, 1863-10-03
Masked and Unmasked.


has been successful in the Eastern States
it is hailed as a Republican triumph. Maine
has gone Republican, Vermont has gone
Republican, etc. A given number of Re
publicans have been elected to office and
a stated number of Democrats. Before
the elections were held. the parties were
designated "Union" and Democratic. This
fright about face" of the Union party
shows that it is more strategic than hon
est. 1t insists before election that demo
Gratis must vote the Union ticket other
wise they are ''enemies of their country
and the Government When the Union
ticket is successful, it at once loses its union
ism and becomes merely Republican. The
mask is thrown off and the Union organi-
zation stands before the world in all its ua,
ked deformity, Republican. The Repub-
lican victory is teegraphed all over the
Union as soon as the result is known. The
Union mask is laid aside as worthless until
the next campaign, when it is again brought
into requisitiOn and worn with all the yir-
tuous dignity imaginable.
Now, this party under the name of
Union, claims before an election that it is
not Republican-that all party lies have
been sundered, and all patriots are com
bined in its organization without distinc-
tor Of party or party obligations; but after
election it proclaims its Republication to
the world.
Under this order of things Democrats
must feel very much pleased to find that
they helped to elect Bepublicans and Re-
publicans must feel highly gratfed to
know that they guled so many honest dem
ocrats-confding souls-iuto supporting
the publican Union ticket There could
be no fault found, if it were, as its name
implies, substantially Union party, and
not political one; but it shows the color
too frequently and unmislakably that it is
monstrous swinde and cheat-simpy
the Republican party under an assumed
name, to merit the support and plaudits of
discriminating people If it is Union
party without ifs, ands or butts, as some
people contend, why is it that those who
are selected to fll its Offices are invariably
abolitionists and subscribe to all the sms
that go to make up Republcansm ? and
why is it that all conservatives are set aside
as unsound Union men and unfit to gil off
ces of honor and trust?
Logically, it amounts to just this The
Union organization claims that the Admin
istration is the Government, and that it is
the duty of every one to support the Ad-
ministration as the Government Conse-
quently it supposes that the Administration
is Internationally Abolition, and as mat
ter of course that none but Abolitionists
should be elected to Office Hence only Alb
olitonists receive nominations in "Union"
Conventions This looks very much like
jumping at conclusions on the part of the
Union party, but the conclusions may be
correct Perhaps the Administration is
only playing little strategic game with
the Abolition party, by getting it to en-
dorse the Administration as the Govern
ment, simply by pretending to be abolition
Of itself; then that faction, if there is any
consistency in it, would uphold the Admin
stration whether pro slavery, conservative,
or any thing it might in future see proper
to be- But at present. the radical party is
feeling pretty confident that the Admins
tration is just as much on the 'abolish" as
it is We sincerely hope that Mr.. Lincoln
will "turn tai' on the radicals, and en-
courage the conservative sentiment and
| policy, to let the seeded States vote them
selves back into the Union without an If
and and or a but AS to the question of
slavery, the people of the slave States will
be competent to settle that matter for them
selves If they desire slavery, we say let
them have it. That is clearly the true doc
trine of States rights. Let them settle
all their local questions for themselves As
the Louisville Journal says, eve would
neither force emancipation or slavery upon
an unwilling people" At the same time,
if slavery is not extended in the territories,
if it is confined within its present limits,
we have no fears but that it will soon cease
to be profitable and die out. In the mean
time those who are now so eager for eman-
cipatiOn, could lay up their earnings to as
Sist the colored people, when freed, on
their way to some foreign shore where the
radicals could accompany them, and there
together they could enjoy freedom" with
out license and amagamation and equali-
zaton to their hearts conteut What an
enchanting picture; but we drop the cur
tain, dowse the glim-we fear it may never
come to pass
The BOISE COUNTY CONVENTIONS
The Boise County Conventions met at Ban
mock City, last week. The Democrats an
nounced John NJ. Cannady as their first
choice for Delegate to Congress, and The
Uuion Convention instructed for Geo. w.
Wallace
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