New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-01
CnNFEDERATE UNITY.

granted that the Rebel States are united in
solid and impregnablc phalanx, pledged 10 con-
summated disunion or death; and that the loyal
States, being divided into two parties, must iaii
and fall When this CocLney shall have heard
of the result OF the lato election, he may posi-
bly, revise his Judgment, or drop it for another of
equal absurdi;y. To use voigar expression, ii
must be "cut.ing it particularly fine to found
the hypothesis of divided North upon the re-
suit of the recent ballot. The Opposition came
out of the cOntes: with hardly enough of its old
features left to establish its identity. 1t has not
even the force which it possessed in the early
| stages OF its existence. Iaen the tendency OF
mems minds to take the Unknown upon trust
for something wonderful, gave il kind oi I'M
substantial respcctabity; but nowfthis Chi
cago party has been weighed and found want
ing, has measured It's strength and has failed;
and it is to-day not merely without power but
without any deuded friends or frightened foes
who believe that II has any.
The assumption Of thoroughly united and
harmonious Confcderacy is equally devoid OIL
bottom. Shareholders have always been accuS-
| toned TO dispose shortly and savagcy OF thosel
who disagreed with them, and there is abundant
evidence that those who venture 10 oppose the
Davis usurpation TO 50 at personal risk either OF
assassination OF of taking oil under indlelai
| forms. In recent debate in the Confederate
| House of Representatives, Mr.. Leach OF AOrth
Carolina limited at the danger which he cncoun-
tered in supporting he schemes N Gov. Bro~n.
- lie wished" he said "to declare that he in-
dorsed every word that had been uttered by
Gov. Brown, and every line that lad been writ
ten by Mr. Stephens. ifthGt be TREASON heasted
the poor pririirge Of being HANGED 'rih &''n.'
The Ricamond sen,ipc, of The 2Ist inst. quotes a
letter from Georgia. ~ follows: The course
pursued by Gov. Brown aud others IL dong q
great deal Of mischief" and It adds these seniii-
cant word, For what sin' OF our
people was il that in time Ike this
we should be afflicted, and distracted, and
weakened by such mad, inconsd<rlte, and fatal
rulers" These are specimens OF personal differ
ences, even among the Confederate leaders. II
we have parties, SO have they, with this differ
ence, that they can less afford to be diSunited
than we can; and when Til. London Tunes
saws that there is "no organized party TO de-
throne Davis" The simple answer is. that the
party exists, and is just so far organized az ter
ror and Lynch Law will allow ii to be. IL is
absurd TO speak Of tire want OF an opposition,
when gentlemen are protesting opinions in the
House of Representatives which their opponents
regard as treason worthy OF extreme punish
ment.
The number of persons holding Slaves at the
commencement lthe war, and therefore having,
or supposing that they had, d1ci personal or
pccunary interest in IFS successful prosecution,
was according to the best estimates abott 3d.
| 900. OF these, however, there were GS, go who
| held only one slave, 1896 who held only from
two TO nine slaves and GO, 76b who held from 1--WE
10 zine slaves. The reader ffom this can readily
reckon how many Shareholders there must have
! been, where human property was large enough
to tempt them 20 voluntarily and enthusiast.
caly engage in It's behalf i'll enterprises of trea-
sonable character. Yet such Is the nature OF
the institution that the Is persons holding
from 800 to 500 slaves probably exercised
much more decided political influence than the
6, 600 Ownors of from 30 to 80 slaves. Thus The
tendency Of scheme giving political power to
an ars,ocracy, not based upon property IN
general, but upon peculiar SPECIES OF property,
necessarily induced arrogance upon our side, aud
habits of submission if nH ofimplcit obedience,
upon the ether. The middle and poorer classes
OF any ncighborhood were accustomed to re-
ceyo their opinions from two or three great pro-
prietors, who passed easily enough from the
dictation of votes 10 the dic.aton OF con-
/ scriptions, which they found no difficulty
| in enforcing, while they were sus-
tanned by al almost supers.itious respect
for Slavery, not as something of a profitable
character 70 the great masses OF the whites but
az inherently necessary TO tho stability of the
body polite. twas quite in accordance with
this state Of Affairs that many poor creatures,
who never in their lives had owned the in
fintesimal part of one individual negro, were
among tho loudcst and most rampant IN their
denuneietion OF the Abolitionists. But the war
has, by its very nature, vastly diminished the
high respect entertained by the poorer white
population for the lords of the plantations. The
cause taken away, the effect is 40 longer to be
looked for; and it is perfectly certain that this
war, which was to conserve Slavery forever. has
done more than was ever before done to eXtin-
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