The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-04

The ABOLITION REcRUIT.-It is o no.
tieeablc fact that the more recent converts
to abolitionisn far OutstrIp their older
fellow-traitors in vituperative abuse OF
the Democracy and in fawning servility
and knee-supplensss at The feet of King
Abraham. 1t is not surprising, however,
that such should be the case, for 1t is
well established rulo that your bought
man is more vehement, boisterous and
intolcrant than he who advocates cause
honestly and from conviction Of its truth.
We find no fault with this, because it
is a course Of action that naturally flows
from the situation of the political bravo
and renegade; in the language Of the day,
it is the strategy forced upon him by his
change of base. lie must go far in the
lead OF his new associates in order to d.
vert attention from his newness in the
faith; as he is an abolitiOniSt for hire, he
must do something extra to earn his
wages and, as he is generally as desti,
tute Of intellect as Of honesty, he intrench'
es himself in his own filth and, with all
the ferocity Of his benstly nature, assaults
men whose only crime is loyal devotion
TO the principles of government taught by
the fathers Of the Republic. This class Of
men abound on the Pacific coast. There
are scores Of them in the front ranks OF
the tory party now, who, but short time
back, were such blatant advocates of De-
mocracy as to put to shame the old guard
Of the party and cause many to think
the latter lukewarm and Indifferent
They are no more sincere or honest now
than they were then, and wheu abolition
ism shall havc passed its zenith and be.
gun to descend from powcr-when it can
no longer pay them-they will bctray and
desert it, us they have the Democracy.
- % -
Gen. BANKs.-This distinguished Union
slider seems TO have fastened on to the
favor Of the Administration with hooks
Of steel. No General in the Federal SER
vice has been so petted and pampered as
he, and none have done less for the glory
Of its arms. In Virginia, he made most
efficient Commissary General for Stone
wall jackson, it is true and that he
displayed remarkable activity and great
capacity for moving troops with rapidity
in his flight from the Old Dominion to
Maryland, VIC are not disposed to ques
ton; we admit, too, that he very grace
fully accepted the surrender of Port llud-
son, when that stronghold, after having
repulscd every assault he made upon it,
was forced to succumb by Grants cap.
ture Of Vicksburg. That his want Of
gencralship converted what was to have
been a triumphal march into disastrous
rout, in his recent Red River campaign,
resulting in an immense loss Of life and
property, is fresh in the memory of all,
and SO fully proved his incapacity that
he was relieved Of his command, doubt.
less, by the order Of General Grant We
supposed that all these brilliant feats
would entitle him to reposc, and that he
would be permitted to retire to MasSa-
chusetts and there rest upon his laurclS,
but we learn by the telegraph that he has
been appointed military Governor Of
Louisiana. But short time since the
Atlantic pictorials gave magnificent rep
rcsentatiOns Of the Inauguration Of Mr..
Hahn as Governor Of Louisiana, and as
he was elected by the soldiers, We had
supposed he was the military Governor
But it seems we were mistaken, and that
the Office remained vacant that, after he
could be no longer retained in the field,
Gen, Banks might still be military ne
ccssity" in Louisiana.