, 1861-04-15
Tone OF Feeling at the Federal Capital.
Especial Dispatch to the N. Z. Tribnne1


The old Government IL still Power. The
old familiar banner, as 1t floats from turret
and flagstaff, still s,irs the pulse of patriotish1
The rebels Of the South dread to encounter
soldiers and sailors whose aeeoutremsnts and
weapons still display the time-honored and
battle SCARED initials ~. 8. A.. The masses
Of the people, South as well as North, cannot
forget that Ass is tho Government aud this il
the flag Of Washington, Jefferson, Adams,
Jackson, Decatur, Perry, Scott, Clayand Tay-
The South dread awar with tbs aU. s. A."
Eallying under the "Star Spsngled Bsnner"
They know that they are In the wrong; that
tors; that they are poor and cannot mise mon
ey; and worse than all, that they must enter
the conflict with four millions Of black enc
mics within striking distance, and ready to
1esp to their th1oats at the first sign Of fear.
They know, too, that il a contest wnged on
the laws, and protect the public property,
they cannot hope foF divided North, while
they themselves will be the victims ofdiviaion
At ho1aeL
0ns b. but to look ut the vlssges Of the
slavery .propsgandists In this city, and mark
the changes which have come over them einee
the war udingR reached us from New York,
to see that their minds are filed with the
gloo,niest apprehension. 'Gasconade, bullying,
Palmetto buttons, and Secession cockades, no
longer pass current In the Federal Capital
Trne, one now aud then hears feeble threat
about Virginia going atraight ont Of the Union
in case Sumter and Pickens are reinforced,
and the ports Of the seeded States are block
By the By this: threat about Virginia
going ont Of the Union, has become
bora All during the last session Of Congress,
It was constantly said that, If old father Crit.
tenden'e thirty si1sthdrty resolutions were not
adopted, Vir2fnfa Would go right out Of the
Union. And tools believed it. Again, 1t was
said that Y Congress did not accept the ulti-
raatum OF tbs Peaes Conference, she would
certainly go. But the Congress- on Capital
Fill paid no attention to the ukase issued by
the Congress at Willard's Hotel, and Virginia
staid-= And then, during the week or tea days
when the question was pending whether Cor.
Chase should a be called to the Treasury De-
ready to make affidavit that II he did 10 into
the Cabinet, Virginia would 20 out Of the I'm
lon tho aext day. 1ut, Cbasa did 20 in, sad
Virginia didn't Eo ont 80 now, the same
croskers htntly~ suggest {they have stopped
bl1stsIing}s that T we - s.tempt to ted our
reyenue at thu mouth Of, the Mississippi; or
hslp Sam Houston drive the Madcans and Co
manehes out Of Texas, Virginia seM esrdlnlv
s. Gpt q 70 Vnteas ferhap. abe WILL We
einea aome OF the troops have been ordered
away from hers, threats Of seizing Washington
are revived, A few kimpletonB venture to
:boast, with ahrugso ot shoulders and wise winks,
that JEFF Davis will ba. here In thirty rtyk=
But, to efectual1y silence such bravada, one
needs only to suggest that Lincoln intends to
give him work 1saTer hnmal ;, Il. the mntter.
ling is renewed, the remark thai, ere the North :
would surrender this capital, she would make
thess hills white will the tenth Of &, 900 SOL
diers; and, rather than allow tho pnbllc build
ings to fal into the hands Of the rebels, would
Blow them into the cir with guupowder, oauses
ths snaer Of the rauutIng Southron to relapsa
into 3 ghast1y grin Of mingled -fneredulity and,
apprehension. s=s..:,; *s,,--,:>