Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-12-03
The Northern Conservatives.


Soma have INDUCED the belief that he recent exc
tioas in the North argued a change Of Hltimsnt Ia thA.
quarter, flvOrablS to p~sse,'And to the righ;S Of The
South. The OpiniOn advanced BY SSns Of the proni.
nent lenders Of the successful party would sen tsjas
tfy thai impression Mr.. Fernando Wood, We @s Is
stated in = Northern journal, recently declared. Aat be
Misunderstood the GoVsrnorslsct q NsU Ysrk, u he
would permit any eltz,n Of that OO~nnsuvsaltA V b
arbitrarily arrested and denied the privileges Of kGGaI
e0PE'. o hsr3 have employed expressions even nsss
emphatic in reprObA.ion Of the tyranny established At
Washington, and in favor Of peteh These Ae the en-.
Presioos Of Individual opinions, iI = Eas; bat The men
who make them merit honorAbls nsntiSn in any notcl
taken Of the incidents Of this sVeutful era NsvGths
less We must not ioFset, Ia our admiration Of .hrE A.
thots, that they are nothing more than The NnliDas
Of iniiViduAlA When ~ lock to the AVo1alS Of tn
sntdises hsnselSes-GoVernor Seymour for sIim-
Pie-He ind nothing re assuring. Ga he conlrRI
We see evidence OF the gross's. i~gnorAre3 Of the srss
principles ofs confederate system, such a. the cid UniOo
was dssiSced TO b. A union Of sovereign and equal
States hell together by forcs is worse than An a~bsurSily.
Tue doctins Of the Republicans il more log u and re-
sPeeAb.S They are murdeIets. mAranders and seoun.
dres; but they are consistent Tlsy hold that the Fed.
erd agent erSsd By the Safes and endowed by them
with certain limited powers, il sop,sne and ABSOLUTE,
AID has the right and is in duty bouni to eoeic, ito ere
s'ors into unconditional submission. The cDaHrvatiVes.
IN measure, eoneede this supremacy, shias thar AEest
the sovereignty Of THE SAtes; and At the SINE time pre-
claim that the var must be more vigorously prosecuted,
70 the destruction Of state sovereignty and tie mlnte-
marco OF the Federal supremacy. Tbs il . tumble Of
nonsense and contradiction, uninislligibls and beneath
criticism. The differences in suosiarci between the tvo
northern PAr.iel Is the difference between sUeed.e4es
and tNeed!sdln-unlsss indeed lhsrs be q difsrerss
which does NJ, N et abe eve.
Tas may be the case. The removal Of hcJlS!sp-.
PAHasAn Of the successful faction, implies that suci IL the
understanding OF Lincoln Gcd bis Administration. Hold.
ING N tasir taads AlIhe vast patronage uhsch the var
creates, they night be well content to leave 70 Seymsu-
AID his party the petty enoluus nts Of tho Safe Gov.
ernnen's, IL they be, as they proflss TO be, really soRe!-
tou'to = mare vigorous prosecution Of the va. SGn
u may bs ths: the g~reediass Of he Black RspublicAus
- 50 great thAs thy ara Sre,eACd Il anybody else picks
up one eTuDb f;Om The p1bl eerlb. Thismly be the sola
ton OF the inPuAions Of treason against The Coueer.
VALVES; and may have given Iis, 20 the rumozs hat Sey.
m7us and Brooks have already bSea arrested aufln.
Prisonsd in Fort Il FAyet.e.
Waen these IuGors are verified, and uhea ~ see tie
opposing factions gagged in bloody CT de-, or shen
the Conservatives shall oP ny support peace, and assn
don the ~Gbslrdiy Of = Ooahd.1cy held together by
iOree,-is vii te time enough for Us Of The South to
lean upon them, or entertain more RS Sct for them Than
tor their opponents.