New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-02


effect this purpose he would have "a believe NOW NOW
ever that Mr. Seward, through Mr.. Stanton msntRn
lated Mr.. Buchanan, in some uDdefned way, 80 % .''
prevented bin from delivering ii up TO tne with
have shown by Mr.. StantOn's copveise'u; ;,h rho
Senator Brown, that he was then cooperating .neet
SecessionistS and by Mr. Stewards nos n n,ayed
and repression Of the uprisns Noi1 'DH we're enabled
into the hands OF the conspirators, Tho yiedin0
to stimulate the Rebellion BY thfs she Sonth that
and the conviction which it created az ,' ooncusion
Secession would be peacesb'e anu Wv ~ Scward who
ra ro "a. ia Inv the nrtul who eortroea
BpcAanan and his snbordiDate, Insy I'D 70 mass 10
the portal through which MI sh; fact exr,ains tn
nls pfol.seu ,hpr control over him. claim nothing
ior Gov Hicks bat what the veric kho"s hecause
that his rmncts sa,fd sv IN bs time by the Committee
" ,be H"nse Mt the head Of which was tha' pr5
stste,map. William A. Howard oi Mies s sh . osr,,sl
that the enemy had no iOTes a. which could not be
"ed 10 the work until Secession was accom-
hy tbe state 1t was therefore Gov HICKS Wno nU' m
only saved the capital but Messrs. hot anu Wv has
.hoyy, solvcs es brands from the burning nor has
MIR stanton shown himself at all grateful 10 tno uc v,d
man for this service for lie insulted hun so
repeatedly that he had to decline gOps e Woud have
been defeated his election TO the Senate pu 'nas to
election was surprise effected cohtrary 10 on' tbc
peetstiors Of bis adyersaries haere ,se embers
could he Piled through the QudrtermssIer anu
sary Departments they were at the last session.
;ng his anprohaton to Mr.. Kings bill. or Mr bar
bill as he prefers 10 call it, authorizing the 1i.n
Of the South 10 organize for its defense uDde tnc ~
thory Of the United states rs GTs x .ni war ' would be-
avoided" ard second that "thc ORGANIZATION u w
Union men Of the South contemplated ~ MI. DIAL
implied of course that hey Should ue Nov II j.
notorious that mt and about that time tDc ors hu VI
senals of the United States throughout thc nouh
violently and lswlcssly seized ny the peole ans ~
,i,o mad nj
toubt can be entertained that II arms hau peoh
TO the Union men of the Soufn the same use Won
have been made OF them H canmoa pe sown Ike So
many rushes before the storm of treason then sweeping
through the Cotton States.
Mr. Holt here states the fact tDat thc WET I"u nu
tualy begun on the part of the consI rators py u,
selzIre of the forts and arsenas OF the ecyernmen
throughout the South. His refusal 20 sanction NY Va,
could therefore avert war from thn, quarter. ou
could preyent resistance by the friends OF the 'o'
cnt and that this the true and only lePs'h or '
refusal is manifest because IL accoius WIN te pp
coercion doctrine announced by Mr. Buchanan ]" w
December message TO Con nfress Ihe secobu leisoi
sssigued for his action therefore Untrue ana Wa
add that it was known to be untrue freh M,h M @ n'
Southern UDion mea were not only rehu! 10 idhe am
for the Government, hut some OF tDem were acluu! IL
arms defending the Government. The bll WAS sne
gcsted indeed by ny brother, Gen Bialr Who nSu nu
without law, organized force OF ecO mon men IN
Louis TO guard the arsenal, containing 70O1 stand o
arms ali tie Government had in the West. ie4s II
charge OF SCcessionist by the War Department, WIZ
was ready to surrender II at any moment To t,alooL
Jackson These ''s0-c0ilCd Uai0R men, WIN arm
furnished BIZ themselves guarded that arsenal al WIN
ter for the Government. But II was dlcult 10 m1ir
tain such an Unauthorized organization Collision VII
the State troops Orgauzed by Gov. Jacksons nutbor!
ard commanded By determined men, was lmmlheht
and men who did not fear the fight feared tho law ant
were reluctant to contend with State authority unsup
poI tied by any authority, This mace " dileu 10 hec'
In the Organization in St Louis, and prevented all at
teInpts to oIm any elsewhere. Hence ihe Necessity q
/ the bill.
! Eut Mr. Hollis statement II astounding when we re-
member that mary ms $4,000 OF the'e sc-oo"eo
Union men Of the Souhera States" have been IN oui
armies during tie waI-22,COO 1om Tennessee alone,
and DO doubt that If one-haf Of these ga'nnl
Tennesseans had been armed the state would never
have seeded. Andrew johnson asked only arms 10
hold it. The 5000 stand OF obtained by Garrett Da
Wis saved kentucky. The arms furnished by GOV An
4 drews of Massachusetts, saved West Virginia. Th'
bloody affair of the 18th Of April IN Baltimore woul'
never have occurred lut for tie delay IN getng arm
for our c0iled Union men. Wehad the men. as VI
have since shown on the battlefield but the arms or
dered for them at last were at tie time at the WASH
q iugion railroad depot; aud who VIII believe that w
brave mon menOi Virginia who voted 1pCOO maJOil
i against Secession, would have sucolmbed II tI.y ha
/ had and the authority of the Government 70 de
+ f.nd il nor wonld they have yielded any where th
. Government at Washington bad rot abandoned theL
h and connived at eirsubJecuon.
But if 1t were true that the "so-ealled Union me-
laid themselves down like so many rushes before ID
storm of treason then sweeping through the tott0
! States" did not Postmaster eneral and Secretar
Holt lay himself equally low before u while Jelf Dir
,eigned in tie capital And II MI Holt Is allowed u
rise agan when the storm ceased and after JEFF DC
pariure why should not the "rtshes' Of the Couo
States lift themselves when tie storm has ceased there
But Mr. Holt msstates. While he was doing The Wor
Of the cOnspirators jUsi ing the Rebellion and deI!
Ing the Union men the arms ard authority OF TIE Gov
erErnent TO resist it. Alexander IT, Stephens was fcar
iessly confronting lOombs, the Miabeau Of IN
revolution In tie Cotton States and aDOsi succeeded
in aIresting ii entirely by keeping Georgia out Of u
movement. IL the Government bad sustained him h
I woud lave succeeded: and yet Mr.. Stephens who's
home aud person were thus surIendec to the Rebel
lion by the Government, now languishcs in prison
the KEY Of which is held by the associate Of Mr.. Hol,
surrenderng hin, and he is prisoner because he SUB
m,ted 10 bis Stetc-an authority which. az the tine
neither the Administration then here the remie
OF the incoming Administration proposed 20 resist.
Whether Mr.. kiug, 10 stating tiHt the bi Which III
fMI. HOtj refused 10 sarc ion was my lll and thd
did nothing further aDJut II, aertba refusal nc al
TO be Understood Hr. Holt contends. that he wal
satisfied with the refusal. shal not debate. lagfc,
with Mr.. Holt in al be says coEraendatory Of Nj
King He introduced tie bill into the Senate, and tha
will satisfy those who know Mr. King that he approved
It, and viii believe that ally such reasons AS Mr
Holt now gives for refusing his senct0n 10 u affected
Mr. Kings opinion. The truth is that Mr. King gave
IL up because could not pass IN tie face Of the Oppos
tion Of the War DspJlgeli, ard De lqy nelqp9 riy
baue IN connection with II .ar ins. ia contrary moe
from that which Mr.. Holt would Imply. lie knows
that similar bin passed in July, and the result
vindi icated the policy which j sought to initiate six
months e1r.ier.
Iaiyd and Fourth ''.' ...
Tig FONTS PUT II IespE py NIB HOLT.
What have said is but preliminary 10 that ISSUE
which Mr. Holt justly presents as tho point on which
the outbreak Of the war turned. ON TIE eUCcOH OF
FogT SUMTER WAR OR PEACE DflLSDLD; LOT Souti'
Carolina which was the only State which could DC
brought 10 initiate the by blow on the defensive
forces of the United States dared not strike unless ss
an, ed of suocess in obtaining Of Fort Sum.