Year: 1861




Slavery and kill Northern Liberty the
North is half-heartedly in the work Of Z.
maintaining both. The newspapers soy
that our Government has invited Garibal-
di to take part in this impracticable and
work. 1t cannot be true. For
though our Government may feel bound
to pursue this wretched policy of going
for liberty and slavery, it could never be
guilty of insulting that grand soldier Of
Freedom by inviting him to identify HIM
self, his magnificent fortunes and his world
wide fame, with this wretched policy.
Our Government will never invite Carl
baldi to take part with it until it shall
have risen to the purpose of conquering
the enemy by whatever means. Not till
then will he consent to take part with it.


By the way, is there not some danger
that if the North shall continue her pres
ent unfriendly and contemptuous attitude
towards the 4,5OO,OOO of Northern and
Southern blacks, this attitude will, espec-
tally when combined with Southern pro-
fessions and promises, have the effect to
bring this mighty element into sincere,
and as appalling as sincere Identification
with our foe? t.--


1t is wonder that every step of Jeffer-
son Davis is confident and defiant, and
that 50 many of Abrahams Lincoln's are
timid and hesitating. 1t is not? For
whilst Jefferson Davis represented peo-
pie of one heart and one purpose, Abra-
ham Lincoln is obliged to pause and cal
culate how far and how fast such men as
you and the masses you influence will let
him go. Unhappy man for whilst the
other President is cheered and strengthen.
ed by the entire devotion to his cause of
all around him, our president is under
the constant and withering remembrance
that it will depend upon his success in
conciliating the enemy at home whether
the country will be able to conquer its
other and less dangerous enemy. Sim
pleton that | was for believing that the
shots at Ft. Sumter would turn all the
republicans, yes and all the democrats
into Americans, and thus make the war
a very short one! Having never worn
the chains nor experienced the debauch-
ment of party, was ignorant how hard
it is to break the one or get cured of the
other. iH s4fmH rs '.fa
/ You profess to be in favor of the Wig
orous prosecution of the war. of course
you do, for the people are and to get in
fuence with them you must make them
believe that you are. But there is only
one way far you to be what you profess
to be at this point. 1t is to help the
Government carry on the war, But you
point to the hundreds of thousands" of
democrats in the army to prove that you
are helping the Government carry it on.
In vain |! for this only proves that they
are helping, not that you are. All honor
to there g hundreds of thousands" !" and
all dishonor to you! Deeply do you
wrong them, insultingly do you degrade
them by identifying yourselves with them.
t In this dark hour of our country are they,
J like you, against its Government F? No,
they are fighting for it. Or do they, like
, you, refuse to cooperate with republicans
for the salvation of the country No
God bless them ! they rise far above such
meanness and wickedness, and stand shoul-
! der to shoulder with Republicans. l can
not affirm that you will not succeed in
bringing over the democrtic masses to your
guilty ground. But l can affirm that
, you do not represent them now. II
J You do not fail to extol the Constitu-
: ton. Of course not. Messrs Breckin-
ridge, May, Burnett, vallandigham, do
not. Fer the politician not to extol it
when his purpose is to gain something
from Americans, would hetray as great ! q
lack of cunning as would the omission Of
the hypocrite to commend the Bible when
he would gain something from Christians.
But, gentlemen, | trust an indignant pub
lie will teach you that the present is not
the proper time for turning mems minds
from the country to the Constitution,
from their urgent duties amidst the ap-
palling necessities Of the oneto their CON-


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