, 1862-09-16
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THE NEW TREASON.

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The air throughout the whole country is
thick with rumors that q forcible change in
the Cabinet Of the President, in the mem
bc1ship Of the House Of Representatives
and Of the Senate Of the United States, is
intended By a minority Of our countrymen
who have ever been unfricndly to the Wig
orous prosecution Of the war for the pun
1shment Of rebels and the maintenance Of
tie Union. The New York Herald, emf
ncntly disloyal, the fit organ Of such der-
ilish inspiration, calls upon General
Mcclellan, once more In command
of the army Of the Potomac,
to become the instrument by which our
fu1m Of Government is TO be altered, and
our liberties destroyed; and the ten thou
sand blatant blackguards who give express
sion in some concrete form to the plans
that the daring leaders conceive, and to
hopes that they indulge, are loudly rc-
echoiug the HeraM's demand. The New
York Times and other journals Of less note
seem to be alarmed Ut the holiness with
which the conspiracy is ayowcd, and the
Government at Washington, busying itself
with the arrest Of such hraying nincompoops
asM Z. johnson Of Galcna, affects astonish-
ment or at least maintains silence in the
face Of the destruction with which it is
threatened. Gen. raj Mcclellan, full Of the
grave duties the execution Of which is en-
trusted to his care, has, ne presume, no
time to listen to or heed the reasonable
vapo1ings Of his newspaper champion
and the rc-cchoing plaudits Of its sup
portcrs. And thus the matter stands.
Within the last eighteen months SO many
Thugs have occurred to move wonder and
excite surprise, that the people have be-
come inscnsible to the influences which
aforctimc would have moved them to the
rrefoundest depths. But, thank Hcavcn,
the apathy Of the masses does not extend
beyond the surface Beneath that the
love Of country, Of our Institutions, Of our
Gtedom, Of the possibilities Of national,
sucial and political prosperity which
the rebellion has cut of, remains as
fslyia and glowing as ever before.
Tic men who are sending out withia
single year. more than million and
quarter Of their f-llows 10 dare the dangers
Of tho battle field, and who have no.
WINGED under the prospective taxation
which must fe1loT the expenditure Of
1!1':usa,:d millions Of money, all for tie
n:airtcrancc Of the institutions which our
f-thcrs established, though they may not
row bctray TIE anger and loathing which
thc new proposition excitcs, or tie con-
tempt which the CO wardlce Of the Admin
is.ration inspires, will, when the hour Of
trial comes, show these bad men who, like
thieves at fire, take advantage Of an hour
Of dunecr and distress 10 ply their unholy
trade, that the peril Of the present hight
e1ss the worth Of the blessings that they
orce enjoyed, and to which they hope to
return; and that the cabai Of plotting
civilians or conspiracy Of military chiefs
which attempts TO overthrow this Govern
inert las brought upon itself vengeance
as swift, sure and overwhelming as if il
1!'c;ed by Il sudden judgment Of the
Almighty himself.
History is not without its instructive cx-
an,ples Which show how faction, stinu-
1attd by the inrurity with Which it inlul-
gcs its boasts, is often tempted to make its
deeds correspond with tho daring Of its
words, only to be utterly auniAilased by
the storm which itself had raised R1t no