New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-16
NKw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, AUGUST l6. 1861.

ed against tho South war of invasion for the destrue
tion Of the Union and the Government Of tho Union
there not men enough here TO seize the traitors by
the throat loud cries OF "yes, yes, and great APP
plaueel and ray, You must walk bodes
you shall not engage in this fratcidal suicidal civil
war with your felow-citizens Of other States say
that whenever this state Of things approaches that
war will not be upon Mason aud Dixon's line, but 1t
nil be here upon the sou Of Nep-EnglaRd, and upon
those who hate the Constitution Of the country be-
tween those who declare that the Constitution Is Q
covenant with the devil and league with hell. l
say there will be war between them and those who are
devOedy attached to the Constitution and determined
at all hazards to maintain the Union."
1t is very well known that the Southern
traitors were stimulated in their attempt to
overthrow the Government by the expectation
Of aid from tho Northern States, and it is easy
to see that such declarations az those We have
quoted from tho Faneui Hall speech and the
Bangor letter went far to encourage their
reasonable purposes. But it is not our object
to bring Mr. Cushing from bis retirement for
the sake of linking his name with the rebellion.
Our purpose IL to call attention to the no.
cessity of union. harmony and order among the
people of the loyal States. We believe there is
an overwhelming majority Of tho people Of the
Government in Ito efforts to maintain the integ.
rity of tho Union and the sway Of the Constitu.
ton and the laws, In fact that there Is sub.
stantiAl unauimty on this question. There are
plenty Of men and newspapers which are trying
to make some political capital out of questions
connected with the war; and there nre unques.
tionably some mon who like Ben Wood and
Val I,oIo &kn cd, af fba faxU nofn
rious Secession sheets in New YOrk, Connecticut,
and Ohio are a. openly ~ they dare to be, In
league with the rebels. 1hose last clamor for
peace not only at the expense of the nations
dishonor, but because they desire the nation's
dishonor. They would be glad TO see Washing.
ton captured, the President Of the United States
q fugitive, mud Themselves recipients Of fat sails
ries under jefferson Davis. But the former
class do not mean to sacrifice their loyalty and
their political hopes to the cause Of their quon.
dam friends. We would preserve this substantial
uuanimity by our political action this Fall, aud
by keeping to the extreme verge Of toleration
in our dealings with those who are I
the class pledged by Mr.. Cushing and others to
get up civil war on Northern soil. as q diver.
siou for the benefit Of the South We know
very well the temptation which bescts every true
man when he reads The Daily Nens. The Day
Book The Bridgeport Farmer. and some other
newspapers and which has proved too much for
the loyal citizens Of Concord. n. H., and Bangor
We know that there has been far too much
lcnty exercised by the Government toward spies
and traitors in Washington and in Northern
cities; and that there is quite as much reason
for making war upon them as upon the Seces-
sion army intrenched ut Manassas. We remem-
Der the story Of the trumpeter who was held
equally guilty with the soldier, though he did
not bear arms but only an instrument for rally
ing the bcst TO battle. We appreciate the meta
physical distinction of tho late Reverend President
of Harvard College, who, upon the appearance
of dhloysl article in Tae BostoH Cosri,v, re-
marked that he "did not approve Of tarring
"and feathering. but it was impossible to forget
"that IL had been soinctifnes reu don,." But We
know also one of the strongest reasons q citizen
of ono Of our Free States has In maintaining
his principles against the spread Of slayehcld.
ing doctrines, consists in the fact that FREQ.
dom is order, While Slavery is chronic
anarchy We talk of war in the South
but there has always been war in that section,
aud sisa,s VIII be until the last slave has
his shackles struck oG for every man who 10
held in bondage is in condition Of rebellion
open or secret, against the man who holds him.
We must make 10 approach 10 that condiliou Of
things foretold by Mr. Cushipg-socinl convul-
sions, street combats, aud civil war at home, for
these bring us nearer and nearer to the likeness
of the men whose social condition, no less than
their actual treason, We now 70 deeply deplOre.
Unless men are proved to be actually engaged
in aiding and abetting tho rebellion, We would
have TO violence done to them. There IL 10 law
against dirt eating, and there is much ia habit to
excuse il; no law against preierring slavery to
freedom, and despotim to republican institutions;
some men are so constituted that they must bo
either tyrsnts or fuukies, aud state of slavery
seems necessary to them. Only when their pref
crence Of slavery to freedom, Of despotism to
democracy, Of the Richmond 20 tho Washington
Government, leads them TO the commission Of
overt acts Of treason, We would have them
punished. But no mobs in the free citios snd
towns of Che North.
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THE ALBANY DOCTRINE.