The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-07
The Die is Cast.

UTMOST 10 suppress the feoeuivh- nose OF Inc
Republican party who. from their position,
know best the hopes and intentions Of the par
/ ty, emanatiog from the Executive and bis Cab.
I met, declare that the war must ard viii eUd in
three months, either By success Of oar arms
and the consequent submission Of the rebels. or
by defeat, aud peace, recognizing the rebel
Confederacy and lis pet Institution
The time Is 6xed for this success or defeat
only q few short months ahead. and the
wisest aud shrewdest have determined 10
risk al On the one iqsf effort to sink or swim
the nation. The special correspondent of the
Sacramento Union, at Washington, D. c.,
writes as follows
" The important bearing which our financial
condition has upon the war. and the indissoIu
ble connection Of the financial and military
policy and situation. are too apparent to need
any ampliicatioD just now but it Is morally
certain that the present unhealthy situation Of
our finances cannot long continue without
bringing upon Us bankruptcy aud ruin. The
wisest and the shrewdest say that unless a de-
cIded change for the better shall shortly occur
we are ruined and impoverished as a nation
viii wise legislation save US? Hardly unless
it is accompanied By great military successes
Again and again this Is thundered in the ears
OF our war managers and statesmen, and, at
last, 1t Is to them apparent that the national
credit, which can save the country. Is depen-
dent upon the national arms which can save
everything Without success in the field we
can have no more money, 10 more men with
out these We are lOst-with these the Republic
is safe
But the prospect is not altogether without
CLEAN Of light / have referred to great prep
arations. and you may be certain that at this
present time the War and Navy Departments
are making preparations to risk al upon the
campaign of the next three months. Every
nerve is being strained, every available source
Of power IS called into exercise. and a concen-
traton of the strength of this nation will make
one last effort for triumphant conclusion Of
the war before ninety days shall have gone.
The struggle will be decisive and if we fail
again at Yicksburg Richmond and Charleston,
We shall have failed for the last time 1t is
easy to see now with all Of the facts staring US
in the face, it is unavoidable to comprehend
the necessity as well as the magnitude Of the
struggle, and it is useless to conceal or slur
over the real issue now impending 4 peace
Of some sort is nigh at hand We may as well
prepare our minds for it and be prepared for
the combat now so imminent, aud pray that
God may speed the right"
This appears to be the accepted doctrine of
the Eastern press at the present crisis of our
affairs,-so far as the press upholds the policy
and doctrine of the party in power. The ultra
portion of the Republican party has, for some
time past, had the unlimited control Of the Ad-
carried out, as far as possible, the Chicago
platform declarations Of their political doctrine,
and have finally determined to make one last
effort to suppress the rebellion and slavery,
and, if they fail to let the " Union slide," by
recognizing the slave Coufederacy and this
doctrine they intend to practically enforce, ii
the signs Of the times Indicate anything. In
Illinois and Michigan, they are appealing to
the Republicans to arm themselves, to forcibly
carry out whatever policy may eventuate to
them after three months more trial n the field
The party leaders of the Republicans, now,
make no secret of their understanding of the
purposes for which the war is being conducted
on the part of the Administration Listen to
the Rev. II. w. Bellows, Of Sanitary dispatch
uooriety, as he expressed the accepted doc
trine Of the party in late address:
q" 1t is no longer a war in defense of the
Union, the Constitution and the enforcement
of the laws. 1t is a war to be carried on DO
longer with the aim to the re-establishing the
Union and the Constitution with all their old
compromises. Cod means not to let Us off with
any half way work. am now convinced, and
| consider it the most humane, the most econ
omical, and the most stateSmanlike policy to
take the most radical ground possible; to as
sumo that this is war for the subjugaiion, or
the determination, Of all the persons who wish
to maintain the slave powcr-a war TO get rid
of slavery and slave holders, whether il be con-
stitutional or not"
With these views and objects on the part of
the party in power is it strange that if they
should fail that they would desire to cut loose
from the cotton States, and thus become what
the Democracy have ever charged upon them,
as vile seccssionists as any armed rebel.
If the Administration bas cast every thing
upon the successes or reyerses Of the next
three months, let US wait patiently for the
event and if revoyses meet Us, and a disunion
peace is entertained by the Administration,
then let the Union Democracy arm against it
and hurl from power the ianatical zealots Of
bloody wars, and willing subverters of consti-
tutions when they cannot make them work to
suit their views.
TANss FOR lS63.--The Board Of Supervisors
have fixed the rate Of taxation for this year on
each one hundred dollars worth Of all the tax
able property of the county, as follows:
For STATE nl1rro-a-