New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-26

he is not beyond the extraordinary influences OF
saving grace. We begin ourselves to be
somewhat Of this mind, when we find the Cop
perbead species under a sort of Anti-Slaycry con-
yiction. Desperate, political traders propos-
ing 10 embark ia Presidential speculation.
which may be sport to them, but will be iney-
tally mortal TO any candidate cursed with such
abettors, ere already beginning to talk of an
Anti.Slayery platform upon which to plant their
victim and to announce their conviction that
the absolute extinction OF Slavery has become a
political necessity. The world has never wit
messed a more refreshing evidence of the power
of truth over the carnal mind. Only yesterday
these brand-new phiIantbropists were loudly as
severatng that this war is waged for the white
man, and not in the least for the negro and
whoever yentured to say that to get rid of the
Rebellion we must first get rid of Slavery, was
| denounced as a damnablo fanatic, with but one
I idea one policy, one cry, one aim and one end
the Dedication of the Black and the conse-
ouent degradation of The White. Emancipation
was unconstitutional then--nOw it appears that
| IL is unconstitutional only when il is proposed
by Republican President and supported by the
Republican party! The Copperheads are whist
ling and keeping step 20 the same tune which
once threw them into writhing convulsions, and
fancy that by the invention OF few variations
they may change heretoal melodies into unmis-
tably orthodox music. This wonderful artistic
exhibition is good for very little except to show
the way of the popular mind. Projectors who
propose 10 start q new party, except in cases IN
which convenient smallness il desirable, are
often obliged TO gulp down m0nstrously unpal-
atable truths for a party may possibly be oil
leaders leading nobOdy-strong in speeches, VIC
torious before the battles, rampant in respect Of
placards. formidable a. to general committees,
jubilant in exaggerated predictions, but Hat and
feeble just where it should be towering and
strong-at the pols Nothing may be wanting
to secure the most magnificent and decisive sue
cess--except votes But though your new
party may be wealthy, wOrdy, painfully respect
able and frightiully virtuous, YET if you cannot
secure for il n sufficient number OF votes, you
cannot elect your candidates. and if you cannot
now and then carry an election, the more fuss
you make the more fun the ungodly are apt to
poke at you, to say nothing OF the ungrateial
Z tendency Of candidates-such is the sellshness
of human nature--to holt and go over to the
enemy or positively decline TO be used any
more! There have been great many Of
these birih-strangled political babes, OF which
the very bones--if they ever had any
bones--are among things lost upon earth.
There enthusiastic gentlemen in this
city who within the last twelve years have be-
longed to as many well-defned and separate
parties all Of which have, after dubious exist
ence, managed to rid themselves of their semi
vitality aud TO die decently or indecently
Now. it seems, We are to have new experiments
We are 70 have q curiosity of n party, st once
radical and conservative, alive and dead, blind
and sharp-sighted, deaf and long.earcd, pro-.
Slavery and anti-Slavery, constitutional and
unconstitutional, cautious and rash, clear-head-
ed and fanatical, in favor Of Shareholders aud
mortally hostile TO Slavery This will certain
ly be a stranger hybrid than any heretofore be-
I. b. never had in his museum such thrilling,
amazing, unprecedented and awe-inspiring bit
Of deformity, such q compendium OF all possible
contradictions, as this misceleneously con-
structed party viii be. The mermaid COM
pared with it, was but piece Of clumsy joinery.
Pity 'tis, that it should die-a greater pity It's
that when dead, it cannot be rubbed well with
arsonical soap, scientifically cured that no more
ycrmin mag be engondercd, and then hung up.
with the apes and the alligators.
Total extinction OF Slavery Why what, we
pray TO be told, ARE the New-Lig hts talking about
Why this means infideity and anarchy, and
general wreck and confusion, and amalgama-
ton, and distress OF mind TO DR.. Lord and des-
pair TO Bishop Hopkins, aud the final prostra-
tiou Of white folks, and an everlasting cotton
blight and tobacco.Llast Total extinction of
Slavery What words are these TO cone from
Copperhead mouths What then will become
of Canaan We see him now With The curse
imposed upon bimby the Everlasting God, taken
of by the greater authority of the new party
we see him imprudently walking about in a re-
deemed rcgenereted, aud disenthraled condi
lion, giving the lilo To the Sacred Scripture.
swapping his fingers at ethnologists, and turn.
iug up his nose at Greek photographers, and
going into Che business Of human life generally
as il he were really human being. Alas
what q waste viii this involve of logic, philoso.
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