New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-04
Ireland-tiyii War.

Terrible At best is War-direst Oi all Civil W ar
To raise the arm Of Force against An'hority-to
rnshesthe the Sword of Rebellion-to commence
contest which mast inevitably array brother
AGAINST brother. and son against father Ia deadly
coufict-which shall transform peaceful smiling
VILLAGE after village into smoldcrins heaps OF
blood-wet ashes-wh ch shall silence the voice Of
the educator and cause the man of God to speak
unheeded-which shall teach Childhood lessons OF
disobedoncc. hatred md revenge, Danish sleep
from the pillow Of Manhood aud tear with anguish
the breast OF Woman, bsreit and desoate-ls a
complication OF woes ard horrors which might
well appal and shake the sternest patriot breast
IL were better than this to suffer the degradation
and blight Of Tyranny but tor the consideration
that War is ia its nature temporary, while Slave
~ unresisted is perpetual. II the choice were
between a year of Civil War aud a year OF the
most atrocious Tyranny, We would say endure
but the fact is otherwise. and the greater but
temporary evil may be braved for the sake Of the
enduring deliverance SO thought Brutus, Tell
and Washington so think the Patriots Of Ireland
War is a gigantic evil whom shall IT be sup
planted by lasting Peace Not while the mailed
hand of Power stiles the voice Of indignant Re
mons,rauce-not while the utterance Of ieryid
Patriotism is by packed iuries Transformed into
felony and punished by coniiscaton and exile
not while the owly hut of the peasant is unrooied
and Is destitute inmates driven forth TO beg or
perish at the Ldd.ns OF unieeliug lord. That is
not Peace where the bayonets are all ranged on
the side Of Injustice aud tie Poor starye IN silence
not daring to complain. There IS no actual com.
bat between the lion and his tlmorous' panic
stricken unresisting prey but is there Peace
Oldest of all Wars and deadliest, is that waged
by Power upon Weakness. Graft against smpli-
cicitv. Avarice on Want. 1t is the War Of those
who seek to consume without producing, 10 enjoy
without providing, to live in ostentation. idleness
AID luxury ON the fruits OF Others sweat aud toll
Wherever a human being exists denying or dlsre-
earine the obligation resting each to be useful
in his DAY and Notwithstanding himself
behind title-deeds or pension-fols or vaults OF
coin. and virtually saying, There is nothing In
'cumbent on me. SO far as regards my fellow men,
but o. feast aud quaii and Nil timo,-to receive
my income and spend It 10 such manner as shall
afford me the ampest enjoyment. there IS one
AZ war with Nature and his Race. Disguise it as
he may from himself and perhaps from others, be IS
in his sphere a N.mrod or Tamerlane aud Peace
is not cannot be- until he shall recognize his duty
and do It.
Civil war is 50 dreadful an evil that 1t ought
not 10 be tolerated an hour longer than IS sbso
luiely necessary to rs proper conclusion. II In
1876 our fathers had mustered an army OF one hun
dred thousa and aud driven the British off the contl-
ncnt at once the immediate sacrifice would have
been great but the ultimate saving Of blood aud
treasure would have tar oltweghed IT, More than
that number were brought into the field IN the
course of the war but 50 piecemeal as to protract
the contest and almost exhaust the resources OF the
in'an, nation. Bat had Washington commenced
the campaign OF 20 with one hundred thousand
men. the first battle might have been the last and
the destruction Of Howe army az the outset have
givea liberty and peace . the Conederacy.
Ireland should profit by our error She cannot
hope 10 conquer the disciplined and Well appointed
veterans OF Great Britain with an equal number
of her raw rhemen. withou, artillery, cavalry
or munitions. But while England can at most
le. loose one hundred thousand soldiers upon
her. she can meet them # she viii with three
times as many-meet them not on one field, where
discipline and tactics would be potent but at fifty
different points where numbers and personal
vslor must tell Il the whole strength oi the country
were thus drawn out, even though badly armed
and with bat a weeks provisions every British
post might be assailed and hall Of them carried at
once. and the arms aud prestige thus acquired
would amply suffice TO secure the prompt capture
of the residue. By this course the struggle though
deadly would be bret, and the victims far outnuIn-
bered by those Of single famine. @.
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