The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-27
c,o,,,-,1ioo+ion likely TO. Arise.

- Among therdificultics which are tore tore
seen in the future are the following =
First-In the event of an election,
with General Mcclellan on one'slde .snd,
Abraham Lincoln on the other, should
the mass Of the soldiers votes be thrown,
through Administration influence in iaEoF
ofNlr. Lincoln, the North will at oncebe
plunged into all the horrors of civil war
The Democrats would claim, and will, no
doubt, be able to prove, that the vote
was, to all intcuts. and purposes fraud
ulcnt that the soldiers, either through
disiplinc, fear, favoritism, or the doctoring
of the returns, were compelled to VOC
cnmnsse for Mr.. Lincoln. In that case,
the whole nation would fame up in~rev-
olution, and the streets Of our cities
run blood.
Sccond.-If Abe Lincoln should be
elected by the votes of the Western
States, under his own Amnesty Procli'-
nation, that also would undoubtedly
create an outbreak at the North. The
people Of the State of New York for
instancc) would never consent to be out
voted in the Electoral College by bogus
electors representing the camp followers
and crcatucrs of. Mr.. Lincoln in Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Flor
ida, etc. In other words they would
never consent that the few pretended
fo;yal thousands in the Southern States
should outvotc The undoubtcd loyal mil
lions in the Northern States.
Thirdly-On the other hand, It'll be-
licvcd that if, by charges OF corruption
AGAINST the Administration and the pred
iudioes created by clamor against miccg-
cnation and negro equality, the Demo
Gratis should succeed in clccting General
Nc. Clcllan, it is not believed that the
people who have control of the Admin
istratiou would consent to give up their
power. The monetary interests invoked
arc 50 enormous that every consideration
which can appeal to the scliishness of
ambitious men would tempt the party
in power to ignore the election
1t caunotb disguised that the passions
of tlfc populacc arc at fever heat. That
paper money, the high prices, the fereH
excitement of the war, have so wrought
upon the passions of the multitude that
it needs lut q spark to blow the whole
framework Of society into atoms. 1t is
the man on horseback who would then
rule US, and our boastcd liberties would
find their grave III the tomb of military
dcspotism. 1t will thus be seen why it
is seriously proposed TO postpone the Pros!-
Dental clcction.-N. Y Hcrol6.
The festival Of the Passover common
ccd' yesterday, that being the fourteenth
day of Nisan, aud continues eight days.
The two first and two last days arc kept
sacred, but during the four iutcrncdi-
ate days business may be attended to.
This festival, which ie called in the
Hebrew Pay&uca, was instituted to
commemorate the Providcntail escape
Of the Jews, when God, shifting the first
born of the Egyptians, "passcd over"
the houses of the Israelitcs, the door
posts of which were sprinklcd with the
blood of the paschal lamb. During this
festival, the Jews art no other kind of
bread but thin cake, baked CT unlcavened
dough, which arc called "mazzos," (pro-
nounccd "matzos.") The most Interest,"
ing ceremonies of the Passover are those
that take place on the first and second
evenings, in the house of every Jew,
which are styled the "giving ofthe say
DOR" meaning order or series OF cos
tunes and ceremonies, which are as
follows:
The table cloth Being laid, the MAJ