Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-09-25
From Ferney's PtiAdelphi. r
WHATzARE WE COMING re. HfEFF.
DAVIS CONQUERS7

: idea Of taking advantage Of fbe <Ppr
. tensions and fears Of our {el(3 eli
u zens in order to press our Pclitic
views, and the sscredness Of tbecau
we have espoused. on their sfernb
: consideration. We think such i eour:
0 despicable. devoid Of every pisejYie
: honor, and beftling only the vile,
leaders Of the viiest factions. Ties
. are not the times for partisss p rid
into power on ths gale Of poEzSr pa.
sion; for none hqf Psatessio sras
gogues will attempt to make czpi, %
of the agonies Of distracted coshry
We denounce no party, We denounce N
men. We are willing to extend III
hand of fellowship to every one willing
to stand by the country. its institution
and laws. We are willing to postpon'
the discussion Of every political ques
ton not Immediately bearing on. th,
mighty issue before US; and vhethe
our opponents initiate our example Of
not, we, at least, mean TO be free from
the reproach of having quarreled abou
whether this or that man is fit to ELL {
petty Office. while the very foundation
Of our Government seems to give way
under the pressure Of an infuriated re.
bellion. We turn to other scenes and
more momentous questions, concern
ing the welfare, the honor, the very ex.
istence Of our people as nation.
We ask the question whether the
people of this Commonwealth, whether
the people of the United States, have
bestowed thought on the position to
which they will be reduced, if the en-
emy conquers, and takes possession Of
one or more OF our Atlantic ciIies?-
Suppose he takes Washington, seizes
the Offices of the War, Navy. and
Treasury Departments, and instals JEFF
Davis IN the White House; what would
be the consequence? The Government
tai prestige would then be in favor OF
the rebels; they would constitute the
regular Government, pe would be the
rebels. The Southern Congress would
adjourn from Richmond TO Washington,
and thence illuminate its bills Of confs-
cation and treason against The loyal cit
izens of the North. One Of It's first
measures would be the repudiation of
our Government securities, and the
levying of heavy taxes and contribu-
tions of war TO defray the expenses of
this unnatural contest. Where would
narlies. be thses Is asaE ee pus Qezc<
much of an imbecile, as to believe that
his property will be exempt from taxa
lion or seizure, or that he. on account
Of his "political principles, will not be
dalled upon for his share Of the contri
buttons of war? Does he think, or
does his party think. that the Southern
rebels hold him or them in higher esti-
nation than they hold the Republicans
or the Abolitionists per seq Does he
or the Democratic party suppose that,
in quartering their armies on our de-
fenceless cities, they will first inquire
whether the people, at the last election.
have given Democratic or Republi
can majority for mayor? Do they ex-
pect that the Southern soldiers, when |
our roast beef and drinking
our wine, will stop to inquire whether
the OK that has furnished the sirloin,
or the claret that refreshed their parched
throats. belonged to a genuine Breck-
inridger?
The Democrats and Republicans
would alike feel the heavy hand of the
victors in their blood and substance,
and share alike in the shame and dis
grace inflicted on the whole country
And even worse than all that: The
in case of the success OF
The rebellion, could not even hope to be
put on an equality with the Republi-
,ans, orAbolitionists. because the South
hold them responsible for the origin and
progress Of the war. All their presses
assert that but for the Democratic par
y the war would never have been wag-
ID, and that it is the support which
ABRAHAM LINcoLN derived from the
oyal Democrats which enabled him to
armies in the field, and to sub
list them. Is it now probable that the {
South would put more charitable con- {
truction on the doings Of these Demo
rats if the latter were to consider them /
elves whipped, and, therefore, ready i
o compromise? 1t is far more natural
o suppose that the contempt for what :
he South consider the ''per6dy" Of
heir former allies, would add to the Sc !
'erity Of their punishment. The South {
would take especial pleasure in arrang-
ng matters in such manner that these
'per6dious Democrat" should not have q
he power to be trescherous in the fu- 4
ure. Would the Douglas Democrats c
are better than the Republicans, be-
ause they opposed BREoKINRIDGE in q
he Charleston Convention? Would '
he Breckinridge Democrats be bugged, I
because they made war upon their own {
I
If there be portion of the popula- 4
ion Of the North for whom the South I
herish measure of respect, it is the d
Abolitionists. The extreme South have {
lways sympathized with the extreme
Worth while the "chiyalry" have al a
Vays shown themselves ready to extend O
he hand of fellowship to those who '
ought them with the visor up. O
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