New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-16
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strive, BY the extreme proprlety OF his de-
meanor, to assure society that he is not natu.
rally as well as nominally disreputable
creature. Upon looking over "Gov." Letch-
er's "Message" to the d" Gentlemen Of the
Senate and House of Representative" of his
part of Virginia, we fell incontnenty to COM
putting the hight of the spirituous tide, at
which the Governor became 80 ungOverna.
BILE. His merit in the lofty department of
gubcrnatorial scolding is Ike that which lie at.
tributes to the Confederate soldiery-" it has
never been e1celled in ancient nor in modern
tines No fshwOman ever aired less
fragrant vocabulary. Our army is "a
hell-deseryiug and heaven-defyiDg rabble;"
our soldiers are all "murderers and rob-
bers;" while it is broadly insinuatcd that
nothing pleasanter than eternal dsmnation
awaits the President of the United States.
| The Richmond Examiner, which doesn't appear
to regard this poor Letcher with an incalcu-
liable affection, is reused by him to sort Of
bad emulation, and INDUCES in sneer at the
length" of the Governors diatribe. The
Rtohmoxd Dispatch, not to be behindhand IN
the barking, denounces Lincoln as IAN incen-
diary" and "a murderer" OfJeherson Dayiss
exploits in wratbful railing, we have already
informed our readers. For document which
we were 80 confidently assured would be with.
out practical effect, it seems to us that the
Presidents Proclamation is creating deal
OF agitation in Confederate ATTITUDES. The
more volubly Davis and his fellow conspirators
assure US that they care nothing for It,
tue more certain are We that Emancipa-
ton is touching them in very raw
place. The language in which they speak Of
it is not that of contempt aud the Importance
which they attach to it. if estimated by their
frantic threats, cannot be iDcOnsiderable. Why
should they be in such haste to assure US that
they are not in the least alarmed Why
should they talk of st. Domingo, if, in spite
of their boasts Of absolute security, they eIpe-
rience no unpleasant forebodings If the
Blacks are all that is claimed for them--anec.
tionate, gentle, devoted to theS proprietors,
always to be relied upon, proof against the
temptations of license, and ready to tear the
hand which would, Ill kindness, unbind their
mauacles, why give to the Proclamation
the importance which is bestowed upon
itl Why plunge into such pas
son1 Why speak of that as diabolical
which is simply ludicrous Does it become
gentlemen to whom the safety Of the State
is intrusted, to be cheated out of their equa-
nimity by contemplate piece of paper, the
publication Of which can in no way change the
afiectionate relation of Master aud Slave
Why does Letcher grow sourer and DAVIS
more diabolical, whenever either Of them has
occasion to refer to this poor, harmless aud
ineffective Proclamation Why don't we have
outlaws instead Of growls Wy all this talk
of sanguinary retaliation 2--of hanging draw
ing, quartering, closely Confning aid half
starving Federal prisoners Is it because we
are melting instruction because We are
bringing upon the South the Haytian horrors
How utterly absurd Why, out Of their own
mouths we prove these rebels to be either
knaves or towards. If they do fear the eman-
cipated bucks, then they are advertising
farrago Of falseboods to the world
they are Stimulating an Indifference which
they do not feeI-they are seeking to
impose the institution Of Slavery upon the
world as something better, mider, safer, a..
together more beautiful, than. they really be-
lieve it to be. This may, indeed, be part
of their game. The Patriarchs do not like to
admit that their throats are in the smallest
danger--that their fgtree ia not benehcent
vegetable, and their tabernacies absolute Glib
raltars OF domestic safety--tbat they ARE not
beloved by their Backs "a fathers are loved
by their children. TO admit the danger Of al
instruction il TO take the poetry out OF The
institution with vengeance. There s nothing
pastoral in massacre. There's nothing
Abrabamic in burning plantation. Jacob
did at tremble for bis throat, nor did Isaac
dread at the hands Of his bOndsmen, the
" looting" Of his focks aud herds. On the
other hand, if the Rebels do not fear
any of the tremendous consequences OF
which they give dark hints, then
they arc needlessy alarming the world,
and they are endcavoriDg to tx upon
the Proclamation character, which they are
conscious that il does not deserve. As We
have said before, why not take them at their
word, at least for all tho purposes of the pres
ent inquiry We admit, indeed, that they are
in dilemma. They ache to make out good
Christian case to the world. They burn to be
regarded by foreign natious as the martyrs of
liberty. They would fain have Slavery con.
sidered as mild aud benevolent system. If it