New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-15

of necessity come from the consumer. This VIII
of course give Memphis and other Southern cities
outside of the Confederates" strong advantages
over this market if the duties are enforced. III
they are not collected the failure is likely 10 DO
under circumstances which will paJalyHe com
merce
The entire policy of the Secession leaders has
been precip tation They said at the outset:
Now is our golden opportunity. Let US with
draw, and organize the Southern Republic be-
fore the fourth of March, md our way Will be
smoOth and easy. There will then be 30 blood
shed--no serious opposition. Therefore, there is
no time for delay" This was the reason urged
for the precpitancy. But now there Is Dew
difficulty. The permanent Constitution now being
formed at Montgomery, is nearly completed; and
there is strong pressure in favor OF submitting
it to the people. The subject has been discussed
earnestly 10 our State Convention, aud many
probably a maOrity-of the members oppose IL.
They evidently believe that the people have given
them supreme power, to make and unmake gov
ernmeDts and organic laws ad hbitum. But
sooner or later, in some form or other, the peo-
pie must pass upon it. If their unbiased judge
ment could be obtained to-day upon the whole
Secession movement, a powerful ana energeuc
minority would be found against it, in Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana. If peace could DO
maintained for twelve months, majority against
it would be given in each of the three States.
The leaders know all this. They have staked
everything upon the issue. They led tumps, ana
if beaten will count neither bonors nor the game.
1t is their policy now to Preciptate hostllities
before the Constitution is submitted TO the people,
believing that the first bloodshed will consolidate
the residents of the Gulf States, aud bear down
all Opposition, aud render hopeless any reunion
with the North. So far from being AN I'M
mixed calamity" then, war is to them eminenty
desirable. In pursuance of this policy the follow
ing announcement is made:
Gen BrsIton Bragg Of the Army OF Louisiana hs, BON sp
po Of the Army Of the Confederate STATES
been ordered proceed Pensacola adte e.mp.a
Of all the troops OF the Republic mere smoeo a e"poao'
the Operations against Fort IieAent"
The State Convention is in session at Lyceum
Hall. 1t is the fnest.oOkiBg representative body
l have ever seen. The men of the wealthy class
in the Gulf States come of ,tOck which hos
done no manual labor for several generations,
and exhibit the best phyHcd aevelopmeht IN
America. They have broad shoulders, deep
chests, well. proportional hmbs, and are often Of
gigantic size. The Convention and its followers
render our hotels much more lively than they
have been during the duh Winter. The st.
Cbarles-tbe great social and political exchange
Of the city-is crowded, as the cheap orators
say, a. from turret to foundation stoue."
The PieGyune Of this morning-the only city
journal which treats Mr.. Lincolu's Cabinet with
the slightest candor or justce-says:
1.-THE Attorney Mr Bates Of Missouri Judge Bate
quite I'D for be represented Missouri hsi ,ole
Congress 1875 and his for PRECEDENT
for Mr Adams sgans, That vote coming into
conflict with the wey influences Of Col Benton for thirty
years, kept Mr.. Bates out Of public life"
This is mistake. The vote in question was
given by Mr.. John Scott, and not by Judge
Bates, as The Pioayune will learn by reference
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