New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25
: LII. amid.t the excited pOpula.

,.naa,b its walls amidst the exci'ed pOpuiS'
hoo Of large c1ty % the freedom Of speech in
80 700, s ths vital conditions Of republican noer-
seOas4 Iets session In Congress has whesSfI s
v;;.y on the part of the majority n. Do n.;as of The
s.I1 romantic cast. The acts anu ' I ;snrraStion
stru'y ..t In the suppression Of the
iovernmept, ~ ~ ia most distinguished chiefs 10
WoiussSY ;1,v from the disappon!menss Va -. 90 A.
YN..S IN ofice), have been assaio h;ch Iyould be
..;.b yir,ilence and persis.S; in tine of war
esru@,sa @ ~ other effect upon the popular nuu, W If
ss ss.sgsr and dishearten those VINO arc Ta;. gsnsr
W sn,tuns In the cause Of the country: ,Sward
oy exctes no gratitude Oh tar n' from being reciprocal
w9o.I ~ s,pher of the Confederate Congress ~ my s
49, ~, 49, or Richmond, who should assaii the n;,sJ
soc,cv of that body, as the GovernmeDtoi .ne ~ Co
STATE, kss been ss,aled oy I5e pseS Ss hotel in
sfsiy. He would swing from the next iasi 49,
No; merely il all freedom of speech ana OF tne
,rohitsd in the seeding States, bat tne
ard the humblest rights Of ei'izensP M sbont 70 be
i,m,tsA 10 the vote Of the people on tiIenIa, and
tinUuished Senator Of that state N, ~ 80 Ynno,. tbe
WHO in that capacity, was uAasr oa ed latter
Cons,stut,on OF the United States, u"S tSot sncb
.o ;,h b;s name in which be declared thae suon
sii;zens Of Virginia did not approve wy - han;sh
musk lea sc the State ssummaIy sen' 'L;5 ,rovf Of
meat and confscation against aoous aooal,h. sentence
,he psople Of that ancient Commonweai.ni .. =.
which ibs seeding majority aTS now attempting W
snre ~ the roint of the bayonet, to illustrate tne
,rnciple that 'the right Of government feS'S upon
fse consent of the governed"
Iys oscessity which in tine of war, partially sus-
a.nds the operation Of the laws transfers the govern
,Sy power to the military authority, not sosolaely suo
U,tbou; conditions; far from 1t; but under tue nna
ss AZ he Constitution and of the laws enacted 10
meet such state OF thiDgs. The power when eNs'eu
; the Roman Repnbc Of creating Dictator IA sea
8 ne -ofimminent danger who was clothed with absolute
thority for limited period-a power "hvn ~ Cos wa'
L. mot
. ess ia the Revolutionary Nar--is unknown 10 Tue
onstilrtion and il is TO be devouy hoped willneyer
h called into exercise by peris too formidable TO De
For the Ordinary purposes of war, tie President of
Va United States i clothed with the requisite power
:, "CoInmander.in-Chief of the Army OF the United
States and Of the Militia OF the uhl'ee ota'ss, wneh
called INTO active soryiCe The laws Of the land pro-
vide tie means for exerciirg The great powers whlch
ne posesses in this character The present not tue
Grt occasion on which thoy have been called inlo &C
son The proclamation OF the President Calling ior
400 volunteers although not issued Till tue war hsd
tuaIlv commenced by the reduction OF Sort Sumter,
the general armament of the Scutii, Win oIubahce
I'D munitions reasonably prepared beforehand oy tng
Vorn cicers of the United States, ana Dy an omeiai
a'eot ef a movement on Washington, has cen de-
onpeed hv President Davis as an unprovoSed meas
~ whose magnitude transcends all constitutional
rits ard can aim ouly ct "the sublngatloh OF the
,ouib.
Alta time when tire population Of the United 5 ases
did moi exceed four and hak millions Gen. Nasnrg-
tn called out fifteen thousand troops to suppress IN
tisunisclon in the western countcs Of Pennsylvania
snr population is now thirty millions. and the insur-
,est;oa has assumed the dimensions of civil war.
re Ga'y reasonable OBJECTION TO the nttary PrePcr0-
Eors the Tinted Stats u.s. that Hfg dt 10t at 0het
pyeesd on tat gigantic scas, wkch 'gisdom and kn-
saait, alike dictote, as he only means ej bringi"g
te vQogpicioNs coFfict to speedy eioSe To 'et 1t
SIag on by Inadequate means is 10 proong the suer-
ingS which il nfics en- 10th side5 Of the Cuioni TO
pro- fact the pe.ous dures imposed upon the iriends
OF tLo UGion at the South who look with aching eyes
tor the bour Of delverapCe and TO augment all The
diealss which are 10 be overcome before peace Ii
PES. ofed 20 the country.