New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-31
"a BANNER WITH a STRANGE
DRYaGE,D


Our obligations 10 the Anarchy of South Caro-
Ina arc too enormous TO be expressed. Boltcd
she has; cut stick, yamOsed, Ieyanted absconded,
she has; quite large amount Of our personal
property has she taken with her, bat she has left
our dear old bird. She has spoiled the grldiron,
bat she has spared the goose. We have HIM
still. bcak, talons feathers For u.s. dis-United
States though we may be-he viii continue to
soar, and scream, and spread LIS wings. From
our banner, star or two may madly shoot, aud
q stripe or 20 may fade; but We keep our bird
creature called by our name-our pet fowl, so
admired and respected in the principal Courts OF
Europe. He has not nulllfed nor would he for
n whole quarter Of mutton. Without hun we
had been bankrupt in our blazonry, hard up in
our heraldp, colorlcss hagcss, standardess,
buntugless, pcnuoncss people. With him we
may indulge in dreams Of future glory to some
extent gratifying Let Ms indulge!
The Southern CoDicderacy it would seem, ia
sick Of pathological devices. In cropping the
eagle, it crops the whole feathered race. There
were birds TO be had for the catchiDg-bdzzards,
yultures, condors, adutants, famingOes, parrots,
caws-but it will have nothing to do with them.
In ia present melancholy condition Of political
cblorosis, it has stomach only for snakes. AT
Montgomery the other day, after the Convention
had concluded its pleasing labors OF disintegra-
tion tie lovely ladies presented a banner to the
delegates whcrcupon was embroidered, probably
by their own delicate dgit-, huge ratlesnake,
80 done 10 the life that by the mere imagination
be- was distinctly heard to rattle. In hoe signo
",iHcfs, Mr.. President said the ladies'; or rather
thsy would have said 90, if they had understood
Latin. 40 be- sure :" the President responded,
or would have responded, if lie had been skilled
in dead tongues. Tie ~hoia scene must have
been pretty one.
Snakes aud ladies the conjunction may not
appear 10 the fastidiOus a particularly ielcitOus
ore. There is an old, a very old story, of Il
Snake and a Lady, and of a short but important
conversation between them respecting the cdibil'
ity Of certain apple, in the course of which
the slimy creature observed: For God doth
know that in the day yc eat thereof, then
A." your ego shall be opened; and ye shall be "a
godt, knowing good and evil We have all
read Of what happened after the fatal bite. We
all understand what that little pippin has cost
NJ. Adam seeded, under Il strong pressure,
from the Garden, and none of his defendants
have been so fortunate as 10 return to its en-
chanting scenes. The Snake, it appears, has not
vet, in spite of all his bruises recovered from
his Old habit of oily lying. He whispers still to
the ambitious and the restless and the discOn-
tented! Bite, and be brave Bite, and be
Presidents, Generals, Dukes, or Kings Bite,
Z" and be- happy Bite, ard be rs gods - Under
The combined influence Of ambition and whisky,
the confejerated Adams are yielding to the
Establishments Of the serpent. In the wreck OF
social happiness, in the destruction OF free
government in the chaOti: dissolution Of all
political Institutions, in tho shame and sorrow
and alarm Of intestine broils in the rule OF
madness, under the heavy hands of irresponsible
dctatOIs, or tossed about by the caprice Of IN
sureent mobs the amateur reyOutionists of the
South may find that bitter in tie belly which
was 20 sweet in the mouth, aud may learn that
It il easier TO rouse than TO quiet the Father Of
Ies. Have they forgotten that other text:
" Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed
above all cattle, and above every beast Of the
- field; upon thy belly shalt thou 60, and dust
- shalt thou eat oil the days of thy life 7"
Whatever may be- the temptation OF cotton, it Ia
hardly probable that foreign nations will fall
violently in love with the rattlesnake. They
VIII fear to meet him in every bale; they will
find him printed upon every shirt; and they will
rank the lag upon which he is painted with the
black banner of pirates or the threatening devices
Of Asiatic barbarans
Let the Southern confedorates then revise their
blazon They have large variety from which
to seect-lions, loopards, pecans, unicona, bears,
uiiIins, dragOns-the whole monagere of heraldry.
Why viii they endeayor to introduce such dis
agreeable creature as the rattesnake into the
society Of Christian nations If they must have
him, the King OF Dahomey is the foreign poten-
tate for their diplomacy.
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