New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-26
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1861

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| ical and less imaginative than their Secession
brethren, prefer tarry 10 the old place, proposing
20 themselves 10 convert the latter from The error Of
| heir way by coDviuoipI them thar Secession y z
mistake; that Southern iDdepet denee Il = cellilDn
| franght witb manifold and terrible WOES; that the
-afeiy, the stability, The dguity, the power, the
,raDdrur and the glory of Slavery are Ill liked IN
lie Union, and lot 10 be enjoyed ont of It, estac-
ished ia tue house VIII q civ fathers lulii, which
s theirs 10y inpresciplible night glorious i1helit.
"the farest fabric OF government ever ereeted
| by man."
They appeal to the mssses Of the South 20 abandon
heir presen leaders and fly 10 them, crying out that
10 follow the Confederate flag along tie "periloGs
edge" and through storm ant latte, will iesa them
swift deFtructop bat that to rally 10 their stand
rd will take them back 10 tie old homestead, where,
ia the affecting pictures they draw, the PASTURES are
ever g1eeD, aud the reams ever bright; The SKIES
aiways bue, and flowers blooming perennal aid
here they tell them, they may forever repose under
their own vine aud fig tree, with no one to mako
1 hem afraid
Their desire is that we should not be precpitate 10
moving forward the grand army Of the Union, pu'
should bold IL NJ as g !antic instrument OF chas-
Iisement IA terrUrem over their ering brethren al
lowing simple time before ui,g II for repf!ence ana
absouion. Hence we are to iIler tbht the harmless
| -volulio1s OF dress parade are more 10 theif
views titan frequen encounters ou tie held OF bsttie
Yet they require that our army should he Sdvarced
II must occupy each rebelliOos State. Our standard
must he mfured, as rsllying ront. "A center Of
operations must he seenled, from which missionary
enterprise shal branch out. To convert the ming
son. OF the South back to truth and rig' teoasness
there must lie Jerusalem at each yenieut local
iiy, up 10 which they may cooe 10 Indicate repent
ance and be again enrolled il The fock OF the I'M.
maculate OF the house OF Israel. And nothing W IL
suffice tor such Jerusalem but q military encaDl-
meIt with such latter-dsy saints az Mcclellan aud
Banks aud Dix and IIall,ck and the Ike, arrnsd TO
a,.dF fv or "a
hand and the Cons tuition in the other, prepared 10
aduiui.ter ath OF the oath at Allegiance according
TO he s,ubbonness or docIlIty Of The subject.
Of course il is part Of tue system OF operations
of tese gentlemen W d. lt!e la TIE revolut.h"Ty
way IL emselves wherever sueh slight irreguansy
may become necessary to checkmale the leaders Vi
Secession. For instance as III all IebelLous S'atse
tie forms Of government are in possession OF TIE IN
snrgents il Is part OF their IAN TO arrange S'a'e
governments OF their own. Such machinery Is nec.s-
rary in carry ing the great scheme OF salvation IN
which they engaged-feslly 10 Which, on the part
Of the peutent rebel shall lie tie test OF return TO
the faith Of the fathers. This tas, indeed already
been tried and found 10 work tOa charm Inc Union
lists in Western Virginia met al Wheeling, AID
voted from among their nDmber Mi. So-aad-so ior
| tie Legislature, Mr. so-aId-so Tor Governor, Mr.
so-and-so for Judge ard they havog called this the
Government OF tie STATE 10 was iGiDediatniy feSoS-
uizej at such. W5ereupou Cuited States Senators
and members Of this House were st once sent NJ,
J
Western Virginia WILL in 1864, by virtue OF this h.
he artfu operariop carry about with them in their
pockets fifteen votes OF electoral college TO de'
cide who shall be next President. A. tbs pro-
gromme IL 10 be CARED out Ia every seeded Stale,
Tor ever, State which he new South" or the new
"olgsrthy," thus clutch, hey Will secure TWO
United States Senators, beside al iDdetn re number
of members Of this iouse aud woes for Tres de NJ
equal 10 their full Congressional representation.
Ihey Will nave, OF eouse, lroporonale delegations
in all our Nominating Conv,ptlons.
! Wherever such Organization is set M, IL Is eS-
rccted lhit tie slaveholders WILL 10 large numbers,
Desert the Confederate banner, and follow that OF
be Union. An Involvement which VIII attract
many j. the opportunity which VIII be thus
presented Of entering into the order Of thires
high in Official station Offices will be obtainable
win liue difficulty; aud ambiiiJus Young men, ann
additions zen lot 70 yourg, viii rnsh 1t j. snip
posed 10 ,he side of the Union. 10 ENJOY ofhciaI
patronage and pre,tee; bringing with them al their
friends relatives, debtors, credI orr ana oiher per-
soB interested in their success ia life. II Is slso re-.
g.reod a, highly Important th,t the most liberal
promises in favor OF Slavery fhall he gwen.
Jefferson Davis may, in this respect, bid blSh out
If 20 Mr. Lincoln must lid alains. him. stilet
Observance OF all the guarantees OF Tue CONSTITUTION
must OF course he stipulated. IA amnesty, when
ihal cover all sius OF omission or oomDasion must
be granted to wbomsoeyer shall return u bis on,
lanee and all such measures be Iesorted 10 as suai
serve 10 allsy The sue cons sssdage the bitefnes
End abate tine hostility Of the erring children OF zoe
South 10 our common Governmsbt ana persuade
them AZ ia to enjoy lie blessings.
Nv s,h sbilllul treaineu, a IL here limited at by
N. military arm in one direction snd the dexterous
fingers Of 20, ircl article in snolber by alternate
blows lid persuasion, blister ard sugar iums, 1t Is
expected that the beigerent will lie tanned down.
the willful recalled 10 actalty; tue eksPical IL
spirrd with filth; and. In fine the whole body Of
fla, eholder, firmly planted once more Oh the soe oi
the Union, the Constitution, and tie laws.
Toe policy Of the Administration harmonizes IN
almost every particular with The OBJECT OF this class
OF savehoders. |, affords ample protection TO their
CONSTR gbts, and full pardon To Secesonists
returning 10 their allegiance. IL holds the grand
army in allowance; and recognizing their empty
fran. orks OF State Governments iIducis them
bona ide into the sacred temple Of our sovereignty
In short the TWO bodies seem 10 be ht Ia IL 10
full communion. Their actions tend unrnistBkab'
10 the same result, whether they know 1t Or 80;
aud their SUCCESS will develop n reunion a..
ssveholding interests tue platforms OF the I'M
i.ra ion FOR the protection OF Slavery, an aosins
all who oppose II.
la this way the party Of Slavery ,,;n ,ooo,,
again the party of the Admin. rsli" q Ne i;ncnI,
| will become the President OF u Sorib throngI
the agency Of the Union, aud jefferson Davis vii
retire to the shades. TIC re- erl Caitol all! one,
more become the seal OF tue slave power the Fede
raj noVerHmeh' rs 1so 6eut, and the country III
subject realm. The o. game of a united South
against divided \ ortb viii be rep.sted. The
party OF the Admp sraiion will play the role of the
old Democratic IA ny again. TIE former strife will
be renewed; an In the end, however distant,
Slavery viii ~ ,sn be driven TO extremiiies.
may De psrniued at this point TO put Ia protest
against eStenporziDg State organizations for
seceded States, and clothing them with powers to
CORES povd SO far legal correctness is concerned
this action is as anwsrrnted rs secession itrelf Ii
Is quite as revolutionary. Indeed, it is, is in this
respect, upon precisely the same footing with
secession. Secession repudides tho Federal au.
thorty within State through State forms and State
forces, while this repudiates the State authority