Daily national Democrat., 1861-05-22

I'd. viii you oppose yonr country, right
or wrong, when you are not in Office?
Sd. VIII you support the California Ex-
press, and help retain in power the Court
House party in this county?
FISHING FOR CoEECloNIsrs- The Lindey
State Committee test of soundncss on the
Davis question is Opposition to coercion" B"
The unclean thing emitted an oll'ense smell
hereabouts, and the simon-pure anti-war
County Committee-F l.. Hatch, Chairman
have tried to dodge the question. The test
prescribed for voters at the primary elections
of the Lindley-Ilatch party in this county
does not contain the word anti-cocrcion. 1t
does humble about peace, compromise, etc,
but the offensive word coercion is not to be
found. Judge Lindley should look into this
matter. ood-thirsty coercionists will be
crowding into the secession convention if
the door is not more carefully guarded. The
party which is led by the nose by the Ex-
ress-Court-llouse clique is n popular in
sltution ust now, and there will be grand
rush for nominations at its hands Nothing
should be done to peril the chances of Kun
gle, Magruder, Iaun, Lalor and Hanson for
denominations for the Assembly. Let
"thc integrity Of the party" be maintained
AS the test now stands Republicans can vote
at the primary elections of the Southern Con-
federacy party, without yielding anything
worth speaking Of Perhaps, however, this
is intentional on the part of Col. Hatch and
his friends. They may be intending to get
up grand Breckinridg dgetLiucoln- Bel Doug
las fusion for maintaining the Cotton Con-
federacy. Pure patriotism ike theirs cannot
be trammeled 10y party usage.
For AND AGAINST. sT.-Ex-presidents Van
Buren, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan Lewis
Cass, Edward Everett, Caleb Cushing, Danl
S. Dickinson, Fernando Wood JAS T. Brady,
Il. f. Butler, b. +, lIallet, Senators Biglcr,
Bayard, johnson, Rice, Latham, Douglas and
in fact all the great National leaders advise
military movements by the United States
Government, but the California Express,
Judge Lndley, and Col. Hatch think it all
very wrong. Which is right?
AUBURN SlGNAL-This journal, which sup
ported Douglas. publishes without comment
arguments in favor of Pacific Republic
which its correspondent says is only qucs-
ton of time.-APpeaL
The above is apparently an attemrt to
make it appear that a Douglas Democratic
paper advocates Pacific Republic We can
not think the editor of the Appeal is ignorant
of the fact the Signal is not under the same
control that it was when it advocated the e.
lection Of Douglas. r. C. Poland was then the
editor. When the offensive articles appeared
it was edited by BvJ Steele, and the Doug
las Democracy are in nowise responsible for
his treason. This is the second time we have
explained the position, past and present, of
the Auburn Signal. The paper has now
again changed hands. Fit should become a
good Union paper under the new manage
ment, will the Appeal credit its soundness to
its position of last fall
WE want no better Union party than our
own. 1t has preserved the country, SO far,
ana Cdu save III HOW.--ELJFGSS..
We believe that you want no better Union
party than your own. AS for your having
saved the country, you are every day trying
to prove that it has been lost
The Confederate States also appear to be
in state of great activity, and are raising
large army, which, it tappears. is concentrated
within the borders of Virginia. From all
appearances we think we may reasonably eX-
pect to hear of IL collision before very long
EJpress
And yet your little nest of county officers
are trying to keep themselves in office thro
the agency of patent peace party. Out
upon such trifling.
THE Federal Government is a despotism
and the liberties Of the people are over
thrown, if the President, without the au-
thority of law, can levy armies equip navies,
declare war, blockade ports and invade
States-hrpreSS.
All Government on this continent is
mockery, and the liberties of the people are
overthrown if jeff Davis, without the au-
thorty of law, can levy armies, grant letters
of marque, declare war, seize public proper
ty, and invade the District of Columbia
HE LEGlsLATuRE.-The late session of the
Legislature extended over period of four
months and half, or one hundred and thir-
ty-three days Over five hundred acts were
passed, one Union United States Senator, new
officers for the State Insane Asylum, all Union
men, and one Boundary Commissioner, do,
were elected good sound Union resolutions
adopted in both houses and the name and