New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-17

plete success Of the rebellioD and that to in.
sure the fulfllment Of these prophecies, it piled
up, month after month, argument, persuasion,
and menace, trusting to that great influence
which if assumes to hold over the public mind
to Justify its wisdom and its fcrethought. Over
a door to an inner Office in That establishment
was draped a Secession flag, as preliminary
to display of the whole set from its WIN
dows, provided for that happy moment when
New.York, led by The Herald, should rise IN
revolt, and declare its adherence to the South
ern rebellion. 1t woald be easy, we say to
prove all this By page upon page ofeVldence from
its own columns, and to show how it abounded
with absurd forewarnings and dangerous ap'
peals. But as tho greater includes the less,
we shall content ourselves with few signIi-
cant passages advocating the adoption OF the
Montgomery Constitution as a substitute for
the Federal Constitution, and the entire sub
mission of the North to the usurpatOn of JEFF.
Davis.
On Sunday last Tie Herald said: "There
care few journals which have been so steady
Sin their der0tiOs 10 dc great constitutional
"prineiplss on which our institutions are
" based;" and "as to changing our mind on
" MINOR QUESTIONS OF POLICY when the
" circumstances of the times call for it, our
readers need not be told that il is our habit
- to do so." We will turn to the file for
March 70 see the character Of that " devotion"
and to learn what TIE Herald esteems +" minor
" questions of policy"
On Sunday, the Eth Of March last, exactly
seven months ago, The Herald said:
NOV by The unanmous adoption q lie new con,tI
ton bv the Southern Congress the President the secretary
Of State and the Republican party knew "haf re So'
.-das: ard there il nothug On9Je " !7er dHss
oo for the Boder stses aud all other States North ard
South TO pursue is to ADOPT rais AsrEthhS' %
srRUCrloS"
The leading article of Tie Herald Of March
~ is entitled The Ultimatum Of the South
"'What Ought the Administration to Dor
And it proceeds to tell its readers what, in
most emphatic terms, beginning thus: q.
Mr Lincoln and bis advisers have st length, oopouni
Of throwing OF ts se,fEhICsg y0Of31S GLa 90 da az
5sHty which have far characterized the course Of he
present Adupi,;pon o. taxing measures which cannot
period. Tie aiootOn by the Montgomery tonEf,s' or
Cougtituou h equiv sen 70 manifesto 70 tue Iest OF the
states nsy be- fczir led the utis'nH Of the South 70
the North, and a. the only b1s on wie s1e iofn.er w
e0lss % aegoiia'e with those WHOSE iohb rhEh HAVE
RECESrLr THROWN oYg."
And Tie Herald then proceeds to show that
this ultmatum is one which should be accepted
by the North, for, it says;
"Tber. is no yoin, Of difference between the Constitution
II f.f h'a.H La fanr ada M lie
southern Confoderacy, ia which n, pyCpi0I Of che ldtfsT
are not q Improvement EPoH n'e Jo'~sI|
And again:
Thers is no part oft which csnuo, b. oDed
by the North and which will not commend Itself 90 robe
OF The Union, sud submitted 20 the people q on
tie Ssies there question uat Il could aoesded BY
ihJts quaTters Of ther 1sole Hls.sy.'
Such was the gauge The Heraid took in
March OF the patriotism OF the Northern peo-
pie. and OF their loyalty TO tie Constitution and
the Union bequeathed them by their fathers.
Another article in the same paper was devoted
70 careful ANALYSIS of this Montgomery Con-
stitnti0n, which we were urged TO adopt, with
it's % very important and most desirable i'm
proyements' on the old one, but which The
Northern people have since thought it worth
while, 10 spite Of The Herald, TO do something
to defend. Its provisions in regard 70 Slavery
it put first in the order of their Importance,
as follows:
l. That African slavery in the Te-zi,orss .ls be Zeeg.
nlsd and protected by Congress and the Territorial Lesii
. That the hight ,lycholder.o OF ossr ,nd soyorES in
any S.te Of the Conlederacy STA tsT dr ald oef PIyP
j. That the provision in regard 20 Fugitive ,sves shall ez
tend TO any saye tayAHg 60, go ,,o e., o. iDo
We hardly need point out TO the reader, that
these propositions would legslze Slavery all
over the Union, permitting the Shareholder to
reside where he pleased with his slaves, and
setting aside on his behalf, every law of the
Free States protecting the rights OF freeman.
This The Herald labored 10 prove was the only
bssis on which the Union could DO reconstruct-
ed, for, it said:
Ts constitution and Ok the Confederate States,
and the people thereof really IL earnest IN this oines
have not the reoest id-s Of coming oe uade tue ef
ituz Constitution and Government 81 the Eied states upon
any terra. any tilks'tHy compfon Whatever
On the 10Th OF March the leading article of
The Herald was entitled: "The Ultimatum OF
" the Simultaneously of its Endorsement by
Ftks City Of Nerc- York." The adoption of the
Constitution Of the Southern Conederacy 1t
pronounced "cheering event" for the instru.
ment was one admirably adapted "tO the
"wants of the country in the present crisis, )" and
" afrording clear proof of tho skill, energy, aud
" forethOuqht, with which the Government OF
" the new Republic are mOldiHg its destinies. II
Ii again declared:
Of 1899 sud that framed by the CopgCs az hoDteonCy
which ths pyops0R Of IRE idt,e nos a. Sprotrsef uT
he tJyNcT'
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