, 1862-09-11

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1869.


!, Mr.. Browning has commenced his cam-
qajgn in advance Of both political parties,
and, If any one could tell what he is doing,
and what he is doing it for, it might be
supposed that he would distance all CON-
petition, and conc out somewhere several
lcDg,hs ahead Of the field. But here is just
the difficulty. Nobody can tell what Mr.. |
Browning is trying to do. Is he arguing
against the confscation act? If SO he is
fighting against the party which adopted
it. and the President vho approved it.
To whom is he preaching IN his strange
pilgrimage? Who are his listeners and his
c1acqueurss We know they are not Re-
publicans We know they are not those
who made it possible for him to have a
seat in the United States Senate. We
know they are not those who agreed with
A1r. Browning one year ago, and from
whom he has diyerged SO widely that
be hardly holds an idea in common with
them. We understand that Alr. Browning
deyotes much of his time to telling his
bearers that the Chicago TRIBUNE is g
reasonable sheet, because it is notfn favor
of the Union as it was when Buchanan was
President, Breckenridge Vice President,
Floyd Secretary Of War, and Davis Chair
maa Of the Senate Committee on Military
AfTairs. We are bound to infer that A1r.
Browning is in favor Of that kind Of
Juion. His public career, as well as his
recent private harapgues, gives ample as
surance that these are the good old days he
sigls for.
MIR. Browning is By no means careful
speaker. He does not weigh his words.
He indu1ges in recklessness Of assertion,
wtich, If it docs not impair his self respect,
at least makes him ridiculous in tue eyes of
the public When the confscation bill was
under discussion in the Senate, he declared
roundly: " Ao5ody denies that this is a 6iU
Of ahaindcr!' In point Of fact eTery
friend of the bill did deny that it; was bill
ofattainder. The constitution having for
forbidden Congress TO pass bill Of attain
der, every friend Of tile confscation act was
bound to deny that it was 3 bill Of attain
der, and SO they did. But Mr.. Browning,
either in the height Of mendacity, or the
dertl Of ignorance, asserted that ao5ody
denied it. Of the same species of
reckless preyerication is the statement
which nc is now parrosiog every where, that
tie Chicago TK1BtSE is a reasonable sheet
"a statement which no amount Of itera-
ton can make himself or anybody else be-
lieve.
What is the end and aim Of Mr.. Brown
irs>s pilgrimage? lie has made more
speeches aeains1 the Republican party and
its President, (tar hoth are committed, in.
side and out, to The corflscation act), thar
lie ever made in favor Of either
lie has always been the boy cling
ing to the tail Of the cart, contributing
1othipg to tie propellipg power, but en-
jcying lis ride at the expe. Sc Of others
Having by accident got into the driver
scat, he is now bent upon turning the es
tablshment around, or upsettipg it ant
spillipg the contents in the mud. He can
not do ci1hcr. All his speeches tend to Civ
aid and comfort to the Tories, but his oE,
strength leing weakness, he can infiict n
real harm upon the cause he has betrayed
lie complains tlnt we have not publishc
his speeches. We are not bound to aryu
tlat side Of the question, especially whe
tie Chicago iimls, Quincy Herald, Sta
RtGister, and every other Tory organ in IL
State are deing both it and 5lr. Brownin
such ample justice. Their columns haz
yindicated him, and 1t is proper tue
should. We are fighting on the o.at
side