New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-02

That the Government was aoo"' w pass in'o
the hands Of the Republicans That was known
to be untrue. The elections in the Free States
70 the next Congress had already assured a
decided anti. Republican majority IN either
House. while The Supreme Court was immova-
bic against us. We had not even the Execu-
tive save on sufforance; for every one OF Mr.
7 ;oco,,,. nominations nust pass the ordeal OF
n Pro.Slayery Senate. And the Republicans,
u,oble 70 pass a single act, were publicly
nlcdoed TO the most INSCRIPTIONS non-inter-
terenc, with Slavery in tie States.
Sir there was absolutely no excuse--there
x,as no plausible pretext for revolt. The only
shadow of pretext-the election Of Lincoln-
had been engineered for by the traitors for this
very purpose And Baruwell Rhett very Justly
remarked in the South Carolina Convention,
.. That election is not the cause of Secession,
but ts opportunity Opportunity had been
sought ia Notification tines, Wien Gen. Jack
son soon showed them their mistake; it vas
sought again in 1850, wien the Compromise
measures of that year were made the pIetcxi,
.Ie
and was beaten b! barely Thousand majority.
South Carolina thereupcn decided TO await
" cooperation"
If impunity and cosseting, and turning the
unsmtten cheek to the smter, was-as you
urpe-the right policy to battle such Rebel
hon. it was surely tried here 10 the utmost
For four weary months, treason ran lis course
unchecked, almost unchallenged. President
Buchanan looked on with the helpleseness OF
inbecillty. if not Of positive colluSicI. Even
bis Cabinet swarmed with active traitors
Two.thirds of his Office holders were in full
sympathy with the coDspirators. Disunlon
speeches Of the most bullying stamp were
openly made in Congress. Forts, arsennls,
armores, 10 the Cotton States were openly
seized By the traitors before the end OF Deem
Der. and 10 show of resistance or OF resent
ment was made by the Administration. Custom
Houses Post Offices, Sub-Trcasuries, with TIER
contents, were cOoly turned over by Demo-
cratic ofice.holders to the aid aud comfort OF the
growing rebellion. Jan 9th. lo6l, the iirst gun
of the opening struggle was fired by The South
Carolina Rebels at the steamboat Star OF the
West, which had been secretly dispatched from
tLis city TO provision and reinforce Fort Sum-
terrible traitors having been warned Of her
coming by a dispatch from The H'Tah Office
here aud another from Jacob Thompson Of
Mississippi, Mr BuchaDan's Secretary OF ih"
Interior, who stayed only TO perpetrate tins
treachery and then resigned TO embark openly
in the Rebellion. Jan. 18th, all the forts and
the arsenas in Louisiana were seized by the
Rebels. Jan. 18th, the Pensacola Na'!-lsrd
and Fort Barrancas were likewise captured.
Jan. 18th, South Carolina gave notice that shc
would resist any reinforcement Of Fort Sum-
ter as an act of war Jan. 9th, the hrenal
AZ Augusta Ca, was seized, as Forts Pulaski.
Jackson, Macon, SC, had been some days
before. IN short, before a single shot had been
fred, or an order to rcsi.t force BY force
gwen, on the part of tie Union, the traitor.
had forcibly captured and turned against US forts,
arsenas, navy Yards, reyeDue-cuiters cannon,
small arms, munitions, provisions, and money,
to the value of millions on millions of donrs.
Did eyeT before on earth n Nation 10 mceAly
submit to be despoed aud d'sarmed b. zudn-
clous treasoni Was forbearance ever before
carried so far beyond the verge Of pu,iilanimlty
Aud all this time, the declared traitors were
procuring arms BY Thousands from loyal cite,
AS we'll as from Europe and when our Police
undertook 10 stop cons. nnent TO Georgia,
Coy. Brown, an ayowed traitor, wrote an iD-
dignant letter to Mayor Wood demanding their
instant surrender, aud Wood In response de-
plored bis lack Of control over the Police, but
for which he would soon stop such outrages on
Southern rights Feb. 4th, the Rebel Con
grest met at Montgomery. Ala, Howell Cobb
(iresh from Bucbananr CSbinet) in the chair
Feb 9th JEFF. DAVIS was chosen President.
and Aleck. Stephens yicc-Prc,ldent Of the
Cotton "Coniederacy," then confined to six or
seven States Feb. DIST, JEFF. announced bis
Cabinet. Feb. 18th. news cane that ecu
Twiegs, commanding the Department Of Texas
TO which John Il. Floyd. as Buchanan's Sccre-
tary Of War, had previously transferred most
of our army 80 az 10 have il ready for The
operation) had surrendsTed-that is, betrayed
the whole Of it, including more thar Three
Thousand veteran soldiers. with all Their artil.
!eIy, arms, equlpage, munitions, provisions,
wagons, &C., &c, to the traitor Confederate.
leaving the Uuion with scarcely regiment at
its back, save few companies scattered widely
through tho savage wds Of Ncw.Morico,
Washlnptou T.rritnrv 60 Go
All this, mind you had taken place L,Cor,
Tie RcpvJi,oans had any roioe IN The man,r-l
before Mr.. Lincoln was inaugurated--whie Bu.