New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-11
BELMONT ON TIKI CBasIs.

The Hon. August Belmont has been writing
a Unon.Saving letter to his Douglas compatrot,
Hon. John Forsyth, Mobile, Ala, wherein-to
vile Mr. +. away from the Secessionists-he
holds out this cheering prospect:
Il" only could have you hero for few days sure you
would be convinced and afrrc h mo- tbs, hs suro redress
for The South a within the Union
"IGeorrA and Allah N leave South Carolina to pursue
her alone and declare In Convention that they
vii .ceede on The u Of March unless their rights In the Terri
tories e guaranteed them undrr ths Constitution sud toe
btu, Of Of the Northern States repealed
hs,e strong hope that may the Union and Picc South
ern 1hi. ID sound and lasting footing
thai powerful agencies the Republican headers
In ON Slate and elsewhere work which look to that
end Weed boldly and ioAe''y for such policy sud
hav, every reason believe that he " long be PoSeruy
supported
The Hon. August is a little too fast here
/" Weed" is not " out boldly and fearessly," for
any such concessions as are here promised the
impetuous Georgian; and as to his being
powerfully supported" il will not be in any
such sweeping programme of surrender, even
were he mad enough to propose it. We would
not interfere with any sincere efforts to soothe
ard placatc the Fire.Eaters; but this is sheer
delusion, and must end in greater evaporation.
Let US have diplomacy al hbitnn. but not at the
expense of truth.
Mr. Belmont thinks patience and effort may
{" ave the Union, and place Southern rights on a
/" sound and lasting footing" Why Southern
rights exclusively Has the North no rights ?
or are these Of no consequence Within the
last two months, more citizens of Northern
States have been shamefully abused insuted,
tortured, killed in the Slave States, merely
because they uere Northern, and in utter defiance
Of tho Federal Constitution, than tho whole
number of SOuthrons that have been subjected to
personal indignity and outrage ut the North since
the Union was formed We call upon the
powerful agencies that Mr.. Belmont boasts of
to take care that Northern freemen's rights be
placed on a sound and lasting footing" as well
as those Of Southern shareholders.
Mr.. Belmont proceeds to say that
"You charge the desire for concessions the part Of the
North mercenary motives think this unkind to your
blends and certainly unfair regards State and city
We actuaed by principles OF right and Justice but aoovs all
the aud undyns attachment TO the Union which,
with and all those no unite efforts for the good cause
Ia unsullied by sordid motive IL Il were oh1
wise and did only look TO material Interests and
those OF our city, should deplore the dissolution Of this
Union YORK In such catastrophe would cut loose from
the puraea East and her protective tariff and without link
ing her with very Kind but omeoAai szaeng
Southern friends she would open Der magnificent port to the
commerce Of the world What Venice the slug
s,h Laguns Of the small Adac Now York would Long, be
10 the heuphers proudly resting on the bosom OF the
broad Atlantic and afraid sedly interfering with the
brilliant fsacious hopes Of hs Palmetto and Crescent
cities"
1t is an undOubted fact that the South does
not consider the friendship and devotion pro-
fessed by her dry-goods friends hereabOut as ex-
actly of the Damon-and-P ythias stamp--in few
words, she considers them rather Of the horn
flint and wooden nutmeg order. VIC should not
be able to remove the impression which Mr..
Belmont protests against, so we won't try; but
We eutreat tho es.Embassador not " rcpel the