The weekly Butte record., 1863-06-06
The Cry OF Union Base Hypocrisy.


The great political lever with which The
Abolition d;sunionists operate upon the pablic
mind, is tie Union cry-the ofi-repea'ed as
severaiion tha; they are the exclusive friends
OF the Union, and that their opPoaeuts. the
/ Democrats, are Secessionists ard a. trai-
tors" To those who are conversant with the
history Of the Abolition party. Is uunecessa-
~ to say. that the waiehwoFd Of that party,
i for more than half q century. has invariably
been-Give Us either the abolition of slavery.
or a dissolution Of the Union - Bot it IS not
necessary to refer back to period prior to
the advent of The present Administration, TO
prove to any uuprejodiced mind the utter falzi-
iy and hypocrisy Of their professions No
sooner was Mr.. Lincoln elected to the Presi
deucy-a position which be holds by virtue Of
the Federal Constitution, and not by the votes
Of a majority Of the American people-ihaa
there were both dark and open givings out, by
his supporters, Of a Fixed determination to ef-
feet change in our form of government, by
which It's federal character should be destroy
Ell. and a grand, central, consolidated power
introduced in It's stead The Supreme Court
must be re organized" said they. 50 that its
views shall correspond with the new order of
things about to be established. The last
Democrat has been born," oracularly aud ex-
ultiDgly exclaimed the Prime Minister. Mr-
Seward. The South must be made to eat
dirt" " Slavery must be abolished" These
and thousand other kindred expressions were
uttered by the Abolition revolutionists, all
tending to show their wishes and determination.
Welt time passed on secession. rebellion,
revolution, or whatever it may be termed, took
place, superinduced mainly by the acts of the
Abolition party. Then we're the efforts Of all
patriots, all true Union men, directed to its
salvation-to the healing of the breach-to
the dissipation of the impending cloud and
storm. Terms of reconciliation. of compromise.
we're proposed in Congress a Peace Congress
assembled. Did these self STYLED Union men
assist in the great work of peace-of compro-
mise-of salvation of the Union? The farthest
from it possible. They telegraphed to their
friends in the several States to send none but
" stiff backed delegates TO the Peace Congress
men who preferred Ike Horace Greeley, the
Chicago platform to a thousands Unions
They resisted efectuaIly the passage Of the
compromise measures introduced BY the vene-
rahle CTittenden, and asked for by more me-
mOrialists than any other measure ever intro
dnced into Congress. But Why trace the eutire
course of events. Does not each aud every
act of these lanatical Jacobns conclusivelg
prove that they desired conflict of arms in
order that they might have an excuse for the
perfection of their nelarious schemes?
Having secured the disruption of the Union
by refusing to do aught to prevent it, their
next efforts were directed to the destruction of
the Constitution, under the plausible preteuse
of restoring the Union which they had been
instrumental in destroying. Inroad upon in
road assault after assault, violation upon vio-
lation was committed upoa that sacred instru-
mcnt-sacred. because it was the solemn bond
Of our Union It is treason to prate Of the
Constitution" cried old Ben Wade in the
American Senate. "Nrver. with my consent,
shall the Union be rcs'o ored as it was, under
the Constitution as it IS echoed back Thad.
Stevens, the mouth-piece Of the AdminiS;ra
ton, in the Congressional Hall. Are not all
these, ard thousand other facts which might
he enumerated, sufficient to show the wishes
and intentions of the Abolition reyo,utoniststs,
who have the un6lashing effrontery to AFRO
gate to themselves the exclusive title Of friends
Of the Union? Out upon such base hypocrisy.
UNION LEAGUES. - The so called Union
Leagues, which the Abolition Jacob;ns or
revoutionists are forming in all parts of the
country. seem to be of twofold character
There appears to be an outer and an inner
circle-a wheel within 4 wheel They have
their public and their secret meetings. The
principles which they openly avow are bad
euough, in all conscience; but those which are
uttered and acted upon in their secret couelaves,
must be hideous indeed. If the objects and
purposes Of these selfstyled Union men were
and are laudable, where exists the necessity for
secret organizations Such organizations par
take. more OF less. of the uatnrc of eonspiraeies
of revelation and the overthrow of dynasties.
But it is an anomoy in party tactics for those
in power. particularly in n representative
Democratic Government, to institute midnight
cabals and conspiracies to sustain the Govern
ment.
Let every candid man pOuder well upon these
facts, and, he cannot fail to arrive at the con-
+ clusion. that these so-called Union Leaguers'
belong to that class who are declared in Holy
Writ TO love darkness rather than light, be-
cause their deeds are evil"
MISS IN THE CAMP-The Abolition Jaco-