New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-31
TIE HAPPY FAMILY IN EICH.
MOND.

1t ia pleasant, and sometimes it is profitable,
for brethren to dwell together in unity. The
distinguished Dr. Watts las assured III that birds
in their little ncs Is agree, ard It's shameful SIGHT
when children Of one ia nily fall out, ald rag,
and fight. 1t il doubtful. however, whether
even the good DR.. Watts would have expected
tho birds. if hungry and plncked and altos 'ther
uncomfortable in their barrow nest, to refrain
from relieving their distracted minds by picking
out each Others eyes. Richmond is II cage, Ill
which the ylltures of Rebellion find themselves
cooped cribbed and confined, upon short ra-
iions, daily growing shorter In consequence "i
this. the debates in the Confederate Congress
have assumed an acrid character. Members so
grossly misbehave themselves, and do so greatly
disgust their constituents, tlGt suDdly dis
satisfied people outside are remembering
aud reminding each other of the sharp
wny in which Oliver Cromwell rid hm-
self of that chronic nuisance called the LoIg
Parliament One Editor, he Of TIE Richmond
E1aminer, in,imates "tbat Congress i'sc!i will
have to be put down or brushed away" Here
We have wheels within wheels, revolt within
revolt, and a general looseness of arrange
mcnt which would seem to indicate what we
may call speedy smash-up OF the machine
Tie Inquirer (January 2D also announces tia,
lie Cor vress Is good for nothing. and that the
only hone Of The Rebellion is in Lees Array
In cap the climax Of c. n'isOr, Mr.. foo,c, who
has been most absurdly brought back, when
Davis should Lave given lin, a large sum oi
money to 90 away and never to Tetnfn-Mr
Foote, even upon lis trial, speaks in the most
dis., spectful terms of high Official birds, and be-
fouls The general nest in the very teeth OF the
proyerb. lie declares that Jefferson DAVIS
hates him "bcCause lie bad once beaten
him for Governor Of Mississippi, Mr
Nemmipcer hates HIN bocBuse lie forced
The aforesaid Mcmminger to resen--tuat
Mr.. Seldom hates him because be exposed his
wheat speculations. Either as result of this
speech, or for some other cause, Mr.. Seldom
surrenders the War Department. What
swce,y serene condition OF affairs Might not
the veriest croaker among us, who disgraccs his
birthrght, his citizenship and his manhood, by
feeble signs and shaking doubts OF loyal tri-
umph gather modicum Of courage, could he
witness this spectacle Of petty and personal
iealouses, of carefully nursed quarrels, of un-
forgotten ha,rcds, and of that blind rage OF bit
tor disappointment which vents itself upon the
nearest object, and fills the air with testy aud
snarling and indiscriminate reproachesf Adj
hitting that Confederate independence may be
established by military vaor, where is the moral
courage which is to preserve it Romans seem
10 be rare in Richmond. The sages Of the
Capitol preserved their dignity, though vandal
hands plucked the boards of the prondest patrl-
clans; the Senators of the Coniederacy rail like
unlucky gancs,crs at their losses, and fall to
GsticuiIs with each other because they cannot
endure with equaninity the sharp and sudden
strokes Of adversely. And these are the sagcs,
the counseors, the thinkers Of the New En-
pire Their folly would inspire us with fresh
hopes, even if we needed them. We are better
where in the Rebel States class OF intelligent
and moderate men who have no sympathy with
these brawling usurpers, and who are ready to
return to the Union upon equitable and Consti-
tntonal terms. These men, as our arms i'd
vance, we shall find weary Of the babble of their
| Congress" and Of the war which has blasted
their fields and taught by the sternest Of les
SONS TO prize the democracy which allows to all
a voice in legislation, they will join with us in
banishing forever, from the soil which it pol
lated, an irresponsible ogarchy based upon
barbarsm, and ut once ignorant and ferocious.
| The truth is that this Rebellion has estab-
| lished test OF wisdom and of manhood, such as
does not come TO a nation once in century. III
any reader doubts this, let him read the excel
lent speech just delivered by Andrew Johnson,
and mark the clcarneSs with which that plain,
| blunt clear-hcadcd man, with force and sim
plicity worthy Of Golden or Of Bright points
out the expressions OF a narrowing aristocracy,
and the inevitable injury which Slavery innicts
upon every class except that which is Interested
in sefshly unfolding it. Mr. johnson under
the smooth apoogsts who do themselves inf
mite discredit by sophstcaiing tho great ques-
ton Of the age. Statesmen, made so either by
nature or by education, see at once the folly of
Slavery just us moralistsees its niquity but the
brawlcrs and wranglcrs in Richmond see moth
ing, learn nothing and so far as their Confederacy
needs sagacious thought, are good for nothing.
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