New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-20

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. commands us that We should endeavor " ma the
,oot of the difficulty, sud that now once lor ali WE
,hould put il beyond the possibility Oh ,1s u11:lns
our peace again. We cannot afford as hars
IN RIM this risk, The vessel of State-her tinoels
are strained beyond almost the possibility OF surs
mo- The tempest ia one that it demands ihe varies.
.;Iot IN ontliye We cannot afford tLlsi we are hot
10 omit anything that can saye t1is s,,p N ~ 49,
from a second danger Of the KIND wen, now
That shall we do Well, it comes partly, the au'
mas ~ ,bat question from what think has been
The cause of this convulsion. Some men .hin *,
ONE of your editors think and many OF ours, that
his war is nothing but the disappointment OF one or
wo thousand augered politicians, VINO nave per
suaded g. 900, 600 Of Soutlerners aeains. .Tor
ion TO take NJ arms and rush TO the oa'tie-hT,u-
no oareat commitment to Southern courage. They
Ehin1 that If a Union army can only appear IN ire
midst of this demented mass, the o,VoV,voV Nm
find ont for the first time In Their hVes, INA. tney
hava cot sonls of their own and tell us SO, and then
we s6all ali be piloted back-hoat back-drit back
into the good old times OF Franklin Pierce and James
buchanan. (Cheers and laughter. Well, there 10
a measure Of truth in that. There is measure OF
trnth in that ! believe that If year ago, when the
thing first showed lis head Jefferson Davis ana
Toombs and Keit and Wise had been hung for
traitors at Nasbiu, ton, and couple OF f1gaes an
cbored in Charleston, another compile in Savannah
ard half dozen in New Orleans, with orders TO
shell the cities Oh the iirst note oil resist
snce. there never wonld have been tiis out
ra.e or it would have been postponed al
least dozen YEAR,, and if that interval hnd
been used 20 get rid of Slavery We never should
have mad this convulson. But you know we had
nothing of that kind, and the consequence Is what
Tire divided, bewiidered North has been summoned
by every defeat and every success from i,s heids
lnnd workshops with half opened eyes, TIL al last
lbewidrred COMPOUNDED as this 20 OOU,00O were, We
Ia, h.. spd az one
meant justice, shall mean justice owns down to the
Gulf, and we will have it. Loud applause Wen,
what has taken place meanwhile at the South +!
Why, the same thing. The divided. bewildeled
South has Teen summoned also out OF her ql'i,oi ,
by every success and every dcfeat-and she has had
more of them than we have hnd-of tie fiIst-and
the consequence it, that she too If fused into SWELL
ing sea OF State pIiie, hate to the North
Unconquersbe will
And study Of revenge. Immortal hate
Ard purpoie never TO submit nor yield"
She l. in eanest every one Of them, aud she il 40
unanimous as the Colonies were IN the Revolution.
In fact the South recognizes more inieligby Than e
do the necessities Of Ter position. don't televe N
Secession. don't consider tbs secession. IL Is
no aece sion | agree with Bishop General Polk
il is "A conspiracy not "A secession. lis home Ii at
the South Is root IL at the South, but II has many
a branch in Wall street and in State street. Cheers
II is conspiracy, and on the one side !, every nan
who still thinks that he that steals brother
isn't. Applause II is the arstocratic element which
survived the Constitution, and our fathers thought
could be lef, under it, and the South to-day
is forced into this war by he natural growth oi tne
a1iagonisiic principle You may pledge what sub
mission and Iatience o Southern ius iuti1ns You
nieage. IL il no. enough. South Carolina said to
Massachusetts in 1885, when EDWARD Everett Wa
Governor, abolish Tree sleeeh-it s nuisance.
She is rght--ilom her e,aldlo.ut il If. Laughter
That s, il is no. poa lille ioIeteiye The qai', 81
South Carolina consistently WIN Tree speechi "a,
YOU know the story Walter Scott told OF tie old
Scotch laird who said 10 his butler, who had been
with bin 40 yeurs, "J0,k, you aud can hve under
his roof" "Ald where does your he. or tbhk
Of goingi" So free speech says 20 South C@rolina
to-day Now 1 say you may pledge, compromise,
guarantee what You please The South knows II If
no, your pnFpoae Ii is your character that sLe
edo II II the nature Of Northern inlitu. ioiis,
the perious freedom OF oicossion, tie flavor Of her
ideas, the sight of her growth, the very neehDor-
hood Of such States, thai constitutes the danger.
il ike the two wares launched on the stormy sea.
The iron saii 10 the orockery, " wont come mar.
" Thu ik you thank Won, said tie weaker verse
Z" it il rs much danger IN my coming near yon.' u
j. not in the hopes IL IL IN The nysiJle character
Of the Northern States that the South see-
tsse two ideas Our fatlers ~ s.id, thought they
could be left, one TO eyiscernte the other. hey
took eu0powdor and lighted match, forced item
into Ia stalwart cannon md thought they could ph'
CAL non has exploded, and we stand maDgled irdg'
Tnsnte. Now, some Republicans aud some Demo
crsts-not Bu,ler and Bryant, and CrOsHell. and
BoutWel, and ID, kinson, ana otheTs-but lhe Old
set Laughter the old set say 10 the Rcpu,lcans.
" Pat the pieces carefully together IN their piaeet
INIT the gunpowder and the match IN again
lhus Lter, ray The Constitution backward instead
of yOur prayers, aud there viii never be another
rebeioum Cheers ard laup liter. No; / doubt H.
ICbeers 1t scems that like caufes will produce Ike
etecs and tie policy OF recOnsTucuOnis Impossible
And if i were possible 1t wond he the greatest
mistake that Northern men could c, mint. lCtoers.l
Reconstruction is but another name for the snbniie
sion Of the North II is her fubecion ~ der nask
II il nothing but the cOnfe,siOn II defeat. Ever!
Iner liant in such care puts everything he bias a. tt
bidding OF WigfGll and Toonts in every cross-roac
at the South. For, YOU see, never till now did any
body but few Aboiioists believe that this nation
could be marshalcd ore section against another II
arms. But the secret IL out The weak point n
discovered. Why does The London press lecture III
Ike "A rchooiniaster his soyen-y ear-old boy VIII,
does England uie tone such rs she hai
not used for hall century to any power
Because she knows Of us as she knows OF
Mexico, as all Eur0Te knows Of Austria, that W,
have the cancer concealed III our very yitals tina
she has but TO stir up the Ingredients of Violence ant
sic can send our stocks down fifty Ier cent, ant
! bankrupt half our feaboard. Reconstruction IN hui
making chronic--what this week oyidences--wha
England dares TO do for tlis distracted Republic.
do not believe reconstruction possible. ] do moi
believe the Cabinet intend it. Ii they did, allow he
to cay for one, that any staeenan who leads these
states back to reconstruction will be damned to al
infalny compsI cd TO which, Arnold was Sain, ant
James Buchanan a public beneiacioH Slg dis
turbance in the part of tie hall, cries Of "pu
him out" &c. | said recons truc'ion is not posi-
bic do not believe il il, for this reason: the mo
meni iheee States begin TO appear victorious, the
moment our armies do anything that evinces iina
success, the willy stateslnansLp and uneonqucrablt
hate of the South will write Emancipation Oh
her banner, and welcome the riote, torale OF En-