New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-03
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portance which it would not otherwise com.
mand. 1t advertises itself as religious
(Catholic) journal, and prOcaims that
"No part IL taken In political controversy nor Ia the oi'
putes between pafti,sn politicians"
By virtue of these premises and OF It's
official" pretensons, Catholics of all parties
and of none have been induced to subscribe
for it; and they receive for their money a
journal which is violently anti-Republican and
practically semi-Secession. That We do not
oyerstate. the following extracts will prove:
The leading editorial of this weeks issue is
entitled "The Country realizing tie evil effects
" of Aboltionism." and we read in it as fol.
lows:
No one in view Of whs. has trsn'pired duiog the last
w and bst f. occurring every day. hope to see
the Upion restored existed Ia the early days Of 'ne ne
nnbc Their. cannot be in tbs Of things union Of
free will and feternyhs memories Of defeat OF wrong
and ousges whether freed real ID the
human than those Of kndneses or isvo oeiowed
The brother friend always the freshest IN
recollection And what s the record o. the SoTth IN ~
respect the South s concsnsd' II must lie con
fes.ed that 1t has been Of purely sectional character vi
cour.e We do not mean justify the policy which the South
brought about by tho ncendis influence Abolition orao
and an Abolition pres" We care no. what form that abo
toni'm may have ehusd whether open opposition to
the great sorehern institution Whether that Of disguised AT
sgousu 10 It's oI,enron still based seclious hos
li.y 10 unnecessary here 20 repest the circumstances
which followed the election Ct tbs present Che Magistrate
OF tue Republics they painfully familiar 70 every one
But this will say that II the representatives. OIL North
20 be Border state Convention had not been governed oy
.s,tiona and party feelings would not no" lave 10 &C.
pore the caamiii.s which have fallen heavily upcn the
country
We AJAX every intelligent reader to bear
witness that the drift of this logic is exactly
this: "You Republicans have no right to be
Republicans; and, if You had not been, there
would have been no Secession aud no Civil
"War." If it does not mean precisely this,
what does it mean The disclaimer, ave do
mot mean to justify the policy the South has
"pursued," is contradicted by every word that
precedes and follows 1.-THE whole drift. OF the
article 10 to excuse the slayehoders' treason,
aud if you exclude that you leave it without
ANY meaning whatever. The Northern nem-
bcrs of tho Border State Convention were re-
qured to renounce aud repudiate Republican
ism-nothing less and nothing else. No single
proposition was offered from the other side
that did not amount 10 this. And if 10 hate
Slavery aud oppose it's Extension is (as this
libeler says) to be sectional, then the Rebels
are right in essence if not in "policy,' in OPP
posing such invasion of their most cherished
rights. But the charge is an impudent lie.
Thomas JefIerson--a Southern statesman aud q
ayeholder-origina,ed this falsely called Sec
a" tionar' policy of excluding Slavery from all
the Federal territories, and We but walk in
bis footsteps in adhering to that principle. The
word sectional implies the falsehOod that we
oppose Slavery because it is Southern, or with
intent to injure the South; when in fact We
should oppose ii far more yehemently if il
we're established in the North, and are per-
mcusely benefit strengthen, and bless the South. .
Tie writer proceeds to assert that " eyen
- the leading Aboltionists in Congress are be-
4" coming sorcly puzzled and depressed in mind /
- in regard 10 the solution OF the contraband' /
" question" and adds:
Iii. onlys few days ago that 81 fugitive slave. arrived In
rhAde phiA the sou,h-how they received The
Philadelphia correspondent, Of The Ner-Iork HcriG says
tbs, sn nmen.e crowd followed the ,onrsband' shIlelry
uimrslrs and tornentlas them lie add. in conclusion
at ouf citizen, IA The main iuceu,cd the
Of these people. sud the nboruy c.ise particularly
ciarriucdf"
Let us look for moment at the picture
here presented;
These ninety-seyen iugi.iyes have Of course
fled from the service of Secession rebels-other-
wise, they could not have won their way
through slayeholding Maryland and Delaware.
Many of them have doubtless been employed 10
build the forts and dig the trenches from which
our brave soldiers are shot. They are nj!
| Irion To the core--not even an apOogist for
tho Rebels, like him of The Recent, among
them. Who believes, then, that one single
man who loves tue Union cause aud its defend.
ers followed the contrabands shrieking, f.
" mnieAing aud tormeniing them - Rely on
il, whoever did this would be found running
aud shouting beside thc chariot OF Jch. Davis,
should lie ever make his triumphant entry toto
Philadelphia. Their hearts are with bun now,
ana the! snow thelr sympathy just as clearly
as they dare.
The hbOring classes " contain many stupid
and brutal specimens of humanity; and It may
be that among these are some so ignorant and
stolid as not TO know that the poor iuet'e'
thus hooted Mt viii mGle work as well as 40
work. Every dollar they can cara Tor lous
time mus. be directly expended for food com
ing, aud shelter, aud thus give employment 10
utL A.. A. I, "a Tdieness 10,