New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-09
take duo heed and govern themselves accord
ingly.
PRUDENT RUGACITY.


be said upon tho other side, that when
stsmpeding is more favorable to health end
longevity than staying it is o mans duty to
stempede; when the ice breaks, end all the
BOYS fall in, who shall blame tie rest for alb
scondngl But coming eveuts cast very cable
shadows in the paths of Richmond editors, and
they do not see very clearly why Congress
should just about this time. be in such Q
hurry .shurry "to dsPerse." The prc'eminent
duty of saving ones own bacon before attend
ing to the safety OF anotber's, will be recog-
nized, We think, by most persons who are IN
danger OF cell or of sceiiold. The Rebel Con.
gress is, 90 to speak, the Soul OF the Conled'
eracy; and being this, no pent-up Richmond
shonld contract its powers; nor is it fair to
ark bonorable members 10 continue to intro
duce bills and to conduct them with roternal
kindness through the perils Of third reading
much less, to soar rhetorically and TO spread
oratorically-whlc guns are believing outside
the walls and balls are dropping in. 1t Is
only now and then that an Archmides goes
on solving problem in mathematics while
Syracuse i, racked about bis ears.
Tie Richmond EIamirer thinks it would be
"uobler ard more courageous" for its Con-
gressmen to remain and shars the fate Of the
city. But, really wo don't see why The Er.
qminsy should have expected either " nobility"
OK courage" Here are handful OF men
who. without reason or cause, have medy mis-
led their fellow-citizen5; or for no nobler rea-
son than selishness, or for no moro courageous
cause than petty personal ambition. W nat
have these swindlers done even for the South
Have they advanced its prosperity, commercial
or agricultural is slaye-property safer no"
than il was two years agol is the saye.system
stronger politically! Costating these questions,
and yenturng to imrgine ourselves, Tor the
moment n sayeholdcr We feel as If hanging
at lanp-post is just what, according 10 the
ethics of the plantation, these sham Congress
men Should expect. No wonder they run.
We don't believe that il is altogether from the
troops of the Union that they are running. Ii
is from deceived, beggnred ard desperate men
the dupes or the victims of ihe basest private
ambition When tao lOyalists OF the South
are once more free 10 speak and to act the
adv.nturers who have led blind States into tire
ditch Of Disunion will hardly boast very strid-
entity Of their exploits.
Virgiria has, indeed, little reason to love the
Confederate Congress. 1t has brought upon
her nothing but shame and dishonor, nothing
but ruined fields, aui smoking villages, and
wasted harYests; nothing but blocLaded ports
and commerce cru.hcd; nothing but an newt
able ard ienomlnious division OF her territory,
nothing but O disreputable reversal OF her
Li.iorical reputation, nothing but morfihed
pride and lasting "reminiscences OF disgrace
When the rebellion came, in spite OF The
threats Of little, dirty group OF Richmond
politicians, the citizens OF Virginia were be-
ginning. in tho recesses Of their hearts, to hope
for tLe hour which would see them released
from the Internal incubus Of Slavery. Politicians
ranted. aud newspapers buled, and Gov. Wise
,layered md stnmmcred, but it was very clear
10 disinterested observers that the Richmond
sristocracy of Slaye-cbapmen would not
forever have things then own way; aud
that, when they were trodden down into
their native mud, a speedy Development
Of tho immense internal resources OF the
state would follow. But selfish South Carolina
saw ft to make Virginia the battle-ground Of
D..loyalty and Treason, and the Gulf STATES
followed tho example OF that clustering fle
leader II was upon the head of Virginia that
10 pI %, liy,,
still. The Rebel Congress fed TO Richmond,
and brought upon that city tho horrors OF siege
aud of assault; and when the danger becomes
immi1ent tie Rebel Congress takes up again
tho line of migration, and leaves those TO whose
ho.pitality il ia indebted for its feeble exist
ence. Tie lge is certainly decayed. The
Roman Senators, we are told, kept their seats
IN silent dignity, while tie hands Of barbarlanS
r'ucked ihcr boards The Confederate Senate
takes to its heel, without waiting ior the first
gum If Chivalry long ago died, there has been
10 resurrection in Richmond. Orators, bill
morsers, contractors Of Constitutions, oil have
a." lc,anted," aud, as Tie Richmond LlGmintr
remarks, have sought for safety son their
cotton Plantations leaving the men who have
housed them and fed them to shift for them
selves. Boiled Siampeded Cut Run Van
ishcd lie so many Catllines 1bia, eIeessh,
erart trnpit! Gone, ~ The Richmond Wing
observes, in u number oi the strongest aud
newest eanalboats"--" drawn," as Tie Wig
faiirica'ly adds. "by mules of approved sweet
ue,g OF temper" armed with guns ct
the longest rangc"-protcctod ''by regiment