New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-15
SOME FAMILIAR TALK.

NAeHNH1ONt JbJ' To- tvpi'
Our Government is great and powerful, but it
is in imbecile hands The revolutioDistsi having
long possessed il through the traitors in the
Cabinet, have been very good natored TIL re-
Gently, Now they begin 10 chafe, though action
against them is partial and btful. JEFF. Davis
sneered at the idea, in his late speech, of the
precautionary measures taken by Gen. Scott in
regard to this capital. He waxed indignant that
be and his coniederates should be suspected Of
acting laWlessy. Yet Toombs had but Just leer'
inply boosted in the most iDsolent manner, OF the
" irregular" action adopted By seizing forts and
other public property just " south OF South Car
olina." And the country was hourly hearing OF
similar outrages al through the South. If Gen.
Scots eounsels had boon hooJvl, nc nhould not
have lost one Southern fort. Months ago he
earnestly recommended their being put IN q
condition of defense. The President trusted 10
the honor of these men, and what is the result
They have stolen and gObbled up everything they
could lay their hands on, and have been, and
are, in hot pursuit Of more. Now they have the
impotence to oppose tardy measures to protect
what 10 left, On the ground that they are too
yirtuous to be suspected And JEFF twits Gen.
Scott with being military usurper for throwing
in company here and there 10 Keep the ras-
cals from punderiDg further IL 10 no wonder
the inquiries are daily pouring in here TO know
Why those men are not arrested Tor nigh trea-
son. What s lacking in Washington is tone
against these criminals But society here ia led
BY eunuchs. The Administration hos democrat
lied and debauched al circles. What IL needed
here is wine, and bark, and iron, and sulphur,
and steel. Such another pack OF Miss Nam
cies to oppose treason and bulfylng, the
world never saw. We shall get nd of our
political and social diiettanti after while, /
dare say. But it is calling TO have TO wait and
20 through the preliminary experiences. 1T 10
comfort that the last OF the traitors hss been
kicked out of the Cabinet. It is Major Ander-
sons foot that did the JOB for him az well a.
his predecessors. We should have been tied neck
and heels and given over to tho enemy before
the frat of March, but for the eIplosion OF the
plot Of the traitors through Andersons move
menf, There never was narrower escape, and
the country will never know how narrow. Every
day disclOses some new feature Of the raIoihed
BcOuD1rcuBu anu tISh5Uu VI SuS iuVH chBobcu Az
subverting the Government
It lie IN snxiously considered question whether
the Government is going to submit to the hu.
initiation Of being defed and attacked without
yindicsting ito authority in the case Of the Star
of the West. Can such m outrage be tamely
admitted tot Doubtless the Government should
forbesr TO put forth its strength TIL the last no.
ment, til forbearance ceases to be virtue.
But no Government can afford to incur contempt.
Nothing is surer than that ruin stsres the re-
cedpg States In the face. Not half is told, not
half 10 known, Of what they are already suffering,
and will suffer. New features Of evil appear
constantly. Trade ia already reversed. Their
sesports are in .their last spasms. The interior
holds back, and for safety directs ito traffic on to
the Northern railroads and up the Mississippi
River.
The moment az embargo OF these ports is
imposed, the great free West win DO their only
road TO the sea, and those seaports will become
deserts. But, worse than this. The whole loco
motive population Is beginning to leave. Emf
grafton has Get in, and everybody that can get
away lie going, or preparing to go. Directly
nothing will be left but the slaves and their mas
tiers, and the pauper whites. This great South.
ern exodus win DO one Of the leading features
Of 1861, depopulating the seeding States ana
building up the West and North. Forced loans
are driving all loose money North, or into hiding
places, for safety, an through South Carolina.
Yet South Carolina is not month IN advance Of
her seeding sisters. The concurrent testimony
Of numerous witnesses leaves no doubt that that
etats 10 virtually 10 tAe hands e5 raPas'ous