The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1863-01-23
Two Kinds of Democrais.-The Treason
at Home.

The Boston Congregationalist has CORES
pondent at Washington who is a close OBJ
server and vigorous writer. He handles
the Northern traitors without gloves. Woult
that our whole country would awake to Z
CONSEQUENCES of the danger that threatens
us, and apply the remedy before it is too late ::
The army is melting rapidly away-we are
running in.o debt a; terrible pace, and We
can't afford TO lie still any longer. So there
will soon be fighting almost everywhere ex-
cept it be in Virginia. There will soon be
an attack upon Charleston unless other Of
the iron-clads perish at sea like the Monitor.
which is not within the range of probabilities
What the results of these vigorous attempts
against the enemy will be, of course it is not
possible to tell beforehand but one may
reasonably feel hopeful. Certainly i: our
arms cannot open the Mississippi, if they can
net capture and reduce Charleston, the gov
ernment will find itself in serious plight.
Oar debt is aecumulating at the rate of two
millions day to say the least, and the fero-
cious hounds of the democracy Will soon be
lei loose upon the Administration if it cannot
win success. Perhaps should be a little
more tender of the democracy" but | con-
fess that | look upon the democratic leaders.
those who cling TO the pro-slavery orsaniza-
ton, as little better than rebels. Of course
DO not mean such men as Andy Johnson OF
Tennessee, or Senator Wright of Indiana. for
a genuine war democrat is generally worth
dozen republicans. But have the best of
reasons for distrusiing the leaders of the
democratic party. They are in sympathy
with the chiefs Of the rebellion. They de-
clare openly in congress that they will not
submit to the proclamation. They continu-
ally fight the government, and endeayor to
embarass it in whatever it does to pat down
down the rebellion. l distrust, YES more
than that, hate these men, hate :hem for
their manners, cruelty and love of wicked
ness.
The debates in Congress the past week
have revealed the fact that the border state
representatives and the democrats have ioin-
ed hands, these same border state men being
formerly wings, and the sworn enemies of
the democratic party. Love of slavery has
brought them together. or as the. phrase ii
"the Constitution as 1t IS and the Uaion as
Il 'cas. The Union with JEFF Davis at the
head of it-with pro-siavery men always in
the ascendant. This is exactly what they
mean. If we are ever u triumph. these VII
famous leaders Of the democratic party must
be awed into silence, and if We ID succeed.
they will sink back into their holes. as they
did after the firing upon Fort Sumter.
The President labors at a great disadvan-
tage in one respect. His agents, the prom
lnent generals, are pro-slavery .nen. and pri-
vate!y denounce the proclamation 1t is up
NIL work to carry out policy with agents
who think and speak contemptuously of it
1t is understood that Burnside is changed in
to an anti-slavery man BY the war. General
Hooker, who went into the war bitter pro-
slavery man, is now nearly anti-slayerv. The
same thing is true of Butler-and of John
Cochrane, and Daniel Sickles of New York
city. Gen Mcclellan is still pro-slavery. So
are his favorites among the generals. Fitz
John Porter is as pro-slavery as he ever was.
and it is noteworthy fact that the pro-sla-
very generals all seem to hate Butler, and de-
preclate his services Is it because he ha,
hit the rebels so hard? | can make one
statement no honest man will controvert.-
There is no leading general in the army who
is zealouslv in favor of terrible war-a war
TO crush the South and slavery together
who Is not anti-slavery; and the generals
who are waiting and temporizing are all pro-
slavery. But time will cure this evil. The
earnest generals are sure to become anti sia-
very, and the do-nothings will soon be la q
upon the shelf.