The New York herald., 1862-02-25
The Aiders and Abettors OF JeH. Davis
and His Treason.

At the breaking out of the civil war the
Northern secessionists and their organs were
squelched by the strong hand Of the govern
ment. But worse element Of disunion re-
NAMED untouched, and is at this moment the
greatest difficulty the administration has to
contend with. It is scarcely necessary to tell
our readers that we refer to the abolition dis
unionists. Their newspapers and their orators,
in Congress and out of it, have never ceased to
abuse the President and his family, partly in
revenge for the conservative and constitutional
course pursued by the Chief Magistrate, and
partly to intimidate him into subserviency to
their revolutionary designs. They have con-
stantly assailed the generals of the army, with
Mcclellan at their head, because of their
fidelity to the constitution and to the Com
mander-in-Chief of the army and navy. They
have sown the seeds Of dissension between the
generals, and they have labored with all their
might to demoralize the army. Thus they have
aided and abetted JEFF. Davis and his trea-
son.
As an instance Of this we may refer to the
conduct Of the principal organ of mischief and
misrule, the New York Tribune, in surreptitious-
ly publishing the report of Adjutant General
Thomas about the disorganization Of the army
in Missouri, which was never intended to see
the light, and ought not to have been made pub
lie. It was upon this report the removal of
Fremont from the command was based and
the effect of the publication was highly injuri-
GUS to the interests of the nation as exposing to
the rebels the disorders and decentralization Of
the army, and enabling them to recover for a
time the ground they had lost. Shortly after
General Halleck was appointed to the depart
ment from which Fremont was removed, the
new general was fiercely assaulted by the Tri-
b,,ne and other journals of the same stamp be-
cause he would not violate the constitution and
trample under foot the policy of the govern
ment. Thus the Tribune tried to demoralize the
army, and play into the hands of JEFF. Davis and
his treason.
What General Halleck has recently done, in
concert with General Mcclellan, is the best
answer to his calumniators. One of the 7sibmes
disunon fellow conspirators, the World, has open
ed fire in the rear upon General Buell., whose
brilliant strategy has not only forced the rebels
out Of Kentucky, but contributed in high degree
to the important victories in Tennessee. In the
same way these abolition journals assailed as
traitor General Smith, to whose cool courage
and abilities the defeat Of the rebels at Fort
Donelson, which caused their surrender on the
following day, was due more than to any other
man who acted a part on that bloody field.
Thus has the Tribune played into the hands Of
JEFF. Davis and if it had been paid million
Of dollars out of the rebel treasury to aid the
designs Of him and his fellow traitors, it could
not have done 30 more cffectually. If it
has not been paid 1t ought to be; for
it has earned the wages of treason
as truly as did Judas Iscariot when he betrayed
Christ with kiss, and then hanged himself 1t
too has treacherously embraced the cause of the
country for the purpose of betraying it, and
twill find out before long that it has committed
political suicide.
The purpose of the abolitionists is to prevent
the restoration Of the old Union with the COM
promises Of the constitution as 1t is, and they
are moving Heaven and earth and the place
below for its accomplishment. Nothing they
so much dread as the Union restored; for that
would be the death blow to all their hopes.
They have been the mortal foes of the Union
for the last thirty years, denouncing It as "a
covenant with death, and an agreement with
HE'LL" and they are now doing their utmost to
prevent the healing of the breach which
themselves Have made. They are the source
of all our national troubles and they are
seeking to perpetuate them. They are playing
the game of JEFF. Davis most effectively, and it
will not be their fault If his treason be not
crowned with ultimate success, and two second
rate republics be permanently established in
stead Of the one great, glorious and free 60
vernment founded by the patriots Of the Revo-
luton.
BULL Run RUSSELL IN Town AaAN-After
wining, dining, Dragging and clustering among
the recently arrived British officers in Canada,
Bull Run Russell has again returned to New
York, with a large stock Of new predictions
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