New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-29

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- o,e snperior 70 others, and those which are
u,o,,t ought ever 10 prevail so the highest ob
nation 81 compasson belongs 70 those whose allie.
tions Tue owns. One should therefore reloiee tiat
there sre places strong enough 10 held IN security
such & monster If iniquity, and though he has
broapst sorrow 10 his own bome by medilated crime,
symnahy is intraetable aud will not finger thtrei
tiies to the battlefield weep over the grave OF pa
triots who fall 10 Freedoms cause; it goes TO cons0e
and comfort ther WIDOWS and orphans-sad victims
OF Secession.
The United G.ates steamer Connecticut, Capt.
Woodhul arrived on the I9th with the cheering
news ofhe capt0re Of those two personally infamous
traitors Sdell and Mason; the landing OF the Great
Naval xledition at PIt Royal; tbe reduction OF
Besuiort, and other important victories Of the
Federal army. All the cit zens whose hearts are
with the Administration were jabilant. From the
cnpola Of the Russell House, toe LARGE commercial
establishment of Messrs. c. 81 f. Howe, and many
other Union houses, the Stare aud Stripes hoated III
native mniesty; but the rebel jutto, known as the
" Holy Alliance scad all day under bare poies.
Even Mr.. james Flor whose equiVocal negotiations
in bunting have awtully blurred his professions OF
LOYALTY. hodu't yard 10 boift. In former letter
/ 4 az have done Mr.. Flor injustice, by chasing hun
with the rebels. As long M he can thrust bo'h hands
in Unce Sans pockets and keep in favor with the
Secessionis,s. he Is A / on the Union question.
ea,icalure Of J. c. BrecknIdgs in late number Of
Harper's lKcHy holds the mirror up 10 nature
Tie Kentucky Senator receives his salary with one
hand aud betrays his county with the other.
When Mi. Hill assumed command Of this military
post retail liquor saloons were 10 the full TIDE Of all
unre.trai, cd traffic. consequently insults TO Itcies
walking the most public thorougLilrts 10 open cay
broils. fights, even MURDER followed as naturally rs
water finds ia level The first order issued by Maj
Hill closed these prolific fountains OF voice aud crime
10 the delight of all ldw-abioiDg, Unionoving cti-
zens. No good ever came from "A dFom-shop, bnt
evil, and that continually. Tire worst men here are
those who took the oath at the point Of the bayonet
Involuntary obligations If loyalty extoTted nom
rebels bave the binding effect which that sub
lime farce would exert over COmunche Indians were
ourtIoops to hun, them down, make each ccrper-skin
Kiss The look. and then turn lin loose. brave and
resoute citizen Of lbs Key, Capt. W. II. Shaw, who
certainly h not oren to the charge Of deception, Gays
the oath Of allegiance dawn fl n him by duress has
not changed lio opinions lie thinhs now as he cid
before taking the oath and is exception TO all the
other Secetson.sls in Key West only in this, that
they take advantage Of their pretended conve sion 70
more eiect1ally stab the Government, while be,
though Withholding his allegiance, submits to iis
authority because it protects lin. lie is simply OBJ
s,inate, they are dangerous.
Upton has recently composed a valuable work on
the law Of malitime warfare and prize, wherein
those rules which contribute TO a happy intercourse
between States and the members Of the community,
ss well as tbe principles Of natural and public law
applicable TO novel and particular cases evolved by
the Confederate rebellion, discussed with preei-
sion and explained with clesrness. Never before
in the worlds history" he says, "wasa rebellion
against constituted Government resoned to With
the ayowed and sole purpose Object Of eneourog-
ing protecting, extending, and perpetuatiDg human
Slavery, and making the perpetual bondage OF race
the chief cornerstone Of social and political fabric
If the tree is Known by lie fruits, we may judge OF
the practical working of such an institution on the
American soil by the past history Of other countries
whose foundations were Lid in violence and cemened
With perpetual selvitude. Demerara, inhabited by
people OF orr own lineage and blood, under the full
} sovereignty Of Great Britain, enacted tragedy
which pleaded for veDgence in the hgh court OF
Parliament, aud was moving eaufe for the final
abolition Of Slavery throughout tie British Empire
A pious and amable missionary went 10 that colony
from the psTent country 10 preach the doctrines Of
peace, of justice, and Of mercy. For doing that
heavenly work be was murdered by the Government
Of DeneIaIa. Shut up for months IN prison, BE
wife his cole companion, seeing no human face but
the sentrics who guarded them and the absolutely
necessary attendants when death relieved hin from
| biz Woe the poor widow was forbidden the sad
luxury Of following the coffin of her husband to the
grave. Tire frail memorial OF gratitude aud pieiy
with which few members Of the good mans flock
ATTEMPTED to protect and distinguish the spot where
their benefacior 1eposed ordered 70 be torn down
by q high officer of the Government. Nor did they
stop here: eighteen days after the death of Mr..
Smith. "a popular meeting thanked Mr.. President
Way, the Judge for bis share in trial which elosed
with sentence of death! These tainted thanks be
accepted with expressions Of gratitude" If the
proceedings with Mr.. Wray have precedent or a
parallel in the worlds history, it has never been re-
| ported in the books.
The Confederate States OF America, however
much they may boast among themselves, have
blaloned their escucbeon with nothing higher than
raIine, robbery, and piracy GaH0S quoqHe an TELLS
Gortisse aadiUtmas, Is sentiment of which they are
irnGent The impotence and poverty Of these
Stats without the fold Of the Union, is becoming
dailymore apparent. The territory of four eos the
Fedeial Government millions of treasure. To nd
the soil Of the savage occupants, and protect tho
white settlers, has been attended with vastly greater
expense on the treasury and siDce these States were
admitted into the Union, they have been perpetual
dnin upon the older States Still, those who bore