suffice.
Now we have too much faith in the intelligence
Of the editor Of the Adrertiser, to believe that
he is sincere when he endorses every paragraph
he copies which casts censure upon the Admin.
istration or upon the Republican party for the
existing deplurable state Of affairs We cannot
believe that he is sincere when he charges upon
President Lincoln the unnatural war now rag
ing, nor can We believe that his head and heart
at all times sanction the dirty work Of his hands.
lie knOtcs that neither Crittenden's Compromise,
nor any other compromise that could have been
framed, however humiating il might have been
to the North, could have averted the stoke
that has fallen upon the country. He knOTs that
the rebellion was commenced before Line lin as.
sumcd the reins Of government, and that its in.
cePtiOn dates far in advance of the administra.
ton Of Buchanan. He kROus that Lincoln seeks
only the preservation and perpetuity Of the
Union, though he would fain persuade his rea.
ders that the President and bis party aim at it,
destruction. He knOsrs that no compromise now,
on any terms much less " on just and honOrabl,
terms" can restore peace to the country short
Of dissolution Of the Union. He knOus that
the dissolution Of the Union tras and is the end
and aim Of certain Of the Southern States, end
that nothing short Of the accomplishment Of
that diabOlical object will satisfy them.
An these things, and many more Of the same
purpOFt, are a. well known to the editor Of the
AdUsvtissr ss they are to every man, woman,
and ehild Of ordinary intelligence that reads the
current Of events. But he publishes o paper Of
the most violent party stripe, hostile to the Ad-
ninistrstion and welded to its opponents. His
trade is to give hlse colOring to all the acts Of
his political opponents; to pervert facts and
truths, and practice the most despicable ehcanery
on an occasions This Is he trade Of eli party
editors as well as the business Of professional
politicians generally. Some, however, carry
their political warfare to extremes; others are
restrained BY conscientious scruples. Omffiend
Of the Adr~tisv Is restrained By no scruple;
Ia politics he has no conscience. No matter
how gross the ialsehcod. so long a. Il fhvors his
party. he has no hesitation In vcuehing for its
trulhfhlnesa while knowing It's iaIsty. This he
believes to be the duty Of party writer's and
party organs; We ere aware that parties expect
Il Of their organs. at least to some extent =
We cannot Join in the hue and cry against the
Aduertiasr as . secession paper. We do not be-
lieve the editor 70 he seecssionist; we believe,
on the contrary. that Few would depIore more
sincerely than be The dismemberment Of our
late happy and PrOspeFOusc scOnitderaey. But we
dc not SEEK to pallists the wrong be does in his
Efforts 70 mislead the public mind IN respect to
the origin and causes n our national troubles
In crisis Ike the present when our sexistsnce
a. nation 4 nt stake. We think Il m beeomea
even the mcatunsesnpulous partisan to follow
the eOurSe Pursued BY The Advrsis.s. The in.
ssrssts Of party should b seccn At all times Ia
the perpetuiiy and welfare Of the common gov
eFnment % Were this The rule instead Of the ex.
esption In the present exigency. We should have
hoard but little Of secession papen In Oregon
Or elsewhere. Let Us hope that the time is not
distant = hen the great political parties Of the
country win llscorn to resort to such means 70
win success, and rely solely upon superior prin
ciples and superior men. =.