New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-12

"Of public opinion against worse thau Sta
Chamber Court, A" and should invoke the sheterin
sgis of the Constitution. This Constitution declare
that the right of people to be secure ia tbei
persons, houses, papers and effects, against " an
req sOnable searches and seizures" shall not b.
violated; and the paper alluded to, goes on t.
say that the Administration has violated tb
right. Now, though editors of various treason
" able papers in this City may have very clear
idea Of what would seem to them " an unreason'
able search" among documents likely to prove
their fitness for the traitors punishment, it is
not probable that the masses of the community,
being loyal, will accept their rather narrow def
milton.
We may be very strong in our conviction that
the sun rose on certain cloudless morning; yet
it would, perhaps, not be easy to prove it TO the
satisfaction of jury. If, therefore, the rising
Of the sun were reasonable act, and there
was moral certainty that the great luminnry
had committed to writing documentary evidence
of his guilt, She ruling power you'd be justified
in institutipg a search among he effects wherever
they could be found.
| Various projections suns Of the political frma-
ment in WASHINGTON, New-York and elsewhere,
had for q long tine been pleasantly stealing the
Federal property ard conveying it to that notorious
I" fence" the South. Many lesser lights Teyolyed
about these, gave then sympathy, aid, md COM
fort. Sumo names of these minor traitors were
known, and the evidence against tdeia was
strong enough 10 blast, in the public estGfhtion,
such reputation as they happened to possess.
But the evidence was not thought sufficient by
the Administration, and it tsoh the proper means
TO discover the truth 10 searching through
mountain Of dispatches for evidences Of tie
treason Of A., the Government came upon utterly
damniug procfs of BIS gun.--B, N this case,
happening To represent foreign Minister.
However unreasonable" lie snd Tie journal
may think the search, few others viii apply that
adjective to it.. Though the called jade may
vince, those whcse withers aTp u1nyUng will
rot complain.
II is az sensibls ae most of the nioders utter
Ences Of Tie Journal Of Commerce, to say that
tbs Government has 10 right to use tAe best
mean. for the safety Of itself and "a loyal sub
jee.s. According 10 this patriotic commentator,
the Constitution WAS chiefly made 20 be clog
on he steps Of future generations and az endur-
ing monument 10 the foolishness Of those who
frared it. The doctrine which would tie the
lan6s sf an Administration, at a moment when
every movement should be free and elastic is
WORTHY Of Floyd, and Cotb, and Bnchsnan, and
tn .'opraai Of Comms-oc--a quar'etie r9present
ed by .Fo parts OF uR6lushing infiuy, enc pazt
of pathetic mbocility, aad the fourth pa. Of alb
ject apprehension.
TIE fast that nau Thom all trusted. man
Lonorel above biz fellows by tle appointing
power man toward whom not even tbs most
suspicious had ever termed doubling glance,
should have bis treason disclosed thus suddenly,
IL alono n sufficient Qualification Of the Govern
ments act, and proves tia necessity. Mors' than
this ire result proves tie necessity which exists
for. peraistenuy continuing the examination even
though .he "private correspondence Of the
sensitive editors under consideration should en-
counter she scrutiny OF loyal eye.
The Journal not less .rutbfuliy than usuaj Gays |
that Mr. Harvey, "an absent deienseless msn, is !
attacked by host of newspapers "ns u trcitor OF
q" the blacklist dye" This, however, is false Mr.. !
Harvey has been treated with consideration. Tho |
fuct stands that he treasonably warned traitors OF
the DESIGNS of the Government against them. Were |
there nothing ebe known, this would be enough 10
give MIN the name Tn Josnai applies. II matters
not how tho Information became public ,roperty.
Tic property il is and no explanation within The
lint Of our language can remove the s.aln from
the calprt. Yet nothing hes been said, beyond
abatement of this lue ard some palpable sommeuts
upop the sad state % that society where sueh men ~
Mr. Harvey go unexpected, and such newspapers
ma Ia, Journal hove received even guoliaed sup
2oiL
Appearing in ita uuo1siness almost ready Ia
become II States's evidence against itself, The
Jopraal Of ComNeree says: Next week ID will
be another nan. Next week. ten Others
A very probatio event though painful Ielec
ton Tor tho JasTp0i. There will, indeed, be one
other. ten otlcrs il he examination is exhaus-
tive. and among tA0se ten WHO knows what
Secession editors may not be fCG0d Mr. 1iar-
yey has net ,oeadroas kindness in the paper
noted, Tor shich ne may be itly grateful.
Minor ebullirioEg Of spite in the article referred
TO may b. 9gsssd BY with mesa mention. Such 10
the iusa.uation tsHt tho information recently made
public yss sold 10 a newspaper correspondent by =
member Of the Examining Board. Such lie iho
bcmbsa, which says that every Americans check
.'wili tnde with shame at ihe smory" OF this Ioat-
ter ard that 1T l be east in kis face on the seIs
GOT ST. Peters, os ia the public squares Of Vienna
Bat ore stupidity deserves O special word;
Tie Journal says: "And even TIE n, Y. IasB-
"uNg il weak aud cowagAIy enough 10 bow 10 the
/ ~ alarm and has not one Word ~ deicuse