New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-11-21
AN IMPENDING CRISIS.

Wa are afraid our Democratic sentinels are
not a. watchful as they should be. There are
cpogmitie, in the South which make the blood
rim cold as VIC read, and yet not one word is
heard from that stalwart champion OF freedom
The Ne,rs. or the lusty chanticleer Of the Bowery
which Mr.. Barlow manages. Occasionally
hue spirit like Fullerton, who did not get am
ncr aud dudley. &c, &c, &C. make their
appearance to assist our noble brethren to come
back 10 the Union and run the machine as OF
old. But these are few aud rare. The North
erners who recently visited the South were
eccentric in their dispositions. Grant and
Sherman and Thomns did some very strange
things, and left behind them a spirit that
we fear is productive OF evil. We par.
Ccuarly refer to that wanton disregard OF
the feelings of Southern gentlemen so generally
prevalent. If our readers must know. the
Southern gentleman is socially an exotic. lie
cannot lge in the rude and restricted associa-
tions Of the North. He must have warmer ana
more genial surroundings. He must have MS
toddy. and what Tho Uor'd calls his cock
tall" and what The Springfield RepR0l'e0n so
frequently alludes to as mint Juicp' DE-
fore the advent Of Grant he lad the divine
dispcnsation Of nigger-walloping which had
been his glory and JOY for generations, and
kept him in a condition OF ecstatic felicity
Alas. for these degenerate days The Govern
ment ration does not include tcddy, nor cock
tail. nor iulep, and the Frecdmen's Bureau is
not permitted to add them to IT. daily issue 10
the whites. The lash Is hung up forever, the
IRON collar lies rusting in the barn, the shackleS
e-e broken. the bloodhound no longer bays on
tbe black mans trail The flower of the South
ern chivalrv finds the change eager and killing
The petals are dropping aud threaten 10 iade
away and bloom again in B.azil or Mexico or
Patagonia.
Nor do we wonder at this. Some days since
a convention Of AIissi,sippan' were together IN
convention quietly aud decently reconstructing
themselves. Probably they were under the
soothing influence Of one Of Humphreys mes
sages. or willing away the debate with friendly
game Of cards, or discussing the happy hours
Of the recent past Behold an apparition A
negro under the gallery al a parade rest,
with A mushet in his hand AID blue coat on
hi. back. There he stood with prisoner who
wanted to speak TO member Finally he went
After leaving the hall there arose surge OF agi-
tat.on Immediately" writes the cbronicler,
" some half dozen members are on their feet,
one crying in the most agonzing tones, We
have been insulted = another. twas intended!
while another was for preserving the dignity OF
the House Explanation by the unfortunate
recipient Of the aforesaid prisoners writ to the
effect that tho soldier was there in the simple
performance of his duty, and by the request Of
the prisoner himself was of no avail. The
Speaker declared upon his word of honor, aud by
the high position he occupied, that this
Housc shall not again suffer such an indienity
particularly from a taited Staics soldier" The
Speaker stillcd the storm. He gave his word OF
honor that neither CufFee, nor Sambo, nor Pom
pev. should ever again come to disturb their re-
pose. But why should such things be These
negroes manifested most bloolthirsty DISPOSE
ton at Port Hudson and Fort Wagner, and va
rious other places, and no wonder their appear
ance among these " Conventions - ex3ites agita-
ton and agony. Where is this to stop! When
shall We know what We should know. II things
continue We shall be reconstructedless, and then
let us see how we can make the national pot to
boil