The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-03-12
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Their Sympathy is Natural
From the wheallilpqsS in * Press, q ls9,ss
1t is but natural to suppose that the
sympathy between the Abelitionistsy and
the Secessionists is strong. They have
played into one another's hands for Ne
last thirty years, By. long Familiarity.
there is fellow feeling existing, a1d, -
Byron expresses IT, taa8 - y-iSoss os1
"a fellow-feeling makes us wondrSas Mind"
They have both labored for, the disso.
luton of the Union. Who laboreds more
earnestly, more zeaionsly, more ssucssss-
fully for the election Of Lincoln eEaa tho
Who were elated With the
success Of his election than. The Jbcgus
State Rights party? Oa the other hand.
who labored more ardentiy for the success
of Breckenridge than the ultra Republic
ansS Both trampIed the letter and spirit
of the Constitution under foot in tie ad.
vocacy of their party doctrines, 81 0us
held that Congress had q right to inter-
fere with slavery in the Territories Ato
protect it-the other that Congress had
that right. bat only 10 prehiJit Il Thas
they went hand in hand. endeavoring to
subvert the very 4oundatiou oil the Gov
ernment. One party began the hae and
cry that the Southern FIRE eaters desired
to force slavery into all the Territories,
the others that the whole North vas com.
mitted to the doctrine of the Abolition.
lists, and are now striving to prevent the
South from entering those Territories
with their property, aud finally to destroy
slavery in the whole South. They laborsd
in this way till they Infused these sbssrdN
tiles into the masses of the people, LIN
coin was elected. The culmiuatipg poiht
of the whole programme was reachedss A
pretext to dissolve the Union was raised.
Now. after an unsuccessful attempt .of
twelve months to destroy tho Union. Yap-
cey, one of The prime movers insthis ms
holy rebellion, one who pretended % 30
Democrat that he might exercise -idl9-
ence, bat who has not cast Q Democtatie
vote for the last twelve years, aeeo ahas
the boldness to declare that tho sabje6t
Of slavery was not the cause Of the fs0Sl.
lion. That this declaration Is ho6sst. Ssor
whether it is for strategy. We. ara noi abe
to divine; he 50 declares, and the Aissoey
of the whole affair warrants the asseriSa
of the arch traitor. 1870 :. ss %
On the other.hand. We find The Feek
Abolitionists, now while thsro seehsoso
be great hope of restoration ofsSks
Union, declare that .there caa be 10 10
construction of the Union unless .slaxsry
is abolished forever They prefer a,dts-
solutiou of the Union to it's glosionsaits-
storation. Hence, though the two '&iuks
of disunionists are travelling two .foads
which start from two very different ipeiots,
yet these two roads converge, ard will
eventually, if not obstructed, mesf u the
SANE place. 80. b.s sss,,.,4 sa .s,.'.,.
Can it be wondered at, then, that there
should be SO mnch sympathy hctwesasho
Aboliiionists ami the SeeessiohistG VIII
not every lover of The Constitution, of' the
Uuion, of the country. rally tof the help
Of the President. who, though eisotsa by
these disorgahizsrs. has, too much psttt-
otism moulded iuto his nature 70 S)tYE
this Republic to sink into .adisgrsce .a1d
We call upon al: lconserv-
ative citizens everywhere to rally sc,t6e
snpl lort of the Consultation. = s's'.9e
81 u as6a ->s~r---- sgs-,
A Man cConvicted of Murdsr--0 0ensral
o. asset 81 Fremont. svn gss.v3
New York, March s 5-Samueir f.
Morrill,, convicted of killing SecsSSfon
traitor last fall, was to-day sentenced to
two years Imprisonment. His'rsp6rted
that pardon could be sooner granted
Specials state that the publcstioh Of
Frempnt's evidence was uth6fised.
General Hunter is in WashiRasoH te-
day. - -. - - ~ T,s ss'
Letters, from Port Royal say that Eost
Pulaski is entirely surrounded bY luton
troops and effsctua.ly cut of rom c&m.
munication with Savannah, aud Dow
batteries are being erected. s'.;S,sa
Savannah has been very well fortified
by the rebels, and large numbers of reb-
d troop, are Instantly arriving
Oar troa are in good health.
The newspf the recent Union yictoF3ss
produced a aiscpuraging effect Of ,{hs
rebels, serving to stimulate 'despf 5as