New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-11

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They know that they are in The wrong; tha
their rebellion is causeess; that they ARC trai
tOrs that they are poor and cannot raise money
aud worse tbsn oil, that they must enter tn
conflict with four millions Of black encmies With,
striking distance, aud ready to leap to thei
tbroats at the frat sign Of fear. They know
too, that in contest woged on our part 70 pre-
serve the Union, and enforce The laws, and PRO
! feet the public property, they cannot hope To-
a a, -ided North, while they Themselves VII u
the vie,, ms Of division at home.
One has ut to lock az The yi5ages of the
Slavery rro,oo,. -dists in this city and mark the
chances which have cone over them since the
war fidiops reached No from New York, TO see
that their minds are Glled Va, Tue s'oomes' ap-
prehensious. Gasconalc bullyirs' rai''e''o put
tons, aud Secession coekades, 10 longer pass
current in the Federal Capital. True, !pIe now
sud then hears a feeble threat about Virginia
going straight out OF the Union in ease Sumter
and Pickens are reinforced, and tie ports OF tne
Seeded Statcs are bIockodcd.
BY the by, this threat about Virginia going out
the last session Of Congress, il was constantly
eaid that if old father Crttenden's thlrfy-six-
thirty resolutions we're not adopted, Virginia
would go right out Of the Union. AndoOls believed
il. Again. it was said that if Congress did mol
accept the ultiInatum Of the Peace Conference,
she would certainly 90. But, the Congress On
Capitol Hill paid no attention to The ukase i5-
\ Ill fa1 and
Virginia staid. And then, during tie week or
ten days when the question WIS pending whether
Gov. Chase should be called TO the Treasury
Department, men Of truth and yeracly stood
ready to make affidavit that if he did 90 into
the Cabinet, Virginia would 90 out Of the Union
the next dag. But, Chase did go in, and Viz
ginia didn't go out. SO now, the same croakers
family suggest (they have stopped blustering),
that if We attempt to feed our soldiers in SUM-
ter and Pickens, or collect The revenue at the
mouth OF the Mississippi, or help Sam Houston
drive the Mexicans and COmanches out OF
Texas, Virginia ,eW certainly go out of the
Union.
Perhaps she win. We slall see
Since some Of the troops have been ordered
away from here, threats Of seizing Washington
are revived. 4 few oimpletons venture to boast,
with shrugs Of shoulders and wise winhs, that
JEDI Davis VIII be here in thirty days. But, to
elIectualy silence such bravadO, one needs only
to suggest that Lincoln intends 10 give him work
nearer home If the muttering is renewed, the |
remark that, ere the North would surreodcr |
this capital, she would make these hills white |
with the tents Of $1,000 sOldiery; and, rather |
than allow the public buildings 10 fall into the
hands Of the rebels, would blow them into the |
air with gunpowder, causes The sneer of the raunt-
ing SoutLron to relapse into CHASTITY grin OF |
Mingled Incredibly aud apprehension.
I repeat: the face OF every Democrat, and /
especially every man from below the Potomac,
in this city, disclcses the feet as
plainly rs if it were a printed page" the South |
:. dread war