New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-12

same necessity for giving up Pickeus. Tho
South. it is said, viii resist the assertion OF its
rights by the Federal Government, not merely Ia
one place but in all places. not merely at one
time but at all times. Such assertion II IL
pleased to call coercion; and the Border States
declare that aa end il come TO all possibility of
cancellation when we resort TO coercion IL
Pickeus should follow Sumter, what must follow
Pickeusl We shail not want for points enough
where the conflicting powers are sure to como
in collision. new tariff has just gone into
operotion under Federal law. Does anybody
suppose that there will not be Northern traders
who will seek to avoid payment of duties
under Federal law, by taking their goods to
Southern ports, and smuggling them in under the
rebel code proclaimed at Montgomery There
is but one way TO put stop to this contraband
trade, and that is by declaring by act of Con.
gress that oil along the rebelious coast there are
no ports Of eutry But such edict. are not worth
the parchment they are written on unless sup
ported by blockading force. Coercion
There must be no coercion" sbriek the BOr-
der States. Inevitable blOodshod!" scream the
What shall we do with this new military ne
" cessity' Shall we repeal the tariff 1t Is to
precisely this point the German Jews and other
foreign bagmcn who GIL our warehouses with
goods, and whose clamOr persuades weak men
that they are the commercial interest cf this city,
would be glad to bring US.
In short there is no extreme to which this
plea of the necessity Of avoiding the Use OF
force, lest somebody should get burt, may not be
pushed The rumored threats that the Secession
leaders will take up their residence in Washing.
ton before the year Is out, aud that the Southern
Cont, deracy will permit portion Of the North
ern States to hitch on their triumphal ear OF
| States, sound neither ridiculous, nor impossible
| hardly improbable--of execution, under such an
aspect of affairs. II the point be once yielded
that there can be any other necessity for the
| Federal Government than 10 maintain its own
| integrity and execute the laws till such time rs
the high contracting parties to this Union, the
people themselves. shall decide whether it shall
| be broken and how it shall be broken, then
there is no telling what concessions might not ioi'
! low The first result would be the entire demon
alization OF the Republican party though thai Is
of comparatively little consequence; but the sec
ond would be tho inauguration OF sstruggle more
determined, more desperate, more earnest than
anything that North America has seen since
that bell on which is the legend; PROCLAIM
LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND AsD To
GALL TIE INHABITANTS THEREOF SUM
moned together the Congress Of l''6.
Is il worth while TO rush into such revolu-
ton Had We not better maintain the Coy
eminent that We have, bssert its dignity, aud
enforce its laws, rather than DRIFT into d'iii'
cutics and dangers the magnitude Of which We
can as yet only conjecture, but which we know
must be great When this is done We shall
bs in n position for negotiation, if then neso-
tiation snail seem best. And, thank God there
is now reason TO believe that it Will be done