Year: 1862

cherish a refractory disposition.


The suspension Of the Constitution
changes the character, or, to speal
more correctly, the spirit of the war
The war is no longer for the Constitu
ton, for that is out of the way; mol
for the legal Union, for that has expi
red. These are legitimate Inference
from the declaration of Mr.. Wade, and
they tally with the facts. There il
not a Republican journal of any stand
ing that even processes to expect
they desire-the restoration of the
old Union upon the basis of concur
renee of the popular will. To contenG
that governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned" is esteemed reasonable, ant
they who give utterance to such sen.
timents are denounced and threatened
as enemies of the State.


If we should say that there are rev.
olutionists in and about the Govern.
ment--men who, if they have not al,
ready overrun and destroyed the Con-
stitution, and extinguished our repub>
licanism, are determined to do so, and
are laboring might and main to expe.
dite the work and it should afterward
turn out to be the case, we should prob
ably be charged with having fomented
the revolution by affirming that it was
in existence. Still we do not doubt
that there are such men-men who
look upon perpetuation Of their power
as necessary for their safety; and 9TH
ers who are determined to rise to power
upon the waves of the revolution. This
assertion may look to some as overdone
AS an attempt to excite apprehension
and produce disquiet in the popular
mind. We have no such ambition
There are real troubles, and they are
great enough, without creating new
ones or seeking to magnify those that
already exist. The preliminary steps
of a revolution are insiduous. Moving
in the same direction with the currents
of popular feeling, they excite no re-
mark, or are viewed with indulgence.
There are times, with all people, when
despotisms look exceedingly agreeable,
and seem to embody that wisdom,
promptitude, efficiency and purity
which all desire to behold. It is on
such occasions that cautious men feel
troubled, and fear the influence which
ambitious and unprincipled ones may
exert to provide for themselves at the
expense of the commonwealth. We
have been calling for a strong govern
ment: let us hope that there will not be
a too literal response to the demand.


We only need man with the genius
to lead revolutions to inaugurate this
despotism. The people want strong
government, and the "BARKIs" of the
press sis willin." The Constitution
has been ridden over in all directions,
but that is not enough; we want to
change our principles, and to change
our institutions, and to change our
men. Mr.. Lincoln is not the man for
a CoUp 'ETAT. He has not the vigor
or the disposition necessary to accom-
plish the step from the Presidential
chair to the imperial throne. We have
several who would like to try a leap if
they dared. Mr.. Wade is an aspirant
for the post Of Commander-in>chief of
our armies--a place from which the
ascent to the political sovereignty
would be safe and easy. By declaring
that the Constitution is suspended, Mr..
Wade places the title of Mr.. Lincoln
to the Chief Magistracy precisely upon
the same footing with his own, in case
he shall succeed in pushing him from
his seat and leaping into it himself
the title Of President, King, Emperor
or Dictator, as the case may be, DE
FAoTo. 1t will beno outrage upon the
Constitution, for that is out of the way;
no disregard of the will of the majority,
for they want a strong government "A
despotism.


Here is where we stand--in the ves-
tibule Of homo revolution, as yet
bloodless-with the party of the revo-
lutionists in power, as was the case in
France before the COUP D'ETAr with
one part of the press urging on meas
ures Of precipitation, and the other
part weakened and discredited by i'm
putations Of reasonable designs. What
the times are to bring forth, it is not
easy to conjecture nor safe to say
Enquirer. -s.la ge.


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Am Abolition patriot"


On the 18th ult., in Congress, John A.
Bingham. an Abolition member Of Congress,