New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-06

tcrs indOrsng such frank and thOroughgong op
posers of the War from the start as Thos II
Seymour Just before the 4th Of July last
when the Federal Government seemed .totter
ing on The brink Of ruin. with Triumphant
Rebel army in Pennsylvania, while Vicksbmg
this same Seymour concocted for delivery in
our City, and on the 4th cnrnciated, most in.
sidious and unsparing attack upon the Fedeml
Administration and the War as prosecuted by It,
emphatically calculated to distract and dis.
hcarten our people and paralyzc all efforts to "a
sist the invading Rebels. If that was not the
barangue OF traitor then he does not know
how to choose words that cmbody and express
his meaning That haranguo was a palpabh
and powerful Indictment to the Rebel outbreaa
in this City that soon followed.
Now that this man should object to what he
terms unauthorized arrests and imprisonments IS
as natural as life. Those with whom lie so gym.
pathzes were arrested for acts or avOw8ls Of
sympathy with the Rebellion essentially akin 10
his own. The inmates of Forts Lafayette, War
rem, and McIlcnry, all agree with him In con.
dcmning coercion" stigmatizing "conscnp-
tion," and insisting that the true way to put
down the Rebellion ID to put the Coy
ernment virtually into the hands oil
the Rebels, and beg them to work their will in
the Union rather than by going out OF it. He has
held from the first that they were right In their
main, essential purpose-the conservation, ex-
tension, and aggrandzement of Human Slavery
wrong only in choosing disunion as means
to that end, because, with his help and those OF
his clan, they could do more for Slavery in the
Union than out Of IL. In his conception, they
have made a mistake, not meditated q wrong
Accordingly, the whole tenor Of his two Mes
sages implies that President Lincoln and his
supporters are the real Rebels; hence he has
forty words Of rebuke and condemnation for
them to one, far softer, for JEFF. Davis 4 Go
But the People understand MIN.
Ofcourse, lac is opposed TO - conscription" on
our side, "a every one who has prcphesiod and
hoped that the Rebels could not be yanquished
must naturally DO. He parades the small nnm-
Der Of actual Conscripts compared TO tina. Of
Volunteers, knowing as well a. we do that, had
there been no CONSUMPTION in the background,
the bounties would never have been offered, the
efforts never made, whereby these Volunteers
were obtained. And now, just proclaim that
there ia 10 be no more conscription at any rate,
no matter how urgen. the National need, ard
We should be very near the end Of Volunteering.
The Rebellion has lived. for the last eighteen
months, on most remorseless and sweeping
CONSUMPTION. Take that away, aud 1t could not
stand alone another hour. And now, when
every able-bodied white male, whether Union
or Rebel, within the area of its sway, 10 forced
into its armies, our Governor proposes that they
shall be resisted, their Businesses captured, their
territory overrun, only by the efforts Of Volun-
the fate Of the Republic shall depend
on the number who shall voluntarily assume the
duty OF defending il. But, If this be sound in
respect TO men, why not also as 10 money! If
none shall fight for the country but volunteers,
why not collect the necessary revenue by vi.
untary contributions Who does not realize
that Ills EIcellency's persistent cayils against
CONSUMPTION are directly calculated 10 throw
the Republic naked upon the leyeled bsyone,s
of her implacable foes
SO with regard TO the National Finances and
Debt. The great end assiduousy sought by
His Excellency is such o paralysis Of tho M
tional energies a. will bring the Government 10
a dead lock and compel il to sue tho Rebels FOR
Peace, Us Fernando Wood recently proposed
aud the Democrats in Congress generally voted.
The National credit and the National Banking
system are formidable obstacles 10 the success
OF this design, and tend strongly to prove scy-
mour q false prophet when he predicted that the
could never be subducd. OF course,
he aSsals and maligns, but no will not snccced
in destroying them. They rest securely upon
the broad basis Of the National loyalty and the
n ational LIE.
Gov. Seymour asserts that None but the
ignorant, the bigoted, or the designing, Will
make these differences Of views occasions for re-
proaeh or contumely," and much more to the
same effect; and then proceeds to misrepresent
and defame his political opponents to thcextent
OF his ability. he Gays: -
"On the other hand. It Is INSISTED that the shall
b. pT0iohS,d by waging IL for purposes beyond t'o-.
ay0sed At the outset. and BY making dem 4nds which
viii excite d desperate resistance" &C.. &c.
Now, it il perfectly proper for the Governor
to say that ouch will. in his opinion, be the .G,ei
OF the measures Of his political antagonists. He
has the same right to condemn that they have
to commend them. But when he asserts that
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