, 1862-03-19
Chr ..Gtihtttte.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1864.
"A DESPERATE RESORT.

- n @bSR&sRAEE @6SyA4Ns;
The desperate onslaught n,ale upon the
TR1BCSE, in consequence Of its just, logi:
kal and patriotic position on the slavery |
question md the conduct Of the war, has
resulted in the paragraph which we quote
below. Lying, Nackguardins, and Bullying
having failed, the resort now is to be 10
mob law. Witness the following from the
secession organ, the Chicago Times, OF the
18th: ... :,
There has been a. very strong dispos; ion in tic
p1bic mind Of this city during the past few oaye,
to shell the morning abolition newspaper concarn
ont Of It's hatita1ion, sfter the manner Of shell
ing out the rebels from Island No. 10. 1t has
onls needed srark to prodne: the threatened
explosion such IL the popular indignation agl:as.
While there arc but few things which ne dep
rocate more than mob law, VIC do not doub: that
It would contribute to the public peace and
common good Of The country should all the aboli-
tion newspaper. coneernsbe ahelled out Of their
hahitattons.
The Times means that the arguments Of
the TRIBUNE in faYcr Of a liberal, humane
andco1nnaon sense policy on the slavery
question are unanswerable; that its ap-
peals for the exercise Of justice have touch
ed and qnickened the pulses OF the popu-
lar heart; that its urgency to have the war
40 carried on thakrcbellion nlay be speed
liz nut down without the impoyerishment
ct the nation and the dishonor Of the
people, are having their weight; hence,
force,wielded after the manner Of the South
against all who contend for free speech, must
be invoked. That's it. That's secession
in one of its manifestations. That's the
"Democ1acy.' that the Times is cndeavor-
ing TO inculeate. Fortunately the
TRIBUNE can afford to defy malice
like that; and We copy the paragraph no:
TO shoU the agencies that are openly in
voked to put us down, but to point out the
real malignancy and the atrocious plinci-
pies Of that sheet which assumes to speak
for;the Democracy Of Illinois. The CHI-
acAoo TRIBUNE represents the feeling and
hopes Of minority Of the people, Of this
State and the Northwest. On the slavery
question, it is in perfect accord with the
convictions Of right and duly which ami
mate the President in the discharge Of hi:
11gh trusts. It speaks the sentiments o
three -fourths Of the volunteer army; ant
when il is 'sshel1cd OUT for the graifca
ton -rof the coward1y driyellers VIII
entreat an irresponsible mob: t.
do What they never: dare undertake
the other -Abo1itionists,' = from the Presi
dent down to thear1ny drummer boy, mus
prepare to submit to a like punishmen
which, The satanic Times being accuse
and judge, will be yisite'
upon their heads. The ani1nus Of the pre-
slavery party-the intolerance, the read
resort 10 the bludseon or the mob, an
fragrant disregard Of sacred rights .whe
their exercise proyokes hate-neye
dies. Tie Times has mistaken it
theatre: Paragraphs Ike that VIC quot
might do in Memphis, Or Charleston, whe
their object was man accused Of Unio1
ism OF Of disloyalfy to the Slave Powe1
In either place they would provols
what the Times invites. But in CHI
cago, a city prc-eminent for its obser'
ance Of. law, and its attachmei
TO order, and in which the toleratio
Of opinion is so broad and comprehensive
that the Tines can daily spout its treaso
and 20 on unharmed, such indictments I
violence should not go unpunislled-