The weekly Butte record., 1862-12-06
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state Q! financial aflirs, every one issues his
own currency. and they are 81 enabled to cen
tribate liberally 10 tie relief fund \ Re
publican paymaster paid one entire Indiana
( regiment IL counterfeit funds.
/ The Republican press are now deuouncing
those who left their abolitionized ranks as
traitors. It seems there are traitors in Gree
ley's ranks, as well as in JEFF Daviss,
Politics here in the Atlantic States are pre-
cisely the reverse Of what the Republicans in
California claimed them TO be- Here. the
Uuion party is the Democratic party. the Re
publieans conteuiing for the emancipation
doctrines and their strict party organization
Both parties however, claimed the Union
plaiform-the Democrats standing fairly upon
it, and the Republicans lying on it.
The CoxTRABAxDs At WAsHIyGrox.-Now
that the weather is growing cool the question
naturally arises, what is 10 become Of the uu-
+ merous contrabauds in Washington aud yicini-
ty this winter? VIII the poor wyetcLes be
/ permitted to starye or freeze to DEATH or will
/ the Government undertake to support and pro-
vide for them Their present condition, even
before cold weather has set iu Is miserable and
abjeet in the extreme. What it IS likely 10 be
q couple Of months hence. it Is not difficult to
imagine. Hundreds Of the contrabands here
have had already, quite enough of liberty and
abolition philanthropy. They would gladly
return now TO their masters and mistresses, but
they have no power 10 do SO. and, indeed, are
/ not permitted any opportunity to carry such
design iuto effect. This morning stout negro.
rugged up in cast-of army clothing. came to a
door where | was standing and entreated to be
given " job anything by which be could
earn q meal Of victuals. questioned this man
and found that be was from Fredericksburg.
having belonged TO a well known lady of that
town. Jerry (the negro) had for several years
hired bis time from his mistress, and was
getting along very well as a carter 10 an
evil hour, be determined to turn contlaband," i"
and came TO Washington, bringing a hundred
dollars in silver his savings This hard earned
money IS now all gone, and Jerry himself. sadly
ont at elbows and toes. humbly begsa little
employment al saving wood, to postpone star
walton. lie IS very repeutant and anXioGs to
" go home ; bat. according 10 bis owu state
ment, IS not Glloirei 10 DO So He may rot
among the philan'hropic abolltiouistS but can
not be permitted to return to slavery" This
is one instance ont Of many which have fallen
under my observation, and Of thousands which
undoubtedly exist in this city. What have
the abolition fanatics to say to it? W hat
remedy do they expect others TO apply?
Correspondence \. Y. Express.
So far as can be gathered from the papers
Of the 7th inst, New York, Illinois, Delaware
and New Jersey have gone Democratic, and
large gains have been made in other States
It is considered a great political revolution.
and intimations are already received from
Washington that the Cabinet viii be changed,
and that the emancipation proclamation of
President Lincoln will be withdrawn. That
was The issue, and the people have refused to
sustain it. The President sat all the evening
in the telegraph Office, waiting returns from
the elections, and ii is believed that he will
heed the popular earthquake, the prlmonitory
shocks of which were felt on the night Of the
Sd. What the present Congress viii 90 at
the approaching session it is impossible TO
foreten, but it is to be hoped they viii receive
their punishment with as good a grace as pos
sible, and do nothing rash. From present !
threats the Republican Congress viii proba-
bly, proceed to the most radical extremes.
Concerning the result of the elections the
Chicago Times speaks as follows:
- :. WHAT IT MRANs.-What the great popu- (
lar revolution means can be briefly stated.
1t means that citizens shall not be arbitrarily /
arrested. dragged out Of their own Suites. I
thrown into military prisons, denied q speedy
trial. and held at the pleasure of the Secretary
Of War or of any other unauthorized power.
1t means that the President has no power 10 /
declare martial law over the whole country.
nor to suspend the privilege of the writ Of
habeaS corpus.
1t means that the right Of trial by jury the
privilege Of the writ Of ha5sds corpus, the free
dom OF speech and Of the press. shall be at once /
restored. and martial law Withdrawn except in (
the insurrectionary districts.
1t means that the emancipation proclama- /
nation, and all other unconstitutional measures
in the prosecution Of the war against the rebel
lion. shall be suppressed.
1t means that the war shall be prosecuted
vigorously, with all the resources Of the coun-
try, by competent military leaders to a speedy
conclusion. and that it shall be prosecuted for
the sole purpose Of reestablishing the authori-
~ Of the Constitution in all the States.
It means that it, after the rebellion shall be
put down by the military power. any fair
measures of compromise shall be necessary to
restore perfect and lasting peace between the
North and the South. such measures should be
granted by the North.
Ii means, finally, that the Constitution shall
stand as it is-the Constitution which was the
fruit of compromise. concession and the spirit
of American northumberland that the Union
shall be restored as it was-the Union which
can only be preserved hereafter as it has been
heretofore, By compromise. concession and the
spirit Of j mericaa brotherhood"
The REPUBLICAN CoLoyIzATIoY ScHENE.-
The negroes and their families who have been
induced to JOIN the proposed colony in Central
America have sent memorial 10 the Presi-
dent complaining Of the suffering caused By
delay, and intimating. in very uueqaivocal Ian
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