New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-30
PROM WESTERN VIRGINIA
The Forthcoming Compromise, and what we
Think Of Ii down here.
Correvpond ence OF The N Y. Tribune.
ca.,roy T.ylor Co We T,oa OF 1851


GRAFTos, Taylor Co., Va, June 81, 1861.
| Counting upon the aid of the Northern Democracy
{, .xaeuting their dark and damniDg plot Of over
throwing this Government -, cut-throas,
and marauders of the jeff Davis bandt contemplat.
ed an easy success and they were happy In the belief
for time that the magnificent work could all be done
with the mae,iel that they could plumber from the
Government. The fact is patent that any considerable
resistance from the North was not looked for. The
Northern Democratic press had taught them to believe
that the Government would not be sustained in what
was called coercion to maintain its constitutional
thority. But Providence and Gen. Scott ordered a
train Of events, eliminating at Fort Sumter, which
thoroughly laid bare the intolerable vainy Of the
conspiratos that in single day all party lines and
party platforms in the Northern states faded OUT the
people en- rallied to the support Of the President
and all tho imaginary happiness in Seccssondom, Of
easy cosummaton Of THEN inglonous work, vanished
into thin air.
The great Washington Peace Congress Of Last Winter
was nothing ess than plot adroitly gotten
up by the arch traitors of tho JEFF Davis school, to in
veigle the Border States into the Secession stampede
and to keep tho North divided. A careful review Of
s proceedings must satiy any unpreudieed mind that
nothing more intended to be brought out of it.
Their report was cunningly planned to reach far
enough Northward 10 catch tie Northern Democracy,
and far enough Southwark to repel the Republicans;
thus do the three-fod work Of preventing any Com
promise being effected, afording pretext for all the
Border States to 80 out and preventing union in the
North.
The Crittenden Compromise was of precisely the
same character. The venerable statesman was made
the tool for the occasion. His great name and prestige
were brought to bear upon the people of the North
and of the Border States and strange now to
look back and see how eagerly this Southern bait was
swallowed But, we said before, the capital thus
created was sunk in a day at Sumter.
But now, when JEFF. Davis finds himself virtually
conqueredi when the invncibe columns of the Fede.
raj army already in the field pressing bin to the
wall in every direction and another half million sup
ported by the Of the entire North are eager
ly awaiting the call Of their country to rush TO her
Standard when, in view of all this he finds it worse
than hopeless make further resistance to the rete
adjustment of the authority of the Federal Government
throughout bis soeallod Confederacy one more grand
aud desperate effort is 10 be made TO divlde and cor
gaer. Dir. Crittenden is to appear in the House of
Representatives, the 4th OF July, with some kind
Of healing panacea for the national maadies
WHICH iuuoJ NC oNhiiONSuJ VI nc ~ US HcutuClI
goes Probably he viii DO able 10 get few members
of Border States, who will be admitted 10 seats in
Congress, TO second his efforts; and the Democratic
Editorial Convention, to be held in your city to-day
indicates that little aid and comfort lie TO DO had IN
that quarter JEFF. viii offer to take something
less than The independence Of his Confedeacy, and
thus we are to have the grand farce Of legislative
Union-saving enacted over agan-not with any ex-
pectation that any compromise will be really effected,
but to divide the North and get up opposition TO
vigorous prosecution Of the war, thus to aid the
Rebels yet to overcome the Government.
WHAT VIRGINIA WILL DO ABOUT 1T.
Regenera.ed Virginia will be in Congress the ith
IF July, and will unanimously resist to the bitter end
wen the consideration Of any soh of patchwork what
vsr and she will listen TO no halt relaxation in the
of the campaign until she traitors shall be
educed TO unconditional submission to the Federal |
utberity. She will vote another halt uSliion Of mem