New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-14
wuag THEY SAY oxr RICHARD LATHERs.

n communication, COPIED hom ! ne Nee- l0'@ H"
in 7ke Co4r<r, from Richard LatheIs, "nNu o"l
readers win readily call 70 mind. In thsi ho'o az
Iahers esNreesed with great vehemenee MS sSP,'s'
sn carnsg that the active ctorts whch nc ia'c u'"
ing the Winter "to bring about reeohcii''0" J.. ou
Federal relations 10 cooperation win panoc .i@en'
Of onr State have been misinterpre,ed as fayorms
secession"
Ane, correcting this injurious error, he gentleman
,,oee 70 indulge in sckening cant abOnt the glory Of
tie Stars end Stripes and to proclaim his unabaied de
vo,cn TO the Union
Tyrnine 10 the Gles Of The " Y. ,JoErnG1 Of Com
per, we find IN the paper Of the 18th of December
aopc and elaborate letter from Col. Richard LatheIs,
addressed TO several gentlemen of Charleston oil hSh
social aad political standing. lhs sanie Issue :io'
contains a reply 10 that extended comhuUiO,IiiIn1 ~
signed by two Of the gentlemen addressed-Juugo
A. g. Mograth and II. Gourdin, ESQ.,. The answer Is
most full able, and satisfactory ana i,s Ioo 10y
more convincing than is temper ID ianS' manly Nv
ressetiul But it is with the e'ef ol ,ne pe,on % 'n,
,rodpction of whose mind occupies nearly column OF
Ike Joareal of Commerce that we now nave 70 uo'
Uvi,l he seen in the quotation we nave gwen from
his pote in The Herald thai Col la,hefs prof. ounces
AZ sIn!erous the suspicion that he eountcnanceo Sc
r.sson Truth win regret that tlis gentleman put on
record the sentiments he entertained at the close o
the past year Nisher our space nor our lnShnalCn
will justify long and Numerous quotations rom us
communication. few paragraphs viii suffice to show
The as he was then. ~
After expressing his delight at the happy change that
WAS fast going In the Northern mind win fesau 10
thc Constitutional rights OF the South, Mr. Lal.erS eN-
presses his own views of the grave questions ba Ws
Men shaking and has since broken up the Unon thus
decidedly and forcetuliy:
During the addressed large neenss both IN h'
Stao and New Jersey; dscussIng Slavery N u fs spo
soainy morally and politically and my sentiments were
Sa poP1 s1yass SSesd sS Snee %b Sc.d q
whose doctrines with few sAeeeops on al b great Of
every American and hrd response n every VIZ a,eJ for
oysn, bv sSv NoTibern audience now TO he
TOO many soSheT % men aTe have "so.ea st to our
ysntage Indeed the whole canyas, was ch-Isc,eln & ~ m
Charles 09on2 in ms great onSn &c .y & ba,
s,uon under the protecting clauses OF the Copsitaoo n
the Teyiiories well as in the stses Inc PUBIC IA % 4, vs.
res but the united the whole South to insure at
equality under the Contribution, which rear sepaise 0"
action cannot enforce"
In the subjoined paragraph, this valiant defender
OF the rights OF the South, this admrer oil CharieS
OConor, and disciple Of John c. Calhoun, eXpresssc
himself with greater eleaIpes and emphasis on tnis
Fundamental question:
NV object discuss the rropey cfseparate State
action the sSsta right Of State 20 seesde on mon
seo The injured party such has at least the natural
Iht Of IsvOaGn sa few esme1 wi r psses %
And vet, after having made this distinct admission OF
the right Of State TO dissolve its connection with tho
United States, after approving the exercise OF this
right noble and raiseworthy Air. Lathers, on nus
return TO New-York after absence Of two months,
tells The Heralda fitting medium Tor the bareiaeed
falsebood-that he is 4" surprised 10 lear" that ms
sOmephat act're eorts 5a't H;Her 10 1r.g aoost q
,sh patriotic citizens OF Stoe has been ns'HeT-
fret,d a, faroring Secession"
Surprised" 'misinterpreted! How admirably
ths stout defender Of the rights Of the South, her elo
ouent vindeator at the bOstngs in the presence oil
great rnulilndes this faithful disciple OF Mr. Calhoun
affects amazement, and with what charming gnoness
ne complains of having been sandered; No doubt MI
Iatb ioaH
those memorable 'oonths we are not informed. Maybe
in the South enjoy ing the and refined hospi
tahties of old friend. On liza return Of
Beecher and Greeley he found that name had been
east ont as evil. Sinister eyes stared angry et him.
He overheard curses muttered upon his name lie was
sstonished be scared his fear rose to h ITor ne
felt that be was a marked man. He had held commn
nieaton with of the chiefest OF the rebels; ne
had indosed the step their State had taken ana ut
through a journal whose loyalty was questioned lie
saw the nags-tbe city tn one voice CRED out or Lin
coin The question that be must instantly decide was
momentous one. Ii was question OF lie and deatl'
TeIrorstIicken The Colonel seizes dag, plants It II
bis nkstand and indites note 10 the editor OF TIN
Nep York Herald A fig for political consistency, io
truth for honor he has TO prefer charge he knows
be fase he has TO brand himself with tie meanet slr
in the category Of trange sions but what of all this
His properly his standing, bis life is IN peril and Col
Richard Lahers the friend Of the South and disciple
Of Mr.. Calhoun, is not the man TO hesitate ct time
like that He cries ont loudly for Lincoln and the
Union sticks flag in bis haG, throws his around
Black Repubhcanism and presses the loathsome mon
kter 10 dis bosom.
But let us hear this ornament of the commercial cir
cles Of NewYork once more, that we may see clearly
the complexion of bis politics:
Evens large nnnber Of the Republicans be relied
when the naked question oSouthen rights themselves
spa from the Presidential election and ,sch Is the innate
love Of country with its glorious history Of the
pest bright promise Of the future that the
threatening aspect Of the South has already produced eon
which tells strongly public sentiment In Republican
communities II all these promised advantages fail to the
South constitutional rights trust that present moderation
will bat united South determination that in
Of the Union, her institutions shall be protected and her
rights yndicsed."
Hear the worshipper Of gold how smoothly he pirates
patriotism:
81 tsie the liberty Of addressing this subject fcelipl
residence the State Of New ok does deprive
the night advice and services old fellow
citizens with whose interests hope shall fail to
Pstbs and whose hoeT end safety esteem next to my own
received first military commission from the lsmented
Butler and shall be esdy 70 respond to the call Of h
should the State need her to aid in the de
fense Of her soil"