Year: 1861

uaue ny Chose VINO nave seen prop !
er to fuse into what is denomina-


ted the Union party, that loyalty


to the Government consists only in
such fusion. Is this so? Has our
Government really come to that
crisis, that only one line of policy


can be pursued in order to secure


the permanency Of the Union, and
that line forbids a calm and free
discussion? If it has, then, indeed


is it at an end already; for if its


strength and vigor lie in the toler-


alton of the divided sentiments of
the people, and the recognition of
the right of free and full discussion


of all questions of policy, then,


whenever such liberation becomes


dangerous to the pcrpetuity of the


government, the government GER


tainly has proved a failure. 1t is


not a necessary and logical Sc


quence that, because one individual


is in favor of prosecuting the war


on the one hand, and Offering terms


Of peace and fraternal amity on the


other, that he is disloyal to the


Union. If it is, I have simply


misunderstood the whole theory Of
the government, and must beg of
those from whom 1 differ on the


war policy, to be charitable and


magnanimous enough to instruct


me right; for if 1 know myself, l


sincerely desire in my heart to see
this noble Union preserved, and
perpetuated to the remotest period


of time. 1 fall behind no man in
an earnest desire to maintain it
against all enemies, whether alien


or domestic. |, too, love my coun-
try. |, too, admire it as the noblcst


and grandest of time. I, too, hal


low the names. and honor the men,


ories Of those who built it up. L,
too, abhor all who would over


throw it. In short, whatever of
culogism or panegyric Republicans


have to pronounce upon it, l fully,
heartily, and sincerely endorse.


Pardon me for saying Republicans,
I am told tits hcresy to mention


parties. Since when? If all party
names are to be obliterated and
forgotten, may 1 be allowed to ask
what is to be done with party prin-
ciples? Well may our Republican


friends afford to lay aside their
name, when they can push their
policy to its utmost limits, with the
assistance of the great body of the
Democratic party, at the point of
the bayonet. If parties are, and
ought to be ignored, would it not
be as well to let the substance 90
with the shadow? The ass may
have its ears cropped, and its skin
painted, but still it is an ass. In
vain would I tell you that it was a
horse, because I had changed its
color and external appearance to
that of the horse, and named it
"John" instead of "Jack." l might
go further, and muzzle its mouth
to keep it from braying, but yet
you would refuse to take it for a
horse. Our Republican friends are
exceedingly warm in their profess
sions of devotion to the Union.
They tell us we must ignore all par
ties-that the man who will not do
so is traitor to his country; but
all this while they are careful to
preserve intact every particle of
the elements Of their policy. Must
Douglas Democrats abjure Popular
Sovereignty for the good of the
country, and Breckenridge Demo
Gratis do the same, while the Re-
publicans keep the whole of their
|, policy intact? Is this fair? Is this
true devotion to the Union? Abo-
litionists are allowed to urge upon
the government their hellish
schemes of insurrection among the
slaves of the South, and not word
of censure falls from the lips Of my
Republican friends. They, Ghe


Abolitionists) even go SO far as to
declare that the war shall never


end until that is accomplished, thus
menacing the government with