The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-06
FRIDAY MORNING ........FEBRUARY c
Coming 10 their Senses.

AUE4AAS w AAANAA RNhoNS'
We publish, this morning, on our first
page, most remarkable article from
the Missouri Republican, 1t is well
calculated to raise the dropping spirits
of patriots, who, for some weeks past,
have become not little discouraged in
witnessing the persistent efforts being
made by demagogues to embitter the
people Of the Northwest against the New
England States, and prepare the former
for the formation of new Confederacy,
composed of the Southern and North
western States. The manner in which
these propositions have been received by
the rebels is the immediate occasion of
this patriotic outburst on the part Of the
Republican, We have no desire, how
ever, to cersure its motives. We are
willing to concede that it honestly enter
tanned the opinion that a reconstruction
of the Union, as it was before the Rebel
lion, was possible, and that it was labor
ing zealously and hopefully to that end.
Now that it has discovered its mistake;
now that it clearly comprehends the in
tentions of the rebels and the charac-
ter Of the struggle in which the Govern
ment is engaged, we hope it will at once
proceed to read its contemporaries of the
Chicago Times, Cincinnati Enquirer and
State Sentinel a few lessons on patrio.-
ism, and their duty at this crisis in tie
affairs of the country. That its admo-
nitions will be needed is quite doubtful,
but then it will have done its best to
atone in part for the mistaken policy it
has been advocating for several months
past.
We rejoice to see that the Republican
is not the only paper which is turning
from the error Of its ways. The Buffalo
Courier, which has been one of the lead
ing peace journals of New York,
copies an article from the Richmond
Enquirer repelling all Northern advan.
ces for peace excepting the humiliating
acknowledgment of Confederate indie
pendence, and comments upon it as fol
lows:
"On this head the class of rebels
whose mouth piece is the Enquirer, may
as. we'll know the truth If they imagine
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With them, so long as they fling con
tempt on the nations sacredest tradi
tons and scout at the idea of the ole
Union, there can be no peace, but war
and that with a united and wrathfd
North. Eagerly watchful and hoping
for the first glimmer of a prospect o
peace, the Northern Democracy do no
hope for it from anything that the arch
rebels will do or say or cOncede TC
them we would have no propositions Il
make, except of unconditional surren
der, even if we were in a position tC
make propositions.
But now the question comes up, if the
war is to be waged to the bitter end, who
is to conduct it? 1t must be the Presi
dent. But how can he hope to carry on
the struggle successfully with the friend:
of the Republican and Courier assailing
him at every point-abusing his policy
and, where they can, thwarting his plans
They must know that no commander can
be successful when his subordinates will
not give him hearty cooperation. We
expect, then, the Republican and Cou1,
Ter to be consistent, and that we will
hear no more from them about "aboli-
tionists = aud abolition policy" Words
of good cheer to the brave men who are
perilling their lives in the field and to the
President, almost weighed down by the
great responsibility of his position, are
what we shall expect to find hencefor.
ward in the Republican and Courier
no Those two loyal sheets, the New
Albany Ledger and the Vincennes Sum
are just now extensively engaged in the
very patriotic duty of deserving the
credit Of the Federal Government. Ger
tainly none but loyal papers would en-