New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-04
nAuRY,s CIRCULAR SAILING.

Mr.. Abbot Lawrence. upon receiving diplo-
matte appointment il said, in his excess Of hon
csty, to have been troubled by an old saying
which he recollectca that an ambassador was
a person sent abroad to tell lies for the benefit
Of his country" To tell lies for anybody or in
any behalf. was rot al all Mr.. Lawrence habit;
but upon applicatIoa to several eminent puDh-
o!sts. he learned that the remark was rather
satirical than serious; and finding that no false
hoods wonld be required Of him, he checrfully
departed for III. James. Clearly Lac would have
made but an indifferent Confederate Agent or
Missionary in London. There is a certain Lieut..
II. /. Maury in that city, who has in his day
eaten a great deal of Federal bread and butter,
Tor which he has rendered services in the way Of
marine observations, with the precise value Of
which We are not acquainted, but which those
who profess to be declare are good for nothing.
He has gore over, sword, opaulettes, decp-sea
leads, chronometers, and all, to the CJnied-
Icracy, and now serves the cause by writing let
tcrs to tie London Times, setting forth the ex-
IRENE lriliancy Of the Rebel prospects and the
Ircpulsiye wickedncss Of the Union leaders. This
Jolly ta- tells his story 10 the Marines after
very curious fashion. He says:
/. The North is fighting for conquest and
makes the attack.
?. The South is fighting TO be lei alone, ard
acts on the defensive.
We must say that We give this M. Manry
credit for degree Of ingenuity in romancing
which would make his fortune i'll the iOrecastlc.
should he ever BE reduced-which is not i'm
probablc--to that locality. We do not so utterly
dsapproyc of Confederate mcndacity when it is
of mild and white variety; but We must, for
the sake of morality, object to such magnificent
bounccrs, no matter how desperate may be the
straits of those who employ them. \ very
slight comment will cfiectually dispose Of both
of them.
/. The North is fighting for conquest"
This seems 10 be n slight perverson Of IAN
guage. What we are fighting for precisely is
the recovery, in the first place, of political
rights, which we could not legally surrcnder
and in the second place, of territorial posse.
sions which we could not constitutionally al
cnale gentleman who struggles To regain
his pockct-book, which has been icloniously
taken from him, can hardly be said To fight
for conquest"
H. 1.-The North makes the attack" The
Ancient Mariners memory, what with mathe-
malical and other cxerctationS, seems TO be
falling linn. The Confedcracy then represent
ed principally by the city of Charleston began
he war, irst 10y declaring sindepcndcncc, and
secondly, by bombarding Fort Sumter, which
was to all inten,s and purposes, equivalent to Il
formal aecaration of war The North, a. every
child knows. exhibited rather Il discreditabe re-
iuc,ncc 10 engage in hostlitics A little more
alacrty would have saved us from much cmbar-
rassment and much modification.
Ill. 1.-The South is fighting to bc let alone. "
So is every criminal who is contcnding with the
constable Certain citizens of the South, many
of whom had directly sworn allegiance to the
General Government, in the presence of Al
mighty God, breaking through all restraints,
ard committing perjury by wholesale, managed
TO bully their ncighbors of more peaceful and
honest nature, into an instruction. The crime
is distinct one, well recognized by the public
law Of the civilized world, and by the statutes of
this country, 10 which the Seeding States had
given A plain and UNQUALIFIED consent. No State