New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25
MB PR0SLAVERY REBELLION.
AFFAIRS AT CHARLESTON.
Dissatisfaction at the Course OF GOV
Pickens.
The Soldiers Tired Of camp DUTY.
ONEROUS TAXATION.
Worthlessness Of Charleston Harbor.
An IMPORTANT MOVEMENT EXPECTED SOON
WEAKNESS OF FORT SUMTER.
ne Intereeption of Government Dispatches
mr. BuCHANAN'S GOVERNMENT SUBDUeD.
The Patriotism Of Maryland.
Az IMPORTANT MOVEMENT EXPECTED SOON
WEAKNESS OF FORT SUMTER.
ne Intereeption Of Government Dispatches
mn. BucuANAR's GOVERNMENT SUBDusD.
Yhe Patriotism Of Maryland.
FROM WASHINGTON.
yHB STRUGGLE WHERE THE POWER
LIES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90, 1861.
The news Of daily outrages by the revolution
Sts at the South, in rsbbing the mails OF Gov
eminent dispatches, in planting batteries OF cam
noe on the banks Of the Mississippi in seizing
lie forts, arsenals, and other public property,
in hauling down the United States flag, and in
making preparations to attack the United States
forces. ia having its natural effect upon the pa
triotic sentiment of Congress. 1t seems lmpossl-
Die that their action in rebuke and punishment
of these REASONABLE oifenses shall be much longer
Delayed -,.-...
Mr.. Colfax's bill looking to the withdrawal Of
Sbe postal service in the revolutionary district
was introduced in the House yesterday. Other
measures must follow. The Government has no
course open TO il, after such outrages, but to
vindicate its authority. And whatever men and
money are needed for this purpose mast be voted.
II the Government need to call for $4,000 yolun-
feers, and loan of fifty millions, let it be done.
The Government is strong enough for the emer'
gency, when it chooses to put forth its strength.
1t ought to be forbearing, but it cannot trlhe
with treason too long without danger.
1t is well to give time to public opinion to
consolidate and SETTLE for upon this must the
Government at last rely. The necessity for reso-
Iute action should be fully demonstrated no doubt
but when it is then its measures should neither
be batting nor halfway. They should be fully
adequate to the crisis aud such as to put down
treason everywhere. Every consideration of pub
nc and private prosperity, of the maintenance Of
Government itself, Of the preservation of society
from mob law and anarchy, requires it. We
L.,
the one side, and good government and safety on
the other. And in such case no parley can be
held with those who declare themselves against
The Government Self-preseryatiOn demands their
repression with the strong hand No doubt, this
Government and free institutions are now to be
nut to the test. Let US see if American charac.
Der will not justify As reputation before the
world.
There never was a clearer case than the on
before the country, and they who doubt tn
ability of the nation to surmount its perils and
60 triumphaDtly through on the straight line Of
daty. are towards at heart and traitors in spirit.
The loyalty of selfcOnsciOus manhood, bred
under republican institutions, defes al doubt.
1t is dsgraceful pOtrOOnery to express or to feel
apprehension il this hour. Let it be granted
tbst the dangers are great what are they when
summed up in q word Simple fear of the rev.
nIutionists. Make the case its very worst. You
have nine millions Of flibusters before you, with
Sbur millions of athletic slaves on their hands,
ready TO leap from their bondage if opportunity
efers. These fllibusters are without common
Government without public credit, without
money capital, without q diversified industry,
without the nucleus Of an army or a navy, with
out maritime capacity, and without the sympathy
Of the world. To oppose them, there are twenty
millions under an organized Government, and
common flag known and hOnored throughout the
earth, with a skeleton army of great capacity
powerful navy, q great maritime development, On
industry that knows no limits in its variety and
power of production, an uDtarnished public
credit, vast money capital, not one slave, and
ever all, the active sympathes of all civilized
and even savage mankind.
Such is the naked state Of on. affairs in their
worst aspect.
What is there in il to occasion doubt, or I'M
belief, or apprehension Of ultimate results Ad-
init the difficulties of the Government to be great
are not those Of the reyolutiOnists ten times
greaterl Admit that the revolutionists cannot
DO conquered, and viii mot isuccumb. How is it
with the regular Government and its twenty mil
LIONS, with all their wealth aud prosperity and
poweri VIII they ever be forced 10 submit to
fbe dictation Of the rebeliOus minority, sue for
peace, and beg for terms Nobody is going to
slege this.
There is then nothing for the Government to
do but to 60 steadily on in the plain path Of
Constitutional duty. Its resources are immense,
its prestige commanding and its forces irresist-
ible. What the future may have in store, it is
not for us to predict. Mighty events may be at
hand. The day for the dissolution Of long de.
cried social system may be near. The dawn of
new political era may be already streaking
the horizon just beyond the line of our vision.
The power which has ruled this Government |
frem its foundation until now, and which, |
jostled from its seat, essays revolt and the es-
adjustment Of new empire, may be about sink
ing forever. Of these things We cannot know.
But we may at least feel sure OF the stability Of |
Institutions founded on tho recognition of tbs in.
Aisenable rights Of man; especially when thsst
Institutions are fortified by numbers, by wealth.
by energetic government, by every element of
material power, as well as by every hope, aud
every aspiration. and every impulse Of every
lover Of liberty throughout the world
Whose faith in American character, under
sAsee-qusrters Of q century Of republican educa-