New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-10
THE pRO-SLAvERY REVOLT ton.
TOOMBS'S SPEECH - THE NATIONAL
TRIAL.
From Our Special Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 1861.
Mr.. Toombs was expected to make one oil Ms
greatest speeches yesterday, and an immense
audience crowded the Senate. Instead oil which,
he made MS worst. His passions were reused
to the utmost, and they overbore and drowned
out his intellect. 1t was very offensive and
brutal exhibition. He made some curious con-
fessions: such, for example, as that he never
would have voted to establish the present Federal
Constitution. But Mr.. TOombs has been rest
less fillbuster and revoutionist ever since he en-
tered public life. He was one of the loiO Wings,
and, because he could not have hs own way, and
control the Wing party at that time, he furiously
rebelled and tried to break it up. In lS4-, he
was Taylor man; but, the moment Gen. lay
lor was elected, he modestly commenced to try
TO manage and control him and his Adminlstra-
ton. lie stormed and threatened, aud, because
Gen. TAYLOR would not be manipulated, and
would not be controlled, he again rebelled. He
next tried ferocious threats, but they were met
by spirit which queed this " rebel and traitor
as he now calls himself. He quaIed ana retired
before the determined expressions and attitude OF
the hero of Buena Vista, aud was not trouble
some again for years, For long time past he
has been, however fomentng rebellion and revo-
luton, aud he now appears In his eliminating
efforts in this capacity. No man listened to his
mouthincs yesterday about "corps of armed
men" and "glittering bayonets," and the like,
without feeling them to be the turgid and empty
yaporings of windy boaster.
1t is likely he and some other persons Of his
stamp will discover in the end that there is such
thing as the United States Government, with
power to indicate It's authority, and execute all
its laws, even where the task is q dlsagreeable
one. This Government is too great, and too pow
erful, and too majestic in its action, to move i'm
petuousy or precipitately. But il will act with
no lack of resolution and energy on those occa-
sions when it shall determine TO put forth It's
power. 1t is an enormous machine whose mo-
mentum, when put under way, will be found
crushing and irresistible. The vaporiDgs and the
threats and the talked-of treason of selfnn-
portant individuals become ludcrous in view
of this overwhelming power, sustained by the NIL
lions Of people in whose hearts and affections It is
deeply rooted and by whose stalwart arms aud
resolute wills it is supported, and will be exer-
eised We aGectionately counsel the incipent
traitors Of high and low degree, everywhere, to
beware of the fate OF traitors. This great Gov
eminent of ours is only just beginning to gather
up the loose threads that lead the way to the
cable of its strength. Ii has III fact not really
begun TO move II is only beginning to turn
in the first wakings of its long sleep OF
peace. Ii is in the hands yet, for the most part,
of men Of peace. Men, in all its departments,
who have been only educated and drilled IN the
arts and ways Of peace. They will but slowly
and reluctantly lay aside their traditions, their
practices and their modes of thought. They will
but slowly uDmuzzle, or give place to those vino
will unmuzzc, the sleeping thunders OF one Of the
first military powers on the globe. For this
Union aud Government, with every Slave State
living dormant, il such power.
But Just so surely az man is man, just so
surely as the history Of what mankind has done
prefgures what mankind will do, Just 70 surely
as the history of the American people shows the
character and purposes OF that people, just 30
surely il NAV be considered certain that those
thunders will be unmuzzled if necessary, and
the glory, and the wisdom, and the justice, ard
the overwhelming power of this Government, be
yirdicated and renewedly illustrated before tho
world.
The dream Of fools and traitors that it is
about dissolving into its original elements aud
falling to ruin, is one Of those prepOsterous de-
lusions that even they viii soon be cured Of
The living throbbing, patriotic heart OF this ma
ton knows no such craven fears, and rejects
with Ioathing scorn and contempt the wretched
and detestable fancy. Vitality, intelligence,
energy. determination and power, are written
all over every acre OF the Free States, to 60 no
further. The greatest interest on earth OF
every inhabitant there is the preservation OF
the cherished forms Of government; and when
seriously asked to contemplate their destruction,
what viii be the answer? Let the heart OF
every citizen furnish the response VIII it be
equyocal? Who believes it : Show US the man
anywhere, North, East, or West who will refuse
to JOIN the impetuous shout of unwagerng deter
mination TO uphold and defend this priceless
blessing. at all costs aud at all hazards, and we
will show you an ingrained traitor or all idiot.
No no, 40. This Government is to be pre-
served. Every impulse, every electric thrill,
every manly sentiment, every sleeping aud every
waking thought, Of every sound-minded citizen,
is pregnant and glowing with energies that work
together for this holy purpose.
Let the Toombses and the Fernando Woods,
then. yapOr and rail. Theirs are but the screams
of the gun amid the storm. The people Of this
nation are only lust beginning TO preserve il.