New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-01

clus;on bnt il IL diff cult to exp sn any other the
facts M they appear. What Is your understanding
of thern7 The entire Republican press and party Oh
conrse at once TOOK up the war-cry. The lighting
Instinct Of the whole North was keenly touched.
WASHINGTON was about TO be attacked-all We're
cleaIly found TO defend that, and the personnel oil
tie Government there established. The love OF our
who'll people Tor the Union deXterously appealed
to. In such moments Of surglDg popular centurion,
the first loud voice Of command carries the masses
along with il. TDat voice was that OF the Govern
ment. The politicians of oil parties mast 20 WIN
he rush of The tide. There WAS no time Tor nice
distinctions nor calm calculations OF consequences.
The Government called for support-whlch, 80 1ar
.s defense extended il was entitled to receive All
was too confused too rapid, too excited for Jus dis
elimination To the extent 10 Which that support
demanded should be given. The Republican inasse.
led the way No otler voices Were raised, or could
be heard, amid the din and passion OF The hour.
And thus YOU Were all committed, enlist as Il
were in the sacred names of Country and the Union,
for Civil War the grandest scale, fatal alike TO
Country ana TO Union.
thank God that il has proved to have been false
alarm that Jefferson Davis was at Richmond with a
Southern army advancing TO the attack ofWasbing-
ton. We have thur at ,east breaihlng.spell before
any actual shock of AIMS The violence at Balti-
more was n mere matter Of mob excitement. To
employ his 800, 900 men which are lighting men,
ot Quite the number which, even after their assem-
blaA the " man Of Cod would not permit wicbde
aud foolish Rehoh0am 10 send up 10 fight against
their A" brethren y Mr.. Lincoln must Row 60 dorm
10 tie .Souh ia quest Of an antagonist ohght with.
There is room for hope that he will not attempt any
thing Of this kind before the meeting OF Congress.
aud that by TIA, time the North will awake TO a
sense OF the madness Of the evil war proposed 10y
the Presidents proclamation 10 be carried into every
S;ue in which there may be fort, an areral, or II
cuttom-bouse TO he "recaptnred." BY that time,
something beneficial may grow out OF the Neutral
mediation of Kentucky, ana the other border states
not We. lost 70 he Union. Tie wietched business oil
naval block aiding on the eide and pryateerng on
The other, | suppose must go Cn-but even ills Is a
les evil than that OF tie fra'ricidal collision OF
Northern aud Southern armies, between which the
,hing that must tie most inevitably iersh IL tie
Union itself and all hOIe of lis future reconstruction.
Two things are 10 my mind stIAngly proved by
all this dreadful catast ophe TO our Confederation.
Tue one is the impossibility Of System beng adj
mustered by any otLer than the only party III true
harmony with IL, tie only party which even iWper-
fecjlv understands II, The DemOcratIc party. Inc
Democratic party has always been more Or LEES,
Though sometimes rather lese than more) the State
Righ;s party, the party more disposed than ihe adj
yefse party 10 recognize the equal II, hts OF the
States 10 moderate the ccutrs governmental action,
and 10 abstain from measures o. ideas % iollcy cal
culaled 10 sacrifice tie ights TO initiate the tenn
per of PORTION Of the Union by sbGse or overac'!On
Of the majority power III control OF the Central Gov
ernment. The adverse party, alter long courte oi
unequal taxation OF t2e agricultural South through
the protective policy. has now applied lie idea Oi
domination oil mnjOri les over MlnOrtits IN the Con-
federal. IN 10 tie inteusely Irritating quest on
of slavery. no Confederation can long euduro
when administered III this sp rit on this idea, 80
coon ~ great sections or parts which constitute
II have grown 10 IA stature OF greatness ana power
king them able to rtand alone 10 assert aud main
tain their iudel eudence whenever their heart and
their mind set thoroughly ahenated from the
al. .fs..Nar my a.
but the fact rests in human nature. Co
ercion OF the alienaed aud reyolted ton Is the
natural resort OF the party whose doctrine is that Of
national consolidation. Hence II IS no matter OF
surprise that millions ut the North think honestly
that ,hey are dong God service, aud per OrmIng
sacred duty to their country, in layirhing u-ir
Treasures and Offering their blood, TO enforce what
ihey regard la It's palufe aud necessity govern
meat OF force When the tail of the serpent III the
fable undertook the guidance OF the body, complain
ing that the head lad TOO long mODop0lz.d mat
function II thought iiseii IN lts night aud doubt
meant well, but II soon got auto 81 cieit stick, and
then tri.d lts best TO " cOeicc" ils way through.
Unfortunately, IL carried the body too ar for even
the head 10 De able 10 e3tricato 1t, aud tie whole
lerished Us nisen.bly as our Union seems now 10
b. doing ear II Is no longer III the power Oi ersf
The Democratic party 10 rescue II.
The Oher Thing iilustfHiod by this catastroIhe i.
that there Ii something IN our .ystom which TENDS
10 deyeiOpe too violently the siint Of Party, and
this We must correct Oar weak Point IL Patfona q.
Mr.. CALHOUN used To say long long ago, ,hat PalroI.
axe unless destroyed would destroy our Government.
Consider tue numbers ol lersons directly interested
in yoltcs for employment or pioht, adding the
Dat Onae II the oile ana municipal gOveruInets 90
tn.l Of the Federal Government; ana you Know all
are AFFORDED by Tie two great contending piriics
OF the country, tie feGenI or The Pfesidenial
politics giving the cue the tone 10 those oi the
States. Consider the vast number Of pers us more
or rs OPEN aspfans after tie hOnOrs aud prohts
dispeuted by patronage ON the two tldcH, exclusive
OF the fortunat. number wno succeed IA grusi
the spOlls.' Reflect that these are Tor the moot
IaIt the young, tie energetic, the lnnuentlal The
active with the tongue, tie zen, hnd Tue ttIent oil
nsnagemcut lew OF Tho directors o. the press being
abrcnt from tue Iank OF the yast hOet Oi the poli
ticlaus' 10 whom l refer. DO / lot undertake
the Dumber in putting it Mt 10000 i-perla.
10000 Oh each ride, when you add their
families. Addiction 10 pady-tLe sirainpg ii
every nerve for iis tucce,s-a natural habit
Of Identification OF patriotism with pariy-the
ulmout possible stretching OF opinions, not TO ray
often sacrifice Of convictions for the support of " tue
party ia lis cOhttiJn lis strength, its retention
majority or growth INTO it-all tLess have become
the characteristics OF our politics. And Is hot patron
age al tie bottom Of all this Have We hot Ju-t
now seen the Union sacriiiced 10 the Republican
party cohesion What else frustrated ali the cxer
lions Of last Winter Tor tho sslyat0n OF the Union
but the constant dread OF tho breaking mp OF the
Republican party by tho revolt Of Its eXteine ANTI
Slavery portion, II the cornerstone should be con-
senled to which alone couli have saved 1t Ard
what else has now driven the Administration into
that war policy which seems indeed to be istaly
successul for the maintenance OF its party ut tie
North, but which is the PROBABLY irTelarnble de
sruction Of the Union, as 1t Is the downfall of the
hopes Of the world at stake upon our great political
experiment
Inc Constitution of the Confederate States is q
great improvement upon ours III this respe;t as IN
several others from which except the extension Of
tie Presidential term 10 Elk yeare which Isl great
mistake). Ii strikes at tie root Of our corruptmg
Hcia psro by making all officers except Cabi.
net ana Foreign Ministers not removable except fol
cause. Whether we ever get together w iin or not
We must sooner or later follow this wise example.
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