New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-20
THE GOVERNMENT AND TIE PRESS

The Nation is now making gigantic efforts to
pui down the most wicked and wantcn rebel
| lion known to HistOry--a rebellion whereof the
authors and leaders have been vainly chai-
euged even to assert that the Government
they are striving 10 overthrow ever "rohseu
mr. harmed one Of them in any manner WHAT
ever. They cannot even pretend that they
were ever oppressed by IL; their real ground
og hostilit; ia a feeling that the Government
has not rendered them The fullest possible as
siztance in the work of expressing others-and
even this grievance is purely ideal. They have
broken with tie Nation With regard to the
Extension Of Slavery; their formula ~ com
plaint il that tho 0o'ornmcnt iniringes, or ylo-
lates or fails 10 protect, their "rights of prop
erty'-that is, their right 10 make negroes
work for them for nothing: yet not man Of
hem comes forward TO say specifically Il have
" lost slaves through the cOnnvance or
neglect OF duty Of the Federal authorities; -
nor has one OF them ever said 81 wanted to
migrate 10 and settle with my slaves in one
- of the Federal Territories, but was prccluded
from doing so by the nfdelIty or hostility Of
D. the authorities 10 my constitutional right Of
q slayeholdiDg.' A republican people are sud
denly throttled by an aristo-ratic faction intent
on taking The National life because i imngnes
that i,s power and prestige are departing, yet
unable to render half so plausible Z reason for
ts assault as Cain might have given for killing
his brother Abel. The fret necessity Of this
nelarious faction is darkness; its next, uniyer.
AL INSTRUMENTATION The Press has 10 more
real liberty at the South than have those slaves
who arc openly sold aud transferred q! tie
auction-b block. No journal has for months been
or would he allowed to print the simple truth
with regard 10 the objects and purposes Of the
Federal Administration in any part OF Jeil.
Dayiss dominions. And The people Of the Sc.
ceded States are to-day under as gross and
utter a deluaion with regard to those purposes
as was ever propagated in tho darkest age
among the most benighted barbarians on earth.
The chief aliesasOf the Nation in this
contest are Liberty and Truth Were the
simple truth known with regard to tie charac-
ter and aims Of the rebellion and the views
and purposes oil The Government respective
H. the contest would be finished in month
The "poor whites who mainly compose
the rank and Gle Of the rebel armies would
quickly throw down their arms il the! knew
the truth that they are fighting TO raise
higher the barriers Of Aris.Oeracy and Caste
while intensifyiug aud perpetuatiog the degra.
dation of Labor. They can only 10 retained
where they are by keeping them utterly
blinded and deceived with regard to the OBJ
iecs Of the struggle. And, on The other hand,
every working man who Is alfo reader OF
newspapers ID instinetiyey and necessarily an
enemy of the rebellion. The President was
eminenGy right in emphasizing the fact that,
while Army and Navy officers in scores hnyc
proved traitors, the sailor. and soldiers Of the
Republic who wear no epaulettes have inyaria'
bly and enthusiastically proved loyal and true.
The whole philosophy OF the contest is involved
! 10 that fact.
! The Press, then, is the natural aud most
efficient ally Of the Government in this desper-
NE struggle. It's own fate is directly in issue.
Nobody can suppose that, under such insiitu
tons as JET. Davis & Co. mediate, the
Press would be free, or that il would not bt
stripped of the power and prosperity il no"
derives from the education OF the Masses. We
at least, quite well understand that if the re
bellion were TO triumph over and give law t
the Nation, no such journal as TnE TWBuEi
would long be permitted to exist in it, Mud W.