The national Republican., 1862-06-25
PAasOs oaOWuLOW.

A corssspoodsas stvivss so0s rsnlnlsosuoss
Of Pasoo Brownlows sdvocacy, down to he
period Il ~ lsst PrssiAnsAl election, Of ex-
'rsme proAhvsy visuA He also rssods -
extract iron Ranon Brovnlow's Asvpapsr,
comwsuting IN lasguses marked omors BY
strength thAa dslioscy snpsa the nsnisatisas Of
Nessrs Lincoln and Hamlin for the Presidesoy
and Vice Pfsssasasy lyaaL
Considering that these ideas and thh Ian
guage Of Parson Browlow were once universal
at The South, Il hardly consists WIN policy,
or with the temper Of the country, To 70 into
these past matters, II he b mot found persistiue
in old errora There y ssps evidence that b.
and many othsrs, " not yet fully. psrcslvine
the truth, are beginning 10 do so. They have
suffered enough from the institution which they
once supported, v have their eyes opened 70
it, true charsctss This PROCESS OF ehiigbtsn
msnt, by practical szpetispce, is going on ever,
day, soass "A Southern nsp who give no nov
cause Of e6snes BY oontiasiag 70 BE- the apollo.
gise of ystsm offensive 10 morality, ID b
hardly worth while 10 10 back to thsir sayings
and doioss vhile thsy we're yet gropipg 10
blindness and darkneos.s afl o. -'ffra9I .s. .gst
The criticisms Of our correspondent, how
ever, ars, fairly applisabls q that excessive
tendency, which szisb In The Nosthsrn Statss,
to aduhte EVERYBODY ~ he South who h for
the Union, This tsndsncy ia not 20 strong Is
1t was twslss months ego. II begins to bs
seen, that while Il b great crime 70 be .
traitor, there Ia no extraordinary virtue 10 not
being one, and It a innumsrsbls persons have
been kept Il Of the vortex Of this rebellion BY
motives not entitled to special admiration. And
especially does Il bagip - be doubted, whether
those living at the South, who support the
Union, have any better right to determine The
public policy Of the country, than those who,
living ct the North, equally support the Union.
What has served 10 correct the public sentk
msnt, 10 this regard, is the fact that the indis.
criminsts eulosiss once indulged Id, In respect
to Southern Union mso, have given them a
strength which some Of them have used IN aid
Of the most pestilept beresies. 1t Is seen that,
while.it h good policy 10 welcome all ths sup.
port which the Governnsut cso iod within the
seeded region, II Ia not good policy 10 ascribe
supposititious or fabulous virtnes 70 anybody
The very men at ths South Tho resist thil
rebellion srs largely responsible fos its break
Ing out, and some them are 20 for IT. oootfnu-
ance. Hatred Is the arst step 70 var, and they
have contributed thsir full share towards thai
pro slavery fsnsticism and that snimosity
against the North, Of which this rebellion 10 th<
fruit. Some Of them keep up, to this day, tha,
ssnsslso dsnuncistion Of "sbolitionists, !" which
Is the fuel which keeps the rebellion alive
Another portion, more wise, perceive that the
South must be placed more 10 sooord with the
ideas Of An enliehtsnsd ase, before the harmony
which oasht to accompany political nnIon
can bs restored. To this last clas We hope that
Psrsoo Bsownlow bslonss; and at any rate, We
have seen nothing which forbids such hope