Year: 1862

a question with which the public at large has
very little to de- Let il be decided rs il may,
the great absorbing issue of the suppression OF
the rebellion will not be at all affected one
way or the other For this reason the question
of the Gcvernorship, which now engrosses our
State politicians, has not the slightest interest
for the people. Whether the Hon. General
Morgan, or the Hon. Mr.. Seymour, or the Hon.
Mr. Nncompoop shall be elected Governor, is
a matter Of no national Importance whatever.
If the Hon. General Morgan be reelected he
will continue to raise troops, and will give all
the military commissions and government
patronage to his personal and political friends.
If the Hon. Mr.. Seymour be nominated by the
democrats, and elected by chance, Cassidy, Gag
ger and Dean Richmond, he will raise troops
and give the commissions and patronage to his
friends. If the Hon. Mr.. Nincompoop shall
eclipse both these competitors, and he installed
in the gubernatorial chair, he will similarly
benefit his friends. As the whole affair, them
il Of no earthly interest except to the friends
of the candidates, the people will do well to
let them fight it out and settle it comfortably
among themselves. The best efforts of the peo-
pie are needed in another direction.


The elections for members of Congress-
which also take place in November
demand the undivided attention OF the
elections this year as of more Importance than
any which have been held for the past fifty
years. Upon them depends in q great measure
the integrity, the very existence Of tae country
The radical Congress now in power taught rs
most thoroughly, by tie bitter results Of its last
session, The power and the influence Of CONGRESS
sonal action during crisis like this. This
Congress, during u single session, nearly ac-
complished the ruin Of the nation. There never
was collected a more wicked silly, revolution
arg body Of crazy fanatics. When they at last
adjourned the whole country gave deep sigh
Of relief. aud thanked God that the worst was
over. If JEFF. Davis himself had drawn up the
measures which they passed they could. not
have done the Union cause more injury. By
their diabolical intrigues they have brought
upon the country every disgrace and disaster
which has visited our armies in the field





Lovcjoy Chandler and the other abolition radi
Gals. they succeeded in befooling weak mem
bers of the Cabinet and imposing upon the sim
Pile good nature Of the President, until they had
marred the plans and interfered with the com
mands of our ablest and most patriotic gene
rails. This accomplished. they deliberately
proceeded to stop enlistmcnts. and thus ena
bled the rebels to outnumber our armies in
every important engagement during the war
Again and again they interfered to prevent
the capture of Richmond, and at last left
McClellan's army to melt away in the
swamps OF the Chickahominy. while they
purposely held back reinforcements which
were not needed elsewhere, and which
would have saved the Army of the Potomac,
and given it the triumph which it could almost
reach, but was not strong enough to completely
secure. crime like this can never be for
gotten or forgiven.


But the damning record Of the present Con-
gress does not end here. During all this time
its members were exasperating even the most
unwilling rebels, and intensfying the treason Of
the rebel chiefs by unceasng harangues and
debates about the inevitable negro and they
completed their mischief by the passage Of an
unconstitutional Coniiscation and Emancipation
bill, the obvious and immediate effect Of which
was to transform every Northern man into a
fend in the eyes OF the rebels. Even after their
adjournment. these Congressman did not cease
their bloody work. but necessarily harassed
our generals in The field. and prevented Pope's
reinforcement when he was battling with the
whole rebel army in desperate endeayors to
check the advance upon Washington And
now, when the rebels have invaded the border
States. these Congressional demons Of discord
are again at Washington, to nveige the
Secretaries of War, OF the Treasury and Of
the Navy, and to gain the ear of the President
advice Of the arch rebel himself. A more inla-
nous record can be shown Of no men since the
time of Judas The question is. are these
wretches to be sent back TO Congress TO repeat
their exploits The people have the oppor-
ninty to answer this question at the ballot
box in November. If it be answered 10 the
affirmative, then nothing short OF stupendous
miracle can save the country. II ID be answered
III the negative then conservative men will be
sent to Congress, who will do IN much good
with their powerful opportunities as The radicals
have done harm by their intermedding. in
trigues and evil Legislation. Upon the next
Congress hinges the eiate Of the republic. and
its action will probably be decisive one way or
the other We desire the people TO understand
this. and TO be deluded by no reasonable talk
of the resignation Of the President or the dan
ger of a revolution The resignation most ne.
cessery is the forced resignation OF those mem
bers OF the present Congress now before the
people for reelection. The revolution which
will save the Union il a revolution in the
members and the policy Of Congress. This re-