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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07
Tho Virginia Convention Eiection-Thc
Danger and the Responsibility Before
the republican Party.

Our republican contemporaries are in costa
sizes over the late Virginia election. They tell
us that it has overthrown this Southern revolu-
tionary programme; that the immediate seces.
siopists are Overwhelmingly defeated; that in
the approaching State Convention, according
", they will stand In feeble minority; that
Virginia and the other border slave States are
thus secured TO the Union, and that, hence
forth, mastery inactivity, in the matter Of COM
promising, will in the words of Mr. Seward,
"re-establish all that is in danger, and recover
all that Is lost"
This rose colored view Of the subject is beau
tiful to the eye, and would be very encouraging
II 1t were not utterly fictitious and delusiyc.
Granted that the immediate secessionists have
been signally defeated in Virginia, ii does not
follow that the people Of that State have voted
to surrender at discretion to the incoming re.
publican administration. On the contrary, tho
conservative delegates to this approaching
State Convention have been elected upon "the
condition precedent Of the Crittenden COM
promise, or something equivalent to 1t, as the
price Of their adhesion 10 The Union. The Con-
yeniion will meet on the 18th Of this month
Several days viii be occupied In the business Of
It's organization, and then, should there be any en-
couraging indications Of compromise at Wash.
ington, the vote upon the question Of secession
may be deferred, in order TO act upon The fixed
and positive issue Of The success or failure Of q
compromise, not In tho Border State Peace
Conference, but in the two houses OF the pro-
sent Congress- ........
We attach very little Importance, indeed to
this Peace Conference at Washington. Com
posed, as II is, on tho sidc Of tho border slave
States, of ancient political fossils, Of the old rcd
sandstone formation, and Of outside politicians
gathered up from the driftwood thrown ashore
by the changing tides Of party during tho last
thirty years, and made up on tho free State
side chiefly Of improcticablo republicans, We
think that, for all useful purposes, this Comic
renee may DO placed on q par with the late
Democratic State Convention at Albany. At
best wc can regard Il az serving only tho pur-
poses Of o mutual admiration society; and The
r,est :hstwc cra ecEscsc Il IL behalf Is Tho
saving yirtze Of come incfe1s;ye quack redi-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

"SrooT HIM Down or THp Sror."-This Is
the closing phrase Of the late instructions Of
the new Secretary Of the Treasury to the Col
lcctor Of the port at New Orleans II Ia the
fret command 10 shed blood that has been
issued in the present crisis. II is but prcpe-
ration for coercion policy on the part Of tho
incoming administration. a. might have been
expected from an aboltionist ringlcader, In tho
great barnburner conspiracy Of l8fS Tho
people Of tho North rcprobate The idea Of civil
record shadowcd forth In Mr. Dix's oaic'al
LesrAtch.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

REPUBLICAN SNEws or WAR-The twenty
twenty millions included in Morrill's tariff
measure, will supply the new administra-
ton with abundant means to carry out any
policy II may choose TO adopt, during the COM
ing year. IL this amount TO be expended In at
Sempting to array in battle the North and
Northwest against their Southern brethren. Let
Mr.. Lincoln and his advisers take heed Nine
tenths Of the people Of the free States repudiate
the horrible idea Of an unnatural civil war; and
win not permit the country to be dragged
into It.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

ARE WE TO HAVE MILITARY DEspoTTsM?-A
shrewd French traveller predicted, half CEN
fury ago, that the United States would be dis
solved on account Of the slavery question, and
that the existing government would be re-
placed, as in the latter days Of the Roman re-
public, by military despotism, under which
the boldest and most unprinciplcd Of generals
would hold tho sceptrc, until some one still
more desperate should arise and over
throw his dynasty. We fear, from the
indications about us, that the Northern
States are drifting into the fulflment
of the Frenchman's prophecy. Troops are
concentrated at Washington and other points,
unusual activity prevails in the recruiting ser
vice, the new President Is to be inaugurated
with the streets of the capital menaced by ar
tillery, and tho matches Of tho gunners will be
lighted while he Is taking the oath Of Office.
The republican press urge the occupation of
Washington by very strong force Of regulars
and volunteers, and even Mr.. Seward hints at
fighting for the Union. Tho Chevalier Webb,
who evidently believes that he is the mouth
piece of Seward, declares that he webb is In
favor Of drawing the sword and throwing away
resort to civil war is preferable to a peaceful
dissolution Of the Union, and that the conser-
vatires of the North and the South will agree
in that view. Not exactly. We are not quito
prepared for q civil war, with the Chcvalier
Webb os military dictator.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

DoISas OF THE CrrY PoIIrrcrANs-Tho city
politicians are all up and doing these times,
with view to tho spells ahead Tammany
and Mozart are both in the field. throwing mn
redoubts and constructing oil kinds Of Often
sive and defensive works against each other at
the coming battle Of the charter election.
stupid Old Tammany stood upon It's dignity
the other day at the Albany Convention, and
refused to come In and take seats beside the
Mozart delegates; but she was very glad to
come in afterwards, when dinner was over, and
take share Of the dessert and the remnants OF
a few broken bottles of wine. We are afraid
that the Mozart folks arc too smart for tho
Sschems. They have strengthened themselves
recently by placing at their head the smartest
man In the city--John Cochranc.
There IL no doubt that both Tammany and
Mozart will have candidate out for Mayor.
AS for Mr.. Wood, people hardly know where
to place him just now. Mr.. Sckles seems to
hink that be Is dead and gone, and that he can
mount over his shoulders by his course in Con.
grcss; but we are disposcd to think that Mr.
Wood viii turn up again. as TO has of.cr 6e-o
befcrc--wbcre be Is least expected
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

MILITARY DEsPOTTsM.-Three months ago,
scarcely cloud obscured the horizon Of our
national prosperity. What . change within the
short period Of twelve weeksl Every effort b
being made 10 concentrate troops at Washing
ton to prevent an invasion, and II Is believed
that tho future President can only occupy bis
,est, and that Congress can only deliberate,
under tho protection Of batteries Of artillery.
How long, progressing a. events are with
whirlwind rapidly, will il require to plunge
the country into worse than Mexican snar-
chy, and to make the only rule In the land thai
Of military despotism.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

CURIOUS Social REVOLUTION II THE MErEoPo-
List would really appear that the sceptre Of
fashion has departed from New York and been
transferred to Brooklyn. That city, always
distinguished for its piety, has now become re-
markable for its devotion to what the parsons
term on elegant species Of heathenism
ly the italian Opera. For the nonce, Brignoli
is elevated above Becchcr Madame Colson is
more run after than Mrs. Stowe, Miss Hinkley's
fortunes have quite upset the gravity of the
prayer meetings, and the scores of Verdi, Flo.
tow, Rossini and Mercadante have replaced
the hymn books on the tables Of the Brooklyn
fair. Then the pecuniary success OF the Opera
in Brooklyn is wonderful. The Irving place
house is almost deserted, while across the
water the new theatre ia crowded every night
Under the combined influence Of the Huxley
furore, and a patriotic outbreak for the flag
Of the Union, the audience on Tues
day evening was greater, in proportion
to the dimensions OF the house, than any which
has been assembled at the New York Academy
since the departure of Piccolomini. Naturally
the people in Brooklyn are highly delighted
with this state Of things. They declare, and
with reason, that Brooklyn is now the metro
polls, and New York the suburb; that there
is no creme de Ia creme here, IL is all skinned
milk, and very blue at that. Japonicadom,
the Faubourg Saint Gcrmaine, the home Of the
elite classes, is on the other side OF the river.
New York is the Foubourg Saint Antoine, and
If Miss f. McFlimsey has any new clothes to
show to really discriminating public she
must take them over to Brooklyn All this
revolution has been caused by the improve
ment in the musical taste OF our sister city.
While We have been retrograding, as far as
this branch Of art Is concerned, Brook
Ign has been going ahead, and has
not only built an Opera House, but
has succeeded In cultivating an audience viii
ling to pay the singers Hero, everybody
wishes to 90 to the Opera for nothing. There
everybody Is anxious to pay. That's the difrc
renee, and very serious difference il is, Per-
haps next week, whom the new Opera Is pro-
duced, the public Of New York will rally, but
ct present Brooklyn Is paramount So three
cheers for Brooklyn, and sackcloth and ashes
in unlimited quantities for New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

WALL STREET AND THE COERCION PLANS OF
Mr.. SEwARD-Mr. Seward affected to endorse
before the Senate, last Thursday, the petition
Of Northern merchants in favor Of Cancellation
lie has written letters to capitalists here in
similarly peaceful strain. Yet the true signif-
cation of his speech was proved by Senator
Mason Of Virginia to be latent declaration Of
war, in behalf of Northern aggression, against
Southern rights. Battle was the resort he
declared he would appeal to, as the premier Of
Mr. Lincoln, to keep the Union together. The
difference between himself and Secretary of the
Treasury Dix only consists in the wish, on the
part of the latter, that some poor secessionst
should be "shot on the spot" while Mr.. Seward
would wait until Wall street has supplied him
with the means Of Wholesale slaughter. viii
orr bankers subscribe forty five millions to
new loans, for the purpose Of securing the MUIR
der Of their Southern bietbrens
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

aAfcrs m HoEve nH " On DoMuuov ~ sslute az
thirty guns fred at yesterday on tho nat
terry In honor OF the result Of the recent election In the
State OF Virginia. Considerable excitement was caused
~ gun after g,n doomed out It's heavy report over tho
bay and many people hurried 70 the spot anxiousy In
arrng the ceuae Of the Airing suppceog at nrst that
Fort Sumter had bceu reinforced that the President
was In town, or thk como other very remarkable event
had trsnsrred. Their curiosity was, however, vory
sgrccaby aayed when the cause Of the tumult was
cerained Tho salucs fired by order of the Unioa
General Comm tieo on the receps at dcep Itch zorro
boratng the reporis already gwen rey nseurcA IN 70
pa ac t.eGo u B,-Ays Lss nxht, AID y ssss SOD
and iartytcwn tomorrow.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

THE FOSSIL CONVENTION AT WAsHINGroN.-
Nothing can better illustrate the stupidity and
unftness Of politicians in great crisis like
the present than the Convention of old fossils
now sitting at Washington with closed doors,
like Venetian Senate, excluding all their
proceedings from the public ard the press,
who are most vitality interested in the object
of their asaemblage. Nearly all Of them, like
old John G. Wright, Of Ohio, and many others,
have been dead for years past, and grass Is
luxuriant on their graves. In fact, the Con-
vention is little better than revival of spirit
ualism-a gbostly and cbaptallen gathering.
In conducting their proceedings with sealed
doors, they are doing wha. they were used to
do in their life time. They do not understand
what is going on in the world now nor do they
know that the country has ad ganced whole
century since they were alive.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-07

The NEW ENGLAND EIECrIoxs- There ara
certain periods in the history Of every govern
ment when the constituted authorities are GALL
ed upon to deal with complications altogether
novel and unexpected. That appears to be
the case with US at the present moment The
President and his constitutional advisers hooe
for nothing more than that they may DO per-
mitted to deliver over the federal property now
in their hands to the new administration. Con-
upon the report of the Committee of Thirty
three, and as the republicans, who have tho
Senate and House In their hands, do not puc-
pose to do anything but talk, we cannot expect
anything practical from that quarter. Then
we come to the professional Union-sayers, who
have been getting up conventions ct Albany
and Washington. There is not the slightest
possibility that these good natured, though
somewhat egotistical people, will be able to do
any good. They are political antiques Of
the very first water, fossils which have
been violently brought upon tho sur
face Of the earth after having been
imbedded for centuries. The Washington
commissioned" have no power to do any
thing but talk, and are Us irresponsible Is the
same number of men selected from the crowd
of promenaders in Broadway. They come to-
gether to make speeches and pass resolutions
when the South is In revolutionary condition,
and when the North is menaced by military
despotism; for the concentration of large bodies
of regular troops in Washington means nothing
more nor less than the proclamation Of martial
law. 1t is proposed to put down instruction
in the District with grape and canister, the
favorite arguments Of Louis Napoleon and
Francis Joseph. The fact is, however, that
here, as elsewhere, or even in greater degree
than elsewhere, the seat Of power is in the
people, and If the rump Congress, the expiring
administration and the broken down fossil DO
liicians can do nothing, the fnal resort must
be to the popular vote. And it seems,
in great degree, vindioatou Of
the eternal laws Of poetic justice that
this appeal is to be made first In New England,
where the seeds Of the abolition harvest were
sown thirty years ago. The anti-slavery lead
ers have received aid and comfort from New
England, and through that aid and comfort
have succeeded in bringing the country into
its present dif1cultes-namely, reign Of ter
TOR for the South, martial law and military des-
potism for the North. 1t is for the people Of
New England-people who claim to be espe-
cially jealous Of any infringement upon popu-
lar rights-to decide whether they will uphold
the war policy Of the republicans, or whether
they will, by sending national men TO Congress,
ohn n 70 kaa th<,h l.
the confederacy and pave the, way for new
and "more perfect union" of all the States.
That is the Issue which is now presented to the
people Of New Hampshire, Connecticut and
Rhode Island. 1t bebooves them to recognise
it's vast Importance, and govern themselves
accordingly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-04-19
THE NEW YORK SUN
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1861.
Our Deb, 90 Robert Andersen.


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Over Land Express.

Fort Kearsy, april l7.-.-The Pory Express
With ssn Francisco dates TO the 9th instant, Iessd
aGre at $3.50 L. ~
San Francisco ApJ1l G.---Since the election Of
yenstor, boundary Commissioner, and officers for
he state Institutions, the Legislature las commenced
70 work lndustriOusy. Three railway companies
nave been granted franchises for laying horse rail-
ways through principal streets In Ban Franclsco,
,elng restricted 10 tYe cents prices Of IiAssags.
Senator AODoUGL departs for washingtOn on the
18th. Ono reason assigned for his departure forth
with ID tho purpose OF endeayoring 20 influence
some of the California appointments, about which
Ihere IL ulspeakaLlo anxiety among Republican
politicians. Tho bill app, opr.sting money for tho
mryey OF tho haTbor NJ San Francisco under the
Arocon ofa corps Of United States and 70
ascertain the necessity OF tstIuctng bulE head,
passed both Houses OF the Legislature. The last
EASTERN bound stage on DuTTERFmLDs Overland
Mall route lou Ban fmnaisco, and tina Pony Expreaa
now furnishes overland communication with tht
East.
Aooounts OF the damage in tie mining regions,
resltin5 toIn the ate storm, represent the losses
hr greater, than at arst anticipated.
The dan suppl ing water Tor the principal quartz
mills OF Col. fREs0sr, aud the MsrIposH Company
we're partia ly carried or and cannot 10 repaired
beloIs September will reduce the yield Of gold on1
third OF mole. Tire damage ~ the Tuolumns CO..
AInouSts 10 ore million ID dollars.
| op ing Valley Water Works o.. introduced water
y 1sr rsscrvoir, On hs hills nssE sas souAasEs
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The following beautiful passage occurs In Nc
toUOn's recent lectu the Power Of Ex ample
slivsred In Boston, before The Young Mems Chris
ian Association -
1t Is worth something to exert on influence
Or good. saw q lady, IN Broadway, plunge
or white arm deep into the mire Of the gutter
0 recover gold ring dropped in pulling oG
er glove. A man is worth more than jewel,
nd we arc seeking to save men. Ono saw an
bject In the distance, and at first thought 1t TO
. All animal; but when he came near he found
/ was a man; and when he came, finally, facs
o face with 1t, II was his own brother. We
ook al these men sweltering in all tho abomi.
ations Of debauChery, they are animals; as we
pproach them, they are men; and when we
iut our arms underneath them, and bring
hem up, W. stana face to face with QUE BROTH
z, made in the image Of God, and owing al
sSian,e " one common Father.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,

hEih flLI Iooi.
Editor Of The Sun DEAR SIR IL am
q this ancient city once more. l Gnd tbs
i,izcns are mostly Union men, and denouncs
he secessionists in loud terms.
Company X United States troops, passed
hrouSh this place at 0 A. NJ, today, for
he coast, there TO embark for the North ;
they were from Fort Lancaster, on the Rio
Pecas, $50 miles west Of this place. They
ookod fine, and were cheerful. do not think
there was a particle Of the ARNOLD breed mixed
with any one Of the company.
The citizens Of this place, to tho number Of
1000 po'itioned General lIoUsros to coma
here and doliVcr a speech the petition was
too late, the Old Hero was on his way TO his
plantation.
General WALL tho Minister TO RuroPe from
the Montgomery Congress, Is horo.
Thermometer 90 in the shade u, sab, ha'
fallen foteight weeks. |n
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sFdes q 1ss rtspciscc, on tho d,b, from vhsc,,
ney erpect 10 suppiy weter 10 The greater pors N
he city IN opposition 10 The De sslcy Co.
1he United btatee District Court las rcp1ercd ,
eoision, giving TO r JnynT Morn sos $4,000 dam
Scs, against the Pacific nsil ateam hin COMPANY
soause The company sold MonRsoS tickes,
On ehhre stat room for himself and
rie, from California, ard then compelled
hem ~ give up their room nj P.nans.
40 each msks tlie balance of the passa,e In q room
shtto there verc 40 othcr passengers
III. BnrcHi-eIpaE stsic C,n'rai COMMITTEES have
nt pg ecd to piuposc fusion with tho Dd,iRiasitcs
here b"iDo no chance, except " adopting AZ
Duei's Platform. They have adopted nu adirpss.
ckno~l lodging oil ~ DrSocrnts who favor tbs
nnITNbss compromise tvolutiuns, and pppoac
cercing the seeded states sod have lied S,ste
bnveution for the lith u June.
The steamer Panama on tho 4ih brousbt Oregu0
etes TO the 2oth ult., snd British Colu I.ls to the
Gko X. suTp and A. J. Tu,yEn, con,estants for
he succrseot-hip TO NJ. srorr IN Congress, arv
mong tie passengers who arrived on their way 10
Washington; also I,dy FRANKiIs aud her n,ices
Mnotn' saw mill, on the Columbia river, had ben
hown ulh killing nine mcu
CoNs,Rciu-
farkct dull.
C,al shshlv improved. Cofec active and 4,
mll.
Not much activity In trade IL anticipsted tef,rs
ho close OF the month, unless upe iona take pl,cs
o anticipation OF the county d, inand
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An Eloquent Appeal.

Tho Hartford Courant thus beautifully speaks 70
he people Of Connsctieut
lot not him who putteth on his armor boast
himself like one who putteth II Off but may wo
III, sobercd by the grim reality OF internal war,
Iird up our energies and quit ourselves like
len. Il Is sweet 10 die for ones country; and
never had mortal u better cause than that
Which now summons all who feel Themselves
70 DO men, to rally around the flag Of our
hthors. Men Of Connecticut To armsl You
mus DO counted for or against the Govern
ment. Which shall II bei Descendants Of
thEs who marched under the banner of GEoRoE
WASHINGTON, which shall Il bee Ara wo
proud Of our PUTNAM, our KsowLaoS, our
HUI. and our WoosrET; and shall we 6lanch
ln this hour Of trial Z Sons Of the Old Chartsr
Oak stats, On which side do you snlistt"