The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer. (Bel Air, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-17

sblefailure which he has made. Were he
"a Thousand times as sagacious as he is
|. simple; were he not p jokerof irreverent.
isana irrelsgant Jokes, were he possessed
of all the qualities of head and heart that
qualify men to lead their, ,fellows-he
would have been equally sFfailure if he
r bag. attempted, at such a crisis, to ,govern
a practical people On tie bfuciples of;p
L phslosopaieand doctrandiAe minority, whose
notions of the negro arc derived from
England, where there are no negroes, and
whose ideassof Gqveippsntl would seem
to be inspired By the Austrian admins
tration of Venice or the policy of Russia
towards Poland. !. - ,4
: ThSRepablicsn party cannot restore
the Union. Tha fact has become palpa-
bic to itself. T6e President knows that
he is not lighting at tfIfs' moment for the
sake Of the !UnDGnf,, but ffdr the sake OF
being ia d. position, when peace is i'm.
posed by the dissatisfied Northern PEG
pie, Southern arms Or by the mediation,
of Europe, to secure the border States and
the best available frontier "a Mr. Seward.
and Mr. Chase, and all THO men in pbwef
who have any prstensibns!to statdsinadshif
or sagdcify;; kfoRft also, though theyo hase
not the courage pr the patriotishf 10 cob
fess II. But worse EVIL than eltilSfese
the :, Republican PARTY tanndt Restore I ~
preserve iiAhiericah liberty, IND does bot
wish to. do 3d. IT'S principles ate4not the
principles HAT lie Ut the base a. The COZ!
stitutioh,,' bit principles that araincomp pat:
ible with The. mild and ,liffased Govern
ment of the States, and which have made
America What it il Cor was. s., 81 eni .1'd
Republication, i'd the sense attached t9
the word by the Republicans as distiu-
guisbed ff,m the Democrats, is 'iiicompatg
ible with liberty. a@ltt ignores the right to
disagree. It viii not tolerate adverse Or
hostile discussion. IT, protests against
persoual liberty" It sets the theory ab5fe
the fac. i would render the drinking Of
a glass Of vine in the State of Maine as
great a social sin, OF public treason, is the
holding Of Il black man 10 bondage III
South Carolina. 1t loudly asserts its own
freedom TO do what it pleases, but will not
allow u disscntient the same privilege. =
1t would thrust, its principles down the
throat of iScalcitr;tnts at the point Of the
bayonet:" With all It's faults it may sue
teed ih the effort to make patton of the
Northern people; but if it do, it will Be
attbe expense Of every constitutional right
Which Americans, upto Che ou,burst of this
miserable war, were proud to uphold
Leaving out.of view the negro question, ,
and all that relates to it, the principles Of
the Republican party are, SIM ply those Of
a dcspotism !; and the dcspotisld' is COM
ing. E'n' ~ Aa'i' W." "'s .'1. '.'' g'H
i ~; Mr.. LincolnFiss in reality more impe-
rious autocrat THAN the Emperor of Rus
STA, ,,aaihd will 'heflhc precursor of: d SECOND
+despot more iron banded and Intelligent
than himself if the var 80 much iohger
protracted! @A &stroHg War and a weak
EoSern,bent cannst coexist on the same.
soil. To Gcafty on D great domestic war
there must 'bev i strong, Government
a Strong Goeerhment nus; be a centrali
2zation!. "A Naturalization must be q ,des
potism. The Republicans true, to their
uespotlc principles, are wllIully engaged
id doing their UTMOST 10 to centralize the
Governments to eliminate the question of
State rights from all future CONTROVERSY
and 10 convert the North into as honiogen-
eous d unity as France gn "fiG NJ 97id
:" The Deinocratic party is Alarmed att
nnrosnec tI99,TIn Hat 4 moment IN, [ln3b q
? f hopes to secure thel,tsovernmedSt Which
Mr. Abraham Lincoln shall have returned