, 1863-02-06
Chicago Urlbnnt.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1888.
rArsE OF OPPOSITION,

CATSE OF OPPOSITION. !
The country, engaged in a fierce and !;
bloody war, the rigi'tfnincss Of which, so !;
far as the North is concerned, no man !,
questions, demands the services Of all her
sous. The danger to our national exist !
cEcc is imminent, and the demand Is i'm
peratiyc.
Yet we see q considerable minority of
our pcople-mcn who profess high alleEi-
ance to our institutions, and unboundcd
love for OUT form Of governmcnt,-so far
traitorous as to p1acc every possible in1-
re1iment In the way Of the progress of
our arms; and if not openly assisting, un-
qucsionably stimulating and encouraging
the enemy. We glance at the public justi-
cations Of their conduct, for the purpose of
showing the motives Of their acts
it is conceded on all sides that the pres
crvation Of the Union-the continuance Of
the political unity OF our people for otIense
and defense-is the object for which we
struggle. When that is insured hy the de-
feat Of tie enemy the war will end.
Involved in the struggle are three mil
lions Of Slaves, the property, according to
local law, Of traitors. In the progress of
the contest; the men to whom the guidance
Of The Republic is intrusted-1nen unques-
tionably sincere and earnest in their lore
Of country and in their adherence to the
shirt and the forms Of Dcmocraey-haye
deemed that tie freedom Of these slaves
was necessity Of quick and certain con-
ouest-that it was condition precedent to
the re-estabI;shment Of the national au-
thority. We state the fact without dis
cussing the wisdom Of their reasoning.
But their action is made the justification
of the reasonable endeayor Of which we
have spoken.
We need not dwell on the balderdas11
which proc1aims that the rights Of the
rebels under the Constitution are invaded
By the Presidents act; because no sensible
man need be told that as long as the rebels
are war1ing against the Constitution, they
have no rights accruing By its authority.
To them its guarantys are worthless.
We're they not SO, every one four soldiers
is murderer and should he hung.
We need stop to notice the slave
whanging assertion which occurs so ire
qucnt]y in newspaper literature and bar
room orator y This is q white man
war, and We have nothing to do with til
niggcr;" because it is sclfcyident, that
the restoration Of the Union is the objcc
Of the war, as the white me|
outnumher the black men b.
more than six to one, the latte
are only incidents, accessories, CO
latczals in the contest, while the forme
are to be the gamers OF losers, as the issu
is good or bad. The Government uses tb
negro as it would gunpowder or lead
means TO an end. We hear nobody 81,
ing that this is an artillery war, or u ca'
airy war, and that there shall bc no rife
or mrskcts used,
We dispose, then, Of the most frcque1
cries by which VIC find that the President
proclamation is assailed. Those that al
not untrue are unmeaning. But we al
still without a satisfactory reason for. Il
opposition that every day grows more ,r
more vnulcnt
Where shall we find it, save in tile ii
TINT the men who make that opposite
loye Slavery more than the Union, III
love the assumed interests and pretend,
rights Of 1hrce hundred thousand slav
holders all disIoyal- than the re
interests and real rights of twenty-sevt
millions Of white n,cn II il Il pitiat
confession to make, that human bondae
rs organized into system in this count
"a system at once 50 atrocious in its d
fancc Of Heaven and Of the rights Of ma
kind-llas made euc1t havoc with the i
triotism and The moral sense Of Our },co|,
US our words imply. But that the nj
chief has been done, every days liste
proves.