Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-28

firmly enforced, Tits the secret OF the ideness Oh
Hooker and Rosecrsns and this the true reason my the
North is so compaeent under the defeats ut charleston
and elsewhere.
The war is now purely war against tue people oil the
North Il isnot less war because the armies not
in motion against the insurgents north of the Ohio, but
nretepd 10 be watching the rebels. The time is not
rpe for bostiities home, and they be avoided
# nossible It is necessary to the Of the
serpon that the rebels should be kept in check This
can be done with comparatively small force the rest
can be used wherever Coppeheads dare offer resistance
the enrolling officers of LircOn. When once the ar
m7 is filed otis maximum by conscrpts the engine q
potism viii be complete in all its parts Lincoln VIII
be roclamCd President for lfe-the whole parapherha'
Ia kingy government will be at once and dehAhuy
g. libled. The Copperhead admirers Of Republican III
situtons may rave TO their hearts content: their MAJ
aces will have Seen rvetei-s,rugglng will be vain.
In tie nature Of things, war waged by Federal
geut against sovereign States have to his
aud doubtless tIe Aboiuonists have been charmed by
he and facility with which their designs were ac-
complshed Circumstances played into their hands
But not Of those who believe that the under
their guidance has taken haphSz nd and unforeseen
There have been tisies when they would have
been willing to accept the restored Union the old
basis of representative repubcansm. It seemed likely
them, that this would occur during the second year
Of The But from the very beginning, from the
formation, indeed, of the Republican party, tire
throw Of the Constitution, the erection of strong gov
ernReut the obIt, ration of State lines, and the abol
ton Of slavery, from the Canadas to the Gulf the
underlying purpose of those profound schemers, who
have used Seward and Lincoln their unwilling agents
FeSCnden is Of these schemers-perhaps the chief
of them As TO the reconciliation of these schemes it
may not DC suiss to fer to the fact that during the
winter Of 60-Gl, Burlington of Massachusetts,. avOwed
fraIky to the then member from this disuct, Mr.. De
Jarue.tc, that bis party desired dsunion because, by
dislnon they would be enabled to carry out their plan
reforming the government.
Because the war Is, for some months to come to be
waged virtually against the people Of the North, it is
not to be supposed that the design of eOnquerng the
South has been abandoned. On the contrary that de
sign but waits the perfecing process of placing what
tue Marquis of Darlington calls pacing an almost
Gespotc power" in the hands of Lincoln. The Conscrp
ton now being icd on will perfect the Dictatorial
thoI,y of Abraham l. and then the future of the South
WILL for the first time, be really doubtful for the
will end, no man knows how when. No peace party
will ever arise at the North and foreign interference
will but call out millions more Of Lincolns cJnscrpts
II it we're possible for our arms to be pushed into
Northern territory this summer, it is possible would
find allies u those who unwilling to yield their lib
critics 20 the Abolition Emperor Terhapst no: for
nothing that were forced OutOf Maryland last fal
The pear not ripe. Lincoln afford to bide his
tune; can we wait patiently til his armies are full his
enemies at home PROSTATE at his feet and his power
every where consolidated?