New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-23

on paroe His observations during this period were
duy recorded after his return to Kichinohu, III da
Ercmis,r of tho 18th inst The following passages ~
a." HALF-DRUEK sEcEsH' BEFORE AND AZ IL
ELECTION.
-. The fall OF Atlanta gave new lease 10 tne
war and aside from that event IT wonl NV s
through from the incoberence OF the inacIa' w. Gao,
that time comrseed the Democratic party III III
Io ali other Yankee mnortes 1t went 10 pieces aiu
WAS swallowed np In the Presidential eeeton anu t
he said to have practically disappeared SUI ain - !.
tho politca arena, where If 1t shows itsell nv NJ -
onlv in mock combat. IL was only necesaar! 10
as The writer did, the drama OF the WI N
nsilrn in that city OF immense sensations New r
YET directly before ones eyes the peculiar ana liip
oioliod corrardice and subscryiency OF tne ha,h.
in his parties and political orsanzttiohs. ooe tb
before the election Sew-YOrk was ihcahdescei'
reyolution Professions faunted banners ~" ps in
iy1 ,broroh The streets shattered vita what wah III
tine Washington definition doWbrght trcaSou ,oo;1cr
hotels and blr.rooms were chYkeC WIN 1Snt
Gus defiant aud generally half drunk het ~len s"d
- 80 ali Iris clnuur aud show left the stage ~ suu
denly as one Of Helers spectac.es IL mol nae " ,bs
of birthstone and in weeks time men uoso ~ II
ad been filed with the fumes oil re'oiulioh, ~, o.
cd boon brcathne FIRE and slaughter were Us que' 90
whiuped cure and not Whlt more udHs I'd, ~
confse the Yankee papers intc pIeed ms 49,
co,rcrIlv submission as yirtuous ana HltSni I'm -
econiesceuee IN the will OF the majority TRIUMPH
rspnbean Institutions and all that sort OF
and what was actually display of the wrecaSd ruv
serving ~ Yankee ninor'e' was H us NJ ,Te iSno
~ te III IL ivin smith az the sublime spectacle
OF patrotc scfnegatlon aud infinite moral vItue ~
YANKEE uoitcs The writer has asserted tAa. theio
little very little left Of any peace party IN inc ,be
the present time. 1t Is necessary 20 or sordi
Icmnnt OF this organization from ceIto.h o':er svi
uepts in the North with which 1t has O,eH ho44eH"'
THE NEw-YORK WORLD. 80
Those people in the North who e he con
South or affect any consideration Ip' ~, mo- ~ ,,av
ycr@9tly divided into three classes. Ilfst VIC aa!
enumerate The so-called War Democrats I.vf uiees
great virtue ON account Of their opposition 20 ~ ~
Lincoln but are quite ambdexter uPo. w 80 Of
neace ali they have ever said upon the tefilihatoh VI
Tho war being nothing than whine oi n! PocIs!
as from time to time the military successes ol Hc o
fedcIacy have extorted H. W me plIyin5 - -
aeanst Abraham Lincoln. in which, an IAct' tH,y ~
no hi CHER aim than partisan Office or puDic pllnuei'
they attempt popular compensation iol ~, ~
tending vlruOus attachment 10 the coiht.uo .,
Union occasionally throwing into their Opinions Itte
spce OF black guardism abou, tho eA'1e"o H' ' '"'
Tlese opinions are well e1emplifed in that famous
sheet The Nea. York World. and that nose u."aA,
Met ielan We will end the editor OF tls paper Que
dey cmptying his pot of Nth on Mr. Lincon anu tno
next day making sort OF popular amenoc gnu squcua
and styo of double eatsndre that shows Wohu'iiu
proficiency in blackguard SCHOLARSHIP Inc NE % III
party is equiyooGtion. The wr.Ier was lo1i TIT -.
editor Of The Ford ut the bottom feace ihh, W"
mad ound IL necessary for the influence OF hs paper
use the pretense of Constitutional Union 10 catcu .ne
fools who believed in te possioi!ily OF any SUI -
q
evidence OF indifference and rotenness OF t2e
socaed Democratic party in the soin, WINCH linus
such base cquIyocaton necessary 10 suslail H.
" WORTHLESS" sYMPATHIzEEs WITH THE eEBELs.
In the second Gloss Of Southern SYM atlers we a'
place that large number OF persons in the North
sistenty deny the right and policy Of secession Dat Sv
feel for people Of the Confederacy when they esu VI
their poverty and suffering, and think they 1--WE peon
100 terribly punished for their crror ms sypatn! N
purely sentimental and is quite worthless IL spoaDu
10 the pa.lors of New YORK Ihere orc hs'nuve xod
| lrdi w
themselves and men who have rot sod tner IespousI
biies to the demon Of actlon--who are horilsa anu
indignant at the crueties Of tue VAR anu VIC rt
exiled women and houseless little chldreh ptt the1
will not admit the Justice of tie Confederate cause anu
cor eedc nothing but vague end ruthless colis'
sesat.on. 1t Is very easy ~ SIT III c.sAVi'eu me-
with full stomach, and sympath@e l9e S'uth uots
no WIT such sentnentalisa She asks Tor her justin
cation in the eyes of God and man, and d!sdlHs the pity
that DENYING It. oilers eomor, Inat % iht
She viii be content with no aDricgnent OF her Tis',
Sic has no claim on mawksh charity TO beSSar pea
for tho hefpcnce and broken difhes OF Noitlcrh pa
thropy. ,
IN the third place we the peace party proper
in the North 1t composed OF those who think that
the war IS essentially crime md an outrage; that
naeoraton OF will not do that 1t quite as maeh III
tho interest Of the North ns OF tie south u SOP Il ha
the south represents in il not only hes cons IutlQha'
rights bar the traditions OF tie past aud the whole
cse II American liberty and that IN the defeat OF the
Confederate must 20 down the hDeII! Oh the o''n
along with the indep ndence Of the South Such lhe!-
I
| marty which goes 50 far il much weaker In numbers
than Is generally supposed by the ConieeeTate peope,
and may be counted by hundreds, While the otneT
easses who al by very Violent connection unutI
The common oatchwora OF Secesh,' number thousands
IL j. especially represented ny TIE -fCIH Ntns--
newspaper which Is marked exception 70 the rules OIL
Yankee journalism IN i.s docency and humanity OF style,
40 les. thgn IN the real value VI rs arguAentS ana
which may Be taken q. one undoubted however small,
example of Northern virtue Ia TINS var.
THE SOUTHERN REFCGyEs II NEw-YoRK;
While referring 20 party opinion in the North, The
writer may extend alusion TO certain ~ dehned cor
cct on ,ound a tie bulk " Southern refugees AID res,
der.s IA the North. These defelic ConicGeiaes ara
tho most emptible Of crcaurer There are e1cep
! tcns-,o f.w and honorable men detained IN TIE
North by the confines ~ their domestic fe dong good
work contributing 10 oar prisobers hot noi, IN leir
but holding their opinions decoruu' y
within the .anctiy Of their homes, or wtnih tls
pale OF The close society Of those who tllRk VIVA
them But there hundreds and thousands OF these
syrrpatheto abscntecs who, IN the sn!It Of slcel'
e., cowardice and groSsest seiishness exploit their
southern patriotism. In the Sarish hoe!s OF New
and Trying 10 pass their time pcasahuy among tuS
creature comforts Of ianleedlm while the beloved
people Of the south are left 70 take for themselves all OF
The privaton and risk of war Many OF them Two ex'
trayuganty. not few gamble IN eod rooms ana these
refugees doughiaced adventures, fnSlVes rom con
scrpion and towards every stripe who are bloaiing
ard paDper!ng Themselves in fankeeeon, tax
secesh" as .ouily aGd 6rlyely 10 the He"'ioFk
Hotel AS II the SpOisyile House at Richmond
Despite the civies tne writer met IN thls house aud
its singular freedom from tie pnchbeck OF YANKEE
hotel e he must remember occasions OF disgust in
seeing 80 many spruce refugees eGsiing and winning
and guiding III delicate sops of New York luxury, talk
Southern patriotism fierce rs batt bears anu in the
next breath comparing their gains In cotton. and the
profits of their last mysterious trips to Nashville and
New Orleans. IL Ia singular that LIS class arc always
the irumpoters If President Davis They are 80 exces
.yer patriotic that they worship him morning day aud
night they resent everything that does not represent
the Conede-Gcy IN tie coors OF the rose and every
preston Of Southern opinion matter what its manly
a1d ia.onesbe proofs of attachment 10 tie Coniede
ate cause that IMPLIES mistake on the part OF President
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