The national Republican., 1861-02-14
THE "UNPATRIOTIC RICH"
The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail of January

The Montgomery (Ala.) HdA OF January
26, says:
ain the South, as everywhere else where the
sun shines, there are thousands of mercenary,
selfish, unpatriotic rich men-men so .tat, that
they haue become impotent for all good. These
men mot the best judges Of what it BELTS free
people to do and to suffer- are surprisingly
acute ss to what may, can, or will, affect the
value of property. The idea Of a collision with
our oppressors, alarms them for their per cents.
they groan over the calculation that it may be
long months, possibly years, ere their harvest.
time shall come again. In the prostration of
business, the man worth half O million is ma.
king little more than the man worth twenty
thousand in fact, the autocrdts Of the money
market are temporarily dethroned. Besides
this, there is the possibility-in the apprehen-
sion Of the class we speak of-that property
may permanently 60 down. in which case they
will be heavy losers, of course"
A paragraph like this, will outweigh thou.
sand silly denials Of what, without any evidence,
must be believed to be true, because it conforms
to the inherent probabilities of the case, that
those must be opposed to revolution, who are
exposed to losses by it, and who have no in
ducements to go into it. The men engaged in
the thrifty conduct of their own affairs caDot
as q rule, be the secessonists Of the Gulf States
1t is the idle, the ambitious, the reckless, those
in short, who see possible chances for them.
selves in change and overthrow, and who know
we'll, that they can neither be taxed, or amerced
in contributions.
- For WHAT UsE-Mr. Lamar, the agent of
Georgia at New York for the purchase Of arms
says in a recent letter published in the New
York papers:
at is an unwarrantable inference that the
arms going South are designed to institute war
against the North. Not one man in fifty there
believes that war will ensue, even in selfde.
fence, but many think show of arms in these
agitating times will produce good effect upon
any slaves who might lend a too willing ear
to the suggestions of wicked men from the
North"
That the reason given by Mr.. Lamar, is the
real reason of good deal Of the recent srming
at the South, is undoubtedly true. This is es,
pecially true of Maryland and Virginia.
TENNEssIE.-Dispatches from Trustworthy
sources this evening state that Tennessee has
given 10000 majority against holding Con-
Veuuou. LIB ID tut noSI ueclSlVe reDuk6 yet
administered to the precipitators.
NINETY.oNE DEFAULTERs IN LOUISIANA
E. W. Robertson, Esq, the Auditor of Public
Accounts of louisiana has transmitted to the
State Senate list of defaultng State tax col.
lectors, which fills more than half column of
the official journal. The report covers period
OF thirty years, though most of the defalcations
are OF comparatively recent date, and there are
many for 1858 and 1859. There have been
ninety.one defalcations, reckoning each years
accounts separately, and the amount out of
which the State of Louisiana has been swindled
exceeds the heavy sum of S356, 900, exclusive
of $4,000 more on account of licenses Thirty
parishes in the State have been swindled. The
defalcation of r. Mcdonnell, Fourth district of
New Orleans, 1861 alone, is more than
$2l, 900. This collector used to go to the places
of business Of citizens for their taxes, to save
them the trouble calling upon him-the polite
officer and charged only twenty-five cents ex.
ira for his trouble-which was certainly cheap.
The only Southern Catholic prelates who
have alluded to the course to be pursued by
: Catholics in the present crisis are Bishop Elder
of Nstchez, Bishop Spalding of ofLouisvile, and
Archbishop Kenrick of Baltimore. They call
on all Catholics to pray for the peace and pros
Perity Of their country, but abstain from indica.
ting what political course they should pursue