New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-23
slAvEuOEDERs, HONOR.

H., "that his correspondence hss been tam
"pered with by the Rebels his letters being 81
"tered, and in come cases not sont st all.
Had this fact come sooner to tie knowledge OF
Mr.. Russell, il would, we fear, have diminished
his relish for that celebrated bottle Of Old Ma
deira which he drank near Charleston and his
appetite for tho excellent official dinners eaten
by him in Montgomery. If an5thing con!d di-
miuish the scfsatislaction Of The Tbunlerer, 1t
would be the publication Of the fact thai, for 50
many weeks, and upon such subject, its sacred
columns have been controlled by Davis, Cobb,
and benjamin. If anything could ch,DSe to
something like an inclination thai stern ncuiral-
ity which has puzzled US all, it would be the dis
cOvery that in ts august person ii has been made the
victim of petty larceny by the descendants OF Prince
Rupert and other English cavaliers. II may DO
an extenuatiOn, when man intendt TO PICK
your pocket that in pursuit Of his purpose, he
asks you to dinner, and accomplishes bs neia-
rous prolcc. while you are cutting hs NUT
ton aud slipping bis champagne. We Wish The
Times JOY Of its high.toned thieSes, Of its lar
cenous cavaliers, Of its cut-Purses all o. ancient
families, of It's sneaks with une1cepioaa'ls pedi-
grees. Mr.. Russell is already at the hesi, and
will soon be ogain at tho North. We can
promise that in neither quarter will hs letters
be in danger. lie may write them with tho per.
feet assurance that they vii! 60 forward TO their
destination unopened, and Of course u'stered.
We may be fanatics, bat We do not steal; we
may be mere slopkeepers, but we Do tot tein-
per with the mails; We may be bigot5 but no
letters are opened in our Post- Offices, ss they
are in those Of England apd Russia.
The storoOrsceous power of Slavery Il develop
all the cardinal virtues hos received stil anoibes
Illustration. soedy patriots Of Alabama, very
much in debt TO the North, when dIsta,ce from
LONE lent an enchantnsni 10 their penons and
a power TO their faccs, fc1lug, wien tlc m'sefies
of maturity came upon them. nj oaco disinch.
nation and disability 70 meet their bls, have
counseled tie Lord High Chancellor Iarsan u
their State As 10 the proPrie,y and igAi'y Of
repudatng. There wa such Lord
Chancellor for sagaeity and profundity aDa cru
dition as Dargan n. DHglu SAP = once:
"Dont pay a rcd cent. These Notiis1 credit
"ors aro public enemies. In the name q jus
8. tinian, charge you 10 Withhold tho eaAh!
"Thc Law OF Nations iOrbids It, and 20 do i |!
"If YOU pay 30 much as o sixPeDce 10 your
"Northern creditors viii have you indicted"
Pleasing opinion! Every dobtOr refuses at once
10 pay, every bank TO cciset, and every notary
public TO protest.
Now, at between distinct alj isdepoilent
nations, actual bellgefents Ddrgan is rsit IN
his law. although il is ,ory bsrbarous hw A.
tho best. The hardsbips OF Wax have tsen III
many ways meGed, yet this vestige OF ancient
ard savage hos,illtes still remains. But under
the circumstances OF the present conflict there
are two considerations moral, hnd TIE other
legal--which will suggest themselves tc every
intelligent and just man, even in the CGfsdor-
these hostilites been precptatod merely for the
sake Of avoiding just pecuniary obligations
How many men haze become big-voiced Scces-
sionists. because tboir pockets were empty and
their promises TO pay imminent Whatever
hoar and antiquated Law, in the rerUn Of a
perjured Chancellor, may say, the nsa who
rebels in order that he may repudiate. il both
traitor and swindler, Nnd worthy of jul should
he escape the gibbet. In spite of Law, le ia
still q liar, and no Possible number OF ppcedents
can give him sweet character in time Of
peace, as in time Of war, he would fad soino
specious and sneaking excuse for avoiding his
proniisos to pay.
In war Ike the present, there 10 no reason
why obligations as between man and man should
not remain in fun force. II s true hat Alabama
has asserted herself TO be an independent State,
but so, for most Of the essential wants Of trade,
she has always been. Our merchants could only
sue her citizens in her own courts, except under
accidental circumstances. She does not pretend,
no seeding State eau phiosophiealy claim, to
have 80 altered her political rlaIions that soreign
creditors cannot collect demands in her stats
Courts. 1t is claimed that the State OF Now.
York is q belligerent. and "a component pert Of
The Nationsl Union, shc undoubtedly 10; ~ it
il not claimed, and il cannot he with truth,
that hostillties exist between the States vi New
York and Alabama. The very tcnacty viii
which Southern men cling to their 'lOc.gne OF
State Rights il against them in this natter.
Why should Che merchants of the separate stst:s
suffer By the acts Of tie Gencrs' Gogornmest' =
No: We believe that eycIy homes, soathora
merchant-ana there must be snch--wiil ga5 Els
Northern debts if he can, and as soon as nc can
hereafter, if he cannot pay thcm new. Ills, IN
deed, will be tbs only safe cog.so for . h'Isness
man in these Parts to pursue. Whenever peace
is resto,ed--it docs rot fox the purposes OF Tie
argument in tho least matter rpca what sanas--
tho Southern trader must come 10 NoT-Yort 70