New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-08
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Union party, and which has now suffered col
lspse. was composed of two classes Diaun;onBt
men at heart, serving under the Union Gag be-
cause they thought il polite so to dO-ahd hon.
est but weak men, who worshiped, under the
name of Uuion. an idol 40 dexterousy concealed
that they could not see its leering yieage, and
thereby discover the cheat put upon them. The
former class far outnumbered the latter, whose
members we're chiefly residents Of Boston, and
IL contained, moreover all the shrewd men, rs
the world counts. shrewdness, and most Of tho
workers Of the party.
IL is probable that no one possessing kn0wl.
edge Of men, especially of political men, ever did
those of the class first named the injustice of at
tributing to them any honesty of purpose.
Nevertheless, the mad alacri'y with which they
have flung aside their mask must take the most
doubling by surprise. One would have expected
them 10 have enough consideration for the feel
ipQs of their late associates Sleeping partners in
the firm, 10 perform q little more wringlDg Of
the hands, some further uailing over the present
condition of things, which they well know how TO
do. and which ia quite ss honest a. the grief Of
hired mourner who proposes 10 steal the spoons
after the funeral meats are eaten. But no such
hypocrisy is shown; this tribute which vice is
said to pay TO virtue is r,pudlnted, ard, weary
of the respectable society with which they have
been associated. these impostors abandon the flag
under which they have falsely skirmished.
Early in the Spring Of the past year this i'm.
pudent Union" party was formed. Cunning
| men pulled the wires, ind solcInn puppets per-
| formed a minuet. Dry Goods struck bands with
WORKOUT Diplomacy, and dishonest Shrevdness
allied itself with highly proper Commonplace.
Meetings, resolutions, circulars, speeches, the
caucus PROFESSIONS, 'umbeness, white eravSts,
gold-headed canes, swcisng orators, committees
to settle things, coalitions, fusions, passed across
the little stage, while the organs ground the
ceaseless tune OF "The Union" Meanwhile, oil
the workers of this grand combination Were
striving 10 throw the country into the hands Of
those whose ayowed purpose was TO destroy the
Union; and all this confusion tended toward
the triumph of party in whose ears the war
cry OF the Unionists was only az the cracking
Of thorns under q pot
BY the order Of tho People, however, the
scheme of the wire-pullos camo TO naught, and
an Honest Man was chosen to administer tho
affairs Of The nation. Thereupon the defeated
Southerneys laid violent hands on the Union, and
the defeated Northerners labored TO strengthen
the rebelIious hands by gaining for the traitors
the time they NEEDED to perfect their machina-
tions The cue now was TO clamor for conces-
sion and compromise, still 10 the name Of the
Union, and again hepUppets solemny danced, and
uttered their mechaBical cry. The Administration,
weak and wicked, did the work Of its nasters,
apd insisted the DARK deaigns of the South. The
rebels plundered and insuted the Union to their
hearts content, jes;ing oil the while, at the ef-
forts of the conpromisers.
Now, on the ith Of March, the incoming Ad-
ministration finds fo-called Southern Confed-
cracy--a fragment Of tho Union declaring
itself Il separate and independent power, and
threatening to cocrce tie Government into q
recognition Of it, own disruption. All the efforts
OF the selEconslituted Union party have failed,
ind 1t remains only icr Tie President 10 take his
position. According to this position, based On
The Constitution, he says tie Uaon exists, and
uusI Dt MhIuLhAhu. lltlo 10 PitCIES'J uo Pias-
form of tho party 10 which We refer. We might
expect did we not know tho hol!onness Of their
pretenses, that tho new Administration would
have their hearty support; tina. they would hal
with pleasure deoson so e,actly parallel with
their pretended nishcs. But the result is widely
different.
No sooner is the Address, which proposes to
sustain the Union, put forth, than these same
people break into u cLorus of rage, which
shows, with clearnesS hardly necessary, the
utter dishonesty OF the men who have iof 60
many months taken the name Of this Union in
VAIN. Tho Message IL with them The fnell aud
"requiem Of the Union,"a d" di.scluiisn Of every
"sacred tie" positive threat Of civl war.
The Presdent, who does not acknowledge the
right and existence Of Disuniou, is charged with
destroying that which he has sworn to MAINTAIN;
aud The charge is brought too, BY the very men
who have inado themselves hOarse with roaring
for the Union, and have CRASHED with their teeth
upon al who world not join in their empty cry
and inconsistent acts.
The policy ayowed by Mr. Lincoln 10 the poll
cy which, had it been adopted four months ago,
would have preserved US from the present conf
pcstisp. & Il 10 tho only policy which u consist