New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-15
JOHN CoCHRANR In VIRGINIA.


genteman's oratOrics efforts in the singular num-
Der. Save only his one letter in advocacy OF Fer
nando Woods election, on the ground that
regular Democratic candidate must always be
elected, even though he be Gas he probably is)
"the devil incarnate,' our memory fails to carry
Ma back 10 a time when J. c. was doing any
thing else worth noting but making speeches. lie
was recently serenaded in this City, and OF
course made speech. very small amount OF
brazen harmony viii evoke speech from him at
any time. And, though the Press unanimously
treated that speech ss Of no consequence, IT must
have been a good one in the authors opinion,
since he forthwith started for Richmond, Viz
oinia, where be underwent another serenade and
made another speech. Or rather, to be quite ac'
curate, we will say that he was again serenaded
and again enjoyed an exhibition of his own ora
torcal powers. Need we add, that his theme
WIS the Union, and his ayOwed end the salvation
Of said Union by the repression or overthrow OF
all Northern repugnance 10 Slavery Extension
The curt dispatch to the Associated Press
written in apparent ignorance of Mr.. COchranes
Importance to himself-is merely as follows:
,d yr,nsow held the desns OF the nation In her hand'
and ,shatersv policy adopted Neo York vouid uphold her
t yiyq.id had oay present her uihHduH 70 heo- io,kd'
Anal one and Nsie. York poud sutton VgfSia and ''e
should hare her r9hn guaranteed 10 her He was loudly Sp
plauded while speskins"
The modesty of this assurance is its chief
merit Here is o man just voted cut OF Con-
Rress in this intensely Pro-Slavery city, at an
election where all the odds and ends of parties
hostile 10 the Republicans are beaten in lump
by fifty thousand majority, assuming to assure
Virginia that she has only to say what she will
have with regard to Slavery and New-YOrk will
make haste 10 concede il He might as well
have assured her at once that she need but indi-
cate the Nullifer she would like to see installed
in the White House. and New.York would fur
nish the requisite force to drive Mr.. Lincoln out
and install the savebreeders fayorite 10 hs stead
Ia there 10 be no end TO these swindliIg quack-
eriesl Must the country be urged on TO its ruin
by such fragrant receptions The Peace Con-
gress was assured by an eminent New Yorker
that the voters Of this State would gladly give
fifty thousand majority for sonle Compromise nc
| eeptable TO the Slave States. But our Town
Elections have just been held in thirty-eight OF
our .xty counties, and the aggregate result is fire
hundred and tesniy nine Republican Supervisors to
t,oo hundred and fifteen all sOrts-s larger proper
ton of Republicans than were ever before chosen.
Yet in the face of this unmistakable dOmOnstra-
ton, aud Of the kindred response of New Hamp-
shire, which has just elected a Republican Gov
ernor, Legislature and full Delegation to Con-
gress by q round 4, 900 msjority-more than the
average Republican msjOIity at all her State
| Elections since the Republican party was organ
| lied there-Mr. John Cochrane, the cast-Oa SER
want of q cast off and utterly used-up party, as
sumes to reassure Virginia in the name and
behalf Of the State of New-York! Could impos-
ture be more impudent1
! The pretense of soothing and conciliating Vir.
ginia BY bidding her cay what abe will have to
induce her 10 stay in the Union, is equally trans
parent. V.rginio ,oiH not ledrs the Union, and
needs no sugar. plum TO induce her to stay in it.
She viii stay simply because she knows she is
better of now than she can be in the JEFF.
Davis empire, or any kindred fabric of moon.
shine. She will stay because her people cannot
be buIlied nor swindled into wishing 10 go out.
If abe ever goes or seems to go, 1t will bo
through the agency Of a conspiracy which seizes
the reins by o corp de main, and stHcS the
voice of her people. She must be taken out if
at all, as Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana have
been, by coalition Of bankrupt politicians, with
the rif-Iaf Of the grog shops 10 Oyerawe aud
silence the great body Of sober, unambitious,
peaceful citizens. She must be taken out by q
usurpation which overrules the express direction
recently given by her citizens ut the ballotboI,
that no act of secesst shall DO valid until sub
United to and ratified BY an express popular
vote. Mr.. Cochrane's officious undertaking 10
calm and TeassuIe her is as iinpudenty super
seryceable &c though he were 10 throw bucket
Of water over the next lady he may meet under
pretense that be supposed her to be fainting.
For the last four months this game Of saving
the Border Slave States has been played by
kicked.out Democratic pocenep in full view Of
public that has been puzzled TO decide whether
TO regard it with more amusement or disgust
All Winter the clamors resoundod, There be
careful do this, don't do that, or the Border
Estates will secede ;" But not one Border
State has seeded, or dreamed of so doing,
though Congress swallowed none Of the nostrums
Of the UniOn-saviDg quaeks--thcugh Gov. Chase
was called to the Treasury, or though Mont
gomery Blair was put in charge Of the Post
Office. EYen had the fearful enormity Of choosing
an avowed anti-Regency Senator been CONSUMING.
ted in our State, the Border States would have
regarded it with serene indifference. For their
people are not fools, and they will not be- the
blind puppets Of played-out Democratic tax.