The Portland daily press., 1862-10-16

tuto icluS. All suSu
we pass. It is the base appeal to prejudice 10
which we would call attention; the effort to
array every mechanic and artisan, every farm
er and laborer, every professional man and ev-
cry tratiicker against the Government of his
country, and against the cause in which that
country is now engaged, by impressing him
with the belief that all his efforts, and all his
burdens-confessedly heavy-are to support
race of worthless and indolent blacks, whom
God created for servants, but whom the Gov
eminent would exalt to be equals of those
who are heavily taxed for their support
That the editor of the Advertiser believes
in such stuff we have not the slightest faith.
He kno,cS better. A man of brains must know
better; but he has made up his mind to head
off the admnistraton-the President "and his
most perverse advisers"-and he Is ready to
resort to anything to accomplish this purpose
First, he would appeal to the ballot box-a
righteous and legitimate appeal, but in this
case for base end-to secure Congress that
will say to the President and his most per-
verse advisers, thus far shalt thou come and
no farther, by refusing appropriations to cary
on the war, by refusing to authorize the en-
listment of the necessary men, and by thus
compelling a compromise with rebels in arms.
Fearing failure in his appeal to the ballot
box, he would whisper mischief into the sol
diers ear, and stir him up to revolt and insub-
ordination by begetting in his mind the belief
that he is being sacrificed to an oligarchy of
fanaticism.'
But the attempt to breed discomfort in the
soldiers heart, like the appeal to the ballot
box, may prove failure, and so, ito restore
peace to the nation, or the nation to peace" it
must be "'ieemed an acceptable gift of Provi-
dence, and a God-send of Unreasonable bles-
SINGS" to have intervention. Interrention no
matter ,rhat, Intervention no matter where
from; it may be the Intervention of armies and
fleets, of fire and sword; it may be from Eng
land or France, or both combined, -",rhaterer
or whererer coming" it was to be welcomed
as providential gift, a God-sent blessing, if it
would but stop the war, no matter on what
conditions, or how dishonorable to free peo-
ple
But England and France may be as slow to
meet our Monitors in their own waters, as the
soldiers are to listen to the promptings Of mu-
tiny, or the people at the baot-box to respond
to an appeal for compromise with rebels in
arms,-so another nerve must be touched. and
this time it is the pocket nerve-confessedly
one of the most sensitive known to communi-
ties-to be excited by an appeal TO one of the
crualtet araitti;eas H.
the prejudice against portion of Gods hu-
man creation on account Of characteristics for
which their Maker-and not themselves-is
responsible.
1fCongress cannot he controlled, and the
supplies be cut Off through that channel. per-
haps the people. stung TO indignation BY the
thought Of taxation for the support Of negroes
In idleness. may be induced 10 do what Con-
gress refnscs-stop the war by refusal to sub
init 10 tax tor It's support
Were the editor Of the Advertiser a man OF
no more brains than he Is willing to concede
TO the editors Of the Press, we would suppose
that all his mischievous suggestions were made
without any definite end towards which all Of
them particularly point; but he Is man Of
brains. and he knows how TO reason. and he
moves not without logic. and the different
suggestions TO which we have referred. follow
each other In regular order, each an advance
upon Its predecessor. With such a series of
mischievous suggestions, 50 carefully arrang-
ed, and all pointing to one result; and each
the fitting stepping-stone to the next in order
-. -.
OF the belief that they are all conceived in a
spirit anything but patriotic and loyal to hui
manity and good government. and that their
practical influence must be anything but bene-
fetal to the country.