, 1863-01-06
LITTLE FEAR OF THAT.

olucA opponents, Way Ue eAPecteu+ -
ach compliments the Governor is accus-
omed.
IrrrLE FEAR OF THAT.
The friends of the country, hence the
nemies Of the rebels and the rebellion,
.nnoy us with an expression Of their fears
hat the Illinois Legislature, now about
organizing, containing, as everybody
Snows, considerable majority Of our po-
itica1 opponents, will attempt some law
less and violent revolutionary movement,
having for its double object the destruction
Of the power and influence Of the Federal
Government in the State, and the nulliica-
tion if not the complete overthrow, of the
authority Of the State Administration |
We have dozen letters from as many gen
tlemen, who, are doubtless sincere in what !
they say, each one Of which assures Is
that the writer has full possession
Of the plan that will be adopled to put
these reasonable schemes into execution;
but as each one differs materially from the
others, those who have favored Us with their
views and apprehensions will not think
that we mean to impeach' their credibility,
if we assume that they are all equally mis-
taken. We do not now doubt, and have
not for long time doubted, that there are
certain " coppcrhcads;" few Of whom are
in the assembling Legislature, whose ven
OH is 50 rancorous, whose scrup1es are so
few, and whose sense is so little, that they
viii do anything or dare everything which
promises them an opportunity to wreak
their vengeance on the policy that they
hate and on those by whom that policy
is to be carried out We can, if nee
essa1y, name perhaps dozen in the
House and Senate, who, we think, might
be implicitly relied upon for the prompt
seconding Of any plan for opening fire
in.the-rear, even to the extent Of armed in
surrection, that any man Of brains or no
brains might suggest. But we have too
high respect for the American name, to
believe than my considerable number who
claim it in. our> State, can be driven or
coazed into any plot for doing what our
informants fear. Putting their patriotism
in the front as the first restraining cause,
we are not insensiblc that they are only
men, and like other men,. should their
patriotism fail, would be restrained by
the certainty that their enterprise
would bring quick and overwhelming de-
struction upon their OWL heads. For,
whatever venom may have been engen.
dercd in the hearts Of politicians, when the
people, who do not share tho bitter ami
mos;ties that partisan leaders feel, are caliet
UPON. to abandon the safeguards Of law, tt
hazard the possession and enjoyment 0
their property, to jeopardize the profitable
ness of their industry, and to plunge th
North into civil war in which the horribl
butchc1ics that have been enacted in Mis-
souri will be e-enncted in every county q
. the Free States, all for the sake Of re-cstat
fishing slavery as the dominant power c
the Republic, they will start back nghas
from the unholy proposition, and nc
only rebuke, but condignly punisl
those who give it their support. Politics
action limited BY the 1aw>is only the ez
preston of opinion, by which, thoug
many are offended, few are grievousl
hurt; but civil war which reaches dow
into every stratum ofsocial life, dislocat<
the very frame work OF society, envelope
all citizens in its dangers, destroys th
value Of possessions the relations Of il
dust1y to sia rewards, and the persons
safety Of every individual, is fact that a
mcn con understand and that all, in 8:hon
hate and malerolence have not unsettle
reaspn, will deprecate: The politicianswil
not be able TO goad our people into II
And politicians, top, viii be shy of tax
ing upon themselves the risks which arm
ed treason, though it may. be justified b,
State action, implies. The: Central Gov
ernment is strong: Confidence in the in
teqity md ability Of the President is IN
abated. He is Command In Chief Of tn
Army and Navy. As such, he has the di'
posal Of full million Of men, hardly on
Of whom has not learned to hate With n
tense ferv;or the bcrbaroua7 institution tn.
has brought war upon the country-hard'
ore az whom would not gladly: embrat
any opportunity to square accounts "''
The traitors left at home. The kno",eal
that nj outbreak in the North "onia mn
nnon: those engaged therein an avalanc1
of troope, to whom -" copperheaa