East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-24
LOYALTY.

An intelligent correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, neutral paper,
has recently discussed this subject of
loyalty and disloyalty with great candor
and discrimination. He said:
ain theory, all parties would consent
to accept Trcnch's dchnition-that IN.
conditional loyalty means chat fidelity
which one owes according to law"-but
not so in practice. Every day men are
denounced as "disloyal." Why? BE.
cause they arc in sympathy with the
coutn! 10. Because they would have
the war conducted with less vigor? No.
Their great complaint is that it has been
waged with inefliciency. Because they
are the friends OF slavery? No. They
would hail its removal, in any wise and
equitable way, as a boon of unutterablc
value to tho country. Wherein, then,
hes their "disloyally?" Why, they are
not ready to sanction all the measures
which the Administrator has adopted
for carrying on tho war. They distin.
guish between any existing a1ministra
ton and the government. Tho consti.
tuition is with them paramount to the
Legislature, the Judiciary and the Exc.
cutIvo. IL Was, III their view, made for
all times and seasons. 1t has carried
us through two wars. II will carry us
through IA th,rd. 10 admit that IT may
be set aside by any ot the authorities
coafesseily subordinate TO it, and dc.
irving their existence from II, is to pro
claim 10 tue world the dissolution Of
thesUnion. For the Union rests solely
upon he constitution. IL as t0rcS0iee tic
Union into as primitire elements.
"Sueh is the reasonig of the class Of
persons we have in view-many of
whom have checrfuly given their mon
cy, their sons, and their whole influence
to the support of the war. They are
charged with disloyaty, nevertheless,
BECAUSE, among other things, they do
not approve of the emancipation procla.
mstions. If We are right in our deiini-
ton of loyalty, their estimate of that al
ready celebrated State paper has moth.
ipg..t do with the question. They may
be as loyal to the constitution, as loyal
to the Union, as loyal to the government
ss;tbe President himself, without sane.
tioning his or any other specific measure
of the administration. To make the
approval of every step an administra-
tion may chose to take the test of loyal.
sy,.is to convert the president into a
Persian satrap, and the free citizens of
the Republic into miserable scris, who
have no longer the right even to think
for themselves. 1t is also to establish
q rule as huctuating as it is arbitrary.
What was loyal yesterday may be dis
loyal to day. aud tho patriot of to day
may be branded as traitor tomorrow.
The GopERicu RoUTE.--It is a fixed
fact that line Of steam r,opellers is
To be put on the route between here
and Godericb, G.. W., TO run in conncc.
ton with the Buffalo and Lake Huron
Railway, thus securing route which
for through freight from tho East, pos.
sesscs great advantages over any other.
The, ,SeiOta, Capt. GIL. TnAvERs Sc, will
takefher pIace on the route on the EARL.
est opening Of navigation, and will be
followed by another propeller of equal
capacity, as soon as the business is es-
tablisiicd and partially systematizcd.
IIfiE Grapes salt well, at Plat. had
reacted 4 depth Of $50 feet. on The 10Th
sst. The brine was about 35 per cent
/; n strength, and traces of coal were
osnd below 500 feet