Year: 1864

AS the time approaches for the conven-
ing of rotton conclave of traitors, to set
up candidate for the Presidency and
put ball in motion that will roll into the
Presidential chair some one who will fol-
low the reasonable footsteps and repro
duce the political atrocities Of James Bu-
chanan, and it becomes plainly apparent
to the leaders Of the ghost of the Demo-
cratic party, that they must for the time
being assume new face. Peace partyism
is no longer available or tolerable with
any considerable portion of the Free
State people. The Lazarus to be recalled
from the society of the worms, will have
to be a "war- democrat" but still pro-
slavery-in favor of prosecuting the war
until rebellion shall have been disarmed
then, after all the stupenduous sacrifice of
blood and treasure, ready to re-admit the
rebel States in the legal possession Of their
slaves. The probability is, that true to
their instincts, these fossils will turn from
the living to the dead, and George B. Nc
Clellan be raised from the tomb of the
capulets" for their purpose. With a
grand flourish of trumpets they will set
up the leader of the Chickahominy
Swamps as the man to lead the lost tribes
of Copperheadism to victory, and drive
Honest Old Abe into the retirement of
private life. But Union men are aware
of the rotton pile of sticks. They will not
fall into the deadfall of " conservatism -
that pusillanimous word, already obsolete
from the lexicon of patriotism. With all
such half way principles they are at ire
concileable war. The blood of more than
n half million of white freemen has
drowned out-the spectral shadows in
hundred thousand grief-stricken homes,
and the sobs and cries of women and chill
dren have scared away whatever spirit of
endurance they may have had for the ac-
cursed thing, uprisen from among the
damned-human slavery.


No! In the terse language of the Ia
mented Douglas, as,-there are now but two
parties, traitors and patriots-and that
will be the dividing line in the next Presi-
dental election. Abraham Lincoln, if he
lives, is Just as sure to be reelected TO the
Presidency as that the sun will rise to-
morrow. His majority will be counted
by hundreds of thousands. The combined
powers of traitors and copperheads can
never prevent this result. No candidate
of theirs, whether it be George b. McClel-
Ian, Horatio Seymour or Clement L. VAL
landlgham will have any chance to prevail
against him. Human slavery has gone
out from this Republic; and with it has
persisted its only friend. No slave has
any legal existence in rebel territory after
the ground has been again overshadowed
by the flag of the nation. Humble as the
negro is, the faith of the American Gov
ernment is pledged to him and to the
world that he shall be free; and that
power does not exist beneath the throne
of Heaven which can weld one of the
parted links of his shackles. The loyal
people OF the American States have deter
mined that this unholy rebellion shall
perish, and with it will perish all who sail
under its piratical flag. They have be-
come terribly in earnest. Among the
Northern sympathizers with this infamous
rebellion, there will hereafter be more cam
didatcs foy the halter than for the Presi-
dency; and the day will never dawn
upon the country, when the culprit at the
bar of justice will be permitted to mount
the bench, or usurp the authority which
should consign him to certain DOOM
lin. Eagle.