Washington telegraph., 1862-11-05

wall for Mr.. Lincoln? What do they
want? and what will they do if they CAM
They are the men, who, in the begin
mag of our evil days so bitterly deceived
the Union people of the South We
owe them curses, both loud and deep. They
professed to sympathise with the feelings
OF the South, and to feel an honest re-
gard for our rights. They lied. They
cared not for the South bat as the means
OF their own aegrandizement' The
source from which they derived their
wealth The basis aud support OF their
political power. CHER p,ofessed sympa-
thy was demagoguery. They cared moth
ing about slavery, AID nothing for US
They wished our votes, and got them.
But they wished our trade also, aud upon
the first alarm Of secession, they turned
to crush the effort. They stabbed US I'M
der the 9th rib, whilst saying, ''hcw l.
it with thee, my brother?" They were the
until recently its strongest supporters.
They want dollars and civil liberty
The strange combination of tastes, they
honestly inherit from the cursed Puritans
Both are good things and suited we'll
their selfish natures. They pretended to
love God also, but it was ouly because
religion "paid, and assured them a good
thug hereafter, when they could no long
er hold on to the good things of the
present. 1t was an Investment dictated
by policy All clos /, cannic people make
an Insurance Office of the church, and
attend It's meetings to keep an eye upon
their stock. Those who love God truly
do so unselfshlY. They ''sin not" be-
cause their own hearts condemn it: and
tho spirit of grace renders them generous,
kind, self sacrificing, aud Glowing one
another
Ii they can they will make peace -
They have Tot the honest aud hearty
demonism OF the true abolitiunist. NY
They cannot hate profoundly. They are
satisfied now that they cannot secure the
South to their purposes. he grapes are
too high, but they are not sour. They
would have willingly dcvoured them All,
had that been possible, but as it was not,
they do not care to destroy the vine for
ever. They prefer ;he next best thing,
which is . wait quietly and LEI portion
Of them fall to their share. They are
satisfied, moreover, that in graspiug after
The shadow OF Southern subjugation, they
are losing the substance of ciyil. liberty
They are not ready for despoti.m a,
home. Rage has not rendered them
blind. They see % pr f. il destroying the
South, at the cyst VT their own free gov
ernmcnt. Therefore 1t il, tha: opposition
to Lincoln Is their common bond. They
would have him observe tie CJas;itu ton,
and bring Us under their feet in due torn
of Law. Lircyll has failed In that. The
thing is impossible, as they see themselves.
But Lincoln cannot stop jIst now, nor
indeed at AL, at ANY time. lie cannot
turn his bafiied face to disaPpJiutel Fe,.
PIE, and meet tie question, what have you
louc. Where i the return 10 Us Of all
sc Lave lost and spent! lie must 20 on
ward, or under. They Insist ou his doing
tue latter. ilcp.cters the former chance,
anu 10 the agony VI despair appeals u TIE
40, Luou.sts, sylzes tic rcius cf g.vern-
u4cut, ,nd dAshes along To safety Or de-
stEuction. They would d.slvdse him aud
save ~ at may yet DE- gathered up,
Ia snort, ;he success OF the Democratic
party will be followed by proposals Uf
peace and cfIorJs to retain our trade by
commercial treilies. That L., we think.
the real principle which lies at the bottom
Of parties at the North. 1t is evident
from the fact that Democracy is gaining
most in the States most dependent on the
Southern trade. Iowa trades through
the lakes to the North. Indiana, OHIO
and Pennsylvania down the river 10 New
Orleans. The Democrats avow a wish I'd
carry on the war (under constitutional
fOrms) but that is to avoid the appear
ance of treason. i stem to the thuuders
of their dcnunciations of Linc"ln, even
with The tcrrors Of the Bastie before their
eyes, and we must seek the explanation
in some deeper motive than mere differ
euce Of opinion as to the mode of prose
cutting IA common end. Lincoln, to save
himself, would now destroy the South
from the face of the earth. The Demo
Gratis, to save their trade aud restore their
civil liberty. would hurl him from power,
and secure our alliance in good time af-
forwards.
We look upon these things and con-
slider Of them, as does the mariner who
feels that his ship is staunch and firm, but
looks, nevertheless, for the point in the
heavens, where the clouds may break
away and the storm cease
For the Washington Telegraph
MEETINGS OF PREsBYrEKY AND SYNOD
These two religious bodies 70. s. Presbyterian
convened in this place on Wednesiav apd