New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-05
THE SLAyEHOLDING REBELLION-ATTI-
TlfDE OLE ENGLAND.
From The Leadgn sioraina Slar aad DiaI. Sept II.


The war il but beginning, and all the antocedents
Of the Northern race Justify the belief that their first
efforts would be tue least successful. They have
countsred single disaster, and have set about re-
pairing it with the patient vigor Of men VINO can af
ford 10 make sure their next advance at any expen
dituIe Of labor and money. With the digOi6ed nm
rpility that il not above learning from defeat and
danger, they have thoroughly fortified their own
capital before making another attempt upon the enc
my's They have made of Washington an arsenal
and depot, as well as fortress. They have col
lected there an immense store OF guns, with so many
borses as to suggest TO our special correspondent
that General Mcclellan means TO win the cam
paign with field artillery. IL the new com
mander has not under bis orders a much larger
army than his predecessor, be bias brought
II into infinitely better condition. lie has certainly
checked the approaches Of BeanrcgaId TO the lines
before Alexandria, and could probably infct upon
assaants severe repulse. Ii he lie not master OF
tho south bank OF the Potomac from Harpers Ferry
TO Fort Monroe, be has collected marine force snf-
cien 10 render the passage OF the river almost i'm
possible. The ptystque and morale oil the new lev
les are such 20 sasfy even the experienced eye OF
Mr.. Russell The maritime superiority OF the FEEDER
alisls is also now becoming practically manifest.
| The hardy aeamen OF the New-EnglGnd sea-board
are entering for service board the gnnboas built
with marvellous CELEBRITY in the dock-yards OF Maine
and Massachusetts,. \ naval expedition OF four
/ thousand men aud one hundred guns has leit
| Old Point, probably for the coast OF North
/ Carolina. On the southwest, the banks OF tho
Mississippi are likely to witness tho advance Of
an overland expedition egainst New-Ofieans. Gem
era Fremont il said TO have been charged with the
conduct of this bold enterprise, and 10 have no scru-
ples with regard 10 the acceptance OF negro auxilla
| ries The very latest news, teegraphcd 10 the
steamer at Father Point indicates the resolution Of
the Government TO act upon that famous decision OF
Congress to which the President reluctantly as
sented. Martial law is proclaimed in Missouri and
freedom promised TO the slaves Of insurreclOuists-
Thus the weakest place in Mr. Lincolns policy has
been converted INFO a strong ttte da punt The
world will be assured Of the tendency OF the war,
whatever doubt may still rest upon It's origin. Tho
defense of the Union Will be publicly identified with
the liberation OF the negro.
Bat it does not follow from these premises that
the English public may safely dismiss from their
minds all apprehension as to the attitude of Gov
eminent toward that of the United States. Gen.
Mcclellan may have dissipated the illusion Of an
easy victory over the North. The Missouri procla-
nation NAV bring the Federal cause than
10 the syrnpathies of the British people. Yet
our rulers by no means to be trusted. The language
OF their organs-the organs of the ruling classes Of
this countryis that Of spirit INDEPENDENTLY hostile
to the North. They magnify every difficulty IN the
way of a reunion, exaggerate every excess OF
popular feeling, dwell upon and distort eve
| nv disagreeable necessity Of the crisis. In
| vain do we look through their columns
for a spark Of Just generous feeling toward men
| and those our near kinsmen-Wbo have been over
taken by tremendous emergency, and are exertIDg
Themselves with courage and tortitude 10 bear up
against il. The South, the contrary, Is treated
with the tender consideration OF friends and rela-
tions whose faults and errors arc those OF noble blood
and whose cause though not stainless, 10 honorably
sustained. The following exquisite sentence wax
published yesterday by an arstocrBtic and mini sfi-
al contemporary: " III the secession Inove.-nt vera
free from the taint of Sayeys great Obstacle ia the
wav of its reccs.iiic, py foreign Powers, and es-
pecially by this country, would be removed" Was
there ever such virtue in an III" That which il
de6cately called "taint' all the world outside
B6gravia knows to be the body and soul, the flesh.
blood and spirit of the secession movement. Its
leaders have avowed, with blssphemous perversion
of sacred imagery that Slavery is the cornerstone
of the Conference.-The cornerstone which the
builders of the Union would fain have rejected and
did at least endcayor 10 conceal. Slavery has been
the one solitary but all'peryading element of I'M
soundness and danger In the composition of Amefi-
can society. II has baiied all endeayors to couue
il within territorial boundary. II has pushed les.
arrogant preensons TO the very limits of the Uni0n
and beyond--clanned to pursue its fugtives even
beneath the folds Of the British flag, aud 10 imprint
its devilish foot upon the soil of Mexico and Cuba,
al well as Of Kansas and California. 1t had become
the irreconcilable Joe of civil and religious free
dom, and indeed of civilized society. The men
who now bowling and whining about tho
tyranny of the Federal Government and the
brutality of Federal mobs are the same men
who countenanced and even instigated the sup-
preston of every Abolitionist newspaper the
lynching OF Aboionist advocates, the violation of
correspondence suspected Of Aboionist sentiment.
and the prohibition Of Bibles and tracts within the
pale of negro settlements. The English sympa-
thizers with these apologists of barbarian now tauns
us, through the columns of fashionable journals.
with the practical result of American Democracy"
as no better than the reign of King Bomba The az
trayagance OF the absurdity indicates proportion
ate depth of malgnity. None but those who pro-
foundly hate the liberty that is for the moment
obscured could thus madly reyile the men who have
drawn swords in defense of the vailed idol. And We
may be sure that they who thus bespatter the image
they profess to would, il they dared make
close alliance with its saeyiiegous assailants.