Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1863-05-20

THR GREAT NorHwEsr.--Etitors APP
peal-My caption needs 90 explanation.
1t Is - familiar TO Newspaper readers -
the road to their nearest post Office, and
yet il il doubted whether or not one in q
hundred Of them has taken the trouble to
determine. BY approximation even, the
value Of the terms 90 Appantly passed
over. The O. N. w.! Is it . myth! To
some extent, yes. But il il no myth 90
the battle field! Bus for this by courte.y
myth, Their would have Teen no battle
field on this ooutinen. down to this day.
The 6rst revolution can show none; Mexi.
60 can show noae, nor can the present
war show that the genuine Yankee has
ever responded 70 the bugle, unless he had
q file leader 10 Southeruer, n descen-
dent Of some one whose manhood was not
founded on Goldfish and onions. God, in
his Infinite wisdom has made many AMI
uals--the Yankee among the number;
aud he is, BY universal consent, sSi genus;
fellow that can make . good imitation
ham out of hickory. . good nutmeg out Of
beech, good tire out Of rawhide. a good
psalm out Of the nasal organ, and . good
than ksgiving dinner out Of the blood Of
the African whom his father had kidnsp-
ped on the coast Of Congo. And these
tellos s are now reading Us > lecture on
the sinfulness Of slavery, and have C.
eceded in honey.fugy ing the Western
people into . war with Us, rs foreign TO
their interess from the begin ning, as il
now obviously il 10 their tastes, since they
6nd that there are licks to take as we'll as
li;ks TO give. Let a. not deceive our.
.eiv.s The lioks have brought the dem
ocra'> TO the polls, and they will make
democrats Of every mothers son Of them,
IT administered long enough and with
sufficient vim. would caution the South
therefore. 10 take little heed Of the "greal
speech" Of Vall.ndigha u, the greater
speech. A. l think il. Vi VOORHEES,, or Of
the election Of Seymour. Of Vallsndig'
ham would BY no means speak except
10 kindness, aud will therefore pass By
his Reconstruction remarks la Congress
and accep; the ~ords that no had the
holiness to address TO the bo,rd of Goth
an % embodying his war views. Of all
the men north Of Mason and Dixon's line,
| think Vsllandighau ths wisess and
purest. He alone, SO far As my observa.
rion extends, avows his opinions regard
less Of the n u,ations Of floating politics.
Or the probable issue Of impending battles.
Il there man soft enough to believe
that Seymour would have been elected
Governor of New York had the North.
ern &C undrcls been 10 possession Of Rich
Toud or Vicksburg! Snyder's Bluff va.
not IN easy road 70 Jordan, nor va. the
way by Pemberton much easier. PorI
Hudson and Sumter have mi>bshaved o,
l,,e, a. tho Mississippi and Keokuk would
have testified, but alas! their voices are
for ever hush.d. Peace to their mapesl
The carca.scs from the Mississippi have
gone dawn the o1pacious mavs Of the cat
FL Of our noble river, aud from the Kco-
kuk into the CRASHING teeth Of the shark.
and sword 6,h of Charleston harbor. Let
them fa,t-n % rcjjice, for other carcasses
are ia rtore tor them.
| The Great Northwest! Doubtless this
is an Institution, but the little South
may tecome one also, after awhile. Blu.
the q \. W.. l. a myth TO our friend.
Coz. Topte. Tic has courted hcr with
the ardor Of youthful lover Ono, tina.
the Governor i. NV youthful through
two sessions Of Congress, and withou, re.
Spouse. had no confidence In his move
ment. and. wore than that, felt dlsgraced
byr. But entertaining high rsspec,
for him o, account of his many virtues,
his un,iring kindness, and his ackuowl-
edged experience 10 public affairs, I in,
voluntarily stood aside, presumins that he
would %: 80 iudustriously cast his seed
where there Was 10 hope Of harvest. And,
Vallandigham spoke, S.ymour was elected
Governor Of New York, VOORHEES, discuss.
ed Magma Charta, and many Lesser lights
convicted Lincoln. beyond peradventure,
of many derelictions Of duty 20 the Con
stitution and the consciences Of meu, aud
yet, it 10 . fact patent that the great
Northwest 10 10 arms against US, and but
for her, there woul be no war on this con-
tinsnt worthy Of the name. I submit,
then, with every Difference, that the
Great North West be sllowei 70 deter
mine her own destiny, without further
obtrasioo Of Southsro advice.