New-York tribune., 1868-10-22

carolina. wrote 10 Mr. Jefferson Davis, us not
Federal Government In the exercise or every
possible power of national centralized desposmt sup
pose there States. only provinces aud unlimited
power conferred upon yon and great
er power would yOu exercise than you can now.
IL plain that our Government exercises the power or
central despQtsm." From that centralized ana IRON
despotism which treated the Southern States not as
States bntas provinces the Republican party rescued them
and Of the 10 states whose rights aud dignity we're thus
tramped I'm the Dust restored to-day TO their
older p0sitiOns In the councils OF tho nation aud yet r
Pendleton aud his Democratic friends ignoring te iac
that they had reduced the States 10 provinces and that
extngushng their tyranny restored them as states
reyerses our positions and charge us wtn the crime
against the States aud the Government which was deb
eTateiy committed by themselves Indeed II ls am
emit TO say whether the North or the sGuil ras
mOcracy. Without the apology OF the Southern followers
OF Calhoun for standing by ther states thcae Deocfns
that have come TO light that they wished 10 naugurate
the war at the North against all who would bY
Slavery. Franklin Pierce, President wrote IN Janu
ary 1900 20 Jefferson Davis tho letter was found in
DS9iss home assuring him that the fighting will not be
aloug Mason and Dixou's line merely, 1t Will be within
fa base ba N our onnosc o%n WouI IND occa
patton enough at home" Valandgham during the war
whose baggage and papers were captured III similar
strain You have but to persevere and TIE victory VIII
no yours. You must strike home. the shortest
road to peace is the boldest You hare your
own terms by gaining tho battle your enemys soils
hoping and praying for the ultimate cause ia which
you hghting believe ne as ever your friend" To
Mr Valiandgham Is attributed the financial part OF tho
Democratic platform for taxing and repudating the
bonds. His advice to Col. Inshall had not accomplished
In the field the run Of his country and the New,York
strangely connected had failed OF their pupose-to
make New York Rebel city. 10 might stil perhaps aid
the ultimate cause to DGggar the wdows ana oiphah
and the rest or the holders or the bonds Tor the act
would not only inet punishment on the families OK t tne
vctors, bat would destroy for years the national credit
and render difficult or impossible new loan In case OF
new rebellion Upon the south the Peace ] ]DeinoG,
racy brought the ruin they had been anxious
IN bring upon their section. Gen. Rufus Barringer
OF North Carolina. formerly our Minister to spain re-
Gently said: have 10 special fondnoss for The KepuD
LEANS but they have never deceived us. and can at
least respect and trust them This cannot do with the
Northern Democracy. They encouraged our SECESSION
lurcl Us into war. and then deserted u.s."
oUR DUTY IN SEw-YORK.
Ore word before close this already too long address,
OF our especial duty In NcwIork The voice OF Pennsy
vania OAio and Indiana, assure us OF natonm tunph
even without aid but that triumph will be far from
complete this pseudo Democracy, which is even now
being repudisted by such stanch Democrats az Moses
Taylor. Francis b. Cutting, Wm r. Havemeyer with the
IIernns aud NcOlls the iOOseves and the WebDs, the
echhns aud McCarthys. ana the long list on TIER en-
meat who meet tonight at the Cooper lns
tute-ilus shUrn Of the men who gave u seeming
.peCabIlty-shall obtain the aseendancy lh ms E
pre State. Oar triumph with Grant VIII DC lar from
complete II allow that party 10 transfer To Albany tle
Ring that has so long draced ana puHdered the cy'
10 ufi5e into tho state Departments tie corruption,
waste Vonaliy and robbery That has within rev years
raised taxes from eight to twenty-five iniLohs, de-
uoraliziug and vulgarizug IN It's worst sense every
Of nights the ermuc or mo judges fahc-S,IucA ~
tleir defeat in PcnHsyly yania and Indiana upon whose
votes they confidently relied distracted by tue varying
couuscs OF their leaders, ready TO sacrifice their platform
their candidates, one or both II they can Dut secure
The spos and power OF the National Government there
is one thing upon which they will agree and that Is that
Ir the ygoSid object Of controlling its revenues
aud securing standpoint Ior future approximation,
IN this Wow the election of GusWold becomes 70 Us
matter Of the profouudest interest, not simply rs tax
Uayer-nnd al pay taxes who pay rents-ou as eiIens
and wprkugnen WHO long Og the return oI tnI Peave
and harmony which, after eight long years, the Democ
rIcy sin beat upon lntcrrupting win t1elr new
schemes Oi revolutionary violence Anarchy ana iepudi
alton. -
Acgfnsf rho honorable character aud career OF Mr
Grswold. warmly cuOgLcd as IL IS by our senators, D
his old associates the House OF Representatives ana
by a who have known him in business rotations OF III
social lie have seen no charge preferred BY his enemies
moro serious than that great Eon maIniaet ne
Lad worked during the war for the National OoVeIhmehs
Lis upsr notable achievement In this line being the
cor trncton ~ Encsson's Monitor" and some Of our
Pi lS;c ittuagied lin the Monitor Candidate
Tha gTaud crime OF Grant with the Peace Democracy Is
that crushed the Rebellion and i j. perhaps natural
but tie vessel that STAYED the rayages ot the Merimac
~ which chanccd 10 be a witness had reached For:
trcss Monroe on the morning or SatuTihy the 9,n 3t
March, 1902 and about noon te quiet OF llanp,o us
broken by the ongexpected appearance OF the Mer
rimac from Elizabeth River, looking Ike some strange
monster aud seaing silently hcIoss he hoaus toward
vessels at Newport News Her hrst shot struck the
Congress whose heaviest balls fell harmessy her
coat Of mail as she advanced steadily toward me Gum
bcraui whose hrUgd,dcs OF DGhlgen shots glanced Ike
hail from her slopng sides aud proseny she trnck The
Cumberland with hcr sharp proW ana Us inc httcr was
sinking poured in her fire.
appear the shout her dying breath rs her last
gun was fred the waters edge, aud presently tee-
first that the Congress had surrondered then that she
lad been set fire.; next. that the Minnesota was
I yrouud aud the ST. Lawrence disabled, tbat lana
attack was expected from Magruder under cover OF te
Aerrmac's guns, tbat our troops NaIlsu ,iV .h r
iO and that We might expect the Mermdc at the Fort
- Win sunset the Merrmac unable from her draft TO
arurpoc the grounded vessels. retired toward N9rOk
a. night set IN the flames Of the Congress reminded Us 81
,i of tbe dnv which had been fOg the Rebels tae
,root,st ocbiayeust ever recorded In naval warfase,
aud which seemed 10 promise on the morrow the uetiC
lion Of our whole fleet in Hampton Roads by This inVn
n was rtner Thoughtful party that assembled in the
,t.,. IN, ef, Wrrs parOr and the cheerful tone or /
it7,rs ,n which that bravo commander aud his
staff spoke OF the iupOssblty oi the MettiuV tILs
Now York was not altogether free from anxiety ADout
h,lfpast niuc Col Cram rushed INTO lhe room WIN.
dnt excitement whispered word IN WooPs ear ana ho
IJ General rose and threw MP his arms toward Heaven
cyclaiming "Thank God Gentlemen, the Liie'Soh 4
ES,tery bas arrived" ,,..
Co cannon was dispatched 10 the Monitor to advise
bnr of thp work that awaited her on the morrow, ahu no
returned by one o'clock. telling us that though worn py
tI stormy passage Lieut. Worden aud his men
Sould he ready We had hardly retired, when NJ two
O'Clock a tremendous explosion aroused the sleeplns
tyNs Win tbe uInmeutary idea that the Merrmao
hnd maid us her threatened VISIT DuJ We louhu h"' ~
vras tle death cry of the Congress. ~.
Sniav noning found tho Monitor at her post at New
mort News and soon the Merrnao apPIaIcu ooi,,5 III
Inward the fortress almost Within reach OI her guns anu
tben back toward the Minnesota, where she IOlhu neI
now autagOHls"a cheesebOX on Il faIt, ~ tlo ~.
folk papers saidand then came that memoraoe ngne guy
betten tho rou-clads which taught the victor Oh t9
npht before that he had found master wO l'ugHu G
alike at his broadsdes and his prov. We H"GTu % & ,aT
Merrmno as she retired with damage, ana hhe never
yentired TO renew the contest. ,, ,o.h y,
Two months later on Sunday moring' , no ion IRON, ~
May CHANGED 10 arrive again at Fortress Monroe Il3n
WaS6ine,on bearing packet for the President hhu
dispatch from the Treasury. a.. .,,o,, ,ros
The news that greeted us as we neared INC Mia . % %
,a os rho result of occupation OF Notloh tno u!
before the Merrinac had early that ioriE' Sfao tI
bonrs hefore been abandoned and blown up Upon tli9
wharf met the President and secrtalies o,n.V m N5 %
Chase who the point OF enorhnS ILL.,, ~, Iianb
inGton hut who proposed first TO sail by Cfahey
and Norfolk gladly accepted Mr. lAneons w ds
10 Join the party, which einOfaceu uon' "' ~
Major Cannon and Capt Jay ,,,.-, - ,h h,roc,or
One incident OF that short voyage disclosed t %
itic rn i'm the character Of our martyr fresiuSh'' ms
nnet withdrawal for while to the stern OF tne poa'
Where he sat reading his well worn pocket ies'ac ,h
When he reoiued the party the wheel house nt the
how Inc swSpt the water with his glass ana sa 10 tS