, 1863-06-19
Chicago Qrtbn11e.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1868.


THE NEWS.
THE situation in the East affords sill an
amplc ground for conjecture. 1t seems
cedain, however, that Pennsylvania was
moro scared than hurt, and, as pecma-
ncnt result, more admonished than
either. Our OWL dispatches from
Washington locate the main body Of Lees
force still in Virginia, where it is not un-
likely he may prefer to remain, unless at
tackled, to secure the noble haryests NOW
1ipcning IN that region. But the danger
10 Maryland and Baltimore By his
present position stands confessed. and
vigorous preparations are making by our
officers to rcnd crevery thing secure. Not
only do the disputchcs differ as to Lees
location, but as to the number Of his army,
one account giving him only 10000 men.
It will be safest, however, to provide
1gainst the outside figure named.
The Infamous copperbead Conclaye that
polluted Springfield with their utterances
of Treason on "Wednesday, ehameleasly
resolved
.:That the fa-thcr offensive prosecution OF this
<ear tends to snbrcrs the Constitution and the Gor
<rEsnslt,'' &c,
They also propose, in the same series Of
resolutions, q a national convention to set
tie upon terms Of peace" Our dispatches
say that on the same day in which these
home traitors were in session, a dispatch
was received by Gov. Yates from Wash
ington, asking with how many troops ILL.,
nois can Immediately respond, to prepare
10 rcpcl threatened invasion Of the border.
by their fruits &c shall know them" The
Legitimate deductions from the teachings
Of Copre1hcad orators and presses are
sure most to abound, in sections where the
darkest phase Of dcmocracy relgns. Show
lie district in Indiana where no
papers are taken but the JEFF. Davis
organ Of this city, or the Cincinnati
Enquirer, and we shall know thereby the
locality where the pcrils OF the drah Off
Gers arc the most imminent. Murder viii
Tic in wait for the agents Of the Conscrip-
fion law; the enrolment will be work
Of difficulty aud danger. Judges and Sen
ators and Congressman will be found
10 assure the public that the Constitu-
4ion provides no method to stop these
fountains OF treason, and the dispatches
still continue to bring tidinga Of these out
RACES that are the fruits of the dissernina-
1ion Of such doctrines. The Indiana dis
patches, elsewhere, add to the previous list.
Let allthc guilty parties that are arrested
for these overt acts. be summari1y dealt
with, and by martial law. Presently we
Ehall reach the wise course Of making trea-
son-teaching, as well us treason.shrieking
dangerous business. Neither speech or
press can safely be left free to assal the
Union.
"Dout put that paragraph in,' said a
friend at our elbow, as we read aloud the
dispatch from our Vicksburg camps, rela-
live to The run1o1cd barbazous act Of negro
soldiers, in s1aughtcring wounded rebels
in hospital. Don't let that story go forth
10 those who hare been only eager to urge
the charge Of saragery against our
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less monkey argument is abandoncd-)
But We prefer to le. the rurnor be known.
We trust it isnot fact. Suppose it is H.
deed true. Who set these men the czam-
1'leP Who believes that were party Of
rebels to come upon hospital full Of ne
gro troops that single nesro's lie would
be spared? Has not the history of the
war, and the whole history Of Slavery set
before the black race IN example Of feroc-
ity in their torncnto1s and our enemies.
The negro does but copy from his Late
masters. Who first raised the black
flag and the cry Of NO quarter at Mill
ken's Bend and what vas the legitimate
result. Let the scenes Of horrible carnage
TINT followed, answer in its conflict Of de- |
mons rather than men, the chronicle Of |
which shall still chill the blood Of Human
ity ~heu the last chapter OF the war has
been written and finished. The Slave
drivers ere shaking down with their own
lands the ripcned fruits Of q vengeance
long withheld. They have led in savagery,
and the blacks will lie ready imitators, un-
less held back by discipline resulting from
enrolment into the armies Of the Union.
History oftenti,nes repeats itself We
are threatened with new Antietam, aud
possibly third Bull Run, and the coinci-
dence is too great not to set the old lady
of the InteRigeneer at Washington to Groom
inr feeb1y for the return of Mcclellan to
the command Of tie Army of the Poto-
mac. That is carrying the repetitions
quite too far. It's enough to have the
work now to do over again, that should
have been done once thoroughly, and for
the war. It is too dreary joke to bespeak
again, also the blundcrs Of the past The
NTef1InJ1or encnrn ,r111 tall 3ca1