Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-02-17
The state Of the County

No lover of his country can reflect upon
the present deplgFablez s1Hditiana fs-Ousz
unfortunate country, without feelings Of
the deepest Sadness. - ..sfDf
We are NOW rapidly -approaOhing the
conclusion of radicslism. For the last
three months We have been drifting to des.
truction with accelerated speed. The Pres
ident and bis cabinet have surrendered
themselves completely to the Sumners, the
Lovejnys, tho Chambers, the Wades, the
Greeleys, and the other leaders Of Abo-
litiOnism, and the Government is n0lopger
conducted 0poh constitutional principles.
1t is true the Lincoln journals cry ont
in favor Of the Union" and the ''constitu-
tion," bot they use these phrases for the
purpose Of hoodwinkiDg the people, while
their jacobinisn party leads on to the de-,
atruction u the Government, and the ruin
o. the country. .a .-st 7- a.1. ,ys-
IOdeed We bavs maintained ever since
the commencement o! the war, that the poi.
cy of the Abalitionists. was to prosecute it
in such msunsr as to bring about final
separation. That conclusion is now being
verified. 7a7 .sa-- I7 .-i
The course of the Addition leaders at
Washington, from the passage Of the eman.
cipatiOn bill for the District Of Columbia to
the issue Of the Presidents decree of gen
eral emancipation, has meant nothing but
dissolution. The fate of the Union, as far
as the Abolition party could do so, was
ssaled by the issue of the emancipation
proclamation As far as this Administra.
ton was concerned, it destroyed all grounds
of hope for reconstruction OF the UniJn
And TO prove to our readers that we are
correct in our surmises and statements, We
viii refer to the programme Of Mr.. Conway,
OF Kansas. leading supporter ofths Ad-
ministration, as laid down in Congress, the
other day. 1t is simply TO recognizs the
Southern Ccnfedsracy and an agreement
for a final separation. '
This is what the radicals have been la
boring for all the while. Ever since: the
organization Of their sectional party, they
have been working to place sfFairs in such
condition tht { the Union must be dis4olv-
cd. They were willing that rivers of 81 o /
should fow-and thousands of lives be
sacrificed and homes desolated, in order
that the people Of the two sections would
eonsentto their schemes. The seeds Of
the ''irrepressible conflict" have taken root
and the bloody fruit is now being garner
cd. The war that was commenced and
prosecuted for the avowed purpose of re.
stirring the UnioD and establishing the
auth nrity OF the laws until twelve hundpd
tirousand patriots volunteered 90 cid the
government, is now waged for the sole
purpose Of maintaining negro emancipa.
tiOn. 1t is thus that we have been brought
to the very blink Of ruin. re ssss
We should like to enquire of Mr. C,u
way what is to become of the Presidents
four millions of free American citizsns uf
African descent" if his proposition to recng
nizs the independence of the Southern
COifsderacy be adopted? Will they be
again abandoned to the inevitable fate of
slavery7
Here we must be permitted to remark
that though the Democracy are stigmatized
as "coppeT-heads." "butternuts," "rai-
tors" and such like mild terms; and though
they desire to zee au end put to this hurri-
BILE war, and peace again restored to the
country. they will never consent to a peace
or the terms proposed by some of the
Ambition leaders. Nothing short of
. restoration of the U OHM will b Q acceded
to by the Democracy. They desire no
peace short Of this, but they insist that the
war be conducted for the accom- plishmept
Of that end, and not, as it is at present, for
the support of the insane policy of the rad
Gals. ..r 1885,. =
These are some Of the reasons why the
Democracy oppose the Administration. 1t
is because they would sustain the Govern
m,nt and restore the Union that they op-
pose the policy Of the Administration and
the schemes Of the Abolitiouists To save
the Union, the Democracy are willing to
make any sacrifice and bear any burden of
taxation, but under the present gloomy
state OF affairs, brought about by the sub
VertiOn Of the constitution by those whose
duty it is to protect, defend and enforce it
they decidedly protest agsinst being OPP
pressed and slaughtered.
The Democrats are willing to pour out
their best flood on our battle iiefds in or
dor to restore the Union upon tho eternal
principles of justice. and regard for the
constitutional rights Of the South as we'll az
the North, but to fight to establish negro
equality, or to back up the Administrati. o
in its Addition scheme to ripen and pre-
pare the people for a separation. is no part
Oftheir programme. They do not mean to
be held in any way accountable for the
destruction of this Government. ~ -. 90
hETALIATIoN' C0AkEECED.-I obedience
to JET. Davir' proclamation, UUioa o ficsrs
when taken are now refused parole and
placed in close confinement. A large Dum.
Der are now imprisoned in Richmond. 30
Gen. Halleck has issued orders that no
more rebel officers shall be par0led until
further orders. g
This Is but the commencement of the
bsrbarities that are IN be .enaeted,f tie
President does not Withdraw bis negro
proclamation. Soon the shooting Of officers