New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-19
TUG ppTss ON THE ANNIVERSARY.

-, Nsrs treats tie snhjecs IN very o'''efeR'
manner, ~ foilows: H.. tho, the Amer.
Icsps have ever IL may rave peen Io -, T. H.
- ~ tIeir wiset men, indeed, we kIo" llat ~ uas "a
-" too tbs days of re Revelation I'll nowi bul i,S
s~tai sI,pearapce must be he most toihn sIe' % S'o
rszed upon by the di1eDs OF the lSePaoh'' noM
many II them VIII to-day be thmsmg OI uA' ny ny
s~ry,rble IVA X of Gen. Warhingt0n's on the hank
az br Srtuylsin, wlre @ war found toouei' h5
Taing the gRss, mediiutlng, - ne eNlaal'eu e
=, ,h, moment whether II would no' oe pe'teI ~
give up the idea OF The Union tl'an W .al-,, iun
6-hs of such compromises as were iCGnd htcessaIi{
Tu, many will now openly admlt-whAI lley WVur'
new r scknovledce 20 themselves Del fe-tus
CLion las new 2 Teen eOuud honest it't, snug -
its ur.sl ing and sincere IN Its proiee-lVhsl 10
Ssy when Virginia is the set Of civi' var, row
unny Nor,hern men wil recal the tFadltlonm an,
c.,JLeUs at TIE supremacy oi lhat proGd oto'Fi 81
he uelauchcly cOpyitiOn which always "enl WIZ
" thar the Union depeaded on thi.t supremacy
Johu Adams was Accustomed 10 say int the
Fr,akford advi ," was What had placed the Union
r. false position. When some OF the 'hlei
founders Of tie Repabhc were in consnn9aSh i,n u
st Frap kford near Psdephil, on the meeting OF the
Erst Congres the Pennsylvania legaes 'oullred me
Asssqsr bnsetis meu,trsrs not TO let The ~prd moe
pendsnce pass t-er Ups under any tenn tatloh s,a
ivt % propose any sceIne part OF soheme Ont 10
ve ri sai altogether TO Virginia. tie IeadlnR to'K
81. finn Of conpTunises 70 called, which were ~ h't
brihet IT, Q property suffrage of the siaVeo"hr' wa
ec, ded by the Northern States, ne proleSseN u.
At~nh
h ~, Sontbern ates; that CONDITION Of an IFS
Tss established wiirh in fact rendered the maiote-
nan of the Union dependent on tie supremacy o me
Yrshin interest," since e1ieiota over YER 1om tonnd st
l. ,0,h iutelerabr. Tho i5sUe mas been iofe-een Oy
Os.or Viryiuans than Washington himself lhe iAsl
az the band of noble Nir -iant OF the heSoiuuonaS
tire the venerable ChiefJustice Mars1aii sa' lhVo
dss in M. latter yea,s for reasons which DE sVowed
20 MS frieud Story aud Others who nah MS eonhuene
he said chat he raw his State going 70 run oef
The eoaii inh haeuees Of slavery, hnd that lhe rum
Of Virguis would destroy the h epu6iic MANY OF .ne
izeps of every State are pOBdering these hirg ".
day and tai ing about them TO their chIarehi 10
may be well that they should be remembered elee'
where ,.l ~.
AmriC ps Will be but too happy to accePt-thst 'be
IA d,sRrboe and misfortune OF the ulscailage oi thelr
great uohical experiment has 10; lust at the moment
ccccrred ami Is not to-day 10 De m99rneo as Iegn
snG fsariul chsiisemenJ which shOud today humble
sben 10 tie dust There has been abundant caH.e ioi
reno se and mstterfor regret and shame; tut u II not
th- breaking np the Union since New-A ear sony st
fhe citizens have 10 he ashamed Of and 10 mOufD lbe
few among them who have never conRtt nsneed the ny
TO ises perpetraied all preceding fourhs OF July
nay ven rejoice 10 the breaking up of delutlOn or
assption aud feel that at last there IL something for
them 20 rejOie about in the anniversary OF the
kn,iiou OF Indel eBdence. good many DoTe
kas worthy may iet the relief OF being able 10 say
what they think OF other members Of the Union, and OF
eot being compelled 10 hear the hollow boasilngs ap
pointed Tor the day. The really recTeant republicans
who have annually uttered the bOhsts, while gradually
selling q eTtiee Of the Free States 10 buy 0i the
eAigences Of SOutheTn domination ii the traffic was
sylped ought 70 bear the humiliation OF the
Whie ptope and 20 be ready 10 nk under the sins o.
to nation for which they have long made themselves
answerable. Knowing something Of that class and
thsir triiling, however, the world ne,d Lot eHpSct
them 70 suecumb their digracee, They sre 90 ac-
ep,trned to extO their eOatry, 10 order 70 win sdI
riO and sE port from the patriotic mutt tnde on their
Tetonsl fs day, that hey viii 10 doubt fId some
tding be proud Of amidst the wreck oi their own vile
u hey and Will appeal usual " tho mul rude.
Nbeti or they viii meet with a response as usual is
Noting like this Fourth Of July was indeed ever
before seen. In former years the hot summer day
has opened in mach the way from end 70 end OF
the ODion. Everywber il vHs bot; everywhere
there was an early hanging out Of hags, and tming
of bapdp 0f Bsie; and Lighting OF coOking-hres for
bsnquets, and Ginning Of bells for ebuFCb. The
difference was that in one section tie young
tstilors were early abroad after their rtoiings,
whereas In the her the pathetic spectacle PIE
e ted Of the triumph Of liberty hsng made by saves
SINE Of these poor fellows hfTe thought II grand
DIV Tor e same reason that diOie laugh beause others
k1gh many have been unconscious OF the cruel irony;
a adeveTyWbere there was oneOr more who understood
aud resen cd It, Sot the les we're slaves busy that
morning Ia pitching fents, and hanging galands, and
DutinQ no ihse ili0ns about liberty which they could
bot read Eyeryvhere, at the same hour the churches
were Olen; and the bells summoriug the CitiZsns 70
cone and thank God for niiODsl existence and their
National phVleges; and then ;t Gid almost 81 every
Il ding the popular devoions into the clannd
Cf thank kulness that they not as other are
bur nation Tree, united, Ieaoeiul, and hurishing
Then followed mutual congratulations the great
ness Of s; and aS the day weut on, there were BAN
qaets and sP ecbes and paaies OF schools and mill
tls AID FIRE companies ano associations OF all kiDds
ad firing Of cannon AID balls, RDd freworks. From
tlis general rejlcing-oF rether from the glorifea
ton iur they had some little cause for rejoicing Of
tb.ir own-one cot Of people absoHsed themselves
meeting In their own way for a different ebect
TIE AbohtcDis,s who understood the Character
aad fose-aw tie lite of the Union, could
not gloIify It and they stayed away from
the ehlrcaes entered them 20 pray God, be mer
Oal Us siRDers." II ts oouId not be allowed they
lset on the eee bill and under the tree 10
tess the national guilt ana protest against the national
bypOvThy. While the sl4yes were hellinR on tue
mokery their Iitsig friends were pra, ing and plsu
ming 20 avert seryile These voluntary exiles
fOm the jubiaiion slOae bauished from al town
ard village festivals and went Out in little bands into
the country 20 sit 10 the shade Of the groves and
strengthen their beaTts by sympathy, by OHtOry, and
BY Pnyer, Tor achieving the real redemption of their
Cum ~.
To-day they are meeting In the old places upder novy
cirynmstances. The wOIldin which they hive has come
round 70 them tho hypocrisy IL a. end and II tbs
pride and vanity have not disappeared, they have as
pGaied somewhat higher character. They glory in
reawakened sense Of right and hJeny, aLd ia the
patriotic fervoF il which The Free States have risen a.
enc un 70 assert and defend the political Organization
u their coQniEy,
rhus Il mistake to sappOSe, as tho world gener-
ally does to-day, that this must be day Of mortItc
ton shaue and dissust the cizeDs Of both seciiJs
Of The country. s probably iar otherw. 50 Ia both.
The southern people have never been genuine Re
p1ehcans. Having no middl e-ciass they eanBoteany
GO kepnb can institutions and tie mill ary desDOsm
uncer which they are living Professionally IL, they
S aware, the alternative to submission 90 Zoe terms
% ths Con.titu Ion Al Washington. Many arc literally
tieuonng bCtWeen these alternatives; some must be
aparpng the on iaal supremacy Which they have nov