, 1862-02-28
INCREASE OF DoUGHFACEISM.

Du1i1g the past ten days, Traitors
Rights hare assumed an importance in |
Washington, which would be quite laugh !
able if it were not lamentable. Carlile |
brsying in the Senate and Voorhees, in the /
House, give public expression to u vast
deal f private gabble among Democrats, !
Border State men, and pro-slaycry Kcpub~ |
1icans, there and here, in which The suffer
inss of our wounded soldiers, the agony Of |
widows and orphans made such by this
impious rebellion, and the dark future Of
taxation and bankruptcy frowning upon
the loyal States, are as nothing beside the
three hundred thousand rebel shareholders
who have just now come to grief It is
not to be denied Or disguised that pro-
slavery e-action has set in at the Capital,
as consequence Of the recent Union VIC
tories-a reaeticn which only the people
can stem by the most positive manifesto
tons Of their anger. Doughfaceism has
had no.such carnival in the country since
the day when John Randolph scalded the
first dougLface in Congress. sour mis-
puided brethren" is the phrase oftenest
employed, coupled as it is with
propositions for q general amnesty, and
the reinstatement Of the blacks at
Fortress Monroe aud Port Royal AL these
guilty ideas have had for their basis the
strange assumption and dcluslon that the
war: is practically ended. To the confu-
sion Of the sympathize1s with Davis, Floyd
and Wigfall, the news now comes from
" Richmond and Memphis that the rebels do
not consider themselves, by any means,
whipped; but rather, like the Titan, who
w1estlcd with Hercules, refreshed and III
xigorated by being flung to the earth We
have not yet destroyed OF captured more
fhan onc~twentieth Of the rebel army.
But if it were possible to suppose The war
to be ended By the victory at Donelson, has
it been wholly ppoftlcss? Have We
amassed a national debt Of $3.50, ,D0. 900,
md sert our thousands Of soldiers to the
grave. all to no purpose? We think not
The slave power has been humbled for the
first and only time in American history
Thus much is graved OIL the tablets Of thu
eye, and even though slavery should rist
from the conflict stronger, for the time be
Ing, than ever before, it Will have beer
publicly flogged and set on the Ounce
block to he deridcd Of all M
ons, its devotees, the selfstyled "ehiv
airy" win have been put to flight 1ik
guilty CUTS, each with his tail describing
parobclic curve Slavery may hcresfte
winfawning from towards and time server:
but respect neeer. It's comb is cut. ltwi
always be q bully; it VIII alway
breed bullies; but it will never agga1
he successful bully It's representative
on the floor Of Congress Will be merel
nuisances like Carl1e and Salisbury, {
funny old scolds like Wiekli{fe Whetht
this sum total is fair equivalent for tt
$75o,00o, Goo and the other things which
has cost, may be 9 question open to COZ
trovczsy Withoutassunlipgt to decide it,
must be admitted that good deal Of grour
has been gained which can never be 10:
for nobody can hereafter stand ii terror
slaye-driye,s threats Even Democrats
the yoorhees and Vallandigham breed ma
if they please. jump on it with impun't
like the frogs On their king when Jupit
presented them with log.