New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-09

horde OF TRAITORS mere anu la oenoi O'oteo i"utph
aloud among themselves at the miserable screen.
As for she people, from whose violence the prop
erty was to be protected they are enthusias-
tic protectionists themselves, and are are al
ready looking about them for other aValiaDie
property which can be conveniently protected"
| declare, it is impossible to write graveiy' aS
grayely as the subject demands, upon such incl
dents as those spoken of above. AS one Walks
about the streets here, one, l mean, with tne
sentiments of Republican in his heart, ne VIII
burn with Indignation at one moment ana shake
with suppressed mirth at the next. Mirth leaves
him, though, when he sees gradually unfolding
before him the well-laid scheme of the traitors.
By this time we must oil see pretty clearly, must
all be thoroughly convinced Of several things:
that the secession Of the Southern States was an
act determined upon by the present leaders long
ago; that this has been the point upon which
they have looked with single eye; that every
important political event in the Southern Demo
cratic party has had bearing upon this issue;
that the preudices of the blind people of the
South have been excited by systematic lies and
that then those prejudces and the l-will thus
created have been used for no other purpose but
to bring them to the secession pitch; that the
election of Mr.. Lincoln was determined on by
these leaders of the South, who would have been
grieyously disappointed had he not been chosen;
that all the calls for " concession" guaranty"
rights Of the South" and the hundred other
cries we have so often heard were merely bats
flung out to involve the North in discussion, thus
giving the traitors at the South time for work;
that all the backing and filling and coquettlng
with plans for compromise which the Southern
members Of Congress have amused the country
with has been q wellunderstood dodge"
notable instance of it was the letter of TOombs
a few weeks ago, which made some stir in this
State, because il looked little as if he was
backing down." in fine, that absolute secession,
nothing but secession, was determined on Tar
back in the tortuoas windings of this history.
ITO hell with their concessions :" said foul
mouthed ruffian the other day. :" Yes, returned
his more diplomatic companion, I" as much as
you like; only don't say so no,o." There you
have the key note to the whole work.
1t ia, indeed about time that the Northern
people shoald cease TO be taken by these
"springes to catch woodcocks." They are de-
rided by these fellows here for their simplicity,
for their true and unaffected love of the Union,
for even the belief they have that there is still
some truth and regard for justice left at the
South. There is one thing / daily burn to cay
to these Dragging wearers of cockades, that
though the Northern people at whom they scott
may be slow 10 wrath, yet when their wrath
arises in q righteous cause it will be terrible
indeed. Meanwhile, all here are juslant over
the seizure of the public property, thinking that
because they have taken few deienseless or un-
defended forts they are themselves iayincible.