New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-19
THE WAR UPON LIBERTY AND
POPULAR INSTITUTIONS.


that their Convention should not have power to
proclaim their State out Of the Union without
first submitting the question to that Convehtlous
creators and masters, the qusliied electors oil
that State. The question was distinctly submit
ted to them" Shall the Convention DO required
q" to submit its action to tue People, and shall
" their assent be required to give it validity"
and they voted YES By an overwhelming minority.
In vain tho Secession oracies shrieked "VOte
sit down." "No Submission the People
would not vote it down, but voted it up In spite
of their lifelong leaders. And now the Conven'
tiou elected BY them to keep tho State in the
Union, and expressly commanded by the People
not to pas, az ordinance Of Secession without
their distinct assent have defed their masters,
violated the conditions on which they were in.
trusted with power, and assumed to take the
State out Of the Union And while their trea.
sonabIe act is covered with the vail Of secrecy.
they rush upon the Navy.Yard at Norfolk, sink
stop the egress Of the National Ships Of War,
aud undertake to seize Harpers Ferry Arsenal
and oil the Federal property within the State
limits.
Tn. Richmond Examiner Of Saturday morning
bullied the Convention and backguarded Gov.
Letcher in several columns, whereof the following
is a specimen:
very Necessary that the honest peopls who
assembled In hi, city should steps procure Gov
srnmeu provisional other that viii do somethns for their
protection While the ferociou' mob Of the North assaults
every supposed shown the sget sympathy for
people s patiently paus about Law and order under
the Of the very tsito no delivering them without
and bound hand aud foot to the me'ccs OF the WIDE
Awake hode which shall shortly 10 eli streets and
houses unless the mle, Of the Southern Conedecy can stop
them.
We are In the mids, Of wr- may be long and bloody
war Formal secession ali matter OF moonsbius How
shall 6sh the North the only practical and pressing
question. Let the Convention lot ali public funtouses and
al. private citizens .dde their attention and their whole -nef'
se. to this subject ho~ best hsh, and eps the Invading
North Il perfuou. 10 sy to tall longer about -
ce.ion we are the Union and have only learn hov 10
Keep out Drilling and concentrating troops purchasing pro
visions for and horses and buying uupinus Of war are
now our appropriate business Talking vii nN keep Of tight
Ing We have tight, and the sooner We begin the bs''er
90 for heavy tar on -hi.iy this time We wish that
Lincoln and bis Abolition Congress would jus tryn Hhs
ss,h.res lay unhoy hands upou ~aIy dsees the
Hon A. H. stuart would turn 10 stses Rixh AID the
inuc. which ssies maternal ben fight the hungry hswt
would Stuart raals up the approach Of The ere@y
And what glorious change you'd come the submissive
Lsebst He vosld become sece Homes from hon the
hunt.rv had soes yos -hslP A. the bead ole Whisky
Rebellion be would be good noble subus lie would ssppss
with the General 0overnmsri reckless Of odds-be would stag
ger 10 tn. osnuoo derd John Barrie hi.
banner voud have Inscribed upon H. Give bald give
me DEATH Stuart and Lteh.s would be the Cssss Pol
luz Of such ebeon They would perform r.sSsiss ~ vsios.
~his the ~s Of Stosts big eret dstisy
they stands sisss ,~.s- thss OF Troy
The Enquirer and The Wig talk in much
the same strain, 90 far as Secession is concerned
never once referring to the requirement Of
Submission to the People. Ia fact, the Secs
sionsts everywhere regard Submission to a Pop.
ular Vote az tho baset tyranny. They are the
Cavaliers, tho Chivalry VI tho South, aud the
quiet, industrious masses who cling TO the Union
are but the mre beneath their feet. They know
the majority is against them; but what care the
wolves that the sheep outnumber them Fee
North Carolina forced into rebellion iu defiance
of the express vote Of her Peope-see the stub
born refusal to submit the Confederate Cobsti,u.
ton to popular vote in any single State. This
10 o rebellion of the Few against the Many, aud
they mean TO try conclusions with Bullets rather
than Ballots. There is no u'e in trying ~ meet
them with other weapons than their own