New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-30

Of The Ct other DAYS vriniss bansr
dhvv the invadop from jour COZ"
This Is pathetic. bnt it is exceedingly odd.
Are the "Men Of the Northwest" such OBJ.
stnate badgers that they can be drawn from
their hiding places only by howl like this
Must fraternal feeling, State pride, loyalty,
awaken only at the recitation of ten lines Of in
nated rhetoric? /" Blood and treasure these
Letcher is whimpering for" blood" being q
new aud I" treasure" an old demand made by
Eastern V1gina. "Now, it seems, you do
"want moneys" might be the reply" now .
seems you do want blood" What should be the
answer What should Gov. PierpOnt say
Should he not say: "You have taxed us until
"we have no money left; and, for our blood,
1--WE need it for our own use'i "Ah" re.
spends Letcher, mitigating his voice to dolce
pianissimo-" have changed all that"
"The East is ready to share with you all
Z" tho burdens of the Government and to meet
" all Vrginias liabilities" 81 trust in God"
said Atterbury in the Tower to his friend Pope.
"Does your lordshp believe in Him." asked
the poet; I" if so it is but lately" Gov. Letcher
calls an act of sheer justicc-the equalization of
taxation magDanimlty," and thinks that the
East IS entitled t. great. credit for relinquish-
Il" ing exemption from fair proportion of their
taxation. Gov. Pierpont might we'll ask, II this
concession bias been conscientiously made upon
principle or las been extorted through fear
He might well dstrust the death-bed repentance
of the Virginian oligarchy, and well anticipate
with returning security return to the old self
ishcsss which human Slavery has engendered and
nourisbed. But be has no occasion to make
answer Of any kind to any proclamations,
soft or savage, emitted by this ex-Gov.
Letcher. So far as there is any loyalty remain.
ing in the State-so far as honor, right, and
fundamental law are concerned, he lie under no
more obligation to reply TO the proclamation OF
Letcher than be would be to reply to procla-
nation by the King Of the Cannibal Islands.
He does say, and with indisputable truth: I" To
Il" the loyal people of State belongs the law
" making power Of the State. The loyal people
"are entitled 70 the government and govern
L" mental authority Of the State" His inaugural
is iull of strength, moderation, and dignity IL
il such document as has not come from the
pen of VTgihlan Governor for half century.
1t lacks, 70 be sure, the effervescent fuss of q
Wise aud the maudn bsthos Of Letcber;
but It is good and wholesome in its
STYLE, and it Is sound and orthodox in its
sentiment. 1t asserts for the first time
officially in Virginia, the right Of labor no less
than of capital "to enter into the legislation OF
=" the country" This, the very primer of the
pohy of all the Free States-this, which, il
enumerated in Massachusetts, or New-York would
be received not as principle but as an imper
tinent platitude-is a new thing in Virginia, but
it is not the less needed there. For homes
Human Labor, one voice has spoken. For tb'
Fair Wages of Fair Work. one Legislative Bod!
has declared even in Virginia. Come what els
.may, the blessing Of TIL. . -. -, >, uy,i th
manly profession; and, now or in the future, tn
triumph of these ideas is certain Throughout! the
Old Dominion.