Smyrna times., 1862-10-02
Who are DisuniOnists ?

In our last issue we asked the chairman
of the Central Committee, whose name was
appended to bill calling for meeting of
the Peace Democrats, to give an intelligent
exposition of the expression Disunion
Party" as applied to the Union Party, con-
tained in the bill. In stead of the writer,
or at least the person over whose name the
bill appears, answering, the Editor of the
DelH0Ue,n, whom we have cuffel and piled
with questions, propositions, &C., all Of
which he has failed satisfactorily to meet
many of them not daring to answer at all
like sycophant, who regards the person to
whose hand he is accustomed to look for
patronizing crumbs, jumps into the ring
and for OEce really does seem to be aroused
The usual stock in trade" lies" imps.."
&c.,-is, however, so noticeably deficient as
to almost make us suspect the present dia-
tribe was not poured from the accustomed
vial of wrath. Be that as it mav-it is a
matter of no consequence tous Ifthe Ed
ltor OF the Dciacmcs0t thinks that his friend
cannot give an intelligent exposition of the
word " disunion," as applied to the Union
Party 1--WE admit ourselves its difficult
task even for more able expounder to ac-
complish) and his obligation is such that he
must attempt it, well and good-twO. heads
are better than one, to use an old adage,
" if one is a cabbage head" With all the
talent assumed b. the De'ararean. as so
much better able TO answer than the writer
of the bill, we cannot see the iaeiflcnce of
the exposition rs asked fOr-nothino but
string of declarations as weak in strength
as the gossamer's web. When the Delcr,ra-
rean Editor asserts that the Union Party
had it in its power "to avert the civil strife
that now afflicts the country" we refer him
to one of his taaet patrons, who declared
that the only thing that would satisfy the
country would be the resignation of Presi-
dent Lincoln, and this, too. notwithstanding
he was elected according to the prescribed
forms of the Constitution. This individual
but expressed the feelings of the most of
his Breckenridge compeers, all of whom are
undying in their love for the Constitution
and the Democratic Party, whose motto in
the days of its purity was, ''the majority
shall rule" While any other Government
would have caught and hung these conspi-
ratOrs against our flag and Constitution.
our Government allowed them to blate trea-
son in the Capitol itself, and only begged
them not to carry their project of destroying
the nation into effect. This same party of
which the DeL1,carean glories in being a
member of, had it in its power to have aver
ted this strife in its incipiency, as they had
the President, the Cabinet and the Senate,
the army and navy all under their control.
The President and their leaders feasted and
cajoled with the traitors and gave them the
control of all our means of national defence.
saw them send our ships away, break open
our arsenas and filched our mints, and
wlnked at it too, when he and they should
have regarded their oath like that t,,,e ex.
pounder Of Democracy, Andrew Jackson
and scotched the monster when it first be
gan to squirm. And what is more. thei,
great head and leader, Breckinridoe. who
used the same kind of arguments before l.,
crossed the line that the JJeItma,ra0 and If.
supporters now do, is at the head of an ar.
my having for its object the destruction o.
of our Government vet we novar eoo on,
word of condemnation ofhim in its columns
but every issue teens with abuse of the Ad
ministratiOn, beset and surrounded as if !.
with traitors in front and rear, whose poTIu
ted hands it is trying to unloose from thei
death grasp Of the nation. If the disunior
Democrats are not in sympathy with seces
sion, why do they cry peace"-iust wha
the rebels want? Why do they say let tn,
South go!-that is everything the rebel,
ask. Why do they tell you that Delaware
will soon be in the Southern Confederacv
that is all the Southern secessionists claim
Why are they trying to distract and create
divisions in the Government? This is inst
what, above all other things, the secession
lists want them to do.
Instead of these Democrats trv;no e.
avert this strife, as we have, thew encorr
aged it in the beginning, and are encour.
aging it still. The war might have been
closed to-day--in fact there need have been
no war. If the Democrats had been true 70