New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-13


chains, and whore hearts be has brokeni do not,
cannot, believe 1t.
For this catalogue Of what Kentucky must suffer In
abandoning her present hopored and secure posi- ion,
and becoming member Of the Southern Confederacy,
what viii be her indemnify Nothing, absolutely no.
thing. The i-woven srnbi ion of some Of her sons
may possibly reach tie Presidency Of the new kePu9
licS that is all Alas aas for the dream OF the frss
dency of Southern Republic, which has DISTURBED 70
many pillows in tho South and, perhaps, come III .ns
West, also, aud whose lurid light like demons
torch, is leading alton to periiiion.
The clamOr that i'll insisting upon the SCUM Ooe!inB
the laws, the great principle that all popular GoVer
rect uron the consent Of the governed ID violated
should not receive moments coDSuefh'ioh' roluin
government does indeed rest upon the consent OF the
governed, but it is upon the consent m1s q az, oad
punished and made to obey the laws certainly against
their WILL and no man supposes that the principle
referred TO il thereby invaded. bill passed by
Legislature, by the majority OF single vote only,
though the constituents Of all who voted against
should be in fact, they are held to BIZ 10 theory,
oproed to it, provisions, still is not the less operative
rs law and no right of elfgovernment Is thereby
tramped upon. The clamor alluded to assumes that
the States separate aud independent governments,
aud that laws enacted under the authority OF all may
be resisted and repealed at the pleasure of each The
people Of the United States far as the powers OF the
General Government are concerned, are unit, ana
laws Passed by majority of all binding upon all.
The laws and Constitution, however, Which tie South
now resits have been adopted by her sanction, and
the right she now claims is that of feeble minority 70
repeal what majority has adopted. Nothing could
be more fallacions go
Civil war under all circumstances, is a terrible
calamity and yet from the selfish ambition and wicked
of men, the beat Governments have not been ahie
TO escape it, In regarding that which has been iorced
upon tie Government Of the United States, Kentucky
should not look 30 nuch at the which may he Mt
ces.av employed III s prosecution al the macbIna-
tons by which this national tragedy has been brought
upon MS. When look upon this bright land, lew
months since prosperous, 70 tranquil and 10 free
aud now behold it des1ated By war; and the frerdes
Of lts thirty millions of people darkened and tLeir
bosoms wruug with anguish and know, asl do that
all this Is the work Of score or two OF menl VINO, over
all this national ruin and despair preparing TO carve
with the sword their way to seats of permanent power,
cannot but feel that they accommodating upon their
souls an amount OF guilt hardly equhled III all the
atrocities of treason and of homicide that have degraded
The annals of race from the foundations OF tue
world. Kentucky may rest well assured that this con-
fct, which Is one of seH-deense will be pursued on
the part of the Government in the paterna spirit IN
which father seeks 10 reclaim his ering offspring No
conQueft, efusion Of bood is sought. In sorrow,
Tot in anger, the prayer OF all lis that the end may be
reached without loss of life waste Of property Among
the most powerful nstrumentaites relied on for re-
establishing the authority OF the Government u .nas
Of the Union sentiment of the South, sustained
by liberated press. Ii is trodden 10 the esrtn
under reign of terrorism which has no parallel 6ut
in the worst days OF the French Revolution Inc
presence of the Government will enable 1t To rebound,
and look it's oppressOTs in the face AT present we are
assured that in the seeded States expresses an
oinion opposed e. the revolution but at the hazard OF
life and property. The only light which is admitted
into political discussion ia that which flashes from the
sword or CLEANS from glisteuipg bayonets. few
dsvs since of the Uni ed States Senator from Viz
GINA publirhed q manifesto, in which he announces,
with oraoullr solemnty and severity thai all ctNens
who would not for Secession, but were in favor
of the Unon-not should or ought to-but MUST
leave the State" These words have in them decid-
edly the crack Of the oveseers whip. The Senator
evidently Virginia great negro quarter, IN
which the lash is TIE appropriate emblem of authority,
ard the only Argument be will condescend to use.
However the freemen OF other parts OF the State msy
abase themselves under the exercise OF this insoent
aud proscrptiye tyranny shond the Senator with this
scourge of slaves, endeavor to drive the people Of
Western Virginia from their homes, will only say IN
the language of the narrative OF Gill ms ride
MAY be there to see"
1t would certainly prove deeply interesting spoo-
tacle.
IL is true that before this deversnoe Of the popular
mind of tie South from the threateDinge and alarm
which have subdued IT, can be sccemI lished, the
morseless agitetors who have made this revolution,
and now hold its Tens, must DO discarded hhke iroh
the public confidence and the pubhc service. Inc
country in its agony IL feeling their power, and we
well understand how difficult will be the task Of over
throwing the ascsndancy they have secured But the
Union men of the South-beeyed 10 be In the major
oilna-aided by the presence CT the Government, will
be fully equal 10 the emergency Let these hgiatoTo
perish, politically, if need be, by score;
a breath unp,sie them what a breath has made
but destroy this Republic and
"Where 4. that Proniethesn heart
That cSn its light relume !"
Once entombed, wien will the Angel Of the Resur-
rection descend to the portals Of its sepulchre There
il not voice which comes to IS from the cemetery Of
nations that does not answer: Never never!' Amid
the torments Of perturbed existence, We may have
glimpses of reSt and of freedom, the maniac has
girnpses Of between the Iaroxysms OF bis mad
ness but we shall attain to neither national dignity nor
national repose We shall be mass Of jarrng, war
ring fraQuentary States, eDfeebed and detnoralized
without power at home, or respectabilty at abroad
and like the Republics Of Mexico and South America
we shall drift away on q shoreless and ensanguned
sea of civil cOmmoton, from which, II tie teacings OF
history are to be trusted shall be finally rescuedby
the iron hand of military wrecker WHO Will coin
tue shattered elements OF our greatness and OF our
strength into diaden and throne. Said NJ. Fould,
the great French statesman, to al American utHeD,
few weeks since: Your Republic is cead, ana it is
probably the last the world will ever zee. You will
have regn Of terrorism, and after that two or three
monarciies." All this may be verified, should this
revolution succeed.
lie, ma then wine each thread of the glorious Tissue
Of our countrys flag about heart-sripgs and look
ing upon our homes, and catching the spirit that
breathes upon us from the batlefeds OF our fathers
let us resolve that come veal or VICE. We will IN life
and ia death now and forever stand by the stars and
srpes They have l0ated over our cradles, lei IT be
our PRAYER and our struggle that they shall hoat over
our prayes They have been unfufled from TIE SHOWS
of Canada to the plai1s Of New-Orleans and to the
balls of the Montezumas, and amid the sOlitudes OF
every sea- and everywhere, as the luminous symbol OF
resistless and beneicent power, they have led the
brace and the free to victory ana to glory IL has been
my fortune look upon this flag IL foreign lands and
amid the gloom of an oriental despO,sm, and right
well do know by contrast, how bright are It's starr,
and how Sublime are It's nspiations If this banner,
the emblem FOR rs Of all that is grand in human history,
and of all that Transporting iii human hope Is to be
sacrificed on the asru Of Satanic ambition, and thus
disappear forever amid he night and tempest of reyo-