The national Republican., 1862-09-06
EQUALLY OPPOSED TO SECESSION
AND ABOLITION.

The country, We believe, understand the
men who declare themselves to be "squally
opposed to secession and abolition" who wi,b
to hang Horace Greeley aud JEFF. Davis on
the same trse, " aud who regard Massachusetts,
and South Carolina as both pssls to the coun-
try"
The Nltioan I.teL,y.ncer Of yesterday has
AL article in this strain, too long for insertion
in our columns, but 10 which we mark the iol-
lowing passages:
The extremists on either side Of this great
OiVil i"ud instead oi turning SORROW fully away
from the contemplation Of frstricids. are each
eager to precipitate It's horrors on the land"
at is moi for us to apportiOn the relative re
sponslbility fthe parties who have directly and
indirectly combined to bring about that aiiena.
tion Of feeling which has at last eliminated in
q bloody war; but when such representative
agitatorB as Gov. Adams OF the one section and
Wendell Phillips Of the other confess to sense
Of admiriDg gratitude fer the zeal with which
their respective partissus have lent themselves
to the contamination OF bloody purpose 80
profoundly deplored by the great mass OF the
people Of ihe Union, it is enough to say that
ih. eounsels Of men who have proved thus in
different TO the beginnings OF strife are not such
AZ can be safely followed by those who are
seeking to end ii under the Constitution and
laws. Such, at least, Is the impression Of that
sagacious observer and veteran journalist
fhurlow Weed. who, &C., &e.'
Our neighbors are in the habit of using GER
tain words, without much regard to their mean.
ing.
Successful in 1856 in slsctins Mr.. Buchanan
=" the Presidency. by dividipg the North
through u fraudulent Fillmore ticket, intended
Tor no other purpose than to defaat Col Ere
mont, they attempted ihs same operation In
1900, by running Bell ticket, under the pleas,
lug atrh'words Of the Union, the Cons tuition
AID the Enforcement of the Laws"
The last tina their candidate Was seen, he
was IN a c"in6eii near huntsville, Alabama
rnnn,n. with all the speed terror could give
Lin, to es"spe the nrmi-s Of the Union, who
weI. tN ng 10 uphold the Constitution and
the laws IN that r-moir locality. The InisM-
Js"csr II now Illustrating its own regard for
"tbs enforcement Of the laws. by daily abuse
Of those who ark nothing bat tho execution Of
NV oN'r ~ 'ho picecut SohkICSf ptONMluR IDI
the emancipation Gu certain casss) OF the
siaves "f rebels. II is ,hss by the force Of
habit and hoihine elss aud in signal contrast
with its own present coarsE, that the Ia I'll.
gence, mouths those sacred words "the Consti-
tuition snd laws 'rha whole thing il nothing
but dreamy repetition OF an electoneering 9
phrase, under which it attempted to defeat the
Republicans 10 1860. al It had succeeded 10
doing in 1856.
The IateRi jtncey concludes lts article In tbis
wise;
:" II Will he found impossible to wage this
war with vigor 30 long as our couuses are pre-
occupied with political discussions relating tc
topics Of sectional controversy
As we understand the programme of the pol
iticians, whose designs are betrayed by the out,
gIviDgs Of the Iatsligencer, II 10, substantially
to suspend the war, not 10 point Of form but In
point Of fact, until the opponents Of the insti-
tution of slavery will permit themselves to be
s,lenced. Some Of these politicians hope thai
the rebel crew will then consent to come bach
into the Union and rule IL as heretofore Il
necessary, the New England States are to b,
sloughea of, an proposed by Mr.. Riyss, Of Vir
gina, in December, 1861, and more recently
by Mr. Wsdswortt. OF Kentucky, 10 his spescl
IN Congress, which was rspr roduced in the In,
teihgsnctr OF last Tuesday The general ldes
is, that the CONSERVATIVES will refuse TO fl.h
until "topics Of sectional controversy" ar,
dropped, or 10 other words, until the free state
are manipulated into a political conditieu
which will permit the restoration TO power Q
the old slave holdiog oligarohy, uIder "tt
Union as Il was."