The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07
LETTER FROM THE EAST.
LED1roR1AL coREEsroxDExcg.

The inkiing Of the radical programme sent
yon in ny last, it seems certain, will now De
adopted by the Administration: Two or three
months more Of war, and then bow to destiny
What that destiny will be, the radicals DO not
care to inform the pablic If they know them
selves 1t is not very probable, however. that
they can carry oat this programme as easily as
they imagine At the expiration Of that time,
the terms Of enlistment for some two or three
hundred thousand Of our volunteers will expire,
and, with q reduced army, the rebels will prob
ably give the radicals 10 enviable destiny.
This programme Of the radicals means nothing
less than a recognition Of the rebel Confederacy.
and the rebels will be satisfied with nothing
short Of the original boundaries claimed By
them, viz Virginia, Maryland Kentucky and
Missouri. How long viii the Western States
remain with Puritanic New England after such
bowing to destiny as aboliti0uism will have
thrust upon them! How long will they con
sent to be taxed for the benefit Of New Eng
land manufacturers, after New England has
deprived them Of the benefits Of the Union.
and sold out the commercial highway of the
nation the Mississippi? Wonld It not be bet
ter for these radical he'll hounds to exhibit
little patriotism, instead OF 50 much sectional
ism, and endeavor to save the Union? It is
evidently not in their natures to do so. Neither
DO they seem disposed to wait until the people
can be heard at the ballot-box, in the choice
Of successors who will do something to preserve
the Government and Union. They are now
seeking an easy place TO fall, in accordance
with the programme put forth By Greedy, and,
with this view, are operating to secure the
friendly Intervention Of France. It is needless
to say that the Democracy oppose this scheme
Of the radicals, and continue, now, as hereto
fore for the Unou at all hazards free, if the
present authorities can constitutiouaIly make
it so, or all slave; but beyond and above poll
cies or men, the Union. This Is a position
that the rebels and radicals have not yet learn
cd to comprehend ald act upon. The former
would not remain in the Union because Lin
eoln was elected President, and like them, the
radicals will not have the Union unless slavery
be abolished. Each Of these factions must
have a Union in accordance with their own
notions or none at all. Dissolution is the pan
acea for the evils brought on the country by
their sectional fanaticism. That the abolition
lists will adopt this programme is evidenced by
the fact that no policy, however foolish or alb
surd, hitherto started by them, but what they
havafnally adopted. Another evidence Of the
fact that they intend to &" bow to destiny" is
this: The Federal authorities are now supply
ing the authorities of the abolition States with
arms and munitions Of war This, too, while
the utmost energies Of the nation should be de-
voted to the preservation Of the Government
of our fathers. Fifty thousand stand Of Spring
field muskets have recently been sent into
Michigan also into Indiana and Massachu-
sets. Doubtless the same programme is being
carried out in other States. Negro regiments
are also authorized to be raised by these Stats
Congress is now, also, considering bill for
law turning the militia of the several States
over to the command Of the President. In
view OF all these facts, the Legislature of Hi
nois is considering the propriety Of forming a
State regiment in each Congressional district
The militia of New York have been ordered
to report to the commander of that department,
aud portion of them have refused, recogui-
zing the Governor as their Commander-in-
Chief. Amid all these wars and rumors of
wars, have faith in the American people,
and believe that they will yet arouse, and
adopt measures to preserve the Union and the
Government. The following, from the Chica-
go Times, shows how the people feel over the
prospect before them. Without indorsing all
the adjectiyes employed, introduce it as ex-
hibitng the feeling to which the radical policy
by which the Administration is now controlled.
has given rise. The Times has not yet been
discontinued
" Hold up TO scorn and contempt this crazy,
rotten, lanaticAl, hypocritical, egotistical and.
we might add without blush. hell-deserving
Administration a contemplate minority, not
as contemplate in numbers as in manners,
with the purse and the sword to rule the desti
ny Of this great nation TO plunder the treasury
devastate the country. demoralize society,"
YES. to degrade America in the eyes Of the vir-
tuous and enlightened throughout the universe.
In the name Of God. who is at the head of
this awful wholesale destruction of life aud
property the author Of mourning and desola-
ton? | pause for reply Millions answer
in thunder-toncs Sumner. Wade, Beecher.
Stevens, Greeley. Wilson, Loveioy Tor Love
Nigger), Julian. Chandler, aud the New Eng
andeFs generally not forgetting their tool
Abraham the Rail splitter, or rather Abraham
the Union-splitter- They play to his vanity,
and be plays to their cupidity-all to crafty
a morbid. craven, degrading low flung nigger
equality system-not forgetting the almighty
doIlar-Puritanic in conception and iguomini-
oas in practice And the plumber private and
publc--my God it makes an honest man
stand agbast to contemplate its enornity."