, 1865-04-30

Ey"The Secession concern in this city, ex-
hihits considerable uu-asin. SIS aud alarm q.
the publication Of Certain extracts from Its
past Issues. 1t apologies and explains. and
claims that when 1t ut,rrcd brutal nr inccu-
diary rcmarks it WAS aciuated Thereto BY u
high sense Of duty 1t says:
t.Wc have only to say here concerning our
comments upon Mr. Llnca,,.'e official action, that
they we're IN 4ll Instances governed " what wa
believed to be rs ac"ordance With OF d.'partur.
from constitutional principles, and the iuhuc5ce
it would exe7s upon the grand object uf our CON
test I'll ,he restoration Of the Union"
Here is one of the comments which
At il belicy, i to be in accordance with consti-
,utional principles"
On the LIST Of July last, 1t urged the assas.
sination Of Abraham Lincoln, In these
words -
IRE COULD NOT BE MORE WORTH
"LESS DEAD HAN he Is LIVING, BUT
WOULD re INFISI Ely LESS M1SCllE-
- :" EOus, AND HIS CORPSE. KEPULsIvE
Estate AND RICHEST AND MOS!
"GRACEFUL HABlLIMENTS. WOULD
"YET BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE
"SACRiFlCE WHICH THE ISSULTED
NATION COULD OFFER IN ATONE
. MENI FOR ITS SUBMISSION TO HIS
IMBEC1L1rY AND DEspO 4ISM.'
THREE days aft-lwArd. Jaly 4th on the day
when the loyal portion Of the Amctscan
people we're celebrating our national inde-
rendeuce, the same sacet, in IN article de-
prccating the ohservanc: Of the day on nc
count of the war, aga5n recommended the
assassination OF Lincoln in the following Ian
Euagc:
e Let the people ciothc themselves in s,ckc'o,h
- and eprlbEie Aehee on their h.'ads. 1t beseems
:. 10 pu' the sembIhnee OF nnuro1ns1: deeply On
and wcar 1t IL ih II heass, orc, States d,za.Tcr
ed, discordant bel,seIeut lsnd rent With civil
'fcuds IN dreuchsd with fraierna gore Lit
repentance and Fftotrs attend the!r hnmt iatfon.
- Lit fh.m contemplate the n~t ess " icheh q ,em
9 months may prte'p,fdfe. If STRIKING DOWN
"r+UnrED AUTHORITY. AND T1sDIcATih0 Be THE
BLOOD oF DEsr"T THE AWFUL sAScr1rf uF
- CONSTITUTIONAL FKEEDUA.'
No comment Oil the above is necessary to
expluin its meaning. It will require cpnsid-
esablc contrition, saekclo'h and ashes on the
part u lis author before forgiveness comes.
OUR POETS AID POETRY.
We have suffered for several weeks past
uncer severe attack Of Poetry. It broke
out simultaneously with the capture of Rich.
mond, increased alarmingly with the su,ren.
der Of Lee, and has ever s.nce connle.e,r
overwhelmed one OF our most athletic edit
ois, nfo Is seriously considering the c1pedl-
cncy OF rceigning bis chair, aud accepting a
situation Us coal-heayer OF in some other light
occupation Involving less physical and more
intellectual labor than Is required in readng
five pecks Of manuscript PONIES" per diem
Poetry swatms up like the frogs Of Egypt
oyerruus our tables, floors and exchange bas
ket. 1t salutcs us in every letter. dr>,ps from
every visitor, ciawls into our d:awers, ant
bites at our flse- Il appeals to our hardened
ccnse ience, pleads with our lukewarm patEi
otism, explains with the blushing modcsty o
conscious genius its merits, and demands
like duelist "the apology due between gen
uemeu," for the insult Of neglect. An accu
rate inventory Of the " wlndtails" Of the pas
three days discloses forty-lEe poems whfc!
open with g particular request to
''Toll, toll, ye 1nournful BELLS
With eaddtntng cadence toll"
One hundred and fifteen w.iters give the cor
responding direction.
Mourn, rnourn, re tolllng bells.
With caueut taduess mourn"
Far be it from us to intimate that any q
these poems are written By persons who har
not already advanced, in literary style an
capacity, far beyond the plain prose OF Irving
Prescott and Bancroft. We assure them thu
iu all instances the versihcation is more del
rate tban;T Tenpeysou. more simple than Golt
tmith, more careful than Lougfellow. IN
more studied than Bryant. None Of thes
poems, IL we should print them just rs the
arc written and spelled, would lay us ope
TO an nctlon for libel in favor Of their autho