, 1862-10-23
ALLIES or 1HE SOUTH.

ALLIES or 1HE sou III.
Gen. PrentIss, in his capital speech, at
Bryan Hall, on Tuesday evening, during
which lie. related his experiences in tho
prisons Of the South, had occasion, in re-
proving the secession sympathizers Of the
North, to quote from Southern pa
pcr the evidence OF tie aid aud
comfort which the organization that
is opposing the Administration and the
war, is affo1ding the rebels in their uu- |
holy crusade upon the Constitution and the |
Union. He read tie following one
of many such extracts in his possession
from the Daily CbnstitutionaIsst, puolished |
at Augusta, Georgia, a trusted, and, next |
10 the Richmond Enquirer, the most inhu- |
entail organ Of Southern opinion:
*Thc1e is, however, evidently in the Test, and |
psrtcu1a1ly in Ohio Indiana and Illinois, strong
opposition to the present WAT upon the South
The tone Ct the presB In those Ststcs, the public
meetings, and tie Democratic Conreat;oAs, all
prove this conclusively. This feeling does not
lirp}ay itself boldly opposed to the VA sr Sc.
but ASSUME the form Of opposition to abolition
ism, coercion and suhjugatioa. 1t would not be
eafe to exhibit it otherwise, for In thA* event the
individuals giving expression to It would eoun
find themselves fncarceszted within the walls Of
some Yankee Baettle, aud their opposition thus
epecdly snd efectually crushed out. Bat by pro-
Tossing devotion to the Enion4 the Constitution
and the Administration Of Abraham Lincoln, they
can ozgauize thoroughly for work, aud thus secure
q way to Triumph in the approaching fall cleo
tiops.''
We thank the CoNstitulionaIist for its
frankncss, and We entreat the men who
are really patriotic, who hate rebellion and
slavery, and who earnestly desire the
triumph of OUT arms and the preservation
E the Union, but who, unfortunately, are,
.Ad association. By personal ahiuities,
more or less mature conviction, at
u .n,tn~ to what remains Of the Democratic
n: B-W.to see 10 it that their leaders do not
81 Xse,rIsafhem, =, ty the plea Of party oblisa-
eels sent into position from which they can
N0Ts rccede until the Onion cause is lost
ne1do not impcl them to do, on the day of the
? election, what ycars Of repentance cannot
repair. They will permit us to assure
them that thu extract which We quote is &
clear, frank, and no doubt honest express
si,,n Of what every leading rebel feels,
Their lope is in the division Of tile North
1y lust the means that Richardson, Vallan-
djcl.am, A1ahoDcy, the Aliens, Fernando
Wood. aud tie Chicago Times have inauSS-
7,ratcd. They sec that with a divided and
yarring North the rebellion must succeed,
and they see, recognize. bless and nourish
the Influences by which that division can
lc made. Everywhere the Southern press
rings with paragraphs like that that Gen
Ptcu1iss read; and could We today pre-
sent to our readers the files Of the leading
jc.1nals, they could sec, each mau for him
self, that tie anchor Of every rebel, who
thinks, is in tie success Of the wary and
.:murlcrous movement that our Northern
traitors have put on foot
But there is still more conclusive proof
1rroof that does not depend upon editorial
7,aragraphs-1-oot in public documents
Of tho grayest characier-that the rebc]
Congress itself shares the belief that Tx
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hals na@e eAlaesse"' 4n~ esss ~
iofe'gn Affairs III 1nat coae1ess, IL
their recent report favorable 20 the propo
.;,;,,, fiat thtir President should Offer 1,
S+o+.o ,,,c f,,,,. ,,av,r,,;,,
- ,,,o a1;ss;ss;,n; and favora1,1e comme,
-, r.,a,;ons ~ condition thot they wonl
<ocodc from thc Tinted states. thu
,o1-,on1.aco;1 1bp e.rrict.s of thc,r allie
ofvhom wn sneak and to wl,o,n Gencr.
pncn,;ss referred.
1tIe gratifying to discover that high epfr1te
and intelligent public men in eeveral Of the Mort
western states haSe o1 1ase neeome czceeo'ns
cl7e II .nets e.aea'o.s -st ~ .ana.at.,
amonr @ their Fellow c,tizeps, and thst their hone
and patriotic efforts havs been already attcndt
with the most marked success.
IT, q thie 1eac canttee :, Is an
dept1y believed, world have I. tendency to srea,
strengthen the efforts Of the advosates Of pea
IN thc Northwestern eaie"'a,eo 10 OH
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