New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-18

md tIeir devotion TO the r country and their lag
Was such another vletcry ever gained upon the
open field az that Of Hueua Vista Twenty thou
ssnd well-disclphped troops, amply supplied Win
artillery, overthrow by forty-six hundred ragged
American volunteers. Those who witnessed that
conflict well know bow 10 appreciate the lndomta-
BIZ lighting qualities of troops like ours, The oecu-
patton Of the rebel States by our army Is military
necessity. l laugh to scorn the policy OF woong
back the traitors to sheir allegiance by seizng and
holding unimpcrtant points in those States. Livery
invitation extended TO them IN Kindness IL an
encouragement 10 stronger resistance The eN-
hausfiug DoIicy is q failure; so long ia they
have fonr million slaves 10 feed them, SO long win
this rebellion be suetained NJ word for 1t, Sir,
long before they reach the point OF exhaustion, the
peope oil this country will lose confidence in their
Inlers. And II ia unreasonable TO expect the loyal
citizens Of the rebel States to manifest their desire to
return 10 their ALLEGIANCE while their homes and
families IN the power of their oppressors. Did
the Italians welcome Napoleon till he had expelled
their tyrants, and thereby proved bis ability 10 pro-
tect them So with the people OF the dlslOyal
States march vOlr armies there engage and scatter
the forces OF the enemy; whip somebody; evidence
your ability 10 protect the loyal citizens their homes
and families; and then, and not till then, will they
rally to your standard by thOusands and tens Of
thonsauds ! have alluded, Mr. President, to the
slave population Of the rebel States. II is claimed
by the friends Of Slavery that the institution is
source OF military strength. The slaves are made
not only % feed aud cOthe their oppressors but to
some cases to bear arms III their service. The
Shareholders are right and they wrong; the
institution s an element OF strength, but only
while it exists withdraw that element, and this
rebellion fails of IFS Own weight. The masters VIII
not work, and they must eat. Now, they are fight,
ing to retain their slaves, exposing Their hNos ana
the lives Of their Suppose we had tier slaves,
10 what lengths would they not so III an opposite
direction in the hope 70 recover theml They would
bow down in dutifid submission even to Abraham
Lincoln hims1E In my opinion, The obtaining pos
session of those slaves by the Government would he
more effective in crushing ont the rebellion than the
seizure ifSt could be made Of every ounce of ammu-
milton they possess. As the fear OF losing Their
slaves Is now the incentive TO war; so would then the
desire for their recovery he the inducemen for peace
March your armies into the heart Of their Conted-
eracy; win victory; oppose kindness 10 cruelty;
and as the peasantry Of France rallied TO the stand
ard of Napoleon on his return from Elba 80 will the
slaves, with one impulse, flock to ours. Inc Gen-
era who commands that army VIII be received
with the same acclaim as was Bonaparte; they
will hail him Us their hberator ana friend, and by
their very numbers viii secWe safety to his army.
No tronble then, in obtaining information Of the
epemy's operations. Interested III our success
grateful as they will be faithiul-evegy movement
will Instantly be reported, erdapger1ng their ciam-
mons and protectors; peace will be restored and
The cause OF the war removed; and then, In these
halls, IN the interests OF humanity and united
country we can deliberate and do justice Mr.
presideot in my OPINION the policy of fortfcatiOns
should be discarded A capital depending such
protection is worth preserving; tie only sufficient
bnlwark for its deenee is formed by the loyal breasts
of our citizen soldiery Think no more Of barracks
for Winter quarters; our troops do not desire them
Cheat yourself longer with the delusiye idea that
your camps are still schools of instructions hence
forward your lessons must be taught In the field.
Advance more RAPIDLY, and strike boldly. The
country is favorabe the climate invites the cause
demands Advance, and all is accomplished; the
Government is sHved, and freedom triumphant.
Mr.. CARLILE VAL imagine, Mr.. President,
that tue Senate and the country after the speech
of the Senate or from Kansas viii be convinced that
the President Of the United States has made very
Inest mistake. BY the Constitution he 10 made the
Commander H. Chief Of our armies, and he selects
the commander who is 10 lead those armies IN the
field aud the mistake is that he did not select the
Senator from Kansas as that commander. IL is
very easy for brave gentlemen IN their private
rOoms or on the carpeted floors OF the halls
of Congress TO criticise military movements.
But sir think there is principle which, If not
good military sense according to the Senator IRON
Kansas is at least good common sense, that ia, that
where the advantages OF victory would not hall
compensate for the disasters OF defeat, we should
hesitate long before we give battle. believe II de-
feated the consequences OF that defeat would be
more disastrous to the country than any benefits
which are likely to be obtained from any impatient
onward movement. believe that the great body of
the people throughout tie nation willing to rely
upon the wisdom ana discretion OF the executive
power, and to wait until they are ready to move.
But sir, Was surprised to hear from that Senator
that twenty millions Of loyal people unable TO
contend with the five millions now in rebellion,
counting all the whites in The rebelious States with
OFT hberating the four million slaves in those States.
Sir, that il a confession Of weakness am unwilling
to make. We were unaccustomed TO language like
this year or two ago, and II now comes from the
same gentleman who told us then that these four
million slaves were element OF weakness; the
came gentleman who then laughed az the threatened
disso alton OF the Union, and sald that the South
could not be kicked out of the Union. Sir this is
effort the part of the Federal Government TO sup
press insuTrection and to put down rebellion, and
while il il your duty to put down rebels IL is equally
your duty to protect the innocent and unoiiending
citizen. You cannot wage an indiscriminate war
upon the people OF the slayeholdiDg States without
trampling under foot the solemn obligations Of
that Constitution winch binds this Union together.
have sat here Sir, and been mortified, and by heart
has sunk within me in seeing the precious moments
consumed in Slavery agitation III this body. May
We not reasonably charge TO this unwaXraDted agita
tion Of this question the very troubles which
DOW staring ne in the face This rebellion had It's
origin in motives beyond and outside of this question
OF Slavery know it has been used as pretext by
those who originated this rebellion order obtain
the physical power necessary to enable them to
attempt the accomplishment of their unholy pur-
poses. If this is TO be a war for the liberation of
slaves, it will not be constitutional struggle for the
maintenance Of the Union and Of the rights
of the people of the States under it. But
it will be war for the overthrow OF the
Constitutions it will be an inhnman and unholy
crnsade against American constitutional liberty.
Convince the loyal people of this country that this
il not struggle for constitutional liberty and not
for the Union but that it is effort to prostitute
the powers Of the Government for the purpose of
destroying the rights of the people of the States aud
depriving them Of all the rights guaranteed by
common Constitution, formed by comnen an
eestry; convince them that your army Is to be
turned into an army Of negro thieves, and you will
zee that army disappear az rapidly the snow
la. harm Tho .to