New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-17

SDorter-we mean shorter--bus SO fsccs 1'''
when Pugs entered the sreoa, Shorter, becom'ns
more decidedly Abbreviated, Esd 3 ~h'Ies.ri- fear
Of passing nom thu c. imperative toto the sdperis
tive degree and d. clned to 60 bis l-ngth. let 70
might have no leug'h TO go. and. having entred
Lm.el, st,h respectable dIgoiiy IS Shorter. might
be G, mp.lbd igpoa ininusli tn rc'irs - Shortest
We .uvpose Ih,t Mr.. Pueh's Proclamation To the
enlightened p bite men Of the I'D Di,,rict-a copy
Of - hch Ne hive receSei--fnish-d Shortec as
magnetic pill sovld finish rst. How could the
Honorable Eli be expected to Withstand man
WHO ,hot at him and all other ants gousts the long
est, cboicest and most formidable words IN the
armory of the English language. and who declared
it 70 be bis intention should be succeed t. the sess,
to secure for his allowable Alb una "p-rmsn-nt
" relief from the iDcobus Of 3 spurious national
"ity"7 Shorter had tried bis bsnd at the Incubus,
ard had lett il teo Tins heavier aud more horrible
than be found il. lie. Pugh h,ve grab and grsp
pie with the monster, aud be that he will make
tie animal howl with anguish in snincredibly short
peri.d Of time Stand back tor tn. or. at case Of
Pugh vs. The hcubus. The Incubus of Spurious
Na'iooahty
Dir. Pugb commences his manifesto by reminding
the free 400 enlightened eect0rs OF The Sccoad th It
he =" has grown up smobg toem ffom infancy"-
from which We inter that be is Kind of poenome-
uon and that other dstingui she'd Characters are in
the hsbit Of growing down smong tbem from
" manhood" Thus "groan-up" geotieman-how
high be is Ne do not know, for h. dves not state
his private and personal feet and ioches--,hen
proceeds to e,patiatc upon the sorrows OF the
" ectimized' South. upon Abolition insult aud
aggression" and " disregard OF State sovereignty
" aud reserved rights " Tho Soutp' has been
" drain-d;" it has been "pundered;" it has been
" ha, sssed;" it has been Oppressed Toere Is
no possible wrong iudignty, insult, contum.ly,
which the South has no: suffered. Its, accord
ing to Mr.. Pugh, 10 the position OF ulsn who has
been subjected to h,ie-pulling, eye-exriogashing.
ear cropping, nose tweaking, and an accelerated
descent Of the staircase, or even dangerous
egress from an upper window; who has been
treated by his admiring friends to : trlumphsst
progress upon rail- and has afterward been To-
vested with "balmage Of tar and hsrogl, pho
" Of humble fes,bers;" who has been cow hdad and
kicked aud received saliya'y baptism. All those
udgDities ouirages and unpleasant attentions have
been bestowed by the people Of the North, who are
guilty az We sre informed, of being "an Anti.
Slasery commercial manufacturing, consuming
people, upon tho "slav.b holding, agricultural,
producing people of the South. who ara " full OF
- courage" and, VIC tremble az write tne
words, "accus omed to the use Of arms"
Mr Pugh reasons, and We thl,k accu-
rately that this state Of affairs cannot last
forever One side or the other must toally
"hol!rr," and he seems to DO very much afraid
that the sentotisn app-sl for mercy will cot come
from the South. He. therefore. proposes to back
out of the fight for the preseut-to seeds from
the Union--to lay in good stock Of powder and
lead, and then-but we refr.in from rcciting ths
dreadful. the devastating. the complete c,tis-
tropbe with which be threatens US All he asks
for ii Southern harmony The propretors and
propsg gators Of the Black aud YelIo~ race have
heretofore been torn and distracted BY petty
''jralousies and rivalrics," and being always at
loegrrheads Themselves, have fnlen an ea.y prey
to their united sggreessrs. But thu day Of such
fatal differences is almost past. Putting on the
harnacles Of prophecy, Mr. Pagh beh'Ids the
Southern people groaing homogeneous" aod
making ready to march "uoder ooe fx to the
field" lie will bsve no More Compromises"
and no more "pei dicsl adjustments" tie hiss
no " sckly spprebensiona" TIE soai Of @r. Pugh
in arms aud eager for the fray.
kk.f Ela NJ, "a
pluck. He inds tuinss 10 a most distressing Con.
citon. but be does Cot put his finger in bis eye,
AID Swivel ard groan aud excaiGI-
30 cured spite!
That ever was born ~ set II right"
On the contrary, be is dels GIFTED with the ohsnco OF
Getting it right BY drawing bis salary a. Repre-
sentative, if that Will answer the purpose-by guss,
& rune, tfpmpets aud blunderbusses, il a resort 10
arus alone is left bin. wsadsi.e nobody to laugh,
for ,bi. 10 atrucri-ot ress-ss ind a.table fellow.
Who lunches upon live Goals, and washes them
down With sqSefortis. Still, the quality ofhs mercy
is not strained. We viii do hin the justice to .ay
and, in making tho statement we hope I, a'i'y
the agouziUg approximations Of those of our iers
who may DO timorous-that Mr. j. l.. Pugh gives
lie fav warning, and does not consider us "prOwL
ing foxes" TO be trapped aud slam r" by sur
Prise, but as
" b-asts ~ s.ns
Who privilege Of chase may claim"
Mr. Pugh - i'll not Goa mepce b-Iligerebt demon
straticns until after the election Of Black Re-
publican President" simultaneously with that
event, the crimson orb Of War wdl begin TO r,ll.
Also, the drums 10 Alabama. frshful pano-