Year: 1862

The Wharf.-The Season 6or Active Opers-
tisas-Daagers Of the Abolition Policy
- Delay.


Its remarkable and oninous fact that since
the Issue Of President Linsoln's emancipation
proclamation our radical abolition organs have
changed their front in regard TO tAs prosecution
Of the war. Heretofore, right OF wrong, wise
or foolish, they have preached tho most active
aggressive policy. and have refused TO listen to
facts, to common sense and to the lessons Of OK.
perience in justification Of any delay. Now they
are beginning 10 advocate . defensive policy
for several months 70 come. so that when we
resume offensive operations our 0eets and armies
may be seconded by general uprising of the
slaves Of our rebellious States, in response to
the Presidents decree that, though recognized
by him as slaves till tho LIST Of January next
they shall be s'then, thenceforward and forever
free"


This argument, at this time, for standing on
the defensive" broadly disoloses the aims and
objects of eur abolition disorganizers They
aim to prolong the war, that they may still fat
ten upon the spoils and plunder Of the govern
ment, and in the hope that the war, in being &C
lively suspended meantime, may, from and after
Union, and become an abolition crusade Their
ultimatum is emancipation or separation
conquest Of the South after the fashion of Will
liam Of Normandy. or two oonfederaciss. These
abolition Marplots have no design or desire to
restore "ths Union as it was.' 1t would de-
prive them of their present political power,
and their political hopes of the future. Their
programme il to overthrow ''the Union as it
was" to destroy our rebellious Southern States,
and to reduce them to the condition of Terri
tories or to recognize a Southern cenfederacy,
in order to cut off the political elements Of the
South in a reconstruction Of our political, par
ties


From this pernicious programme of our abo-
lition destructives we turn to the wise, conser-
vative and benignant aims and purposes of
President Lincoln. The object of his late pro-
clamation is not to destroy, but to save the
South; not to abolish Southern slavery by the
sword but to induce our revolted States to pre-
serve their domestic institutions by timely re-
turn to the ark of the Union. We feel entirely
assured that President Lincoln, from vigorous
prosecution of the war, anticipates within the
next ninety days such decisive work with the
armies of this rebellion that there will be no
necessity for the enforcement of his emancipa-
ton decree. This, too. is so manifestly the fear
Of our abolition faction that there can be no
difficulty to genuine Union men in comprehend
ing that their policy isl the most energetic pro-
secution of the war, and with the least possible
delay in any quarter.


In Virginia, in Kentucky, and in Missouri, the
armies of the rebellion are now so situated
that all the advantages are in our favor for
active operations against them. We have the
men, the means and the facilities at hand.
whereby we may make clean work of the re-
bellion, not only in Virginia, Kentucky and
Missouri, but in North Carolina, Tennessee and
Arkansas within the next sixty days. Let this
be done, and the approach Of winter will find
our armies advanced southwark into the cotton
States, where winter is the most favorable sea-
son for military operations, and where our
land forces can be assisted by our gunboats
far into the interior of every seaboard State,
from South Carolina to Texas. But with our
armies along the northern frontier Of these
States. and with our fleets in occupation Of
their seaboard towns. the rebellion will be
ended in generar capitulation, and the Union
and the South will be saved, including this
vital institution to the cotton States, as they
are situated, Of their system of African slavery.


On the other hand. let the SHOWS and rains
and impossible border State roads Of winter
still find our armies in Northern Virginia, and
in Kentucky and Missouri, and they will be
apt to remain there till April or May, wasting
away from disease and inaction, while the
rebel armies are subsisting upon the supplies
Of said States, without which they cannot be
subsisted through the winter. Thus, with the
return of spring, our depleted regiments, old
have before us another year of war, with its
increased taxations, its diminished productions
and its doubtful results. But all these de-
plorable contingencies may, and we hope will,
be avoided by the active prosecution OF the
war. now and without intermission, during
these next two favorable months for mi litsry
movements in our border slave States


Sucn are tne consiuerations upon winch we
urge the immediate adoption of offensive opera
tons against the enemy East and West. Il is
SO clearly the policy, aud. as we believe, the
purpose. Of President Lincoln. that We cannot
doubt his decision. We rely upon him to bring
this war substantially to an end before the lst
Of January. In any event we rely upon such
successes to our arms in the interval as will. If
required to avoid an abolition crusade lead our
patriotic President to the extension Of his term
Of grace on the slavery question to those States
which may still be unreclaimed from the rebel
lion. His decree Of emancipation is mere
military act, which he may amend, extend or
revoke at his discretion.


The season the advanced and exposed posi-
tions of the enemy our superiority in men