, 1862-09-01
What the Illinois State Register is
Doing

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[From the Chicago Post, Aug, 2oIh.1
The Illinois Sta:e Register is 4 Democratic
paper entitled to the respect and confidence
OF the Democratic party. While we daily see
other papers calling themselves democratic
engaged in the diEre uutable work Of playiug
INTO the hands OF the common enemy, We
fareiy deem their conduct worthy Of notice,
DEF to gain notoIlety, they prefer the notoriety
q infnmy for themselves, to the welfare Of
the democratic party. But when We aes. the
ltxgaste7, through inadvertence even doing
Wong or making mistake, We feel ii to oe
the duty Of friendship as we'll as duty t., the
venerable party around whose past histories
II ere nre 60 many glorious associations. to GILL
its attention to the fact.
l. scme weeks ago an individual named Frau
cla W. Hughes, issued various addresses TO til
democracy Of Pennsylvania which were
very graphically written, and very e1ab9rateIy
..got up" No man who read them and who
knew their source could fail to see that the
writer vas seeking DotorieCY at the cost of the
sDemocracy of Pennsy ylynnia" Some papers
at the East very foo1ishly accused the-writer Of
uttering reasonable sentiments; whereupon
Mr. Hughes sent copies Of his productions to
GOV. Seward, asking that gentleman for his
opinion. Dir. Seward. very courteonslg read
the documents, and assuming that thy had no
covert meaning, returned Them to their author
with come Wholesome advice to the effect that
men es loyal as the Democracy Of Peasy1yania
might ind some more appropriate time than
th e LIT Sent to be seeking to keep alive party
distinctions and divisions, when there was an
armed enemy in the field threatening the ex-
istence Of the republic.
The State Register very properly ard Justly
compliments Hr. Seward for his letter, hut We
think It travels very far out OF its way when
it speaks Of Mr. F. ". Hughes as man en-.
| titled TO speak for the Democracy Of Pennsyl-
vari, Or when it speaks of Mr.. Hughes and
the Pennsylvania Democracy as Identical
| Who il A1r, Hughes Has he no history in
tne past from which the Register might have
learned that Nr. Hughes association with the
democracy is after the style Of Lucifar with
| the angels who did Bot rebel
| If the Register gill look to its files of 1860,
it may find that4tr. Hughes is great in tue
way Of addresses. Vt will ind that before and
after The clRrlestoA convention, and before
Hughes, in Ii tisAwa1 1fSf pronnne;anrntoes nai as
protesting to speak $aE the Democracy o
PennEylyaals, faslaredth Democracy con
Sisted in follafinx he fraction OF the admiu
is1ration, .andEht+ asAG Buchanan aud Nc
buchanan's cabinet had decided that no mar
could bea DsnfacE1n Fho &fas not Snpporte
OF the administration, pak.icularly il rhs
choice Of candldat3Sfor the approaching elec
licn, therefore, he, I'll. F. ". Hughes, chair
man OF the Democratic state central commit
tee OF Pcnnsyl7ania;2o far. as he could do 81
" his paper nanlssttoes ruled ont of tbs
Democratic party ~ ina1 who were not sup
was one of the gang Mrpiiticians who sup
ported BreckihrA}ge! in order that LiucoII
uieAt be elected, GdNthe south be furnishe,
with .pretcxt for e.ssssioa. Mr. Hugne
vas prolific during 1SG0 Of proclamations aat
c5rcnlars. He thrust himself in the WAY q
eorccssion and harmony, insisting tha
Brtchlurioge was the only Democratic candi
date. Mr. Hughes Was just as much q Dam
ocrat t1en as he Is now; just as much dis
unlon]st then as now, and as he Wis then TIL
ally OF Bgeckinridge, Yancey and Slidell, an
We think, il he dared DO SO, he would openl,
profess their cause now.
He calls upon tile Democracy to turn asid
from the war at this moment, 10 pass Tasolu
| tlons denonncing the lbolltionfsEs for Pre-
ducing this war, when he knows, and ever
nan knows, that had it not been for Just sucl
men rs he ut the North, there woult hay
lltion would have been swept fron the Ian
By the election Of the representative man
I the Democracy.
The Register may have forgiving spirit, it
charity may be so great that it can lie dow
with the betrayers OF the Democratic part,
the human family consent to act and conso,
with ". F. Hughes, the arch traitor Of pent
Eylvania, or, which would be far less ohjet
tiouable, claim lessee D. Bright as tauliiia
but We have no idea that the Democracy
Illinois Or Pennsylvania will follow in the a
eOciation.
The men above all others who deserz
reprohation, condemnation and public d.
testation are those who, calling themselvt
Democrats, supported the dfsuuion ticket
lSG0, knowing as they well did, the purpof
and determination of the South to dissoly
: tie Union in case Lincoln was elected II
might respect jeff. Davis aud Yaucey, b
for their miserable tools like this M!
Hughes, there can be 10 other feeling thi
contempt.
It msy do well for eecession-ifthey da
newspapers to claim fellowship with Hughe
and boast that he is not . traitor, bus for
. really Democratic paper like the Register to
caught in such trap, is rather inc0uprehe
| 6ibie.