New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-08

end Of the country, like the fiery Of Highland
gathering. War already exists, BY no act Of our,
The offensive part Of it Is fully and deliberately organ
led It's resources have been gathered together byA
long course of plumber and corruption. Its point Of
attack il the very heart and center Of irerests
Where then, is our defense In righteous cause, no
one need be ashamed to strike the first blow, afraid
to shed the first blood. To shed blood forms, indeed
no part of desire but shall their defiance and the
indefinite fear of boodsbed protect treason which has
been already too long left unrecoenizedf We stand al.
ready presence of declared enemies provoca-
on dec ed intention Of wrong is omitted by them.
If they are rs fully bent upon ths desperate issue 20
they would seem to be, let them remember that their
own deliberate act has severed the cords of brother.
hood and that as enemest behooves usto be rnoo.
promising as themselves. Let them remember THAI
throughout all their land Is stretched fatal network Of
domestic dscord and danger In the struggle they n-
vite man foes would be those of bis own household
and il will no longer be Office to intervene for theis
protection. Let this question but once come TO is
practical test, and they will have an enemy behind a.
well as before them and among them and inextcably
COMPOUNDED with the ways of their daily lives. This
is, indeed, dark hint of what may be-can they not
see that it must be- il they are mad enough perss.
Let but the President raise the standard of the national
honor, and fash of conviction will light up the whole
country behind him. Motives and men will then APP
pear in their true shapes, aud the whole community
will feel as one man, tbst it better TO perish eo.
rously were such ending possible, than to live and
even prosper IN ingorious subjection taking vile Law
and shameful doctrine from the masters Of the slave.
The letter from The London Times given in your
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lovers Of England, of whom we have long been one.
What that august nation, who freed her own slaves az
such expense, whose peadings and rebukings in re-
spect of our national sin have been long and loud,
che shall strike hands with the enemies Of human free
DOM and lend Der counenance to the propagandss Of
perpetual and universal Slavery This seems strange
indeed. Where the Clarksons the Wilberforces,
the Duchesses, who met and signed their manifesto
against the abomnabe thing 30 handsomely, getting
in return the Bilingsgate of Mrs. Julia ExPr.sident
Tyler2 Deaf, or in their graves, Of course. or we
should have heard their views before this. But con-
slider the necessity Of Englands siruaton-she must
have marketable North refuses the South offers
one. Touch her in her pocket, and she coapses like
any other. Where, then, was all that virtue, that
moral superiority, from whose vantage ground she lee
tnred us 60 pitilessIy1 Somebody near me says,
" Cannon" but l reject the vulgar though compre-
benSye explanation. am not prepared TRIBUNE, TO
offer valid views tariffs with without the ware
housing clause but do know that for England 10 como
down the tone Of that letter in TIE 1smes would
imply shameful retrogradaton in the morality and IN
tellgence of her people, and shameless reputation OF
the very doctrines she has done Der utmost % uphold
aud d seminate among US. nwould be fall Ike that
of Lucifer Let not think it possible, but If it "a,
good by much Of the worlds greatness. We shall
have the Cloths and vandas again. Imyseif will wait
till we roll back the Augustan age, which, being
good point to stop al, farewell.