New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-16

certain than Is Democratic" defeat ana hepuo-
lcsn victory the 18th Of March. TRAITORS neEur T
ourished on our granite soil, and they never wiz.
The wires which bear, on lightning wings, the voice
of New-Hampsbire to ali parts Of our country VIII
bear no ioyous tidngs TO the conspirators whetner
North or South, who are plotting 10 Tear ooWn Ine
pillars of our National Union. No message VIII pro,
claim that the land OF Langdon ana oIiIVan ~ a anG
Scanned bowing her face to kss the hand OF treason
and rebellion But ordinary victory Is not enough
II should be sweeripg crushing, and annihilatingi
such that traitors and patriots shall ake zee N Tue
irTeversible doom of all enemies to their country
From The Atlantic IN. j. Mes.eDser Feb IL
II is this lack of faith which makes 30 mary
of our good Republicans 80 faint hearted and COW.
ardly to-day. They seem to act, great many oI OF
them as if God had abdicsted His Government bere IN
the United States and cast the whole responhpy Vi
its management them and that, If they would Keep
it together they must patch it all over with c0mpro'
mses The only god they appear to have any distinct
apprehension Of is old grandmother Seward, VINO
thinks to settle the dsordered stomach OF the ma ION by
applying Union poultice TO the extremies composed
Of repealed personal liberty bills and hush my dears,
lie still and slumber, equal parts OF each NOW
weak kDeed Republicans, Unionssyers, panicstrleken
fears The world governed tolerably well several
years before any Of them saw the hght and up 70 inns
hour God has not given US any notice that be tenas
10 sbdcae in favor Of the Republican, or any other
party pnconditioDally much less in favor Of Bill
Seward and the host of creeping things, called COM
promisers that drag ther'slow length along after him
TO the charmed music Of " Union fret" principles
sfterward" For when the trial comes, as come II
surely viii, such things viii be swept away 70 MAKE
room for the God always raises up to meet great
exiSenciss.
From The Litchs.ld Conn, Enquirer Feb. "a
We of that school which believe that In TINS crlsas
Of our country affairs it s not policy or necessity 70
make any useless or temporziDg compromises which
shall repudiate the great public sentiment OF the Nor
30 recently and clearly expressed but we beheye
any fair and honorable means exist whereby the noi
H.. ha in
determination 10 stand by the Union at all hazards Ano
that if in this Convention they shall be able
any such measures and make any such Just requess'
we firmly believe Connecticut, through ner Oomhis
sioners will cheerully be willing to grant them Snsh
course will be at once speedy desth-bloW 10 tne
treason and dsunioniss of the Cotton states ana VIII
firmly and securely perhaps pm1e .ne gGna ha.;ns % @
IN the wind and with its severance is Threatening 70
involve our Government IN anarchy and confusion.
From The Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin. Feb Il -
The sympathizers with treason may as well stop
bowling coercion" Their outcries will frighten
nobody. A fellowfeelng for the not unreasonable'
seceders is what's the matter with them: ihey are
dsunonists at heart. An organized rebellion against
the laws Is going under the auspices Of few ponti-
cal demagogues and the patriotic sensibties OF the
Democracy aroused at any hint that II laws are
worth having they worth sustaining: They want
to see the Government placed IN portion 70 be IN
suited by any mob which is inspired with sufhcent
courase or whisky 10 do 60. Let the people decide
whether this policy shall be su,tained.
From The Fall River tMsss News feb IL
II is enough TO make the face tinge with shame al
witnessing the subserviency Of some men and pohli-
cians st the North in regard TO Slavery. is no won
der that the slaveholdes dare commit treason ana
fraud too the very Cabinet OF the National Exec
utive when they see they can do 1t with impunlty,
and that Northern statesmen do not as much as boldly
avow their determination TO uphold and enforce tne
laws for the protection of liberty. We need, at the
North TO inculcate the principle OF manly personal IN
dependence, principle that will enable man TO ayow
bis real sentiments, and maintain them TOO, by his
vote his acts and his voice. Yet III the face OF the
humiating and shameful state OF things that now e1
ists-we have the cry from some" oi compromise -
" let us yield y
Let us stand TO our principles, vote for them and
fgbt for them too, il need be, gay we.
From The North Adams Mass Transcript, feo t
Let all men beware Of sxing Their signatnree 70 pc.
titions for compromise and union 10 secure disaceiu
peace to-day TO be disturbed by fierce oonfic tomor
row-to purchase a selfish and ghominious calm, oil
the sacrifice of all principle at the expense oi al nChoi;
and let all Republicans beware Of those men " their
own ranks who in selfish subserviency advise them 10
kiss the rod ;" but stand firmly to the principles of
pure patriotism "Give me liberty, or give me DEATH
From The Buffalo Express, feb IA
The duty of enforcing the laws and maintaining the
mower of the Government by forcible means will be
nu1eagant but il must be resorted 10, IN case ls an
thority is resisted. There Is no alternative. 10 90
less than that would be 10 confess that 1t Las lost its
supremacy, and is no longer any more than mere
y6rthle,s thing 10 be treated with contempt by every
body AT home and abroad. When the time OF action
comes in this behalf The people WI, gave 'he "0's'h'
From The Ashland Pa Moutaineer, Feb l3
We cannot compromise our manhood; we cannot
betray the principles Of our forefathers we cannot be-
come the enslavers Of our nation.
From The Coos IN. H. Republican, FEB H. 49,,
Should ew-Hsmpshire retract, the result would be
most perlous to the Of Freedom Her adherence
involves no action anagonisc to the Union She will
award to all sections their rights in spirit Of conci
alton and frmpess but she will not, must not, aban-
don those principles which were once recognized by
freemen everywhere, and which tnumphed In the
election Of Abraham Lincoln.