The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12
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ton is issued. 3 Otr mi as rsstuising OfiCess
and now--Ohr for vol Shteers (Ohl that We
owed for nothing elssb Tue object, as SEA-
forth in the call, is the re-establishment of our
line of communication with your sanctum, o.
late broken of by an inevitable interpOsition OF
unpropitiods circumstances.
Come forth r;ys skalklna iAsaAt-Will not one
respond! 'For three ges.s-> n pu-not
however, exceeding three yeaFs"-is the hon
est language Of the .President'P last call, ad-
dressed, ,lno doubt, to the confdiug simplicity
Of :: the plain people" With less honesty Of
purpose and singlemirdednesA We have not
reduced our proclamation to such eIplicitlyex-
pressed terms, but we doubt not it will be quite
as we'll understood by the ideas invoked, as
will his BY those who look upon him as the
embodiment of political perfection and the i'm
personntion Of administrative honNsty.s4-~a--
But we digressI What shall be dOnes The
enlistment lags. The voluntary process does
not meet the exigencies OF the case. ideas are
still in demand and must be had, or up goes
the sponge-our line of communication remains
intercepted, aud your supplies from this de-
partment cut off.
Shall we resort to O draught' That we op-
pose in principle, but on occasions favor in
practice. In our present emergency, however,
it is impracticable. Water is beautiful and
valuable element, but it is death to inspiration.
1t chills reflection, dilutes thought and acts
upon ideas as upon hydrophObia. What can
the matter be? Can we not raisea single COM
pany of ideas and thoughts for the specific OBJ
iect of this specific sally' All we have it
now Be It said to their honor and self-respect
they are opposed to being expressed in black
and white. But since the powers that be, or
rather, they who be the powers, have legalzcd
and made honorable the association of the col
ors-the blending Of day and night-th adj
mixture and Identification of human hues-the
unity Of races, vainly created by Nature dis
other, since our commander-in-chie (erro-
neously called President) and his admnistra-
tive adjuncts have come finally to this complex
ion, why should our purely American thoughts
and AngIO-Saxon ideas show signs of disatiec
ton and refuse service in these our episiolary
raids, since sanctioned by the specious plea
the irrefutable and convincing argument o.
necessity"
By the way, it was q sombre thought of our
sombre.minded Executive--"a sacerdotal lho't
and not a snldier's"-aIike humIiating to tht
pride of the nation and the soldiers with whom
they were put on an equality, that notwith
standing the boasted superiority Of the loyal
States in men and material resources, the igno
rant and degraded negroes Of the South, forced
from the comfortable homes of their owners
were used to supplement their armies.
In the beginning, the defence Of Washing
ton, the enforcement of the laws, the preserva.
tion Of the Union, were the pleas behind which
the Administration veied its inquilous designs
against the institution Of slavery and the rights
and equality Of the South. Ii should be borne
in mind that the olive branch-the Criltenden
Compromise measure-was offered by the South
and rejected. The rejection of that Cumpro.
mise, was the signal Of war. Who's respun>i.
BILE? 1t certainly asked no more than what the
South had always demanded, a recognition and
guarantee of their rights and equality in the
Government under a common constitution
They could demand no less and desired no
more. But why review? The subject has been
canvassed until the popular ear is lstess and
heeds no more. Bat the actualilies Of the day
the events that mark the progress Of tue war,
may claim passing notice.
Slavery, which al the outset, was pronounced
by the scheming politicians of the Abolition
school, an element of weakness, in order 10 en-.
courage their followers in their designs upon
the institutions Of the South, is now declared
an element of strength, and the restoration Of
the Union made to appear contingent upon its
adjustment Thus the Unionist, though op-
posed in principle to Abolition, is made party
to the iniquitous objects of the Abolihonsis is,
who control the Administration. What trap
the people-the anti-Aboltionists (ifany there
be) are in, who in their support Of what they
term the Government are the involuntary tools
OF Radical Aboltiorism. The Administration
and its supporters have adopted policy in ibis
war which, however objectionable in tie light
of reason and right, and however at variance
with enlightened Christianity and humane prin.
ciples, they find answers their purposes effect
ually. Protesting to exercise prudent censor.
ship over the press, they allow nothing, how.
ever truthful, Gf not promotive of their cause
to reach an honest public, if arti6ce and Gun.
ning can prevent But acting upon the idea
that passion is stronger than reason, they seek
by wholesale distribution of 6ctions of "rebeI
atrocities" and "rebel outrages," to inflame
still more the fires of sectional feeling and fa
natical hate-the same atrocities and ourages
being unknown among the Union troops, OF
otherwise legalized under the very convenient
plea of necessity. ORION.