New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-18

interior contains q great many earnest tb'oh
men; but ia the districts bordering upon the
Mississippi, the SecessiOnists are strong. In
Texas. the discussions elected by the con-
A;ct between the Convention and Governor
Houston, have brought the Secession question
down TO the issue to which it must every
where come, sooner or later IN the Slave States
tie conflict Of interest betneon the stdrehotding
ard aon.slaeeloidiag ciassss. Houston is making
this issue boldly while all the Secession organs
cry treason" OF course, this point clearly
and perseveripely preseLted, would in q short
time make all Texas for free labor, except the
cotton and sugar-growiDg regions, which consti.
tute less than Ope-third of its area.
4 very Intelligent gentleman from Tennessee,
with whom have Just been conycrsing, dssents
IN toto from the present opinion that an armed
conflict VIII precpitate that State into the sonfh-
ern Con!ederacy. He holds exactly tho reverse,
that it will set tie people of Tennessee and the
other Border States to thinking, and show them
that the Fire-Eater Of the Gull States are alone
responsible for these troubles. lie thinks that
collision in which tie confederates are clearly
the scgressors, as they will be by resisting the
reinforcement of PickeDs and Sumter VIII
strengthen the Union party of Tennessee
A New-York friend Of mine, who has Just
been mulcted to the tune of S25 duty, Oh 2,5O0
advertising plaeards for Steamship Company,
which he brought here not for sale, but for dis
tributiop, is not a. much enamorcd Of the South
crn Tariff Z" as he was"
Some discussion has been going on as to the
existence Of q stay law in Mississippi. There
is no such law in iorce-the late
Convention having refused to enact one.
Sill, by general understanding, all the higher
Courts in the State have adjourned, and will
not sit again al present; so that the effect is the
same The collection of debts is quite ont Of
the question.
Our Sccessionists are talking with vast deal
Of yirtuous indignation about the " bad faith Of
Mr.. Lincoln, in giving out the impression that
Fort Sumter was to be evacuated, when he
meant al The time 10 reinforce it. There is a
peculiar and characteristic raciness about this,
coming, as it does, from those who have stolen
all the Government property they could lay hands
on, and who applaud the troachcry of Thomp-
son, Floyd, and Twiggs. Tie city has been
full of war rumors for the last few days. Louis
lana is more backward than any Of the other
Confederate States about forwarding forces to
Pensacola, and the most earnest appeals are
made TO our people to throw off their apathy.
One theory which has been gaining ground for
the last twenty-lour hours is that the alleged
movements to reinforce Sumter aud Pickens are
merely feint; that the real design of Mr.. Lin
coins Administration is 10 blockade the mouth of
the Mississippi, if not to take possession of this
port. Such proceeding would tie the Re'olu-
tionists hand and foot.
The rumoys that in the event of an outbreak
they hope by bold and sudden stroke 10 cap.
ture Washington City, are BY no means without
foundation. That project is frequently alluded to
| aud discussed; and there is general belief that
while the attention Of the country is concentrated
! on Charleston and Pensacola it will be unpre-
pared and may be taken with comparative ease.
! The impression of The Nen- York Times that a
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write the truth from the Seeding States, either
| to the Northern or the local press, is wofnl
mistake so far as this vicinity is concerned.
| There are not dozen counties in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama in which the life Of any
correspondent who should merely narrate all that
he sees and hears daily in connection with polit.
zeal matters without one word Of comment,
would be SAFE if he were known, and there is
not one in which bis person would be safe.
New Orleans, for instance, is q comparatively
civilized point / read my TRIBUNE at dinner
daily when the mail does not fail (and it only
fails about four times a weekly, and there are
two semi-publie places in the city in which it is
on file, and is perused with the utmost aydity
by hundreds who are deemed "sOund 4" beyond
all suspicion on the Secession question. And yet,
Northerners considered ro-slavery men at home,
and here on legitimate business, have barely es-
capped from the city with their lives for using,
thoughtlessly, expressions which sayored a little
Of disresreot for the usurpers. Your mild neigh
Dor (whc, by-the-bye, 1 heard roundly cursed
last evening for beirg "just as bad az Greeley
himself, only not quite 60 honest and fat-footed
about it y is evidently utterly ignorant Of the
nature ard extent Of the odious and outrageous
despOtism which rules the South.
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