New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-30
THE TWO GOVERNORS.

THE TWO GOVERNORS.
There were two kinps, 1t We may credit poet
zeal history IN Breptords long united state "
1.-TWO right kings" a. the comedy assures U.s.
But this wa. n days unscphisticaied by the Pc.
h,ical self.hnrss which dlstracts modern tunes
There we're two Governors, within our own
recollection, ruling at tho same time IN Rhode
leland, aud but for the MEMORABLE fact that one
of them ran away the gallant little State might
have groaDed still under SIamese Executive
n eubernator,al donlIty. There are two Govern
or. now 10 Virginia, but with the difference
TINT while one OF them for the present ta.lis his
sway To- q particular district, Letoher will bear
no brother near tue throne. Wettern VIrglna,
left By the crime OF tralt0rous rulers without
government, has established one for the nonce,
10 the lptnte disgust Ut Letcher, who, az be
! ,rcedes from u Constitutional position, launches
sonor US proclamation at those who stand fast
By the old landmarks. We have before us, upon
TIE same page, the Proclamation OF Gov. Letcher
and the Iuaugural Address Of Gov. Pierpon,;
aid We must say that putting out of the question
the fact that be is altogether in tho right, the
Western Governor, IN point of style, reason and
dignity, i. quiie the superior Ot the Eastern
Puteutaie. For a GUernor, in the parturent
paugs of most poInpous Proclamation, although
he may not be expected 10 stand very firmly
upon his pIns should ut least show IA little self
reliance. Letcher begns vigorously be- declaring
that Virginia ha. asserted her ipdepen lencc."
Then hs adds Ssh. VIII MAINTAIN it At every
hazard" This il good Thr has tue true revoln-
tionagy ring. THIS sSOr- OF TncrmOpyise. This re-
nj nds us of the old three hundred pItted against
five millions of barbariau-. We figure Leichrr H.
ourselves ~ II kind of " lillian Tel, jr., ready to
put u rfe-baIl-arro~s having gone cut OF
fa-hion-Into the heart of Gessler Lincoln, and
We sigh for that Chef Magistrate az already
defuuct. But, SOMEHOW. Lctcher, 80 more than
WISE can help proving fatal To the grand Viz
sDia dignity. Neither OF tnem, IN thclr most
alitudnous flights Of eloqueoce, eau help squint-
ing at the holes in poor Vrgina's petlcoat.
It is always somebody outside who 10 t. m,ke
the caudal apprndapes OF her "stump-tahd
"steers" to sprcut with a iresh lnxu'Iance. The
State has lived hvo years apon the desperate
TO bring brandy, silk, and the Millennium. AID to
carry back TOBACCO oGd the dressings oi reju,e-
TIA ed people. Aud even new, While asserting her
seii.de,rnGence, Gov. Lotch.r consoles himself.
aud would taio mlm q t- tho bet oi hls fellow
citizens, by declaring that Virginia Ia run
tanned by the power of ten OF her slst,r
4" Southern States. ready and willing u uphold
" her cause" This Is charming. The big boy
has ten little Boys upon hs side, aud is not ut
all alrad d. Ogly one thing, however Gov.
Letcisr IN TIE ardor oi bin anticipation Ut such
glut OF Alliance has forgotten. iio has os-
sumrd, 1t viii be ,e,n. thai the Ten Sisters haze
nothing in ihesc busy times 10 de bu. 10 rush to
the rorcue ri Virginia. aud nc drmesne, oi Their
own 10 protect against /" the Gospotc power at
" Washington" The Ten Sisters are 10 abandon
Ia II harjors Their cities, their fields and their
" nggeIs," to say nothing 81 thcr wives and
children # all cVnplcAOus aud arc 10 cnp
simultaneously and sa,agcly t. the support Of
Virginia. No wonder. after such eucogTas ment,
In. The oi walsh would have made m Alexander
oi Bob Acres, il this inely Letcner asks with
couGdrrcs: "Can any to.e NreIniSn refuse {"
" r, der ssstancel We slOgld think Rot.
The Ten Sister, shoald do tue business for
" coercion, despite power nnd al that sort
of thing. The Ten Slstcrs .l0sh be- able Ia tnko
caro- al tbs poor, puny, paraiyt'c Er'enh s's-
tcr. The only question ls, "hoiher The, wlll
Iong care To waste their ctergirs ~ drJ.Gurslug
sisar virginia out OF tuu IicArt'.
a prci,icr ,hirg tlau L,ichrr's appeal to Norb.
Western Virginia, Ho 40 rot remember to in'e
read. Draw.hg Ia pocke handkerchief, "a perhaps
q small Confederate nas, to .Aclaims With choking
utteIah,e:
Men OF the Hohvt appeal you By al ihe considers
,iol ho have dawn oth"s a. one people heis oio". 70
n A, TO H.. .tsndd ftte Ga Ioicu BY 81 lie ss'fsi "'
con..nu nity b. nisirxtr Of he blood ofe ksta'd
W.. by conon atuity BY isnashifs halo~rd by s''on
aud chez sscd suoiics VI tho pass By The fses