New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-09

drawn their Official salaries from the nation they were
betrayng they have perfected their schemes OF plum
der in tie very Capital which they were seeking to
cripple, and beneath the folds Of the flag that they
We're swearing 10 support and plotting TO humble.
They are men, in brieffor the subject il revolving
Oue-who, initiating Judas and rivaliDg Arnold, have
made their daily life simple and purely daily lie;
month Of apparent iuaction on the part of the new
Administration, engaged Ia disentangng the web 0,
treachery aud learning how much Of treason fingered
in the deparments-a month of active preparation by
the rebel cOnfederates and began TO hear the bitter
tauns of England at the sIiess people OF the North
who were being driven to dissolution and iniamy with
out an effort at resistance and renquiShing their ia
tionality to rebellion without striking blow In ltd
defense.
We had a brief foretaste Of the ignomny that awaits
nation which basely Surre9ders It's integrity ana ts
that would greet the downfall of the Union, and the
epitaph that should record:
4" But yesterday II might
Have stood against the world; now lies II ther5,
And none 20 poor TO do IL reverence"
Assured of the integrity and patriotism Of the Presi.
dent and the wisdom Of his Cabinet the North waited
as only brave people, conscious OF their strength and
OF the justice OF their cause could afford to wait The
strength of the Government was gradually developed,
the War and Navy Departments began to exhibit
signs Of life-and the great Statesman OF the West,
who sacrificing political ambition and lersona prefer
ences had consented to preside over depleted Treas
ury, renewed the miracle attributed by Webrter TO
Alexander Hamilton: {" lie smoe the rock Of the ma
tional resources and abundant streams Of revenue
gushed forth He touched the dead body Of the public
credit, and il spreng upon its feet"
Desperate as our situation seemed, capitalists de-
manded no other security than the Of Chase and
when he asked for loan OF eight Millions more than
thirty millions were Instantly offered.
The bombardment Of Sumter, as was remarked ny
one OF the Jndg of the Supreme Court "blew all the
plots OF the trbors into the air, and inangurated
change in the sentiment of the country that seemed all
but miraculous" 1t awoke the deep love of country
which had slumbered beneath the platforms OF party
and commercial interest. The rebels by that act closed
the door OF compromise aud reconciliation which had
thus far been kept open. They rejected the appeal 10
a convention OF the American people, to which the
President in bis inaugural bad assentedthey selected
instead the arbitsnent of force the great tris by
battle They struck at the very heart Of the nation
when they sought TO humble the flag Of the Union that
had proteI ted them from infancy, and which from child.
hood we have loved. They themselves naugureted
war They imposed upon Us the moet sacred duty that
devolye upon people, OF protecting their nationals
ity, and the world that had wondered at forbearance
which they could not understand now wondered again
al the spontaneous uprising Of mighty nation.
Party lines grew faint and vanished completely as
though they had never existed. Washington has been
described leaning in the darkest hour Of the Reyod-
tiOn with arm resting on Massachusetts, and the
other on North Carolina The aithlessness Of the lat
ter 10 her historic prevents the parallel beiug
now complete, but we may say OF Lincoln what can
be said Of no other President since Washington, that
In ais dark hour he rests with great arm upon hIs
ponents and that he looks abroad over the country
whose desnies in hs keeping he sees neither Re
publcans nor Democrats neither natives nor aliens
he see but two csees loyal citizens on the one sde
and traitors on the other.
Mr.. Jay devoted large part Of bis Address to the
subject OF Epglands neutrality.
The visit OF the Prince Of Wales, who was greeted
with the heartiest welcome, excepting at Richmond,
seemed TO have botted out the last lingering remnant of
f.aliu and af AZ fha al
the belief that henceiorth there firm alliance
between England and America, not based treaty
slipuatons but upon that heartfelt cordially which
springs from mutual regard, and from common de-
voton 10 the great principles Of right, (which belong TO
the institutions Of both countries, and which their
ample is recommending to tho world nor should we
overlook the belief cherished by many thoughtful
men, tina II in tue distant future England should DO
set upon by the depolisms OF Europe, and should re-
quirs the aid OF her American daughter 70 cave her
from auuihilfion, that aid would be promptly, ef-
fectively, and cordially given.
IL Ia with profound regret that we have seen that
frisndly feeling suddenly converted into one of intense
and bitter disappointment by the conduct and tone Of
the English Goyernuisnt and the iljudged comments
Of the English press.
titled 10 the conlIo. Of the Federal Government party
with Whose political principles the English people were
supposed 10 sympathiZe. BY scheme OF treachery
paraelrd ia baseness few of the defeated faction
holding office in tie Cabinet, In Congress- in army and
navy cOnspired together 10 betTay the forts aseuals
aud other property OF the Government into the hands Of
their conederates, with the view Of destroying the
Union and erecting upon its ruins Southern Con-
fderacy of which Slavery is to be the grand permanent
and disiir guisbi, character isc. They accomplish the
seizure of The public property without oihcnlty, for
they themselves entrusted with It's guardianship
and they proceed TO develop the great conspiracy aud
organize tie Rebel Government, wale the loyal ci.
zens Of the United States helpessy compelled TO
await the Inauguration OF the President. The ith
OF March arrives NJ lat Mr. Lincoln takes the oath to
maintain the Constitution and the laws, and when In
obedience 10 that oath be orders the Rebels TO dsperse
AID calls upon the country for assistance the loyal
States man. prepare TO crush the conspiracy and
restore the integrity and the honor Of the nation
Neither from England nor from any foreign power
have asked would we accept assistance in regu
lating household but from England, Of all the
states Of the world, thought had tight TO ex
pect ready sympathy and that moral support which
is given by the countruance of a great nation.
In thus believing, we were confirmed by the
tone Of the English press when the instruction first
began OF the abest representatives Of which IN
dgnsnty declared In substance that Manchester and
Birmingham would be the iirsto reject insult the
idea that they he moved from their petition by
pecuniary appeals, and that II any Brtish Cabinet
SHOULD sacrifice the Anti Slavery principles Of the ma
ton 70 the question Of cotton, England would lose,
and deservedly lose her place at the council table OF
Europe.
The proclamation Of neutrality in this case
IA so warmly eulozed by the British press precisely
the proclamation demanded by the crisis, they profess
such profound tnht poOPic
arc satisfied with it, that will dwell for moment on
wba. seems to be its meaning and effect
What has the proclamation effected How did we
sand before il was Issued, and how do stand now
In the of the United States, the laws OF En-
gland and its treaty stipulations with Government
already forbade its subjects from engaging in consp
racy 70 overthrow institutions The proclamation
therefore in forbiddng English subjects 10 fight in the
service of the Rebels against the United States simply
declared the law IL already understood; while
in forbdding Englshmen to fight for the United States