New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-28
AnIsTOCHATIC ECsTACy.

The Saturday Rerier, the ablest, after The
Times, as well as the bitterest of our British
reyilers, thus procams the exultation Of the
European champions of Government by Caste
over the spectacle now presented by this couu-
try:
Mr. Golden snd M Bright with the whole Of their
school, Inevitably di.creded in more ways than by
In yrogress the other eide Of the Atlanta
The democratic Government which they used 10 hold TO
their countymen the pattern which he Institution. Of
gaud GIT be reuodeied has been found to afford
ecurty against the very Of the moral and political
evs which nce pronounced to be- the distinctive pro
ducts OF Old World monsIchy aud aristoclacy Asmrns
bloaed ,ond ali European precedent obbey which We,
probably isled the worst days Of british b'ror
.ongerlng AMI ,rocious political aninoties which ind
prosson in official documents the civilization OF the
brands infamous are seen to be compitlc win The 81
Necessary TO speculate the precise degree 70 which the
revolving ChsrsceTistics oi tne betH fode a.
an CoucdrTsies may be- due 20 form Il government whcn
give. sovereign power to ha educated multitude. IL IL
enough iha. the institutions hc have been held up om
hundred platforms to the envy mo Of Ens,hmen
nsn.aS . "a 81 ,yge., = ra7ioasi d,io1s n
must be dhcr for the least discriminating aiuirer Of Mr.
Golden and Mr Bright % wlst l. pas-g w Americ aud
unqualified confidence IN their Jusd1eDi, ~ All
uIhesits,iIs latin ~ Their GoelfiGe,
OF course The Reric,c knows better than
this-knows that the rebellion which deras-
tates our country is that of Privileged Glass,
intent on an extension of It's hideons prcroga-
tiyes of oppression aud degradation. Week
after week does this champion of the Slave
holders Revolt assure its readers tina. its
clients were goaded to insurrectlon by the in
tolerable oppression OF Northern Tariffs, when
in fact we never Lad Tariff that did NJ,
owe its enactment to Southern votes. whl,
since 1916, up to and after tue hour Of Sccc.
sion, there had no. for one moment been n
Tariff in existence which did not receive iLs
warm support of the grea, majOrli! OF the
Southern Members of Congress After nr.
Claws defeat on the Texas Annexation issue,
in lSii, they were masters OF the situation,
and prescribed such Tariff regulations IA thcy
saw fit The Morrill, Tariff of 1901 which l.
often alleged ~ n ground of revolt, Yns not
passed TIL after the Cotton States lad seeded
--couH no; have been passed had their Repre-.
sentaiyes remained in Congress. and opposed g.
The wolf who complained that the lamb drink.
ing from the stream below him nuddled the
water, had precisely such case a. the Rebels
and Rebel champions who allese Tariff pre-
text for Secession. The woTs real grievance
was n lack Of mutton; the slayeholiing chiyalry
wanted fight with the peaceful, trading,
money getting North; just as The Rori,r
wanted an excuse for assaiiiug Democratic in
stitniions aud rcyiling Mcssrs. Golden and
Bright. All have had their will for the tine;
but the end is not yet. The fact that the
Union cauFe is that OF Liberty and Progress in
the Old as well IA the New World must
stimulate its defenders to redcubled exerions
and sacrifices.