Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-09-15

Convention intimated (what 1t afirms the whole
country "avouohes y the necessity Of reorgani-
cation of the present Cabinet. and this reorganiza
ton, when made, should be made, it says, on the
basis Of more emphatic recognition Of the radical
anti-slavery element The Advertiser "keeps
company" we believe, with both Of these sheets
in the support of Mr. Lincoln, and therefore gives
u. to understand, according to its own chosen
theory for ascertaining the identity of political
opinions that it with them, as it is plainly
impossible to conceive that such highly respectable
journals, while united in the bonds Of . common
political faith, could practise such ga cheat and
delu,on" as to think and speak differently Of the
men who hold the highest places under the Presl-
dent ets 0...
We hope, therefore, in view of this exegess, that
we have been quite able to satisfy the curiosity"
Of our esteemed contemporary and we are sure
that it will perceive we knew very well what We
were "driviDg at" when we assigned it position
according to its own selected mode Of political class
ifcation. We should not have thought perhaps Of
doing so, if the Advertiser had not expressly
authorized it by the standard erected in its columns
for the trial of others. ~
It is hardly necessary for US to say that in thus
expounding and applying the law Of political as
ISOLATION, as laid down by our contemporary, it is
no part of our present purpose to inquire into the
justice of the grounds which the Advertiser bases
the universal applicability Of its doctrine. II the
Advertiser wishes to be " known" by the company
it keeps, we have no disposition to quarrel with
either the test it applies or the character and
classification it thus gives to itself, though for
ourselves, on the score of logical definition, we
might have somewhat to except from the generality
of the proverb which it applies to the discovery Of
individual opinions embraced within the bounds Of
the same nominal political connections. We at
least are responsible only for our own opinions, and
not for those of any body else, inside outside of
any political organization with which, in any juno
ture, We may feel it our duty to act.
As our Boston contemporary evidently intends
pleasant allusion to US when it speaks of some
journals as old as itself, and "heretofore consis-
tently opposed to the Democratic party" which
have recently been "newly classified" we beg
only to say that if such new classification is to
be imputed to us for either misfortune or fault
and if names things" Gas IL evidently thinks
they are) we are sure the Advertiser will admit
that we have done the best that was conceivable in
the present condition of our political nomenclature
for, as we have always been less consistently op
posed to the Republican than to the Democratic
party, it surely would not like to see us commit the
double inconsistency of supporting any ticket which
ha. on it Republican as candidate for President
and " Breckenridge Democrat" as candidate fol
the Vice Presidency especially when our repug
nance to both is based on our opposition to the
present principles Of both, rather than on our pre-
JUDGE against their politiol denominations.
N B. As it seems to be not improbable thai
some of those whose presence among the supporters
of Gen. Mcclellan has recently inspired the AID
vcrtiser with SO much virtuous indignation will
abandon the candidacy of that patriotic soldier ant
take service against him as "Lincoln guerrillas,
we hope our contemporary will like them better al
allies than as adversariss. If it should be in acl
of proverb to meet the case we will engage t.
furnish one pat to the occasion.