Year: 1863

The paragraphs quoted below are going the
round of the conservative press under the caption
Of Returning Reason" Whether they bo the
expression Of returning reason or unchanged rea-
SON. We are equally happy to find, emanaiing from
authority so high in the Republican ranks, opini.
ons acCorlant with what we have felt it our
humble duty to advance, though not, we arc sorry
TO say, with the entire impunity which we hope
will attend the ulterances Of the independent Re-
publican Senator and Republican Herald, There
is an old adage, founded doubtless in the expert
enco Of all countries, but expressed in the hOmely
phrase Of Yorkshire, that zone man may some
times steal q hotse with impunity while another is
hung for looking over the hedge"


The following are the paragraphs to which we
refer The first is on no less an authority than
Senator Sherman Of Ohio, who, in q speech made
lately at Dayton remarked;


"A great deal is said about the Presidents
emancipation proclamation My idea Of it s that
this war would have been prosecuted more sue.
cessiully the President had not said any thing
about tho negro"


The following, from the Newburyport IIelald,
a Republican paper is still more significant:


"Seven-eghths of the people, all Of them out Of
New England, except such as have freshly emf
grated from here and few red-Republlcan Ger
mans, would be In favor Of restoration Of the
Union upon the old basis leaving all questions of
local institutions aside, and letting the punish
ment Of the rebel leaders take place under Ma
tional or State laws as they have always existed.
If, therefore, the opposition should make this the
grand issue, they would force the Republicans to
say yes or no to it. Ii they assented, the North
would be unit, with the exception Of the aboli-
tionists who would not carry more than two
States for their theory Of subjugation, extermina-
ton, ruinOtion, and damnation, If, on the other
hand, the radicals should get the ascendanCy in
The conventions, and say no to the proposition for
restoring the Union as it was, then they would
fall into lesser minority than did tho Wing party
of 1852"


While drawing on Republican sources for lib
eral sentiments, we will add some expressions oI
enlarged patriotism which we recently met with IN
the New York Times a journal which, however
bSund by party ties, gives frequent examples OIL
independent thought and comprehensive nation.
ulity at variance with the narrow bgOtry of the
extremists olits party We quote from recent
number Of that able journal The following refresh
ing sentiment, Iorcibly and eloquently expressed


Every thing shows that one united, vigorous
and determined effort on the part Of the Govern
mert, backed and aided by the people, will bring
this horrid tragedy to close, and give us back
the free, the proud, the glorious Union Of our hap
pier and more hopeful days"


"lIow can any man fit to live in such land as
this look out upon the dismal scenes Of death and
desolaton which the rebellion has caused aud the
still more dismal prospects Of disaster and ruin to
the great cause of civil liberty and human happi-
ness which the possibility its success uniolds
without making every prejudice, every passion
every thought and wish Of bis heart subordinate
to the one great end of restoring tho Union, ofre
establishing the full authority oftho Constitution
and Government Of the land, and Of thus renew.
ing that grand career Of national progress an,
prosperity! What arc party schemes aud part,
projects what are the loftiest persone aspiration
Of the most ambitious What are the cherished