New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-28
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suavity which characterizes Man-Stealing Cvili-
cation, calls loudly upon the MagDates Of the In
surrectiOn, summarily to hang all those Union Off
GERS who may be captured while in command Of
Black Regiments. There is spice here of the
old ferocty which whiI0m tar.feathered Northern
travellers, and rayaged the porImenteaus of Yam
kee achool-mistrcsscs. 1t is curious philosophi-
cal fact, that the Stakeholder always connects
energy and murder. He has no idea of any Of
fectua action without homicide. lie takes it for
granted, in constructing his scheme OF public
ethics or of police regulation, that there is no
virtue except in violence. and that tho readiest
way to convince man of his error is to put him
to death. The fires Of the InqusltlOn have long
since been qucnched; thumb-scrcws and iron
boots have long rusted in the museums OF an
tiquaries; the cannibal has ceased to satate his
revenge BY first grilling and then gobbng bis adj
yersary; and only the Chinese, Of all nations the
most ayerse to change, unite with Coniederates IN
continuing to practice the revolving barbarltes OF
war. But this is not wonderful; for Slavery is
localized, continuous and concentrated violence
depending for its very existence upon the ierocity
of the few and the fears of the many. The dis.
cipline of the plantation naturally fGlls 10 low
level of coarse cruelty; and the imbrated Slave
has Lis revenge in Il bru'iGcd Master. The Pa
t.iarch neither attempts nor cares for any other
ratiorination than that which he finds in the bliss
Of tae scoIlqe, the bark of tho pistol, and the
clash Of the bowc.knic. In some department
of human economy. contact with beings less San
culinary than himself may, to a limited extent,
nave moderated bis manners; but in oil points of
character which touch his re.atioLs to bis Slaves
he 10 hardly more human than the blOOd-hoaud'
which yclp in his kennel. He is the Nero the
Calipua, the Domitian OF n few acres, responsi0ic
10 no earthly tribunal for tie excuses into which
his animal rage may bctray lin. Iis experience
has taught him, in his own little he'll upon eaf'h'
the efficacy Of unlimited swearing and iruculeht
threats; and because he can scare score VI wv"
of HELPLESS trembling, covering creatures MO
1u,nb obelence he lancies that the universe Is to
be iutimidnted in the same way Moreover LIZ
has 40 often bullcd the North into an unInahy ac-
ouiescence. no matter how ab5urdy outrageous
might be his demands, that he inagines tbs force
of staggering yet uncxpcndCd and 80 he erocts
his scarecrow gallows, announces his intention oil
hanging his prisoners of war, aud fully believes
that he can thus ntlmidate Va into conduc' oi
the war which will be agreeable to his feelings
and accommodated to his peculiar necessities.
He would thus nulliiy the acts OF Congress
which he has deserted, and still control Govern
mcnt which he has dsowned.
Under these circumstances il may be profitable
for the Insurgents to consider that there are sil
several largo cOrdagc factories at work IN The
Northern States. turning out, among other ropes
those which will well enough suit thu purpose OF
the exccutioner. Should any white commander
of Il Black Regiment in the service OF the United
States be hanged, according to the threat Ot the
Charleston newspaper above quoted. our iln-
preston is that ropes viii be Immediately reSorted
to in these parts; and. Whatever may be the skill
of the Confederate Ketch, we have confidence Ill
our ability to produce an artist of equal accom-
plshments. We do not believe that our Rebel
prisoners bear a charmed lilt Beastly rs they
arr thcy were born Of woman, and have yertebfT
aud wind pipes aud the muscles adjacent thereto
formed quite after the fashion of our own; aud.
should the uncivilized threat of the Charleston pa
per be carried into execution, suudry chevaers
may also be carried up TO execution, TO the greet
grief Of their surviving coinprtr'ots IA Sscessia.
Ihis game of numbering prisoners would be highly
ent. raining, if il were Ike solitaire at cards;
but when both sides bctake themselves 10 the
amusement, our impression is that It will be
speedily abandoned.
The sub,erluge OF the South, that we are in
citing the Blacks to in,urrection with all its ira
dtional horrors is tie shecrest and ialscst non-
sense. BY all the laws Of war. We have pericc,
right 70 employ the Slaves against their Masters.
Caius Marius did it, and he was esteemed toler-
able soldier in his day; and Napoleon at st.
Helena, regretted that he did not do il in Russia;
the English did it during our Revolutionary War
but we never have read that Washington threat
cncd to hang English prisoners upon that account.
The General VINO should refuse the services OF
half or more than half of the population OF a
country which he was endeayorng TO subjugate,
would not deserve a Court Martial, merely because
he would deserve to be shot without one 1t is
all very well for this Charleston editor in the Sc
cnrty of his sanctum TO howl for hempen yen-
geance; but Davis who sorely needs the good
opinion of the world which may not prove very apt
at discriminating between White and Black Regi-
ments, will hardly consent TO place his new Re-
public in u position of unnecessary lgnomny'