New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-29

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coin was to be killed; that ms ind money ina "ns
been passing through treaeherous bands into tne P
session Of concealed Seccsson party in Virgis shd
that, il only that party could ind strength to decre
& ne,s sn wa, Iog more 70 aproesS So
and king short work with the free people OF COLOR
held out as finish to the picture Of triumph. :,
Another, and very different vew ie to be me- win
elsewhere. There parts OF te country where the
people could hardly believe the Yankees 10 To so help
less and tmid race they supposed to be In the
Gulf Ststes and the appropriate alarm Is OF an unpro
voked invasion Of Abolitionss, for the pnrpse oil re
ting the slaves TO murder their masters Ihe handful
Of Aboliiwi.ts almost a of whom are peace men, do
not know themselves Ia the descr ltons by which
whole counties and Stares are scarei. we might Ill
columns with sor gathered from the oon.herh Jour
mails absurd these bat it l. ou1h TO rave soown
that much that otherwise unaoonniabie iS
by the utter ignorance Of s rs whh prevails az tue
South, and the delusions which proPagited thee'
But, say some people here, why shoul1 not tne
Southern States secedel And, secedng why not take
their share of the national property Where Is their
crime
TIE crime is as fragrant az any treason ever was
inee society orgabized but justice requires us To
be careful in imputing tho treason only 10 toe who
are guilty. No States have eeceded-no communities
no masses of population; but only gang Of revo-
lutonists assuming to represent community TO whom
they dare not appeal. Ii IL bad been really an ALTAR
of States or communities, or masses of people, they
wonld have made their plaint Ia good dle; they
w0Id have declared their iu, ntion; they would have
appealed to Congress or 10 Convenion, and to the
Federal Courts to restore 10 them their CONCESSIONS oi
righs, and 10 apporJn the national property. II the
Constitution did not provide for secessio did pro-
vide guardianstip for the nationsl property That
guardianship has been betrayed the propert, has been
not only seized, in the care of forts ana arscnss
recently taken, but .tnbezzled. gradually, on the
largest scale anfor a considerable length OF time.
il now iDiimated that tue refusal OF the United o'aes
Government to join the EuroIe,n Power, five yesJ'
since, in extinguhing Priva eriug was groui aei Oh
plans of secession already entertained IL Is very
natural that those who a,e unaware or the
barbarsm induced in q slaveholding society by
q long course of rude and cruel wars. like thore
IN Mexico and in Floriia, and Of fllib1sterg exIedi
tions like those of Lopez aud Walker souid seek Tor
exeuses for the Confederscy, and believe in spite OF
evidence, that there must be ground OF rgot In
the aggressive party Bot the more the case is ex-
auined, the more clearly it will be that the Sc
| cessioDists wholly and absolutely iu the wrong;
| that they gniy of treuson, carried on by con-
sIiracy Of the bases sort, and for aims which in
compatible with the peace Of the world. They have
made attempt to retire on fair terms OF separation,
AID with legal award OF their share OF prope'y.
They have a6sconded from the Union, with all the
cash they could brbe The servants to he them to- and
they have since assaulted the Government which they
had pillaged This 10 tue plain state OF the case; and
il Is not to the credit Of our knowledge that there
should any among us who attempt to defend or ex'
cuse the Of action, more or lets IL can be ouly
through ignorance that any Englishman can do 20.
10 know how many-0r rather how few--Of the Amer
ian people really sharing the guilt sad we cannot
be too ca-efu be this head IL requires rome
acausiutance with roety In the Slavr States to form
any conception of tie popular ignorance In political
ters or OF the absence Of personal Independence III
daily affairs. TIE guilt Of treason and pecdlaton does
not attach to persons wbo live uuder the cosest restrc
tions speech and the press who are misforned OF
what Is going on ia the world. and thoroughly mised
IA TO the political parties aud circumstances OF their
own country Add " these the educated class OF plant
ers who are outside OF pOt al factions AID attached TO
the Union, and who cbsting sndeI the yoke OF
the Coofeeracy and eagerly hoping tor the arrival OF
aid which NAV enable Them TO declare for the Union,
and there is no saying how small the numbec OF respon
sible Seceders may really be. We see In every
batch Of newspapers tidings from one quarter
or another OF opposition to Sesesrion orders;
In Missouri the contingent will be Furnished
70 President Lincoln IN spite of the Goy-
ernors refusal. lu Virginia there Is no hope
of managing the Union party In certain disticts Ia
several OF the States there split M decided as in
the Union itsel If il is Ia the first exciting hours
nnmph of the ularauding secion, before Tue North
has had time to act, we may well believe that, as soon
az everybody can speak out shn find that the go
called Secession is the work Of faction which fret
breo and iostered bad passions m predisposed society
of sayehOlders, paupere and slaves and then made
their own profit out Of the state Of things they had
produced. en-
II this is true view the conflict win not be long
one In no case 10 long one on account of the
a. We hear people saying ali round Us. But it may
not We will leave It TO Georgian and Alabama jour-
mails to prophecy Issues but il ought not to DO sur
prsed at any erceness Of passion between brethren at
war neither shoud we be- Oni he'd ut any collapse
of the Southern csuse when either the troops or the
people discover the strength OF heir opponents and the
true character Of their own cause.