The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-08
Mr.. Lincoln as his own Sue.
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treated one as the criminal, the other as the
accessory. By some strange process the
church has become the auxiliary of aboli-
ton, and pulpits and religious newspapers
having adopted its principles and imbibed
its temper, are next, after arms and bloodsY
shed, the chief means on which it relies for
the attainment of its ends. To render
these agencies more effectual, they are di-
vided into two classes; the radical and the
conservative. 1t seems to be understood
among them, that practically the radical is
always to prevail; the uses of the conser-
vative are to keep up the responsibility OF
the cause, for if left to the radical portion
alone, it would soon dwindle into sheer inf.
deity. Besides, the present state of things,
especially as to the press, has the advantage
Of hindering the rise of any opposition in
the form of religious influence. Politically
the plan has succeeded to admiration. Re-
ligiously the signs are not quite so favora
BILE. The remark of the Andover Theolog
zeal Professor to the effect that, she pre-
ferred an in6del Abolitionist to New York
Observer Christian" indicates the inevita-
Bile tendency of radical abolition to irrelig-
ion, and that in the ranks of the most emf
nent of the professedly plous, radicalism,
and consequently skepticism, are gaining
upon conservatism and loyalty. AS soon as
it may safely be done, the mask will be
thrown of, and the modern Girondists will
be among the first sent to the guilotine.
On the part of the conservatives in this
drama We notice an esteemed exchange
religious paper-the Boston Recorder, play
ing its role.
In late number of the Recorder appears
a letter from Washington which contains a
sort of judicial review of the candidates
f,r che next Presidency. The writer says:
"The Conservatives now constitute the
floating vote, the balance of power in all
our States" and evidently thinks favorably
of "catching them.' He adds:
stBoth sides are playing for the Conser-
vative vote. 1t is for this reason that the
ancient politicians of Washington favor the
denomination of Presidc mt Lincoln. With
a Conservative head, and an anti-slavery
heart, he satisfies both wings of the party.
Incorruptibly honest, Of great common
sense, he is nearer the people than if he
were able, by the will of Jefferson or a
Jackson, to impress the stamp Of his own
genius on all the acts of his administration.
For President Lincoln is not a strong man.
maturing his own ideas in the depths of his
own mind, and then theoretically develop
ing them, despite all opposition. Rather
does he reflect the opinion Of his associates,
and the opinions last presented in an able
manner. But his tendencies are all rirtt.
And if the Republican party assembled in
convention tomorrow, they would undou"t
eddy unite in once more presenting lle
n,me of Abraham Lincoln for the rcyt
Presidency"
If the reader (ancies that he discovers
any carnal cunning, or any worldly minded
ness in the above paragraphs, or more es
pecially, in the whole article from which
they arc taken, he will please consider him
self very much mistaken, as tue whole
matter is completely purified, il not sane
titled, by the medium of communication.
As TO catching the Conservatives, there
will be no difficulty in that. President
LINCOLN has habituated them to the pro
cess. He says now and then something
conservative, but acts always with the most
radical. In this way he has caught most
of the Conservatives in the country as Of |
ten as once quarter, during his whole ad !
ministration. If any other man had con-
demned his acts, as has been done by him
self implicitly, Secretary SEWARD would
have touched one of his bells, and sent
the unhappy recusant to mediate on the
blessings of liberty in Fort Warren, or
some other such shrine, which the Govern
ment, as it loves to be called, has conse-
Grated to its ideas Of freedom.
Incorruptibly honest! The man in tie
play is not only witty himself, but is the
cau'e Of the wit that is in other men. Not
so with the honesty of Mr.. LINCOLN The
Report of the frauds commit
ted in the first six months of his admins
tration occupies 1915 pages. Fort Warren,
Fort Lafayette, or any similar receptacle
used by the present Government to illus
tr,te its notions of Free Speech" which
words made part of the cry on which it ,
was elected, have never been dssecrated by
the presence of persons implicated in these ,
iniquities. These were reserved for such
as stupidity remained honest, and obstinate.
~ would not forget that they were once /,
freemsn. The brother-in law of Secretary I
WELLEs, it is hoped, made a good invest
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