New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-16


federscy" has evidently most uncomfortable
act of subjects, who are more inclined to reign
over him, than to be reigned over by him. u
mere abuse can make him miserable, he must by
this time have reached depth Of dolorous de-
spondency, for not only Is he sayagely iacerateo
in the newspapers, but even in Congress" it
seems to be rather than else fcvorite diversion
TO exoliate him. The name Of Toots suS'
gestiye of kicks, and many kicks does Mr.. Foo1e.
of what is called the .House Of Representa-
tives," bestow upon Mr.. Davis, who is declared
"to occupy the same position Us President LIN
coin" and all because Davis proposed to eman'
cipate those blacks who should fight and bleed
! (by their masters orders) for the "Conted'
eracy." The very next day Dir. Foote resumed
his stgictales. and attacked Mr.. Day''s propo'
sition that Congress should commit ell th"
, ,ewspapers 70 the management, supervision and
Gems: -Ship Of the military authorities. DIR.
Davis nss charged with "a conspiracy,
against the iiberty Of the presS"-with
desire to dictatS "what opinions IS to
public men and measures shall 90
forth daily and weekly to our feilow'cltizcns"--
with "asking for power which no king, nor
queen, nor imperial potentats in all the world
does now possoss"--with making speech st
Macon which was "a most disgusting specimen
of fustan and billingsgste oratory"-with aim
ing at the usurpation Of unconstitutional AL
thority"--and finally and ferociously said Mr..
Foote, 81 hold in contempt Kim and bis whole
tribe Of servtors and mnions." The newspa-
pers themselves are not one whit more poiits
than Nr. Foote. The Richmond Examiner inti-
mates that if /" the President" ia not just little
more careful be will be remofselessy assassi.
mated. The Richmond Hing considers tbs prop
ositjon Of the President as mOnstrous." and
asks: Will the Congress Of tie Confederate
States consent to prostitute the entire press Of
the Confederaoy to the pleasure OF the E1ecu'
tivei" The editor Of The Wing already feels
himself with "a hook in his mOulh.' Also with
4" a ring in his nose He foreseos his "papk
broken up" himself and his printers sr1idlad
of to the trenches"-" his type Knocked into
pi"-and all because he will not celebrate he
virtues and glory of the Executive
If our words could reach them, We should re-
spectfully suggest to these peppery persona
editorial and legislative, that when they sup
pose the objects Of the Coniederacy,' over
which Mr.. Davis has the agonzinS misfortune
10 preside, to be personal freedom, freedom u
speech, freedom OF thought. freedom OF PRINT
ing freedom OF writing, or any other freedom
whatsoever, they labor under delusion closely
bordering upon denentia. The very purpose OF
the Rebellion is TO put down finally and forever
oil that kind OF radical, revolutionary, socialist,
nonsense, and TO confde the care of society. OF
ts demarcations and discipline, its mental,
moral and mechanical activity, - select, judi
cious and Illuminated few. with power to bind
and to loose, 10 favor these snd 10 dog those 70
elevate at their own sweet, and TO depress as
their own sour will In the name Of con.
sistency, what did these editorial rnslcon-
wears against freedom Of speech and OF mo
press at the North and in Washington-they
have charged our newspapers ard magazines and
books with generating looseness OF moral prn-
ciple, infdelity, vice in every form, and crimes
incalculable-they have asserted that liberty
brought US only license; thai reading vas
curse; that the dissemination of knowledge and
information tended only TO anarchy; and now,
when poor Mr.. Davis proposes to &C, upon these
very opinions, and to mitigate the evils of news
papeos bya rigorous military censorship, suh
thus preserve the brains, the bodies, and tho
hearts of tho ignorant masses committed to HE
care from the concentrating influence of news
paper speculations. these very philosophers sud
denly change their opinions, AZ rogues do OF ths
law when the halter begins IA draw, sud We are
treated 10 grave protests against the infringe
ment upon public liberties. and violations OF the
right of free discussion STUFF and nonsense!
DAVIS is right. Free discussion is just what
the Confederacy does not want PUB
lie liberty should bs . stencil IN the
no,,rils of every well.wishsr Of Slave
holding Republic. You cannot have the dulcet
privileges, and thu exquisite imnunitleS, aid
the Olympian sersnties Of An Sgarchy, tina
peace OF death and only the vitality Of decayinA
submission creeping and crawled upon, and ~
the same time the impsrtinence 0findiyidusl self.
suflieienoy, the swkwardness OF private judy
u,ent, the collision Of differing opinions, popalaa
discussion aud popular decision. M. DAVIS
probably supposes. and he 10 justified IN
supposiug, that when his people detsrminsA
upon erecting . republic thoroughly sSis'
,ocrstcal, or at less. aristocraical in character.