New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-21

I galows-eyen he could but reply, No, an rot
.tircd, but don't keep me standing here longer than
"is Absolutely necessary
| The personal attacks upon Mr.. Sherman are OFF,
t;mes Internationally in the extreme. The lopg
eknny Dqer of Pryor has been thrust almost 10 hrs
face. the clumsy fst of Houston has been shaken
nt him from n safe distance; he has been compelled
10 endure the butfoonery of Extra-Blly Smith, tine
emitting sneers of interiors ike Missouri Clark, and
The wanton aspersons Of equals, Ike Georgia rfnw-
ford. together with almost every grade o. anus,
from the bieb and the low, within and WITHOUT ""
House he oil this time forced except Oh RAJ. "cc.-
s;msl nv the delicacy of his position % slt WIN
a'oasS lvs tbounh fully conscious of his ability To
rcnel tiiunphantly every personal aud PoHticai
charge hurled against him, and make snccessiui TO-
rays into the camp Of bis enemies. lIe Ifct .ha'
tbis suecies of attack upon him. made under theSe
crc,mslances demonstrates the vulgarty ana
cowardice of the assaiIants, does not render IL lis
more agreeable 10 him. However, Mr. SheFnans
Inherent calmDess and self.possessiOn are eqiai !"
| the trial. lie will endure even unto tDe ehd.
Scarcely less provoking are. lie assaults uPon
other prominent Republicans in the House, "a
| which the overseers and their hlrelIngs are Won't
daily aud hourly to indulge. Among the comin0nest
of charges cast in the teeth Offenders of the party,
and against the party as whole is that they are
iaetious and disOrgaD,ng; that they aim to email
cipate the slaves sy force; that they are fomentg
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| with traitors and cut-throats and lncendlatiee;
| that ,pey refuse 10 obey the laws would overtuIn
| taeiSm rene Court. and dral the country into the
| gull of iisnnion Nor are these counts in the m
dctreet of the Oyerseers listened to by the Repub'
Leans with any more patience because dVty seems
| 10 demand that they should not yet plead W tneni'
tl,nuob conscious all the time that, not the iacs
ony' but the real debating power, the learning, Inc
eloouence of the assembly are on their side; ana,
once in the forensic field, they could drive their
oseailants in disgrace from the forum. But tney
hide their time. When the attack does come IRON
the Republican wing OF the Chamber, the onset VIII
Only be the more vigorous aud effective Tor the ont
and irritating delay. ~ M. IN;
Parhans the most c0nteaptible of all these belil
,erent exhibitions is che attempt OF the hIrehngs
fbe NEGRO Propagandists TO play mock part IN I'M
| drupa of DISCRIMINATION insult and terror. 90
shareholders To put on airs toward Northern men Il
natural They are used to 1t, as We're lneir i&tacr
before them. Lofty pretenslons aiiected superio
Nv and AN indescribable sort Of Ohgarcic@ nileii
| i,secomes them. So long have they practlced OF
false pretenses ard lived sheer assumptions
that they aft with no little grace upon them' '"
4 occasionally admire their pretensions' we are "
WAYS amused at them. We almost tolerate
; Them. We at all events expect them, an
are therefore prepared for thcr. But Wns
the serf tries 10 put on the airs Of the master
| when the undering -opes the mien Of the superior
and assumes Ia dictate 10 his betters, then tue snob
harv Of these scuIione this High Ite belo'
= stairs.r becomes disgusting AND insufieraple. TO
\ | example: when Virginia Pryor told key-oton
Hickman, the other day, that what ne nad ut1ere
n was "false, the expression zen sraceiu,
) Inns of the Young F. F.V. And we cannot Dut reDuk
!, his old colleague, prim Mr. Milson for calling INN I
4 order PRAY, what has order to do with the eI
istinq state of things in the House OF Representa-
tiyesi You were right Roger A. Pryor! JON
= Hickman is from State that don't own negroes
! and his forefathers were mere Quakers. I'LL Mn
J again Ro0erl He is only plebian Moreover
he ia n Democrat who is simple enough to practlc
what he processes. He IS false 10 Negr
{ Democracy and you did well to tell him 80. But
!. | when McCiernand of Illinois, "Douglas Demo
= crat" pushed himself into the ring, and proclame
|" that the insolence of the Member from Pennsy
;, .'yania was unbearable," the thing 1--WE mean MC
: Cernand) should have been stopped at once.
e is no better than Hickman, owns no negroes, an
= has no right to talk to white folks in that Virgin
n sort of way Nor, indeed, should the +. I v.
&c show him 80 much respect as they do Hickman
Hickman ia q rebel, and a successful rebel. lie hf
:. thrown of the collar of the Negro Democracy an
r is man again. Yirginians must respect him
;. little. But, McClernand still wears and hugs b
!, chain. He should be taught to keep HI
. place at The head of the collie of serfs.
e had the imprudence, not to say impudence, to ca
!. Hickman :" an apOstate from the Democrat
il party" Just what the Oyerseers said about Dong
!. las, McClemand's leader because ne and Hick
/ man resisted the LecOmptOn swindle Gentleme
! | Oligarchs we entreat you, if only for the mer
look of the thing TO let the Pryors and the HOus
tons, and the McRaes and the other fre-eaters, d.
4 the dOmineering in the House. Don't allow snOb
. TO touch this part of the programme. Leave it u
v gentlemen upon whose shoulders plantation man
/ ners hang naturally and gracefully. Let th
!. Northern Democrats cease trying TO roar The
. can merely bray. The ears of the Doughface Wi
\ obtrude through the hons akin. Sit down Messrs
|. McClernand, vallandighan, and the rest Of you!
The present contest is oft compared to that q
four years ago, which resulted in the triumph O
Mr. Banks. But, while they have many points il
common, tho pending struggle is Ear mere intense
aud the trials of the Republicans far more sever
than then So shall the victory be the NOR