New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-27
THE POLICY OF FOBBEA|ANCE.

The Shareholders Rebellion is TO DC SUCCESS
fully met in but one of these three ways;
/. By prompt, resolute, unhincbing resistance
by tie use Of force TO repel force whenever
iLe laws are resisted and the authority oil The
Government defed; or
. By complete acquiescence in the Secession
proclaimed b. the insurgents, and the recognition
Of the revolted States absolutely independent
Of the Federal Union; or
3. b. q Fabian policy which comedies nothing
yet employs no force in support OF resisted Fed
eral authority hoping to wear out the lnsurgent
spirit and in due time rrestablish the authority
Of the Union throughout tho reyolted or seeded
States, by virtue Of the returning sanity and
loyalty OF their own people.
We do not assume that this last ia the wsest
policy, nor yet that it has been resolved on by
the new Administration; we propose simply 10
SET forth the grounds on which, is commended
aud justified.
This Government. it is said is based not on
force but on reason; not on bayonets and bat
talons but on good will and general consent.
I'VE wish they would preach this to the NulIhers,
WHO do not seem to have yet caught the idea. ]
To war on the Seccdcrs is to give to their yet
yapory institutions the strong cement OF blood
is to baptize their nationality in the mingled
life-blood Of friends and foes. But let them
severely Aone-allow them to wear out the mill
tary ardor Of their adherents in fruItless drill
ings and marches, and TO exhaust the patience
Of their fellow citizens by the amount and ire
qucpcy Of their pccuniary eAacions-and the
fabric Of their power will melt away Ike fog in
the beams Of a morning sun. Only give them
rope, and they will speedily fulfill their destiny
the People, even Of South Carolina, rejecting
their sway rs intOlerabe, and returning to the
mild and paternsl guardianship of the Union.
In behalf Of this policy it is urged that the
Secessionists are a minority even in the seeded
States; that they have grssped power by usurpaton
and retain it by terrorism; that they never dare
submit the question of Union or Disunion fairly
and squarcly TO the people, and always shun
a popular vote when they can. In view OF these
facts. the Unionists Of the South urge that the
Government shall carry forbeIance to the utmost,
| in the hope that the NuLiiers will soon be over.
whclmed BY the public sentiment Of their own
section and driven with ignOminy from power.
And here let us say that, if the Southern
I UniOnists would but themselves eyince that cour-
| oge and outspOken decision which they desire
| the Federal Government to suppress or conceal,
they would have far stronger claim to be needed.
| If they would but fight the battle Of the Union
| unfinchnCly, there would be no need Of any ex-
traordinary exertion Of authority on the part Of
the Federal power. Had the Unionsts Of
Louisiana saved the Mint, the Sub-Trensury, and
the Arsenal, from spoliation, they might have rea-
sonably counseled lorbearaDce on the part Of the
Federal authorities. But viii it do to concede
to the Nullifers monopoly Of the use Of force
and the manifestation of energy
-" God is patient, because ETERNAL" said
Augustine. The law Of gravitation can afford to
bear and forbear with all seeming counterac-
tons: il is very apt to have its way in the end
The union of the Northwest with the South
West is so strongly grounded in physical necess-
ties that it is very hard TO persuade the former
that the Federal Union is or will DO broken up.
Meantime, the exactiOns Of the Seceders are 80
prep0serous, their project Of reconstruction on
the basis Of concession Of unisersal and
impregnablc property in slayes-that lie, Of slave
holding projected by law in every part of the
Union-is SO hagrantly at war with the tpirit of
our sge-that the North has not realized that
they are in earnest. Yet they are in
earnesti ard a majority of the loyal subjects
Of JEFF. Davis believe that the North is ready to
make its submission, and ask the privilege of
adopting the Southern Constitution aud suing for
admission into the Cotton Republic For that
enormous delus.on, the policy of forbearance
teems to prefer no immediate cure. We must
hesitate before giving our assent TO il.