New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
TuE CARNryAI. OF TaRAsON.

Whoever shall write the history of this most
memorable era Of cur Republic this ordeal Of
Democratic institutions, VIII bear witness that
the chief among our National trials ard perils
was not weakness In council, incapacty in the
field, nor yet inadequacy of means, but audacious,
! truculent, al-perading treason. Treason in
court and camp--treason in the. Minister'S bureau
and the Generals staf-treason flying com
| manders flag and neutralizing the blockade it
makes show Of elforciDg-treasOn drawing
Thousands from the Federal Treasury for services
as Embassador near q European tbrone--treason
goading a regiment to mutiny 6y innaming its
jealOusics or stealing its prOyisons-treasOn par.
ayziDg. the efficiency Of a well-serycd battery
By filing its shells with sawdust-tTeason to-day
robbing mint and tomorrow surrenderiDg an
army. Such are among the agencies and iDnu-
onces which have darkened with disaster the
outset of our coun.ry's struggle for existence
and Frightened the yisage Of every bater of Re-
publican Liberty with tie broadest grin of ex-
utation, even though he be dcuizca Of some
iar-OG corner Of the Old World.
We have no right to complain Of this e1uta.
tion. We had no right to expect any thing bet
ter. The aristocracies and bierarches of Europe
hate and fear our past conspicuous example of
general comfort and rapid growth under iDstitu.
tions which rested on the consent of the People
and left Religion absolutely free from political
control. They had . right to hate u.s. provided
they had a right to exist. But that men whom
the Republic has lifted from Obscurity TO emf
nence--who have been nOulished on her bosom
and pampered by her pariiaLty into consequence
aud iame-that those VINO have most reason to
honor and love the American Union should be
Inest active and maleyolcnt among its would
bo deslroyers--this is enough to make patriot
loathe mankind
Among those now conspicuously laboring to
divide and destroy the Nation are John Tyler,
ex president OF tho United States, Jefferson
Davis, Howell Cobb, John b. Floyd, Jacob
Thompson, and others who have been Cabinet
Ministers, Francis w. Pickens, Richard X.
Meade, John NJ. Daniel, ID. NJ. Bsrringer, and
many others who have been Embassadors, with |
scores Of eI-Members Of Congress, ex-Governors,
ex-COlonels in the Army, &c, &c. OF all who |
have received Military education at the ex-
pense of tie Republic, a majority in heart and a
iuil third in act are to-day among that Repub- |
lies deadly foes. Thousands who have sworn
fidelity to the Federal Constitution, and been |
honcrcd and enriched thereupon, are to-day |
scheming and lighting to subyert that Constitu- |
ton and establish the JEFF. Davis instrument in |
its stead. While the poor and the lowly, except |
that small portion Of them who have been ut.
terly deceived and perverted, love and cherish
the Union Of our fathers and the Government |
based thereon, tho proud and the powerful are
widely Unaffected, and are intent on our Ma.
tional subyersiOn and ruin. For the Republic
based Oh Freedom, Equality, Popular Education,
and Popular Votes they seek to substitute one
grounded on Caste, on the degradation OF Labor,
on The iguoraEoe of the Poor and On the revisal
BY Bayoneis Of what has been decided by Bal.
OTIS; for all this is involved ia the triumph OF
he Rebel Coniederncy.
The whole ground on which our fabric Of
Popular Government staals ia uiasd By Treason,