, 1862-03-18
Tht Ttihutte.


ANEW TREASON.
The evidence IL accumulating to prove
that there is party in the country, for |
midable in numbers and potent from the |
influence Of its members, to prevent the
Of the South The aim Of the |
appears to be tomake the war
one Of inaction, By the means Of lcthargic
anacondas go1gcd with the spell Of the Re-
public; to fittcr away and exhaust the
national resources by criminal delay;
and at last when the people, weighed
down with ta1es. and ~. discouraged
by the repeated failure Of their AIMS. are
ready to do anything for relief, these
plotters Of the ruin Of the nation will pro
pose peace on the basis OF reconstruction,
with new guarantees to slavery, for the sat
istaction Of the Southl The old Democra-
CT, Or such members Of that party
az have never ascertained whether they
owe highest allegiance to slavery Or to the
Union, furnish the nucleus Of the faction.
It is recruited from the odds and ends Of
all other organizations, from the officers OF
the regular army with few exceptions, from
the men Of Republican antecedents who
dread The shedding Of blood; and it carries
with il thousands Of well meaning men,
unfamiliar with the inner machinery
Of parties, who put implicit faith in the
professions Of military men, not knowing
that the objects oftheif trust arc often moved
like puppets BY adroit politicians who stand
behind the scenes. We need not say that
the New York Herald, semfseeession and
internal, is the exponent Of this new form Of
reasonable endeavor- The policy which
it commcnds and the men whom it lauds
need 10 be carefully obserEed, and BY none
more carefully than by the sincere patrio!s
whom it and its co-workers may deludc.
The delays at Washington, which all the
earnest men in Congress have reprobated,
and which we know the President does
not approve, is eSplicable only upon the
hypothesis that the influences which this
new party, working secretly, but busly:
and adroii]y, under the most spacious of
patriotic pretenses, has been able to con
troll, have had their legitimate effect We
donot charge lint the late Generalin- Chief
has purpose1y been its instrument7 but
that he, unacquaintcd with the arts and
Hiles Of political intrigue, may have been
unconsciously led to mould his policy in
accordance with the views Of the men in
whom he has confded, aud, who unfor-
tunateIy, are nearly all afraid tina. slavery
may rcccirc some harm, is not among the
things which ought to shock belief
We shall see what new Developments
the progress of the contest will bring forth
In the meantime, to declare for vigoron:
policy, and to applaud nothing which ha:
not the plain stamp Of carnestncss, is the
part Of every patriotic man!
We point out thus carly. the existence
Of this latest scheme for conquering the
North to the base and unholy purposes o
slavery, solely that the real friends Of tht
Union cause those who be1iere in carry
ing On the war with all the energy and al
the resources Of The Republic, directed
by wise and earnest leaders; VIII
believe that the South ought to b
and must be forced into obedience 8
whatever cost TO her and her institutions
though her. every city should be burne'
and every slave set freei who believe tha
dalliance with danger is criminal, aad tha
the way to success is by honest and suaisgh
forward use Of the means that are n th
nation's hands-may be on their guart
ready to frown down, Totc down or, if nes
cssary, fght down the consummation Of til
atrocious plot