Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-03
TRAITORS AND HYpocRITEs.

TRAITORS AND HYP0CRITEs.
JEFF. Davis and his associates, speaking to
aid their supporters in this country, north and
south, put forward the slavery question as the
main topic for sgitation Davis talks of 'the
dogmas OF sectional party" and the triumph
of "a sectional majority" as reasons which
justify the secession conspiracy. lie declares
for effect in the south and to show his northern
sympathzers what they must say and do, that
the republican party is an abolition party, that
The federal government in the hands of presi-
dent Lincoln is waging against the south
in order to emancipate the slaves, that they on
their part are fighting to defeat this purpose
and secure independence OF abolitionism The
secession conspirators and their allies talked in
this manner all through the last presidential
campaign. Their lies were innumerable and
monstrous. Nr. Rhett of South CAROLINA re,
peated several times in public speech that
Mr.. Hamlin, the republican candidate Tor vice
president, was mulatto. The purpose of
such lies was 10 ''fire the heart of the south"
that rebellion might be made easy. At this
time many of their old political allies in
the north persistently agitate the slavery ques-
ton in similar strain in order to keep alive
the bond of sympathy with them.
Such is the policy pursued by the secession
lists and their allies for effect here at home.
But in Europe they pursue an opposite policy.
In that art of the civilized world chattel
slavery has no friends. Men there do not
believe in it. They call it a barbarism
and consider it disgrace to any people pre-
tending to be civilized. "The people of tie
south 60 not fully appreciate the great strength
OF European prejudice against our domestic
institutions" groans the Charleston Mercury.
This is the lesson it has learned from its cor.
respondrnce with secession agents now in
France and England The rebel leaders do
not plead their cause in Europe as they plead
here. There, they suggest to the govern
ments whose favor they seek that the south
will consent to abolish slavery, if those gov
ernmenis will Interfere in their behalf, and
make their rebellion successful They protest
that they are not fighting to uphold slavery,
and construct elaborate arguments to convince
Europeans that the federal government is as
much pro-slavery as the government of JEFF
Davis. Here is an extract from a joint letter
of the rebel commissioners, Yancey, Rost, and
Mann, to Earl Russell, which was among tie
documents recently communicated to parlia
ment:-
III ,0aS from no fear that the SLAVES would be
liberated that secession took place. The vey party
IN PoiOer has proposed to guaranty saUe7y forever
IN the states, If the south tOoud but remain in the
Union. Mr.. LincOin's message proposes no free
dom to TIE SdUe but announces subsection of his
gunner to the 1ciH of the Union-in other words
to the will of the north. Even after the battle
of Bull Run, both branches of the congress at
Washington passed resolutions that tie war is
only waged in order to uphold that (pro-slave.
ry) constitution, and TO enforce the laws
(many OF them proslavery,) and out of 172
votes In the lower house they received all
but two, and in the senate all but one vote.
AS the army commenced its march the com.
manding general issued an order that no slaves
should be received into or allowed to follow
the camp. The great object of the cdr there.
fore, as now officially announced, rs not 10 free
the SLAVES but to keep him in subjection to his olon
er, and to control his labor through the legs-
Iatlve channels which the Lincoln government
designs to force upon the master. The under
signed, therefore, submit with confidence that
as far as the anti-slayery sentiment of England
is concerned, it can have no sympathy with
the north; nay, it will probably become dis
enlist those sympathies on false pretenses."
Men devoted 10 any great cause that APP
peals to the noblest sentiments of mankind
never find it difficult to give the world full
nd.frank statement of their case and they
can not do otherwise than speak the same
thing and give the same reasons wherever
their appeal is uttered. But these confederate
traitors have no case which they dare state to
the world frankly. They hate democratic
principles and republican institutions. They
despise "vuIgar majorities" and seek to estab.
lish themselves permanently as "the ruling
class" who have a kind of divine right
to assume superiority and independence
over all other men in the land. They
say this quietly to each other, and
whisper it contidentally TO London Times
Russell but they dare not cay it openly to
the world, in the bearing of the southern PEG
pie. Nothing in the whole course OF their
treason have they found SO embarrassing as
the statement of their appeal to the world.
Therefore they entangle themselves in false
hoods, say one thing at home and another
abroad, hide their real motives, and thus con.
strain all the world to feel that they are false
and hypocritical. The divine laws that con
troll the universe, and regulate the destiny of
mankind, do not make it possible for such a
goddess conspiracy to be successful