New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-28


states. Tho well known opnione Of the ta'hers--
be declared convictions Of all who were most en-
nept at the foundation Of the Government ana the
example of Washington wero all discarded, and IL
was recklessly avowed that Slavery - q disine III
lilution-the highest type Of eivilzaiion-4 blessing
10 master and slave slike-and the very Keystone
0 our national arch. generation has grown up
with this eichiug 90 that it ID now ready 10 Fay
with Satan,
"Fvn !. tOp my good; by thee q les'.
Diyids d 20 pre wan Heavens King hodi
II ia natural that people thus truin'd should isle
10 the voice of Conspiracy. Slavery ITSELF Is con
slant Conspir soy snd its supporters, wheiher ~ VI"
SIsve States or elsewhere, easily become indiiereh'
to all rights and principles by winch II may 10 ooA'
strained. ,e :,o,o1 he
Rut this ra9s for Slavery was itself quickenei py
two Influences, Which have shown themselves tinse
the formation OF onr Union one eeonomicai an lno
other polirical The fret was found IN tne uneN,
peeted impe lance OF the cotion-croP, wiicn 1uiys
ibe labor of slaves and tho genius oil New'Lnean.
inventor bas passed into an extraordinary eieheh'
If real,b md Of imagined strength, 30 that we nave
IN been sommoned TO 90 homage TO cotton as Mug
The secoad Of these Influences was lound ~ &c
temptations of political power-than when DO InnG
euee is more pOient-icr it tecame OBVIOUS tntt .,e
lower conld be assured 10 Slavery only throngh '.e
prr,onent preponderance of its representatives. III
The Senate: 30 that the continued contro OF ah oh
cos end bonors was made 20 depend upon tue e~cu-
ION of slavery Thur through two strong appeli'es
one for gain and the other for power-was ol"Ne,y
stimuleted; but the Conspiracy was shoDH 'A''
through Slavery. .a .ra NM
tpred wonld have been more wiz led than strong u
\; had nolfound perdlOus aid 10 the very CABINET VI
the President. Tie Secretary OF the treasury,
a slaye-master from Georgia-the secretary "
the Interior, a slave'master from hiss iIPr
Sc,et,rv of War the motor ious Floyd, ehVe-inss-
tor from Virenia-and fear, also, the Secretary OF
Tho Navy who was a Northern man with Southern
,riociples-lent their active exertons. Through
these eminent functODaries the Treason was orga6-
lied and directed, while their important posts were
prostituted 70 its infamy. Here again. you zee the
extent OF the Conslirscy. Never before In any
country was there a similar crime, which embraced
20 many persons in the highest places OF power or
which took within its grasp so large thester OF h-
man action. In anticipation of the election OF MI
Lincoln the Cabinet oonsIireiors had prepared the
way for the Reb lion.
First: The Army of the United States was so for
dispersed and eHiled, that the Commsuder.in Chiel
found difficult during the recent anxious Winter 10
bnng together thousGnd troops for the detense o.
the national capital, menaced 6y the eonspirat 'rs
Secondly: The Navy was so lar dispersed or cls
mantled, that on tie 4th March, when the new Ad
mipistraiion came into power, there were 10 chips
10 enforce The laws collect Tho revenues or proteci
tie national proI ery 10 the rebel porte. Out oil ~
vessels of war, then counted as our Navy, appears
that our whole available force at home was reduced
TO the steamer Brooklyn, carrying 70 guns ana 'h'
storeebip Relief, carrying guns.
ThirdlV. The Forts ON the extensive Southern
coast were far abandoned by the pnOle fierce thai
the larger part--counting upwards OF 200 oannon
and built Ut eost Of upwards OF six million dollar
became at once cay prey TO the rebels
FOuyfhlv National arms were transferred Iron
Northern TO Southern aIsebals, TO TO disarm tho
FREQ states AID 10 equip the Slave States. Tins wa
done on a large scale. Upwards OF ll5,OVo srmsi y
the latest and most approved pattern, wore trans
ferr,d from the Springfield and W aeefNhet aisensh
"a different arsenas Ia the Slave States where thej
have been seized by rebels. And quarter of inil
lion percussion mGskets wero teld 10 varois Slave
States for ~ 50 musket when they were worth
/ il is said, on an ayemgo 81 Large quaniiiss o.
cannon mortsIs, powder, ball and shell r''"i'eo VIZ
Jsn5ig , The National Treasury, which, 20 re-
Gently had been prosperous beyond example Whs
disorganiEed ard plundered even TO the verge 81
bankruptcy. Upwards Of six millions are supposed
10 have been stolen, aud much OF t treasure doubt
loss went TO help tie work ~ heneilion'
Tbns even before its outbreak ito Couspinc9 con-
t,ivod 10 De. rudc and despol the Governmea'l 50
bellion Tho stOry seems iacredible. Bal IL was
not enough 70 dispene tie Army-lo disperse tho
Navy--to abandon FOris-to disarm the .Iee states
and TO rob the Treasury. The President Of the
United States, solemniy sworn 60 execute the lhva,
Wa won ito eysiem q inactivity amounting 10
u
saw treason plotting 70 aiab a. tho heart Of bis couD
py; he raw Conspiracy, daily, honIiy, pn,tlns on
The harness OF Rebellion, but, though warned y The
watehful ColnIpsn hief he did nothing to ar
rect II, standing alwsys;
- Ike painted Jove,
With Idle ihlndcf 10 his lifted hand"
Ave more; instesd Of tho.e instant li1htnings unit
iug aud blasting IN their fiery crash Which he should
In ve hurled at the criminals, he nodded Sympathy
and acqulescence. No page of history l. nor, mel-
aucholy -b,ca1se nowhere do We mud ruler VINO
81 completely abandoned o. country; not Chares j.
in lis tyranny, not Louis XVI. In his wics.dnese.
Mr. Buchanan had been advanced toIower by slave
mss'cfs, who knew well that be could be used Tor
Slavery. lie slave-hO dug eonspirat JTs were en-
cOuraged TO tit In lis Cabinet, where they doubiy
betrayed their country, fret by evil Councils AID
then Gy disrloting what paseed their C.ttt slave
Loldiug coniederes. The Fudden act 81 Mayor Az
derson, ia removing from Fort Moulire 10 Fort Sum
ter aud the sympathetic Tep0nte OF an aroused peo-
pie Compelled change of policy, and tue Rebellion
received its fret check. IL decided at last RileI
ainfri struggle, that Fort Sumter should be min
tanned. IL ID uiiicult TO oxaggcrstc tie impofinnoe
Of that decision which, believe, was due mainly "
sn eminent Democral-Gen. Cass. Thir at least Is
tue: il saved the National Caiita
Meanwhile, the Conspiracy increased in activity
aserinR State after State, gathering IT'D forces, and
buidiug its ba,tenes The TINE had come for the
tragedy 20 begin. AT Nottingham" says lie great
Engiish historian, speaking Of King CHARLES L., be
erected his royal standard, the open signal Of discord
and civil war throughout the kingdom." Tie same
open signal now cane from Charleston when the
couspir4tors ran MP Tue rattlesDake flag and directed
their wicked canuonade upon the small, haifaushed
garrison OF Sumter.
We're all q is done IL the name Of revolution, or by
virtue of any revolutionary principle II would a.
sumo IA familiar chara ter. But this Is not the case.
II /. al done under the prelense oil constitutional
tight. The forms Of the Constitution are seized by
tie copsl iratOrs-as they have already seized every
thing else-and wretted 10 the purposes of.treason.
IL is audiciously declared that, uader the existing
Constitution, each state, in tie exer'se Of its own