Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-07
SATURDAY. JUNE a. 1899.
WORCES TER.

THE emancipationists in congress say the
war must be continued Il year longer in order
TO bring the people up 10 the Hunter doe
trine--in short, that the war is not TO be pros
ecuted to restore the Union and preserve the
constitution, but 10 emancipate the negroes
Boston Post, June 3.
The first thing to be said of this is that it is
not true. Those in congress whom it denom-
mates "emancipationists" have not said any
thing to justify or excuse snch a statement.
1t would be more probable and quite as truth
full to assert that the Post and its fraternity
would hurry the war to a conclusion on any
terms, through fear that it may in the end
crush out their political lord and master, the
slave power That journal knows very well
that those against whom it brings this un-
founded accusation, have never dreamed of
desiring to have this war prosecuted merely
to emancipate slaves, but it is very far from
being candid enough to say so. If they de-
sire to strike at slavery, it is because they be-
lieve what's obvious to every reasonable man,
that a destruction of the slave power is indis-
pensable, not only to a restoration of the
Union, but also to its safety after it is restored
is the Post capable of candid endeavor to
show that they are wrong?
The Boston Post, which seems to us far
more intent on restoring the slave power to
supremacy in the republic than defending the
Union against its enemies, speaks of the old
democratic party as ''the glorious national
party" 1t will be remembered that in this
party the secession leaders were bright partic-
uiar stars, that it kept them in power as long
as possible, that its influence was used to or
ganize their conspiracy, and that if an upris-
ing of the people had not interfered they
would have used it successfully to destroy the
republic and establish slave despotism on its
ruins. There can be no difficulty in under
standing the Posts idea of ''glorious nation
al party" while it utters that eulogy with
such cordially and emphasis. That journal
longs for its old alliance with the slavery ex-
tremists. In 1860, it took sides with them
against the Douglas democrats, and now its
tone indicates that it would sacrifice the flu
ture safety of the republic and expose it to the
baseSt despotism the world ever saw, to Sc
cure restoration of that old alliance.
For years the slavery extremists have been
engaged in a reasonable conspiracy of which
this rebellion is only one manifestation. The
Post has invariably supported them in every
thing else but this, and no doubt, it would
eagerly do so again, for it omits no opportuni-
ty to denounce any influence that seeks to
crush out their conspiracy itself, or to excite
prejudice and hatred against those who would
make restoration of the slave power mpos-
sible. 1t talks OF respecting and preserving
the federal constitutions; and yet do we not
all know how vehemently it has clamored for
such an alteration Of the constitution as would
satisfy the traitorous slavery extremists. and
induce them to revoke their declaration of
war by securing to them perpetual control
OF the government? How much respect for
the constitution, or for the Union itself. was
there in that pro-slayery clamor: