New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-16
THE FOUR LEGS OF THE SOUTH
ERN PLATFORM.


America" was fddled and futed out of his
warm bed at Montgomery the other night BY a
corps of serenading seceders. After the har-
mony came the harangue. Hastily dOffing his
nightcap and drawing on his pantaloons, the
Hon. A. II. Stephens rushed to balcony, and
expressed his hopes. He hoped for oil manner
of united bliss and confederated enjoyment. He
hoped for population, wealth, and power. He
hoped for peace, security, and domestic tran
quillity. He hoped that the newborn nation
would attain glory in the highest degree. lie
hoped for peace-this being the second time OF
hopipg-and he hoped for liberal commercial
relations with all the world. " Our Republic"
said Mr. Stephens, " TO be permanent, must be
" supported by the virtue, intelligence, integrity,
and patriotism of the people" SO far Ste
phens; LET us now proceed to consider, in their
regular order, those four pillars of the Con-
" federated States of America"
l. VRTUE.-This opens at least wide field Of
reform. The confederators mean to be virtuous,
in spite the temptations Of cakes and the Sc
ductions Of ale. No more mbibiDg of pre-
breakfastite juleps; no more loud conversational
! bnsphemy; no more tobacco chewing in church;
! no more playing at poker and "going it thou
sands better on nary pair" no more prOms-
cuous shooting of the neighbOrs; no more squan-
| dering of precious time at the bar Of Bacchus;
| no moro devotion TO the combats of cocks All
| persons interested ia the elevation Of the human
| race will please to take notice that the new
| Southern Republic means to be an example Of
Il A. ii
| Roman article-to all the world.
| H. INTELLIGENCE.-This is q good thing-a
! very good thing understanding in short which
no private family and much less great and yirtu-
| Gus Republic should be without. A handy thing
| TO have in the house. Dog cheap at any price.
! Certainly the infant Coufederacy will but exhibit
| its prudence in ordering large supply Of the
article, of which, Just at present, we suppose,
| there is rather a bare market 1t can be the
most surely and readily had by application to
some schOol.hOuse, and by the employment of
some competent school-master. Heretofore the
! Confcdcrates have depended mainly upon the
! Northern States for books and teachers, and it
| has been by Yankee skill that the young idea of
those reyolted regions has been taught in the
poetico -metaphorical and not the saltpeter sense
/ 10 shoot. To Northern Colleges has been en-
/ trusted the delicate ard difficult work Of rearing
! the Southern tender thought, and of making the
/ Bachelors and Masters of Arts of those polished
/ portions of what was once our country, which
/ will now, doubtless, start manufactures OF their
/ own. Every village will have an infant, an in
/ tcrmedate and high school, college, diyini-
/ 10 mil nj
| houses four book clubs and six debating
societies. The well-reformed will also be we'll
! informed Republic. and will, no doubt, be cele-
/ brated throughout the world for its devotion 10
I metaphysics, theology, Hebrew, aud the higher
/ mathematics
/ Ill. INTFGRITy. This will be, under the new
/ dispenzation, quality Of no common hind. Not
/ that cheap variety which regards the laborer as
worthy Of his hire; which manifests itself in fair
+ aud kindly treatment Of our fellow men; which
/ dlsdaius to fatten upon the industry OF another;
/ which Will not steal even such tempting " swag'
/ NJ forts and arscnals u no the Southern in
teprity ia 10 be Of a sublmated excellence Of that
/ kind which is 10 be- found in the mouths of pub
lie orators and the resolutions of public meetngs
/ and the little laundering leaders" Of Southern
newspapers-the integrity which boasts and brags,
and proclaims itself by sound of trumpet-the
| integrity which enters upon an election in
apparent good faith, aud having failed to win,
would put out the lights, and splinter the ballot
box. ard let loose the dogs Of war-thc integrity
which disntegrates, the integrity which forswears
itself, The integrity which steals sle national cash
/ that is the kidd which is already 80 fashionable
amoug the Seceders.
N. PATRIOTISM.-This, Mr.. Stephens fourth
leg. will be- found unconmmOnly still and bury.
Patriotism Us we all know, consists in say
ing, over and over and over again, that
you are patriotic. Patriotism is best shown
by talking fluent nonsense to drunken mob.
Patriotism means boiling and leaving ysur
beloved country to SHIFT for itsclf Patriotism
means splitting upon the Constitution, ridiculing
the Declaration of Independence, violating the
national statutes, robbng the national mails,
and BY all possible means bringing the pOliti-
cal institutions OF the land into contempt, for
The mere qualification of private grudgcs, and to
get good offices for yourself and friends. They
viii be eery patriotic people will the COnledere.
tors
Virtue, intelligence, integrity, aud patriotism
Let any sensible man repeat these words and at
the same time recall the mad and miserable
treason with which they ere here so belously
connected, without laughing, il he can Consider
that these public troubles, as they are not Of our
creation and continuance, might, in the opinion
Of many Of the beat and wisest friends Of the
Slave States, be speedily abandOned-that there