Smyrna times., 1862-09-25
MISCELLAN US.
A Faction Threatening Us.

Indications multiply that a faction is to
be organized Ill the loyal States whose pur-
pose it is to demand that the conduct of the
war shall be on terms agreeable to the reb-
els, and to coTce the Administration into
thlt policy. This faction is jubiant at the
failure Of General Pope, and now openly
claims it as merit in officers to refuse ser
vice under him i'll the late unfortunate cam
Paign. Its organs, headed by the He7ytu,
denOunce everything as radicalsm that is
not of this peculiar style of opinion, and
echo the sentiments of Vallandigham and
Hughes with variations to suit events as
they now are. If the radicals" demand
any more vigorous prosecution of the war,
and should Congress enact any more laws,
or demand the enforcement Of those we
have, all this must be put down, Cromwell
fashion, by the strong arm of the generals
who have taken the country into their keep
ing. This is not the mere ebullition of an
hour of triumph on the part of those who
hold that active warfare, such as Gen Pope
proposed, is uncomfortable " radicalism." 1t
is more; it is the deliberate purpose and
plan Of a faction whose natural alliance is
with that other faction which, FILLING to
maintain its hold Of the Government. raised
a giant rebellion to crush the legilnate au-
thOrity.
The danger from this faction in the loyal
States is far greater now than it was one
short month since. 1t grows to proportions
that alarm us almost as much as the adj
vance Of Lee into Maryland 1t threatens
with loud and disOrganiZing voice when op-
posed, and when allowed full sway it gives
us deceitful quiet, marred by nothing in
the shape of active warfare Washington
will be well defended as long as its influence
relgns without doubt, but the blood of those
slain at Manassas will never be avenged :;
nor will their burial places be free to visitors
even with flags of truce. The factionists
do not want the war carried into Virginia.
They do not want the rebels beaten in the
field They have no determined purpose
to compel obedience to the laws of the
Union. Whenever it is safe to do so. they
are ready to say to the associate faction in
the rebel States-We are tired of this war
let us unite our forces and rule the country
again.
But, as we have heretofore said, the peo-
pie of this great loyal nation lie at the bot
tom and rise to the top ofthis great occasion
alike. 1t will not do to tamper with them
through profitless campains aud political
battles. They do not care to waste them
selves IN contests among themselves. such
as these factionists wish to get up Then
opinions are that the rebellion should h,
put down, and that every means in the
power of the Government to emplov fo,
this purpose, and not inconsistent with hon
Orable warfare, shall be employed with Ell
ergy and decision The pretence that grea
differences exist between really loyal mer
Is not true. Very few of those who ar,
Internationally devoted to the restoration
OF the Union possess views about which
whether they agree or not, they care t.
make the subject of the smallest con
tention. All are ready to work at tn,
hard facts of war with every energy the,
possess until armed rebellion is crused out
and vast majority are disposed to regarC
the intrusion of conditions of favor to any
thing belonging to the rebels into the pol
ICY OF the war as but modified form o.
treason. --NOrth American.