, 1862-10-14


Dying. my prayer shall be,
That eseEy star Eay typlfy |
4 country truly free.
DETROIT CORRESPONDENCE
The Terry Leaders II -MicAigan-7Ae Detroit
FIRE. Press and the Ch.cog0 1faaes-Tac Tory
Rt~.1utitns-Btadhy F. GrangeT-His Con- |
grx>*iv"oz Atcord-iAe Tories Aominute II M
ia. Ie-tltttso7t.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tsibunc.l
Detroit, October II, 1862.
There Is probably not another loyal State
ir the Union in which the leaders Of the
Democratic party arc so universally and 80
bitterly opposed to the govcrnuent-so iu-
terse}y prc-s!ayery in principle AID action,
ard so heartily in sympathy with the South,
AZ in Michigan. There is 10 other Northern
State il which there are not to BE found prom
inent and influential Democrats who are hon
est ard patriotic enoug; to cut loose IRON
their old pre-slavery Organizations, and to de-
clare themselves acainat the rebellion without
condition or qualification, slavery or 10
slavery, and in favor even Of coufi=cation and
emancipation, if thereby the rebellion can be
ended q single day sooner. You have such
men in Illinois; they have them iu New York,
III Penns3 1vabia, in Massachusetts, and even
in Masyland, Kentucky aud Missouri But
here in Michigan, Gen. Cass alone excepted,
we have none-.tot one. The men who have
been known here Us the leaders of the De-
mocracy, with that single exception, are all
blind. bigoted, malignant, and unscrupuIous
o-slavery psrtisana, ready to sacrifice the
Union, and liberty ITSELF rather than forego
the smallest chance Of regaining their lost
power, and once more tasting the spoils Of
Office.
1t is not necessary to inquire whether, in
| adopting policy whose direct tendency Is to
give aid and comfort to the rebellion and to
| preserve unitnpa.rcd the power Of slavery,
| our Democratic papers are influenced BY
| heartfelt sympathy with the object Ut the trs!-
and Infamous Institution at the bottom Of
their rebellion. 1t is enough to kuox II that
tie direct and pa1pabls effect of that policy is
to strengthen luc hands and encourage tie
hearts Of the rebels, and to extend and p@rpat-
nate the power Of slavery. They kno y that
euch will he, ard they mean that s1ch shall
he, the result OF the course they have adopted.
IL does not 1ekssn their guilt that they have
adopted it rather to secure the triumph OF
their party BY securing the confidence and en-
titlirE themselves to tue support of the Son h
ern slayeholding Democracy when the rebel
lion shall have been endsd. Whether innu-
enced by one consideration or the other,
either proves them to be trlitor5. But il
must not be thought that the rauk and file OF
the De1nocrstic parfy arr not as honest and
patriotic II Mici1san as In any o:her State:
Tie people cyerywbera-thcse who do not
live upon Office and arc intelligent enough to
know right from wrong, are loyal and true,
aud in Michigan no less than elsewhere. The
Democratic masses utterly abhor the treason
able action of their leaders, and they will re-
pudfatc it by thousands at the approaching
election.
If fary chari.ab1y minded persons arc dis
pos.d 10 think my Judgment Of the Demo
cratic wlre-pullcrs OF our SCa-e harsh or IN
just one, let him examine carefully the tont
Of the Democratic organ Of this city, or, wha
will answer the same purpose, Of 5onz seccs
sion Ttsnes, the one Of which is but the rche1
of the other, and TO the records OF our Demo
cratic State and other conventions. Tue,
will fiud IN especially striking iliustration Q
this fact in the action Of our late Democratic
Siatc conventfonf read in the light Of HI
peck's commentaries. copy Of which
] herewith enclosed. That speech is not onl
the key to the spirit of this particular cor
ventiou, but to that Of the party in Michigan
/ for he is emphatically the representative N \
of the party. Aside from his high position i
! tsratks, having once represented It IN Cor
Ert S., and been standing candidate for GOV
e,nor, as well as chief engineer Of the part
for several years, this speech Was 1arm1
cheered and approved by the whole conve1
tion to which it was delivered, every eyldens
was given that 1t NET tie Views Of that bod,
It may therefore be taken as faithful ex2s
. sition Of the principles and purposes Of ii
: Michigan DEMOCRACY.
; AIa what ire the principles and purpose
Z here avowed: 1t is uothi1g more no. Lei
Il than opposition to the president, to the 81
| ltruf1 In kxtF 1or,t$ $H
That is the long and the short Of the matte
> He declares that the SUCCESS Of the Northc,
democracy is the only salvation of the SOut
r tie rckellion, and their only hope. He, ther
It fore, pledged himself, the convention, aud tt
T. party 10 oppose the administration, and
the hitter end. aud this pledge WIS accepts
and ratified by the convention! aud th
pledge was but an echo of the spirit OF Il
resolutions. Such is the platform-such Il
position of tie Democracy OF Michigan,
. proclaimed By their authorized Agents; a.
the Union party, orgaujzed expressly to gi
the administration: more EARNEST suppu
i than they proftEscd to believe Republica
were willing 20 extend to it, and acting In ha
nony with the shameless secessionist*, Al
are nov standing upon the same d.sloyal p1'
= form! But not satisfied with their Own treac
= sry and degrscstion, they have the cool
frontory to ask II pu'licaus to come to ths
= rescue, snd aid the,n to elect ticket In who
!. election, it is avo~cd, Is the only hope Of t
, South. Do tley thiuk Republican trai.o
that theJ should do this loose thing?
Some IT your readers may have heard Of 0
n. BRADLEY +. Granger, who ~as elected to G.
gress fio.n the first district Of this State ta
:, yvars ago by the Republican party, and "
: turned traitor to his principles, or rather
l. professions, fer he has proved that he mex
had any priuc!p !pie-ard to his party. HI vot
1 against tie hi | to exclude slavery from t
~ territories. against confscatlon and emauci]
tieu, and against every measure dtsikred
cripple the rebellion or weaken the po yer
e slarery- In short, he sold himself, duriag
8 very first session IN Congress, body aud breee
4 es, to the Fallandigham Democracy. Otcoul
- the Congressional Republican Convention
pudiated the vile traitor, though he had I
lmpudence to come to them for 4 renomi,
t1on. But the pro-sIayery secession D IN ocl
cy have given him plaster for this Won,
n They have nominated this cast-off apostste
H. their candidate tor Congress, aud be ls \
makes up in subsesvlency and treaehe
He haa just brains enough to
a knave. and that Is the ct
:, merit Of aNorthern douehface. But unfor
u cately for the cause to which he his commit
u hlmself, he will mot be elected, tor he is
- much difpised by the honest portion Of
Democracy Is he is by all Republicans.
ocEst!c party Tor the sake OF an Office md n
he has deserted the Republicans for the 81
X reason. His first detection was inme1tat
after the overthrow Of the Democracy In I
State, and his reason Was ccr,aio be thou
- he foretaw the downfall Of the Repabli
Nc party. He has no~ cheated and betrayed b
Il parties. He will not be perc,it'ed to Ct
/. do i to e1nigrate to Dixie aud Try bis vaiu
- that market Exzl