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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2b, 1868.

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J. y: 1.-THE TRvR FoL1oy:
!Sapsn9 Is agood business, if the thing
saved. be good for. any thing, and can be
secured without too much cost and peril
to other: interests II the thing called
slavery ;1ere =. good thing, it rould be a
highly neritorious :cndeaTor. in the gen
eral, wreck: to which it is going as fast IS
time and the rush OF events in Gods provi-
dence can carry 1t, to gather up whatever
Of Tho wreck and remnants might be pos
sible, and preserve them for future use. u
But as the case Is, It Is questionable
whether it be worth tho while tor any man
to So cleaning after the:reapers Of destiny,
to save the strny straws Of that institution,
which lie about the fields where Il; 10 lately
lou1ished. We submit to any: of our
= H.conser1adye" friends who dislike to see
things tumb1ed about, whether it is worth
their while to be 1t much, trouble to con-
scrye the odds and ends Of sucha concern.
We're the City OF Washington here, and
could wc talk to men in high places, we
would submit to them whether It would
pay, On The whole; for any Cabinet officer
to give himself any great anxiety to gather
up, and hold on to- the flying threads Of
that dark: web. now 20: rapidly raveling
out In. Missouri, Or Maryland: "hy not
rather give *ay. 70 tne 2nesl.aele' anu 1e'
the thing &c, 1ast as 1hst IS me laws o. N@'
turc ana Of war ana 5oos p9o'ioence'
were NORMALLY Wo1kng1 70 oese.oy ~
II IS conceded thas me lnsutouon was
put up Nv Inc nazalo ", 'ne "Hi. nt'u n @
first gun that was n!eo On oam'es: tne
ball that nfoke nole III .no WALL ofoAs
one thousand tunes as ols u tne eonsu
tuliouh hgaments "nlcn ne.o s1ateiy y
safety to the SCUM. heace1oi1n y muss
take It's chances 1t turns out' - ne saw
it would the ehanees arc a"lnny against
It; var : gf1ndmE II nne, ano Hlplns Il
OH anoat as 1ast ~ IS posslole u tae na-
ture OF th1ngs. Why no1 tes it'go -1fue'
Kentucky, oe'ng speclal1g 1n1ent on tms
one thne, may holo on 70 inc oio sheh o.
slavery tor a while, put rhas VIII 1t amount
to alter ALT Il anything IS doomed, ana
being done ior, i IS the patnarchal con-
ce1n, II Maryland, Delaware, West Vir-
ginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and
Tennessee: When 1t is wiped ont In those
states, What will it be worth in Kentucky 7
Nothing is more certain, than that Pres
idcnt,.: Cabinet, and all men concerned,
rifl find the easiest road to be the straight
est and the shortest When revolution,
benetccnt and inevitably destined to &C
through, has set in, and is under way
there is no greater folly than to think te
arrest it in mid career. This Is the spe
cial weakness OF small men, who &c
frightened ut the noise and dust which i
raised, and which they themselEes per
haps helped 10 raise. because the gu1
= was fred at small rent, and with littl
percussion, they thought it would shoe
easy, and hold itself within the bounds Q
good -manners-and their own control
But when it 1oara and blazcs, and break
things, they get alarmed and would sto
It'll .1fthere are any such now, let them b
consoled with the thought, that when th
powder IS burned out and the ball has ge
to its end, it will stop itself! When 70
are going down a steep hill with big LOAF
aud the breeching is broke, it is poe
time 10 haul up your horses in the midi
of the slope. You had best let it r
through, with such check and guidance q
is possible under the circumstances wit