New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-01
THE TRUE CAUSE OF SECESSION.
row TIE TREASURY is plUNDEHsD.
SOUTH CAROLINA SHARP PRACTICE
AFFAIRS IN MARYLAND.
IRON WASHINGTON.
rpR NATIONAL DIVORCE CASE-H0W
@ " 1T SHOULD BE TREATED.

abo READY 10 vote Tie pIOPVeItOh vi N"A' S'iOS0"
den into the Constitution, you may conclude
there is q chance for compromise that VIII su''
fAe retiring States. But you must remenloer
there are some of these States which Won't vote
en- The question any way, considering themselves
fsreign and independent notions
Tbass Revslutionists are SOlng to try the game
NJ Secession. mauger al the efforts of the CON-
.ro0sers The real foundation Of the projected
Siv.ree between the North and South is not u
special quarrel over the Territories, or anything
cha; il 10 incoDpatbility of temper. Our South
xrn hsK, whether better or worse j shall not
say. prefers to live alone. She is tired of mar
rid life. She doesn't like our bed and board
Letting her have her own way even will not
seutent her. She has generally had this, and
might have it again by being patient. But this
IN all insufficient. She says the North has q
mind of its own and it ia this that Ofends her,
Ii the North Will agree 70 have none, and agree
that she shall manage all family matters to boot
sse might try Union q while longeEi but, even
fhen, it is doubtful if she would be perspsded 10
stay.
If anybody wants to hold the seeding States,
j should say, as only an Irishman might DO Sn1Tr;
posed to observe, the best way is 20 let them go,
IL you want to cure boy Of running to the
fsver,s dnck biln. If a lad will play the sailor,
send him round the Horn. So if States want to
MAY at Secession let them try it. 1t is of no
use to talk, or beg, or expOstulate. You can
reason neither msH nor boy out of his nonsense
any more than you can reason him OUT of an
attack of the measles. And State that il now
iaboring under the moral madness Of tearing her.
self from this Union, had better be left awhile
30 herself, than to be run after and gifts prom
ised to appease her wrath. Letting such State
alone is the very best Treatment, and the seyerest
punishment which can be applied.
Still, the e..dng men of the Secession move
rnent are sick unto death. Their disappointment
at the Jesuit of the election ID sbated by the lapse
OF TINE, and their fears of the future increase
rsTith every hour of cool reflection. The sorrow
expressed by seeding Senators in their farewell
speeches is not feigned. Never was any grief
moro heartfelt They hate TO lose their $4,000
year, and the marble halls and cushioned seats,
and the plumber for their States. OF course they
Dc. But they have no strength to resist the se-
cossion movement now, and cannot stop II II they
vsuA That movement. IL in the hands of the
h'hoys. And the b'hoys have got 70 get tired Of
DE fun, before they viii be ready to take tue
back track. And thus the Secession game, i'm
agine, is to be played out, in spite of the com
promisers. l, for one, do not look upon 1t with
aeything like the alarm that 70 many feel. tn
sssaceders are ebvirOned with difficulties that
gust about insumountable.
Their whole scheme is likely 10 prove IA tota
failure if nothing lie done to help them out.
They are even weak now at HON" - cue te'u,
sai in several of the seeding states I" submit
tie Secession ordinances to the people, and the
Ksht vote for the Secession Conventions, plainly
ahow, 1t only needs time and patience TO brlnG
shout a counter revolution in many, perhaps
NEST, of the States which are embarkiDg III th'
movement. mastery inactivity" acc0mpa
mod with frmness and determination, Is th'
surest policy to set them al by the ears In I
xhort time The benefits Of the Union are REALLY
- much greater to them than it's evils, that The
oommonsense of the people will make the run
ayay States soon beg for readmission into tht
nd Union, provided that open war can be avoided
II any settlement Ia TO be Effected that Il
-eo1th having, then Secession must not be bough
pG 1t must fail. The authors OF it must b'
.2sfeated, and their plans oyerthrown. This II
20 plain that it il wonderful that men Will befot
sheir brains with plans of surrender. Why can
net people have some confidence in the strength
and benefcence of the Federal Government, il
zhe force of IDEAS, and in the weight of certa'r
physical and national necessities 7 This Union ii
= great deal more potent 10 save itself if the
Gcvernm emit be honestly and firmly administered
sksn all the cOntriyanses Of politicians are Il
xnve it. And ii il cannot be- saved by the nat
aral working Of TIE Consultation, il is 8 failure
and is not worth saving. There 10 tremendous
&eseet somewhere-ei.her in the attempt TO hsr.
want Of efficiency in the system. Sound states-
IaaIship does not consist ii acknowledging or
presuming such defects; yet concessions TO in.
sargent concentrations do proceed on such pre-
sumption, and thus weaken the prestige Of the
Government and tend to utterly denOraliIe and
destroy il.
Yet, while al this IL true of the seeding
States, nm not prepared to say that We shall
sOt end cOncessiOnists enough In the Republican
ranks 70 do great mischief and perhaps Overtarn
DE party though at present they are not
sumerous in Congress, and keep very quiet. Mr..
Everett aud Mr.. Winthrop confess that they eau
make no impression, and rely on the Commits
-siensEs Of the border States who viii assemble
here on the 4sh Of February TO save the country.
There is feeling OF great relief experienced