The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-22

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they prove Of ultimate bsnsAs to our cause or not
are well worth the attention Of those who would
thoroughly underssand tho eansss which pseceds
Ard attend the los Of ifssdon by people with
whom liberty has been awatatword fhS Western
press Is now pretty we'll alive national politics.
rs il is evident that parties are forming in that
qaarssr as decisively as they are in the East The
Milwaukee Wis, Sentinel regards the Republicans
as subvertng the Federal Constitution in tho loyal
States, on the ground of military necessity" This
is the only groand upon which they pretend that II
in proper. aud the Ness xsks:
Docs any such necessity exist for dep,iying the
people Of Wisconsin, for instance. of the protection
IL the Constitution Has not the Government
been faithfully supported by all our people Have
Ne not promptly furnished all the men and all the
means dsmandeds Are there spies Of the enemy
aniong u.s. or traisors TO The Union and the Govern
ment, plenty as to render Ii necessary that our
system Of Government should be chaugedi Are
our Judges and our juries isloyai that their ad
inistrafion of justice Is 10 be suspected and their
Jurisdiction superseded Is II either just or gen
erous to assume that we the people Of Wisconsin
| who have cheerfuuy sent forth forty thousand ef
our young men to battle, would tolerate treason.
able pracIices' among us 70 auch an exten. az to
It's strong military arm from Washington here for
the purpose OF seeking Out traitors IN our midst
We AK these questions in sineerity, and we AJAX
v
hect upou-them for themselves.
The canvass is very spicily conducted il Penn
sylvania for the election next Tuesday by the local
press The Lancaster L"teiligencer puts this ques.
tion, striking at the sweeping National Abolition
policy attempted to be fos.sd upon the people, on
the pressnce of necessity, in connection with the
war
/. Will the people of Lancaster county bs willing
Hrs IN h fnYn "a otaI
and then taxed 70 support them after they are free
II they are willing to do this. they will vote for
Theddeus Stevens for CoDgress-f not, they will
cast their ballots for Georg NJ Siein.nau Choose
ye between them. But, in all conscience, have we
no. taxation enough s!ready, levied upon us by the
act Of this came Abolition demagoSue, Stevens,
that We should favor his reelection in order that
We nSy have more piled on us What say the far
nlers mechanics, merchants dealers. all classes
OF ths business community 1t is for them to de-
eide the gIeat question Tuesday next al the bal.
! lot box.
! The Philadelphia IEqairty, the editor OF which,
| though Republican, il neither a Federal office
holder nor An sspirant for party honors, has ths
good sense and courage to say in his issue of Tues.
| day:
There are in this city today hundreds Of battle
| ~orn and wounded soldiers, wha have rendered to
their country the citizens highest duty the bat
tie field They are now S. home, with shattered
| constitutions, or with nutilated bodies-Rspubli.
| cans, native Americans, and Democrats men Of
all parties, who will be here upon the election day,
and will. beyond all doubt, vote with their old par
ties. Yet these new lights In political morals will
tell the batte-staned aud scared Dmocrat that if
he votes for his party nominee he is Seeessoniss
snd traitor What precious logic it must be- that
! leads 10 such nonstrous conclusions ss that -
Again. let us look ct the policy OF making public
| proclamation beforehand, that every man who
votes III specified direction desires The permia
| nent disruption OF the nation Is there man
~
know tLs. the prescribed ticket will poll from hir-
y thousand TO forty .hcusld votes election day
This iS III certain 10 occIr As thai We viii have
| free election What eiesorp, must be thought
OF the Judgment, the prudence, the patriotism
the doctroaires who proclaim TO all the world in
| advance, that Philadelphia contains thirty thou
sand to forty thousand Seceesions!s, or, in ether
words tha. ha: her .vo.ing population desire the
| ancce sci the REBELLION =
The Cincinnati Inquire :, of Monday. makes a
| point" as follows:
The mos: sis sonisn2 Thing in The wo;i,, IS tla:
| yliio fcu: u.eLb.ss OF MIR i.inco,n's Cabinet
| Messrs. Seward, Blair, Smith. and Hates v-re ut.
tsrly opposed his proclamation al eiuarcir u oH
the Atoiitionisis have TIE s,dacty To denouuee Hs
traitors {a3 of thsn do ai who cannot COZ,
| seientiousiJ endorse that proclamation.
The sane paper notices Whist it calls "paent 80
| cesson,' 10 wit
"Vaiaii,G ghan,'s Secession plan in the form
| OF Il oiIt resolution proposing amendments to the
| CouB!i Tuition. - Gazette.
| Top.opose atnentme nts to q code OF organic aw
which is to bs over the whole, Is funny way io
| provide for the secession o. 4 part. BY and by we
| shall Us told that thc Constitution is 8 Gisuuioi
| document. Had the Gatsf.e not better say so a
| ncel
| "A Maryland Opponslt of ErDanei patton" Is the
heading siVeu by the Washington correspondent Of
the New York Posi- 20 notice which be makes o
the fact that Hon. Charles b. Calvert, one Of the
Union members O: Congress from Maryland is ou
| In letter sganst the emancipation proclamation
The correspondent sssumes therefore, that Mr
| Calvert comes very near taking his start with the
rebels" because Of one of his paragraphs, as fol
lows:
The Union, al understand It, is a compact rep
| resented Ey tho Constitution under which it was
formed; ecd no soon as the fact is established be
ycnd doubt that the Constitution has 1agranty
and successfully violated, either by the ability Of
the Confederate States to maintain their indepen
| dsnca, or by gross and palpabie ipfriugements
which deprive any portion ot the whole nation ol
| their rights os property, except in the manner
therein directed, it ceases TO be any longer THE
Union, and becomes Il Union which any Safe may
| join not, the dictates I'll interest OF feeling
| may suggest.
Cn this the Posts correspondent rslnegka:
In other word if the President attempts to carry
! out lis proclamation, Maryland is at liberty to
choose her destiny "aa the dictates O. interest or
feeling may sugges." The President Is aware that
| his new policy will develope few treicEs in
the border States, but he is glad to find who thoy
| are in season TO meet thsir treason successfully.
| "loyalr correspondent Of the Chicago Times,
| writing from Memphis, Tenn, denoances the pro.
| elamation with boldness which will doubtless
soon give him lodgings in Fort Lafayette. he says
| This shallo W pretence OF payment ii mere
"catch.p penny" from the fact it compes owners TO
part with ther property, snd. rely upon an abo!i.
ZION Congress for remuneration. Under such Ger.
cunstances II il not difficult 70 discover that few,
II any. will ever be paid, AID If PAID it will be
a mere farce far as the valuation is concerned
This proclamation of the President falls like a
wet blanket upon the loyal men Of the South
He etcfore they have insisted to their friends that
Mr Lincoln was conservative, and would with
him by the "ntegeF worshippers." and now those
friends very justly confront them with this Eb-
clifton dccuulsnt, to which there il of cOnrse
answer.
There il little else talked of now amongst officers
and sol 1ers, and at times their discussions become
heated that qures the interference Of friends
to prevent collision; In fact hatred and bitter
ness the necessary results OF this uuwarranted
assumption Of ths President, and every day de-
velops such dissssnfactiOn with large portion of
our army that fears enter:R aimed as to the re-
suIts Already the soldiers are excited and improve
every opportunity TO vent their indignation upon
the hordes OF negroes who stiutting the streets
of Memphis mary OF them wearing the uniform OF
a soldier Of the United StAtes
A correspondent Of the same paper writing from
Columbus. Ky il greatly aarEaed abou. the effects
the proclamation will have on the army: