The national Republican., 1861-03-12

ns- The logic and decency Of the secession.
lists are admirably illustrated in the subjoinsd
article, which appears in the Richmond Exam.
iner, of March s.
Any appeal to the reason OF men, over whom
the madness Of the hour has obtained so com.
plete ascendency, might as well be addressed to
the most hopeless inmates of lunatic asylum.
The influences under which the revolutionary
movement Of the South has been inaugurated,
and has reached its present development, are
clearly seen in the Bedlamite rawlings in which
many Of the secession organs continually in.
dulge. The masses have been stimulated to
frenzy by base appeals to their passions and
prejudices; they have been systematically in.
doctrinated into the belief that the dominant
party of the North has entered into crusade
upon their domestic institutions and now that
it has come into power, they suppose that only
the convenient moment is awaited to let slip the
dogs of war. The calm and conciliatory tone
of the inaugural, in their view, is only the Gun.
ming .cloak Of the most relentless purpose of
subiugation. The original leaders of the move
ment find themselves altogether helpless to con.
troll the elements Of revelation they have let
loose, and are themselves borne onward upon
the surging tide of popular passion. Even in
the border States, the Union men are met with
threats Of violence, and only dare to oppose i'm.
mediate secession. In many parts of the South,
the reign Of terror is as complete as in the
French revolution, and no man is safe in
breathing. q word not in accordance with the
pervading sentiment Of disunion. The next
step of such popular despotism is to universal
anarchy. 1t cannot be expected, that when all
the restraints of law and of legitimate govern.
ment have been thrown of, the masses will long
submit to the control of self Reconstructed rulers,
and we should not be surprised at any time to
hear of an uprising against the authorities at
Montgomery.
RICHMOND rs. RENEGADEs.-The aquirming
Ape who now holds the reins Of Government
in Washington, and strives with the help of
his hostlers, in the Augean stable near the
Bell House, in Richmond, to chain Virginia
to his car Of triumph, in order to drag her
through the mud Of misrule into base and
beastly Union-this squirming Ape, we say,
who hypocritically, and with blasphemous ap.
peals to Heaven, sneers that he will uphold
the Constitution, while he tears it in tatters
and tramples it beneath his cloven foot, has
active agents here, who, covering under the
Federal lash, like hounds obey the summons of
the whipper-in, and scenting the fesh.pots,
bend the knee in abject Submission, and are
ready to sell, Judas.like, for 30 pieces Of silver,
all the glorious memories Of the past and all
that true Virginiaus hold dear.
On the floor of the Convention these agents
figure particularly famously and furiously.
There they spin ont their s1avish SLAYER, and
deride the flag which floats above their heads;
but when they come out from their granny.
guided conventicles into the highway where
there is no gallery to be cleared, then the peo.
pie give them a taste of the quality which we
fancy is anything but palatable.
1t was but yesterday that the peoples voice
was heard in determined denuncistion of the
submission speechi6ers for, when Mr.. Carlile
appeared in the street, accompanied by the
" immortal" par mobile tralrum) and an
officer Of the Convention, the people hurled at
his head such o storm of Kisses as we have
rarely heard. Mr.. Carlle, with characteristic
eloquence, replied: Hiss on, ye geese" there.
by adding insult to injury, and showing his
hatred to all true Virginians.
Geese, forsoothl Thus are termed the men
who are weary Of the dodging delays of the
concessionists; thus are termed the men who
stand up for their 6resdes and flag; thus are
termed the men who are prepared to die rather
than be dishonored but let Carlile l. Co. take
care. These geese may pluck the feathers out
Of him aud his, and reply to his insults by the
logic Of the blow. But we have not told all.
Carlie, leaning on the Immortal" was con.
veyed to carriage, into which he sprang, and
then drove off Bolts only knows whittier.
Mayhap, but for the presence Of some ladies,
the submissonists would have had little more
experience of the peoples purpose.
Sic SEMPER TYRAHSE,