The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-17
our OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The True Union Party.

Man ALWAYS acts from motive Motive and
act sustain To each either the relation 0t cause
and effect. Tnere can be no effect wiihnni
canSe and no voluntary act without motive.
We are, thereInre, to expect the In''SI real
devotion IL the Union frnn The party that has
mnst 10 gain by ITS reSturaliUn, aud most TO
lnse bv its downfall.
Considered merely as ciiIzens, the Admins
tratlnn man and the Democrat aIe equally IN
tprestrd in the Union. According asst is main
tanned Or nverlIIoWn, the one gains all that the
other can gain and lnses all that the other eau
Politically speaking. what party will BE- most
benefited oy The reSI"Iaiun at the Union!
1t should be constantly bnrue in mind, that
tue only legitimate pnrpose Fur which The war
can be prosecuted. IS an ultimate peace which
will restore the Onion; and thar the Union can
never, IN reality, be restored. till the war is al
un end.
Int" whose hands does the existing war place
most pnwer? Huw. politically. would parties
be affected by II ie' nlinalnn at the war tnIlnwed
by Il complete restoration 1T the Union?
Mr. Lincoln is Commander. Iu-rhIrf uf the
aImlrs and navieS If the United States As
such, Congress has assumed I" cl"lhc hun with
almost dIctnr"ral power. Ii he has The Hu-
th"rilv that is claimed for him. there is, in the
Uniitd States, nu citizen Va" may not be I'M
]
"f military necessity. his will i paramount ~
all constitutions aud all laws. He hasa ulIh"n
ut soldiers IN the tird, aud, bv cunSrrptirn, Is
calling f'r more. To direct the m"l rmrntS 1t
armies ~ va>i, requires numerous reiinue "f
officers. NJ 81 nf whom are dt>iruuS nf l'r"nIn
non, aud know full well that the di>plca>lrr Ut
the Administration w"uld be The death knoll ut
all their hopes t. furnish government sup
plies, an army Of contractors makes It's appear.
ThaSa nf hrnit4sS
great devotion TO the government, aud, IN most
Instances, are rewarded for their zeal by profit
able contracts. They seldom, how, yer, heSi-
tate TO swIndc the Government which they
profess to love so we'll Realizing in many
instances, ample fortunes for their LOYALTY, they
consider it wise financial policy to be very
loyal. To carry State elections the terrorism Of
a military force may be cmplnyed nbndt The
polls, while Republican soldiers get turl"ugh
10 GO home and vnie, aud Democratic soldiers
are retained in the s-rvlce. The only objection
now raised tu the discussions nf governmental
policy IL. ,hat they may cnIbarraSS the prose-
, cutInn of the war. There are thnnsaudS uunn
thousands Of voters who, though at present
supporting the policy "f the Administrator
trnma conviction III dutv differ widely from that
policy, and who viii not hesitate 10 give free
eXpresSi II to their opinions when the war Is
over. Fraud is now justified and Swindlng
sheltered, under the Plea Of military necessity.
As natural consequence of the restoration Of
the Onion, the pcr>unS guilty of SnCh frauds
, and SNlndliNg Wou!d, instead ni bH>k ng i" the
sunshine nt puluar favor bV noisy ~" trS>lnn>
"t PATRIOTISM, b. exposed I" the Just indigna
lion ui an hnu' It aIti ragged 'Ii.u.luitv. l.
M liHc in wiling Ia SujrputIrr all ihr l,nwcr
/ with which tMhlir opinion las infested llm IN
/ consequence nt the war: Are the contractors
Wiling tn Surrender the p'nEIS arising from
Their contracts; Are Iic >"iniL.r> wiliIn. Ia
have iinrr frauds unina>krd: i 'ir Admins
tial'nn Wiling To lose the support At all tn -
VIII" adhere to II. th"Cgh. ~ heart. they dissent
from its p"lcv2 1t Is Lnt reasonable to irar
Iha, ia" Administration uay hesitate t. re-
n"uncc such mighty sources of patronage and
power.
But there is II matter which. tIor.h apart
from all these cons 'drrt ions # patronage and
power. H. we'll wrthv "t >"Ii,n> Irtrctiuu Ia
his letter L. Charles q. Lrn,I,ir Dugl. l.,> 81 d
lhat iirrr were -lublI,a AN lr:,driS Whu brl.,V-
iug IhI' thrirpir c,mli maintain II permanent
a>crndrucN ~ Ih- N"rihr'u t,urIi,n "t the I'm.
i'm, bur not in the entire Cu"n, wished to- dis
Sovt the Uni n t''r I"li,cai rras"n>. l. not i
ease VERY similar nov upon u>? Du,> n"i y t
Administration desire Ia carry The u.Af P,r>l.
drUril tlccIun: i not lhr Adn.iuI.rr,i,,.n
l'nt'v an auti.>dve'y lartv? W"ud i,s tI,>.
poets br aS good ~ III. " Ii 'r Unl,n H. ~ the
Nulih'',n r"I il"n h y, VIII nui. lhrr.i. ,rr
the Administration aim to- iu, tract ii,,. vat tor
IT," i'''rl"'>c ni cIiIl.n the nrAt Pusdt n,id
elect'"p.
Nniie upon This tnlic of motive il i>w.rt,,
of remark that The AdnIni>ttatr arr, has
hrc"nir ih"r"ngtlv All Ili"n,H.d The ra>t
creed If III" Abu!rrt.l.i,l> las u'.it"u !, b,.n
"Ih 'h.h slavery. C.."'n a. u" UHl,u." That
party. rhcr,t,rr. has rlarirr To- ir,'>i he t,s
i"rH'i"n "f III CHi n, EXCEPT upon trrn.s that
Will abolish slavery.
Tired Il the contemplation of details :, re-
Voting. direct NV Ai''u n tn a hri-tjtr j..
'uc, nv snip">;r- ease. Thr wtr, Wtlh it,
attendant Irninot hoIr"r>, it> a>t AWAY. The
Unl"n - ~ mplrIeiN r,>t.nrd III ,r nit uriI e
mn' # complaint Is hrard in ali lac ; niih
lu~irad 1T the cidDg r "i arni> aud ihc mar Il
BATH, the >;iiir,t .Iu"thrI Presidential uf-Al
approaches T,uEht w;.d N hy ,A .,r:,n c,
Is II. Bre krm.illse and u,iEl h.rn r.Il,
ilmlr E"Ce> it iLVnr If i unit Il Dem ,vrLcv,
AID i;tkc their h'Ilu i,lun> t,t J. tSI Iriit and
Vice President 1hr Adu'n,,'r. o. party
holds its convention. bat lind, u>,tt - thu
rnnghiv AbolhI"ui<"d, rs l." h. uud, ,he ne.
cr>>ifN "t presenting 10 ll. public AZ Alb b,!iinu
rlatt'I m and Ab"lI;I"n thud,dt'r>. Tuc t0n.
serva'itr men IT The raiiN ira,rit III Vast mum.
bers aud jim The D"m"trats.. The election i,
held. The AbolItinui>tS carry MAS,ac,,usrtr.
aud Vermont 'bv small mii"tI,irS Tut every
Wh"r > ate in The Cnrn goes Dem, ciA;lc
w TIA the ChIIn speedily Restored, ] verify
b~lIevp that Inr cIS- supposed wnnli b. IL ira
me. | dnuOt, INDEED. whether the Aboltinn
ISIS would eveu carry Massachusetts, aud Yer,
mont.
One thing ia certain: If the seeded States
vote AT the n'Xl Pr''>,druriLl eIrctInn, they viii
not vote TOR an Abol.lInn'>t against Dcmu
c!at.
Politically speaking, 'h" Administration par.
" has everything Z. A.s. and nothing in gaiu
white the D"Innrrd'ic party has ,.vrI IvihIng I,
gain aud nnihlng TO lose, by The Restoration ii
the Uu'nu.
The Democratic party is. therefore. The trnt
Uuion party. JAMES JOHNSON.