, 1863-08-22
Aiding the Rebellion.


Some of the silliest nonsense was uttered
during the late canvas in Washington Ter.
ritory, about the effect which he election
of Mr. Cole would have in ''aiding the re-
bellion, "reviving the hopes of traitors"
and all that sort of thing. If the rebels
had read the papers supporting RaynOr,
and had believed them, they must have re
ceved the impression that Immediately mp
on Mr.. Coles election, he would declare
Washington Territory an independent
"sister" Of the Confedracy, and proceed at
once to raise, equip, and march every man
voting for him straight to the relief Of jeff
Davis Conthieveracy If they had read
those papers, they must have received much
aid aud comfort frcm the assurances
therein, of coming relief. They would not
have failed to be convinced that one half or
more of Washington Territory was in full
sympathy with them and ripe for revolt
When it is considered what must be the en-
couragement giyenlo the rebellion by all
such misleading language, and how really
little nybody in Washington Territory
was Influenced by it to withhold votes from
Mr., Cole, the practise of calling all who diff
fer with such papers as to the manner OF
conducting the war, traitors" "copper"
heads" and ''Sympathizers." appears in no
favorable light for those who do it.
If it was all done for effect, it was trick
and dishonest-and it would seem from the
tone Of some Of those papers since the elec-
tion that it soaS all trick and that they
had no doubt of Mr. Coles loyalty and hare
no doubt but he viii give his vote and voice
for The speediest crushing out of the rebel
on.
Suppose the rebels to have read and be-
leved all that was said 10y the radicals, OF
Seymour, it might, without much stretching
of the imagination, be further supposed that
they invaded Pennsylvania with the full
belief that they were coming up to meet,
and be joined by, over half the people Of
New York, as warm friends with arms to
aid them.
The fact is, the rebels found no prompter
foe outside of the army Of the Potomac
than Governor Seymour but that was not
what they had reason to expect, from the
representations Of the radical newspapers
Can it ever be determined how much all
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Of men for criticisms upon the admmistra.
tion, the conduct of the war, or the doings
Of the party IN power, as "alders OF the re-
belIion," has, DO doubt, contributed abont
as much toward keeping the Confederscy
from tumblng into the last ditch as any
hopes OF foreign intervention, they may have
ever fostered. Hopes OF Intervention by
Northern SymPatb2ers are better for the
rebels than hopes OF foreign aid, and moth
iog has been said IN the North by anybody
better calculated to buoy up snch hopes than
the intermnah!e clamor Of the radicals about
Northern sympatizerS with rebellion. If
that cIamor had been directed only against
those whose conduct ana language afforded
justification OF the charge, there would have
been infinitely less OF it, and less harm done,
Bat NOBODY has over expressed dissent from
the radical poHtlcs without meeting the
Lincoln himself has not escaned tbo cLaroo
of aiting indirectly the rebel canso wLiIo
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svmnatbizsr with tbe "co6ncrboodn faction
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