Year: 1861

herce ana Warilhe black Republlcan hosts who
vegetate and flourish around me here, is not
very important, from the fact that there has
been no general engagement between the Gov
ernmeut forces and the rebels under Davis and
Beauregard. In their great anxiety to hear of
a battle, many of them seem to forget that
there will be two sides to it, and that the re-
bels will have the advantage of fortified posi-
tlons. They seem to imagine that the Federal
forces have nothing to do but to advance and
conquer, aud render their victory glorious by
freeing all contraband goods in the shape of
captured negroes. Some of the Republican
press have the decency to admit that the Gov
ernment should do nothing inconsistent with
the Constitution, but majority Of them are
desirous that slavery should end with the pres
ent war, by fair means or foul That the
Government will entertain any such idea l do
not believe. Thus far property of all kinds,
belonging to loyal citizens has been respected,
and fugitive slaves have been returned to loyal
masters, while those belonging to rebels have
teen declared contraband.


There Is now and then glimmer of fanatical
light from some member of the Powers that be,
which would seem to indicate that the exter
minatlon of slavery was to be one of the points
attained. Such, however, can never become
the settled policy of the Government. The
Republicans, in their newborn zeal for the
support of the Constitution, require something
OF an extraneous nature to hold them steady in
the path of duty as good American citizens.
and we occasionally see something Of semi
official character, like the following, put forth
for their comfort, and merely for the purpose
probably, preventing them from flying off in
tangent OF Abolitionism and arraying them
selves in opposition to the Government. Sec
retary Cameron, at meeting of the st. An
drew's Society on the 18th ult, is reported as
having said that the war would continue nm.
til all the causes which produced it are removed,
and when it terminates we shall hear no more
Of Virginians, no more of South Caroliniaps.
but shall be all Americans. one and indivisi.
ble." This is regarded by some of the Republi
can press as intimating the abolition of slavery;
but it does not satisfy the ultra Abolition
sheet, the New Y York Tribune, and old Greelv
continues his grows and growlings at every
thing that does not lead directly to emancipa-
tion. 1t will be recollected that the Tribune
favored secession, and that while thus favorine
fhe diSmemhar of tho countrr ooo oe -.
correspondents (Minister Harvey, was acting
the spy, and informing the rebels of every i'm
portant move of the Government But no
sooner is the treason of Harvey exposed than
the Tribune, with well-feigued Indignation de-
mands his removal and hunts up other cases to
denounce as follows:


We congratulate the powers that be- at
Washington, on the rare virtue of consistency
which is, fguratively and proverbialiy, a jew
el." Emory, the Secessionist and traitor, who
had resigned, has been restored to an honora-
bic position in the Army. How must our
brave and glorious privates delight to serve
under such an officer They must experience
q feeling akin to that with which the Wings
of the Revolution would have rushed to the
leadership of Arnold just before the execution
of Andre. But this is only in keeping with
many other kindred achievements. Harvey
still fourishes in spite Of bis admitted treason.
The Departments are incumbered with the
known Secession clerks Ross Winans has
been permitted to return 10 his treacherous
and traitorous occupation at Baltimore and
who knows but the pirates recently captured
on board the first prvateer may yet be organi-
zed into petted body-guard?


The Government should look after the CORE
spondents of the Tribune. There is more than
one Harvey now in the reportorial corps of
that Abolition sheet. 1t has ceased to be de-
nounced at the South 1t was the ally of the
rebels, and advocated their cause. While the
Administration was believed to be ready to
override the Constitution in its efforts to de-
stroy slavery, Greely was with it, but when
the inaugural of Lincoln endorsed the Consti
tuition and Fugitive Slave Law, the sanctum
of the Tribune was found to be nest for trail
tors. Greely wants direct expression of the
Government in favor of the abolition of slavery
wherever our forces shall triumph. 1t does
not take these equivocal expressions on the
subject so near its heart The declaration
" that the war would continue until all the
causes which produced it are removed is di-
rected more against such Black Repubicanism
as the Tribuue's than the institution of slavery.
and the idea does not suit.


am sorry that my first letters did not reach
you in time for publication, as they contained
some views in relation to the conduct and re-
suit of the war, which are now being verified,
although there was not person in this vicinity
but myself, who believed them at the time
Scott is admitted to be one of the greatest
generals of the age, and it is some satisfaction
to know that months since, predicted his pol
icy, by expressing the belief that there would
be no general battle-that the fighting would
be confined to skirmishing between scouts of
the opposing parties In proof of the correct
ness of this opinion, Harper's Ferry has been
evacuated, after being destroyed by the rebels.
1t was as good point for the rebels to make
a determined stand as any in the South, but
they were outgeneraled, surrounded, and COM
pelIed to eyacuate, or stay and be starved into