New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-08


Mr. John Mitchell, professionally an Irish pat
tl;ot. and an amateur American slave drieer-as
vet without an engs cement. but very anxious %
secure one-has heretofore printed his paper ,lled
Tie C,,,.sn. in Knoxville, Tennessee, aud will
hereafter print it-Proyidence and pennies favor
ug-directy under the nose of the Presldedt his
Cabinet and the American Congress. In all
rouncnc this important transit from hnoxYule 70
Washington, We regret that Dir. John Mitchell did
not find time and space TO tell US why ne has de-
mops,rated the beauty aud the blessing OF human
tondsge in the very center. AMI surrounded oy all
possible illustrations Of the system in full ucldlty,
and Eas demonstrated in vain; or why the owners
Of men have not IN return for such extraordinary
scryices given hun bread and butter and pocket
norey. Having had full swng--having had per-
mission to say all that ne had to say
man Of such ability, eloquence, phlan'
thropy, patriotism and philosophy, should have
taken the KnoAvillians by storm; and ere this,
Knoxville regiment should have been organized.
well appointed for that roughani. tumble fight
which must precede the Dissolution of the Cnion.
But there hss rot been found in Knoxville single
patriot resoy to follow the fife aud drum of this
Sergeant Kite; and he Will hereafter whistle aud
rub.s -dub in Washington. We will do han tue
Justice to Say that he mskes his national debHt with
a bold, prolonged and ea-splittng sibilation aud
tolerably rouslng tanbouring. As Southern men
are the men who are to pty bin his slxpences.
he vigorously addresses himself 70 them alone.
But be bids them beware Of the continuance OF
the cruel cold shoulder. lit they fail to come in
with their agreeable couu,enance, and still more
agreeable cash BY the time inllcated-if the Union
i- not dissolved upon q certain day of the mouth
somewhere in the sxtles-John Mitchell, IRISH
Patriot, 80 will decline TO urge them further" Mr.
John Mitchell, being exceedingly manly. has "no
." idea Of making u Cassandra Of himself" He is
even 80 bold as to Fay that " Disturbing sleeping
" congregation with dismal vati,natory strieks is
- Dot at all to bis taste From this We infer that,
Notwithstanding his puekness, which Is OF the
most stunning order--notwithstanding his fnc
command of language notwithstanding his great
knack at creating row and his talent for getting
out of it-Mr. John Mitchell ia most eonfonndcdly
at eco. Perhaps he has not yet learned that Cas-
sandra.cIes are just what his Southern friends
want-that they expect men to weep without cause
and to blow bitautly, and most blatsntly when
there is no occasion.
The fact seems 10 be that Mr.. John Mitchell
does not know for what he is wanted. 1t is to
bowl for the Union with the mouth and stab AZ it
with the bandit is to quote the Scripture in
defense of midoe-sse blrbarisms-it is to refdte
all the moralists, all the pban.hropists, all the
political economists Of tie age--it is to prove
that man has no property in his own strength, aud
that woman BIAS no property in her own offspring
heart are hollow and eceptive-thit all we have
called good is bad that all we have called honest
is traud-that we must revise QUE moral judg-
ents, restudy our Bible, reconstruct our PAT
losopby, ard retstaolish our methods OF life. La
att. mpting to meet this importulate demand, John
Michel has made dolorous mistake. He should
have comme need by saying simply that whatever is
i. right. He should then have ho"led "nIgger"
until arrested b. the bronchitis. He should then,
with ba,ed breath, have quoted Scripture to the
best Of his ability. BY following this course he
would have saved his wind, or sold it for some.
thing, which, however little, would have been more
than it was worth. But these Southern gentlemen,
who always walk in beaten track themselves, ex-
pect tie convert to follow them, with the pregnant
hrges Of the knee pretty well crooked. They
have not sustained poor John Mitchers newspaper
at Knoxville; ard they will not, unless be has the
hinges well oiled, sustsin it in Washington.
hey want him to rage against TIE TRIBUNE,
honl for Slavery extension in Kansas prudent
ly, and Lot impnudently for the revival Of the
Slave Trade--and damn Boston and the Repub-
licsn Party. But for bis philosophical sPecudtOns,
Bis abstract dispositions, Bis political 'st factions,
they DO not care one brass farthing. We tell John
Mitchell in advance-that he is not the man for
Southern money. He does not know the way; he
has not sufficiently studied the idosy ncrasies Of tie
Shareholders. They have no use for him. He can
not make decent living in their service He
tire atens aw ful things if his views are not recog-
niz,d, admired and acted upon. lie says, if his
lahors in Washington are not appreciated-he will
90 to Massachusetts aud turn Abolironlst. II be
does so, he will ind clustering Illustration OF the
old adsge about the frying pan and the FIRE.