New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-16

This S,ate win pause or hesitate long befors TAX
rig the final plunge. She is virtually out 81 tue
Union at this moment and any ordinance the
Convention may pass will be more in the nature
of Q formal Endorsement Of her trstorous ciu
zens' course than Of an original and independent
net.
The outside pressure upon the Convention VII
be tremendous. Men will be watched with tne
closest care, lest the treason pumped into tue
plant delegates by one party be not pumped out
By the other. Any attempt to hold OCCASIONAL
meetings or caucusss of the conservative mem
bers viii be frustrated if possible; and such per-
sons az are loud advocates of cooperation, SUD-
mission or whatever name they apply to desire
to preserve themselves and the Union, VIII De
marked for future surveillance, and perhaps for
treatment before some revolutionary tribunal.
II lie supposed that there may be q sharp DIS
cussion concerning the propriety OF tho Cover
nor's action in seizing upon the public property;
and great efforts are making BY the wire-puilers
to procure its Endorsement by large yote in its
favor, if the subject comes up in any way. be-
leve, however, the traitors do not desire to have
u
ful if any Union man win be found sufficiently
bold to bring il up for censure. If the matter
is likely to provoke IN acrimonious debate, and
if il cannot be kept down, why, then, secret
session is to be held, and the coubatants
will wrangle alone. Those here who have still
desire for something beside treason and blood
sbed are gloomy enough in view Of the Conven-
a L., e.. L,kga a.
it will not represent the true sentiments of
Georgia; that the men who could speak reason
ably will not be allowed fair opportunity, and
that, if necessary, some sudden trap will be
sprung by the TOombs and Cobb party by means
Of which they will carry their point.
II return again to the subject Of an invasion
of Washington by Southern army, il is not be-
cause !. have u strong desire to bore your read.
ere, nor because ! am given to the childs play
Of shouting That the wolf ia at hand. But this
plan ia not received OF the North, fear, with
sufficient consideration; ] may be wrong in
thinking 80, but the only Northern papers we see
here-there are very few Of tbem-merey laugh
at the idea as the fabrication Of a hypochondrac.
/ tell you, and ] say il earnestly, the plot to
which have several times referred is not hg-
ment Of disordered mind. 1t 10 q fully-devel.
oped plot born in the brains OF traitors, and
perfected by men who are masters Of intrigue
and the machinery Of revolution. The greatest
care has been taken to keep the plan quietly
covered til its execution should starte all, but
it has come to be known, in fragmentary and
uncounected condition certainly, but yet with
sufficient form 10 indicate what it resembles.
In addition 10 what l wrote you the
other doy. it has since become matter OF
public talk that the Alabama Conven.
ton will propose q Southern Convention,
flake place soon; the action Of this Conyen-
ton, If il ia held, can be kept secret as death;
the military of all these Southern States is in
a condition 10 march anywhere at an hours
notice. Do you not see, clearly enough, that
the idea OF AN attack upon the Federal Capital
il not 10 very absurd il would at first appear
Again, say, I do not wish to retail old wives
fables, but there Is d movement from which are
born oil these JUNIORS, which is Of importance
enough 10 engage the serious attention OF the
North. You may be alive to it, but, Is | wrote
above. il is impossible here to learn with any
accuracy what ia going on even at Washington
and New.Yort, while the whole Northwest
is q sealed hook.
Were disposed to form the idle and noisy
talk Of the whisky drinking disunionst into plots
and conspirscies there certainly would be material
enough. Not day passes in which do not hear
bets offered that Mr. Lincoln will be assassinated
before he can be maugurated; Mr.. Roger A.
Pryor il the favorite among the probable esecu-
TONERS who are named ! trust be feels Asttered
by the honor done him. The sudden killing Of
members of Congress ia talked about, apparently
with some misty idea Of preventing electoral
votes from being counted; but the mind Of
the guzzlng Assassin who driyeled into
this strain Of remark was quite too
cloudy 10 throw any light on the
matter. Another grayely propounded scheme was
put forth the other evening by fellow who was
mysteriously, oracularly drunk. He averred that
q private mark was to be placed on the doors Of
the lodging-rooms Of sundry Washington Hotels
on n certain night, and that the inmates of every
room so marked would be found dead the next
morning, slain by secret band of brothers. or
something of the sort Columns of such unutter-
ably silly stuff could be gathered from those
maudln swashbucklers II ia worthy of being
referred to only ms showing the complexion of
their thoughts on public matters Personal viO-
lepce-viJlence of the most sneakng and coward
ly landmarks their imaginings, whether they are
drunk or sober Blood they want; bloodthey mean to
have if possible without danger to themselves.
so the bowie-knife thrust into the back OF an