Nebraska advertiser., 1862-06-05
secession SImpathlsers.

WAeh the FeDSIllOn was Oelng anduEu-
rated by the fire. eaters Of the South. one
element they calculated on in their aid
their sympathisers in the Morrill,
They believed that the Breckenridge
Democrats, and a portion of the Douglass
and Bell men, would be Influenced by
their party affiliations to cooperate with
them. In these calculations, so far as the
mass Of the people in these parties were
concerned, they are previously mistaken.
There is no doubt, however, but many
who had been leaders in the Democratic
party were from the first, and are yet, as
strong sympathisers with JEFF. Davis s.
Co., as any who have taken up arms in
the South. But so strong was the pOpu-
lar feeling in favor of the Union, and the
uprising of the people so tremendous,
that for a time they were either mum, or
pretended Union men. hypocritically
crying for a prosecution Of the War.
But Of late they have taken more cosr-
age, and are now making a great effort
to perfect an organization, assuming the
name of 1.-THE Democratic Party.p
A portion Of the Democrats in Con-
gress, thirteen IN number, under the lead
Of Richardson, Of Illinois, VaHanding-
ham, of Ohio, and vOorlss, Of Indiana.
issue a manifesto which they style a
democratic Address" Certain Demo-
cratic papers chime in, and ia a covert
way give all the aid and comfort to the
enemy in their power. We have two
such papers in Nebraska, the Omaha Ne.
brdskidn, and the Nebraska City Neus.
We did not expect anything better from
the Meas, but we confess we are i little
surprised at the recent course of the Ne
braskian. From the antecedents of
CLARK, and from the "stand he took at
the opening Of the war, ? we really thought
he was a Union man. We fear he is DOW
Influenced against his " better Judge
ment by some Democratic aspirant for
Congress. Last fall. when Clark was a
candidate for the Legislature, the Ne
braSkian was very severe and bitter upon
secessionists. II was constantly denounc-
ing the Council Bluffs BugIe for its sym
Pathy with traitors. But for a month past
the leaders in the Nebraskian contain as
much dislOyalty as the BuFIe ever did. In
the leader Of May 29th il charges the
Administration with ignoring the Consti-
tuition, and consequently not entitled to
any more support from the people f; 1t
speaks lightly Of the recent reverse of the
Union army on the Potomac-calls ii
"the brilliant charge of Gen. Banks
across the Potomac" il expresses ''sur.
prise" at 1.-THE recent great rush of loyal
troops from The North to protect Wash
inglon.' and intimates that mo other
people on the face of the earth would
have done SO. Every leader in that pa
per for a month past is written in about
The same strain as the one from which
we have quoted. In lis leader Of May
18th, it endorses what it calls a "deci-
sion of Judge Swain, and argues that a
man furnishing the rebels.wllh provisions,
firearms, ammunition and information, was
not guilty Of treason. This, it says, us
evidently good law. Only those, it is
%contended, are traitors, who take up arms
against the U. s., or who adhere to the
foreign enemies during a war with a
foreign country" If that is "good law p
then Mason, Slidell, Yancy, and even
JEFF. Davis himself is not guilty of trea-
son. for he is holding prayer meetings at
Richmond instead of fighting at the head
Of his army. He has probably never ac-
lually shot a Union soldier.