New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-07
A uOCsE DIVIDED.

when SOutn CdrOlud leu Go"H tho ucou'
dance OF Rebellion, she took no partner, for her
deluded associates only followed her in frantic
file. In stunning the name of Union, as TO
be consistent with their crazy doctrine OF State
Rights they were forced to do, The seceders
were also driven to abandon great and mani
fest advantage. Every State entering into the
adventure claimed the right, and, reasoning
from Rebel premises, logically had the right, to
go out of the copartnership at her sovereign will
and pleasure. The result Of this was early
manifest in the debates Of the Rebel Congress;
and we shall, little by little, learn the partcu-
lars of these State and local jeflouses which
made Mr.. DGyis's republic from the
very beginning house divided against
itself. Meanwhile, We have already
some amusing developments. When
Mrs. Jefferson Davis wrote ohef husband nom
Montgomery, Ala, it was to tell him, With
feminine vehemence. that sic "neyer saw such
stupefed people as they seem ont here. y
"They never seem to think" sho cOntirres,
"of any army but that Of the West, and LOT 10
feel much interest In that" Another Letter to
Davis from the Southwest complains Of tie
dunghil policy Of fighting at every States
Threshold" as urged by "shallow politicians,
too weak to see beyond the door, and too
cramped in patriotism to go beyond it, Yet
those who confined their military exertions to
their own little dunghll, and turned q deaf ear
to the petulant dstresscs of Virginia
and South Carolina, were simply ex-
hibting their fidelity TO the sole and
selfish policy Which alone c,used and sustained
the Rebellion. The Sodth for itseli-the
State for itself-the county for itself-the plan
tation for itself--eyery man for himsclf-this
was the inevitable and always descending and
diminishing scale of pro-Slavery morals and
responsibility. VIVA result could there be but
one Of distraction, discussion, ana ultimate de-
featl And yet, who could be blamed' How
could tho sorcly prplexed officers of the fast
diminishing Confederacy complain of those who
followed closely the yiial doctrine of the whole
undertaking, gand We're bound to exhibit no
allegiance which was not convenient, comfort.
able and proftablef Those who stimulate
anarchy must anticipate confusion. Those who
SOW the wind must reap the whirlwind. Those
who abrcgato tho laws must themselves feel
the serpent tooth Of disloyaty. a..
We can imagine a stay-at-home Southwest
ern Secessionist addressing the irate Mrs. Davis
as ftIlows. my dear madam, this il my house,
and must protect 1t. These are my crops,
ard must look after them. Behold my mig
gers shall leave them to use their legs in s
manner contrary to my interestsl This is ny
dearly beloved State, with the first claim upon
my services and my affection. No doubt Viz
ginia is in bad way. am sorry, upon my
word for South Caroline. But when boited
from the old Union did not mean TO be drag
ged into another against my inclination. 30
with your kind permission, or without it, az inc
case may be, mean to remain upon
my own dunghill!" Pray what could
Mrs. Davis say to this proYident ana
,argumentatiye roosteri SO Charleston
was left to the shame Of capture, and Richmond
to be- burned, and Lee to surrender, and the
Conlederacy to collapse. If the loyal STATES
had acted in the Same disloyal way, the collapse
would have been upon our side. The social
condition engendered by Slavery proved the
death-blow Of Slavery itself. The institution
had nothing in it promotiye Of public sprit' o.
productive Of high aud generous sentiments