East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-12-09
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FALSE TEACHINGS.

l"iNH ny tue'T ueiueTdlc dltcNplo 10
inislead the public. 1t was natural that
before election they should assert that
every man who voted for Seymour would
vote to sustain the rebellion, aud that
his election would cause a shout OF Fri
umph to rise from all rebeldom This
was all legitimate aud in keeping with
the system of lying practised in political
campaigns. A certain amount of false.
hood Was also to be expected after the
election, for tho defeated party always
solaces itself with any aud all reasons,
except the true one.
But the republican press ventured on
falschood so gross that its own readers
did not believe il. After haviog de-
clared that tho election of Seymour
void be victory for treason, it turned
round and asserted that it was only an
expression of the peoples indignrtion
that the war was not prosecuted with
more vigor. Do the editors believe that
Mr.. Lincoln is deceived 10y these asscr
tons do they really believe there is an
intelligent man in the State who is de.
ludcd 10y it? They do not believe it
themselves, and yet they assert it day
after day with the most perfect sobrety.
They know, and Mr. Lincoln, aud every
man knows that the democratic victo.
rIes were Il condemnation of his policy
IN carrying on the war--a policy cxhlb'
tied IN illegal arrests political informed
cling with tho army, and chiefly IN The
proclamation of general emancipation
Now IT tho cpublcan leaders think that
the conduct of the ostrich is wise in run
nIng his head into the sand when hard
pressed by the hunter, then they are pur.
suing a sensible course. But stave IL Oft
rs they will and cover il up as they may,
the unwclcone truth remains, that the
majority OF the northern people demand
that MIR Lincoln shall abandon the pol
Icy which insists that the war shall from
the first of January, DC pushed Til tour
millions of slaves are free, aud eight
miilions ot wetes eXterlnlnated or beg.
gars. This condemnation docs not al se
from any love of slavery, but from the
unalterable conviction that the attempt
to press the war to such an issue will
certainly tail--that it can bring only
bankruptcy, useless slaughter and hnai
abandonment of the struggle Yet the
republican papers will notmcet this point
indeed they cannot DO forced even to
state 1t The other day the Times in
reply to All article in the Journal of Com.
n.erce, SAID that the difference of views
was s"ncedicss dssenssion"-that mo
one believed in prosecuting the war for
the purpose OF abolishng slavery,"-as
II tho question of slavery per Sc had any.
thing To do with the point in discussion
We said n the election, aud we say
now, without any reference To the moral
aspect OF slavery, "you have pledged
yourselves to an impossible policy
liavc you ever measured the length and
breadth aud depth and height OF the 81
gantlc undertaking you propose to ac.
comphsh! The system of general con
iiscatlon and acknowledgements which it
is proposed 10 enter upon the first of
January, in or1e.' to succeed, must prac-
tcaliy extermlnatc eight millions of
whites, or at least leave only the rem
nant that can no longer fight brggars,
and 'hc slaves masters Of the country.
Now let it be borne in mind that we are
not discussing the righteousness of such
retrlbutlon to the South. either on &C.
count of slavery itself or this infamous
rebellion. The question is, are We not
attempting an impossibiity? What ma
ton can accomplish snch a herculean
task What though our resources are
rutticIent, does any sano man believe
that the North will consent to the long
aud wasting war that such a policy de.
inands. Here is the point made by the
conservative men, and one which the re.
publican press refuses 20 meet 1t says
No are not warning against slavery
We only strike it to strike the rebellion.
es, but tho conservative North says
you cant strike the rebellion n that way.
Whether your action be constitutional
or not, is is impolitic, because it seeks
an lnposslbllity. If this war is to last
until eight 1ilions of whites are expat.
rated or rendered omcaStS, and fonr
millions Of slarcs arc cared for, Mis gen.
er"t'0n riH not see The end eft.
Let those who think that the uphold.
ing the Presidents policy, they are AL.
vocatlng successful war and "a speed !
triumph to our arms, ponder this seri.
Nc,e5urg telegraph.