New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26

in the most melancholy Of minor keya' -.
for them, the Ship Of State is but 'n'' ,..,
altbouQh most convenient one; tor II, on D
a yerituble bark bound for other than an ioeA
mort. and beset by other than imaginary STORMS
q passenger in the flesh bad spoken sucn Scur'y
and provoking words of the bottom that carried
him. be would have dsngled from the yordarm'
ard then fed the fishes
The Churehmop, religious newspaper, ior-
getting that Christianity has nothing "haE
ever to do with politics, ond proving, perhaps
that neutrality-suspicious. Chrlstan--edltor'
had better not NEEDLE with what they do
NOT understand, makes this incffably sagaclou5
observation: "The work of Washington, Adams,
4" Jefferson and Madison is sacrificed to the IAN
"stcal zeal and sentimeDtolity OF TIE TRIBUNE
and its admirers. The work Of Giants over
thrown by Pigmies!" A classical allusion with
out any pertnence is perhaps the drearlest thing
in the literature of even religious newspapers
We certainly remember that the Pygmsl Of
Africa, having caught Hercules asleep, did as
suut and to the best of their ability batter him;
but We have never heard that they seriously in
iured him. On the contrary, the god with IN
finite nonehsance folded the whole army in
lions skin as in a napkin, and exhibited the
same, horse, foot and dragons, at the Court Of
Argos, inst as Barnum exhibits the 4" What Is
"Itl" at the Museum The work of Washing
ton and of those other great men mentioned
by The Churchman, if not proof against the
fnnatcal zeal and sentimentality OF HE IRIB-
CINE and its admirers" must have been mon
strously oyerestiuated. The character OF the po-
htcal fathers, not ours, suffers by The Church.
mans ridiculous zeal and senile SWIVEL. What is
the Union worth, if it will not bear the election
of President We fear that our divine cotem-
porares have been reading too sedulously IN the
Book of Amos and have come to the cOmiortless
conclusion that nations are created only to be
uutimey snitten. Those TO whom the destruc.
ton of states has been oftenest attributed have
usually played rather an insignificant part. Ma
tons are ruined by fasity TO facts, and not gel
dom by that cowardly lack of faith which Is the
besetting curse of the present crisis.
Now how stand matters at this time - The
President, the sworn conservatOr OF the Union,
bursts into torrent of tears aud sObs out such
sentences as this "Betake yourself to fasting,
humiliation and prayer So much be can do
by way of proving himself faithful-the poor,
poweress man Did the people then need
Pope or Patriarch at Washington TO tell them
when and for what to pray Is this the specific
service to which Mr. Buchanan was called Does
the President imagine that he gives any particu-
lar evidence of piety by screaming like an old
maid when thieves are in the house: Lord have
mercy upon US what shall We do" Work is
the best OF prayers. All honor be, indeed, to
that man, all benign responses be to him who
seeks for light to act wisey and all disaster and
confusion be TO him, as surely they will, who in
every moment Of dependency asks for miracu-
lOus rescue The muddy aud miserable carter
who would not put his shoulder to the
wheel called in vain upon god to extrcate
his wagon.
The sermon is q iayOrite prescription in these
days OF difficult diagnosis; aud some there are
who seem to place more confidence in fervent
and effectual preaching than in the same descrp-
ton Of prayer. The Rev. Nr. Van Dykes ser.
mon, already gently noticed in these columns, is
now almost as extensively advertised as Brand
reth's Pills. The Express calls loudly upon all
priests, deacOns, bishops, and other clergy, to
preach sermons on Mr. Buchanans Fast-Day, in
which the Christian beauties of Slavery shall be
eoquently and learnedy set forth. Old Onesi-
mus il TO be brought back to lite to save us.
We hereby bid those who have faith in this
course, to try it to their hearts content, 1t is
not by any means remedy so heroic and dan
gerous as are some prescriptions which are
offered. One sage gentleman proposes to repeal
"the acts of Congress prohibiting the slave
trade A second is fierce for the reeStablish-
ment of geographical line, upon one side of
which the cause of all our woes shall be per-
petuated and justified. Another asks the Repub-
lcan party in the very hour OF its triumph to
declare its own dissolution. Judge Harris of
mississippi explicitly, and almost in so many
words, says, that if the North will yield all that
the South shall demand, then oil viii be serene,
which il too modest and practical u request not
to receive due consideration upon Mr.. Buchanan's
Fsst-Day. One man has faith in poetry and ex-
claims: Rather fur, let us bear ls-yes, any.
thing but war" Another man thinks that
nothing but a letter from Mr.. Lincoln eau have
the desired effect. Still another opines that
" NewYork should hold Convention" Divers
frightened patriots bawl Justify for Gen. Winfield
Scott. But the principal physic proposed
is the repeal of certain State laws
called by the frightful, portentous and
disgusting name Of Personal Liberty Laws.
About these indeed, there is o deal more
talk than understanding. How many people are
there who spout loudly and glblY about the Mas.