East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-11-18
WHOLESOME TRUTHS.

truthful in its statements. We cannot
possibly find room for the whole of it
in our columns at this'time, but we
give below an extract from il, which,
we are sure, will be heartily applaud
ed by every conservative reader:
The men whose Influence brought
about this fatal policy have done it
with the wilful and nalicions inten-
ton Of preventing the restoration of
the Union. IL was MOI mere blum
der, but crime against the country
deliberately performed Let Us do
justice to our political opponents. The
masses of the Republican party $50
called) did not mean it; even their
leaders were misled. The President
is technically responsible, but not in the
sense of intending all the consequen-
ces. 1t was done by the ultra aboli-
ton party, whose principal seat ofpow-
er is Now England, with disciples thin
ly scattered over the Middle aud
Western States. That is the power
behind the throne greater than the
throne itself; that is the influence
which shapes all our measures ofciyil
administration and regulates the flow
of our blood in the field These are
the men who rule us for their pleasure
and plumber us for their profit
They avowed their purpose Of des-
troying this government moro than
thirty years ago. They made no secret
of the malignant hatred they bore to
the institutions established by our rev.
dictionary ancestors. They wrought
earnestly in season and out of season
to excite instruction and murder in
the Southern States, They did not,
wait for war to legalize bloodshod.-'
When one of their number, as coarse
a ruflian as they had among them, an
a mRSstg aE6atbaa f r midRHri&eRRf INTO RrT
peaceful village to organizee a general
system of butchory and actually com
menced shooting down the unsuspect-
ing inhabitants, while he plundered
the government property, the aboli-
tionists of New England clapped their
hands, applauded and reioiced with
exceeding JOY, They uttered the most
furious maledictions against the au-
thorities for arresting linn. When he
was hung they mourned him as Il mar
tyr. When he was buried they pro-
nounced funeral eulogics over his
grave. AT this day they worship his
memory and sing hymns in his honor.
BY their fruits shall ye know them
There can be no mistake about the
patriotism, the honesty, or the benev-
olence Of party that canonizes
traitor, a thief and murderer
The Constitution stood in their way,
and they spurned it as an agreement
with hell. The Gospel of God was
cles rcsounded with ribald blasphe-
mics against the Christian religion
Common modesty forbade the gross
breach of faith they contemplated, and
they invented a new system of moral
ity called +" higher law" which, when
it came to be defined, meant nothing
but the impulse of Their own unregu-
lated passions. Tho democracy saw
through their designs and warned the
country against them, and they SLAM
dered us with all the brutal strength
of criminals.
But how came it that party so in
significant in numbers and so desti-
tute Of general confidence should ac-
ouire so complete an asccndancy in
the public councils? Their own vote
was probably not one tenth of the
people, and tho other nine-tenths
would as soon have polled all the mad
houses of the country, and selected
the widest lunatics they could find to
rule over them, DIS to have given New
England Abolitionists the rcins of their
government. They got their power
by series of base frauds. They went
into the Chicago Convention declaring
themselves entirely satisfied with the
exclusion Of slavery from the Terri
tories. Although that would not
make one slave moro or less, they
averred that the pleasure of insulting
and defying the judicial authorities,
by getting a decision of the Supreme
Court reversed 10y convention OF boss
politicians, would "wrap them up in
measureless contentment." They a.
greed to self-denying resolution alb
turing all power and all intention to
interfere with the rights of the States
on the subject of slavery or any other
subject. How did they keep that
pledge? If any Republican would
now dare to stand on that plank OF
the platform he would be bullied out
Of countenance.
But it was necessary to gain still
further power by another false pre-
tence. When the war broke out they
the same men who had plotted the
destruction of tho Union for thirty
years shouted for tho Union so loud
| iy that nearly all believed them sin.
core. The shout for the Union thrill
ed the hearts of the whole Democra.
CIV, and they crowded all the ways Il
the battlefield as if they were going
to e festival. When the disaster a
the first battle of Bull Run made am
other uprising necessary, they put OF
the records of Congress solemn de
claration that the war was not for con
quest or subjugation, but solely TO
the Union us it was before the war
and for the Constitution with all tn,
rights of the States and the people un
impaired. Again the Democratic rc
sponse was universal, enthusiastic ant
efficient.
These repeated pledges were shame
fully broken. The abolitionists wen
to the President and insisted on hay
ing proclamation which would open
ly trample them down. The Presiden
refused-refused for many good reo
sons, The argument by which h
justified his refusal was certainly tn
most respectable one he ever made i
his life. 1t became necessary, there
fore. TO imposc upon him also. The