New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-05

codrse which tie South has adopted.
, The Goyernment originally agreed upon by all ue
States has lasted during period OF between seventy
and eighty years. During this timo its Executive Adj
minis ration was enjoyed by the South for hity.two
years No Northern President has ever been reelect,
Ell. Washi' gOn, Jefferson, hadi-ion, Monroe, ana
jackson have each discharged that oice for term OF
eight years. TIE conclusion Ia, then, that ont OF
seventy or eighty years of the administration OF onr
Government 6iiytwo years have enured 70 our pati'
otic men of the South. Ts fact involves the poleni
alies ami powers OF the Government as having been
exercised by supremacy on the part of the Sonth.
The Navy, the Army the inenmbents OF the S1preme
Court, not ignorant If OF nsensbe to this iaet
Now, put IL TO your candor to Say whether aersueh
a history of the administration Of our country The
South might not have tolerated the occupancy OF the
Presidential Chair by the present incumbent, who,
with his Northern predecessors in that oihce, could
hardly expect 10 survive Off ally the ordinary four
wears vi a Northern supreme maglstfaeI
You say that President Lincoln elected by Blark
Republicans of the North. ! am inclined TO think that
be Indirectly or negatively elected by Democrats
| North and South The Black Republicans presented
one candidate and in order defeat his election, the
Democrats North and South presented three If The
latter had selected oDly candidate It is probable
that the Black Republicans, as you call them, wond
| have been found as misus bob eates. But when tne
Democrats distributed their votes, apparently with
VII Of rendering them inefficient then, Of course the
one man Of choce elected the three candidates
and compe iors that had been placed in ivslsbip with
each other ard in The ngega'e all against bm alone
cnmstances not denied either in the South or IN
tLe Norb Then If 20 el-rt.d he il the Chief Masis
trate Of all the United States of Amercs and y bis
very oath of Office is bound their own common con-
sent TO see I at neither Msne the northeast, nor
Texas ON the souh-west stall be permitted to over
throw the original Federal compact ageed upon ID he
Constitution Of this Government. III States sDah oe
allowed in the face Of that Federal Consiltu ION, 10
| kick over the traces Of common Union, as agreed
upon n the primitive days of our Government, then II
IL difficult to why counties and townships and VII
og may not be at liberty to DO the same thing us Us
often RS the freak fancy to do so mag or shall nave
| come upon them.
There appears to be an idea IN the South that the
FEDERAL Government and the people Of the North are
| determined t. conquer and snbjugate them. lhis,
tlmk is a great mistake. Fint in the s'erner sense
Of the word "conquer," il seems to mo utterly lmPos-
,bl,; and II posslb n ink il wOnd be undesirable
and niuriou- both the North AID TO the So1t. I'm
e,. have been deceived by statements considGred re-
| liable / would say that the mind Of the North looks
ouy the purpose Of bringing back the Seeded States
| to their orr ganic condition 0Tte 6eii!m.
There remains now scarcely hope of peace, and the
sue il apparently that the North mast triumph on tue
field Of Mars or that the Sonh shall prove sef We
| torous on the same bloody arena. Bat, after all we
must OF despair IN reference n coming peace. The
idea Of an aTn.tice even for FIX months u no" Ut
,e y hopeless but think that the North, II the chance
were prese Ded would be willing TO enter on terms
of pear, As the S,u,h itsef STILL am bound TO ray
under deep coyvicon Of the trulb, that Of both
tions unhapIiy launched on the swelling torrent OF
our domestic troubles The North will re he latter to
,ik or swim in the Enguinary tide on which both ale
nO~ aloai
Yon make mention Of the Commissioners cent to
Washington ut early period OF the struggle, with
kind, fir and liberal propositions, as yon conslIer
them Il r the Arrangement Of the whole diihcnty BE-
for. reaching the roint OF settlement there would be
fonnd vlst amount OF princi.le involved. Coulms-
,ioperp should have recognized authority 10 war
rLt them In tempting 10 discharge ine aupes OF lner
official Office Those of tboSOnth, In the circumstances,
| 40 far IA can se,, had no authority whatever.
The people Of your region when rsy people, OF
conrse I mean the voters as commonly understood 10
this country had scarcely teen consuci on tins vital
on.s,on Their Government 30 called, Was unrecog-
iyed by any civil pruc psty on the tnee OF the edIt
Commissi ners presented themselves tefore the pabhc
,eryants Of "A Government universally recognized oy
| III nations The terms OF these Southern CODUis-
,iou,rs were more of dctalion inAn Of petition. The
Government at Washington bad 20 choose one or
another of Two alternatives The President and his
Cabinet might have chosen the alternative OF pepnry
and aceded TO The demand Of those COmmis-ouers or
lev might as they surely did, decline every Official
intercourse with them.
They ehose the latter oourso. And now it only re-
mains 10 zee whether tie Government is what calls
it,ell-tle Government OF the United Sales, OF merely
the Government OF fraction lhereof-ant thst frac-
n N measured out 10 them by Southern Commissioners
who could not show legitimate ti'le for the commits
sion which they proesed TO execute.
Yon tlnk it hard and unnatural that foreigners md
Catholcs should be deluded into the service of the
recoanized Federal Government in order 10 be immo-
l1 n the font Of battles and made food for Southern
novder III this end were deliberate pol cy IN the
North | should scout and desl ise IL. i admit and
msin,an that foreigners now nauraliLed, whether
Catholics or NOT ought 10 bear their relative burden III
defense OF the only country these shoree which they
have recognized and which has recognized them al
citizens q ,be United States.
| Mr. Ru.sen the correspondent Of The London
| T,q,, reports a conversation which he had with a
| very Intelligent Southern gentleman formerly editor
OF newsIal er" who stated, on behalf OF the Confed
eracy, Well Sir when Ehngt are settled, we II just
| take the law into own hands. Not man shal
have vote unless bes American born and by degrees
| we II get rid Of these men who disgrace Us" Mr.
Russell inquired I" Are not many Of your regiments
composed of Germans and Irisb, Of foreigner, in
/. This "vsry intelligent Southern gentleman, for.
, merly editor ot newspaper, 10 certainly no true
repre- sentative II the gentlemen whom IL py good
, fortune nnd pl -cre to meet whenever Travelled in
the South. BuG no matter. II tle settlement be true
IL only ,howe that for sh and foreigners in general
the south IL nenTly nntirndly az the North be.
IL proves further, that so far the lrish
eerued her,diary calamities Of their native land
follow them up wherever they 30 in one form or
| another. Here, and now they are called upon by
both sides to fight in he battles Of the country and
no matter who tumphs, they need not look for large
expressions Of thanks from either sl0e. STILL whether
An peace or war; take them for all in all they
true ~ the country II they had been born its
free and happy coil.
Pardon me this digrsssion and let me return TO tho
other sentiment touching the hope Of prospective
peace.
familiar here in The North. In crisis Ike this e ID
not III my opinion expressive OF sound principle or
a safe policy. Is meaning changes the basis and tbe
in.ue vi this melancholy war. II changed, t VIII bs a
war, not between the South and the North geoyupi-
cslly considered, but war between the two great
rotcal parties that divide the country. Instead OF
this partizsn hostility, wso patriots should val each
other in restoring preserving the Union
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