New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-16

OF the Northern people, and particularly
that portion Of them represented by such
journals as The atlas and argus, and therefore
considered the e1pediency Of granting separa.
ton when ii should be shown that the p''ott
South wanted il, there has been no room nor oc'
cason to doubt since the fall Of Sumter the
wishes and determination of the Northern peo.
pie, except of few of the class just referred to
| traitors. from whom, though they were brayed
In mortar, yet would their treason not depart.
Aud of the Southern people. since the first
outbreak Of this insurrectiOn, there has been,
day BY day, less and less doubt of their position.
II is q minority only Of that people, as is .eyi-
dent now to all men, oven the man of The Atlas
and Argus, who desire Southern Confederacy.
Only 50 long ago a. Thursday, Aug. IS, 1861.
tho leading editorial article Of The Atlas and
Argus IL on article entitled "THE Two MINOR.
"ITIEs," In which it is assumed that the Coy
srnment Is In the hands Of the Republicans, who
came into power a. o minority; and tho South
in the bands of another minority, the Secession
ger & Richmond men, should come into power.
This ingenious method Of getting at conclusion,
by counting the Secessionsts in when majority,
is to be made against the Republicans In tho whole
Union, and counting the Republicans oSt to man.
ufacture of Democratic majority at tho South
Q majority for the whole Union, Is q trick emf.
nenty characteristics of the Albany school Of pol.
itics. But we lot that pass, o. the point We
want to make Is that the 6ecessiOnists are in .
minority according to The Aaas and Arg'Xt own
acknowledgment, of q not remote date. The
paper Of Aug. Is Of the present year says'
awe the country to the cons fths people
declare again the law Of the msohysnd to e'cue own
s, Of the discovered States from @s hands u
me ninoyitiss vho control tsem.
Mr. Lincoln elected By little than third Of the
popular voenesy thirds Of the electors declaring against
aim aud HIS principles The seeeioai,, Of AS South vers also
nao,y the for Douglas and for Bell sIcedins those
for Brectpdss BY Asndyeds Of OrIasd though the lat
ter received many nion vo.ea-"
Now as We have never suggested that the
South should be permitted to 90 out Of the Union
I'LL it could be shown that an overwhelming ma
jority OF her people wished it, and as the utter
improbability Of any such majority has increased
and is increasing every day as 10 such majority
does exist or ever has existed, as Tie Iaas and
Argus SHOWS thtu ~ is tht
ton to say that we are in favor Of separation.
1t Ia as absurd TO say that Mr. Lincoln's Ad-
lnuistration will ever come TO any such conclu.
sion, on NJ other grounds than because The 1t.
las aud Argus thinks that when so and go hap.
pens, Mr. Lincoln will do so aud 80. "When
a. the sky shall fall, We shall catch larks." But
BY Whit right does this Albany gentleman as
sumo ,bat any such thing ia going to happen to
the sk,
The Alas and Irgss on Thursday proposes,
Ia the ingenious way We have shown, to restore
the country 10 tho hands Of the mejorities, as
mnioritics, it thinks, should rule On Wednes-
day, II advocates Restoration Of the Union.
Whyi Because il is evident tho South can
never be subjugated. What then Why then
we must consent to compromise, any compromise
tha. Southern men shall propose. Bot what is
the relation which these Rebels to WHOM We are
to yieA everything they ask because We cannot
subjusate themi The reader will please east his
eye back 10 the extract FROM The a. and "A. Of
Thursday. "The Secessionsts Of the South wero
in q minority" aud, 'oys tue same article,
at its close, 10 accomplish oil wo want is: "We
" har, only 10 take the pOrer om Of the hands Of
minorities, and place IL uhere 1t biongs, in
" hos. Of tie majority" II Is clear the paper
has 10 faith in its own doctrine. 1t seeks only
q compromise because it wants traitors to have
their way, who, it knows perfectly well, are in
a minority. 1t knows perfectly well that the
North is able 20 crush out rebellion In u mi.
nority ot the Southern. people; TINT it would be
base in tie extreme to abandon the many aud
tho poor then TO the rich and the powerful,
that the restoration it seeks is not restoration
to viii Of the majority, nor restoration at ALL
but the creation of new Government on new
basis, aud made after tho mold Of South Caro-
lima