The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-05

take if any one really imagines that this
country can be sustained and great war
carried on by party having but a bare
nominal majority in a few parts of it. The
radicals are now in fearful minority in the
entire country.
Where are the promised nine hundred
thousand Abolitionists promised by GREE
ELY? Where are the 'swarms' of negro savers
from Massachusetts? Let the thousands
whom Gov'nor SEYMOUR sent to Gettysburg,
the stalwart Democratic regiments of New
York, be placed in comparison with those
windy promises of the Abolition Governors
and press. What decided the battles OF
Gettysburg but the presence of the New
York troops? Why did the enemy retire
next day instead of renewing the conflict?
Was there any service ever done the Union
by radical Governor which equaled in
value that service of the copperhead Gov
ernor of New York?
That name 3copperhead" was gwen IN
dirision to the opponents of the Admins
tration policy. Pretending to con6ne it to
sympathizers with the rebellion, the radicals
applied it to all conservative men, and they
accepted it. 1t helped make the breach
wider. What cared the Abolitionists for
that? Step by step the Administration
party pursued a course tending to widen
the chasm, and it has only been by the
noble, steadfast, faithful patriotism of the
conservative leaders and masses that
the contamination has been prevented,
which radlcalism devised, of making the
Northern division almost as great as that
between the North and the South. If the
Northern Democratic masses had accepted
the position assigned them by the radical
rulers, they would long ago have destroyed
the Union, and Aboltionism would have
perished with it in the grand crash.
1t is not to be denied that the Conserva-
tive people, both Democrats and Republi-
cans, have little hope of restoration OF
the peace of the Union under the present
policy. There is very little difference Of
opinion between Conservative Republicans
and Conservative Democrats. The former
think they owe the Administration nomi,
nal support in any policy it may adopt
though they dislike and disapprove that po-
Icy. The latter think they should openly
declare and make visible their disapprevaI,
while they continue to support the Govern
ment of their country as loyal citizens, and
that they should endeavor to elect men to
Office in whose policy they can have more
confidence.
But the danger of forcing the radical
masses into radical opposition is increasing.
The hopelessness Of union and peace under
present guidance is increasing. Nor is there
any way of preserving the united support
of the people except by conservative
course on the part of the Administration.
Such course would at once command the
respect, first Of the Conservative Republi-
cans, and second, of the Conservative Dem
ocrats 1t would destroy ali hopes of dis
unionists, whether abolition or secession in
their connections. The only dsunionsts
at the North would then be the radical alb
clifton faction, who would be left as herelo
fore to open correspondence with the South
ern disunionists to endeaver to bring about
q destruction of the Constitution.
If the President would distinctly declare
in favor Of recognizing the rebel States as
States of the Union, the moment they
abandon the rebellion, it would give the
national cause more strength than all the
soldiers obtained By the draft will bring to
it.