New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-07
TIE WAR HAS BUT ONE OBJECT.

10 N. Editor sf The NJ Y. Tribune
SIR: The object Of this mighty and sublime uprising
Of the North the distinction between its probable direct
and probabe indirect results and the great Importance
Of some of them, cannot be too carefully nor TOO FIRE.
quently considered.
First. Some speak as il the abolition Of Slavery
were the object. But the putting down Of the gigantic
conspiracy against the Government is It, That and
nothing eIse Is IT, In other words the one object OF
the nursing is to save the nation from being broken mp
into thirty or fcy nstionshe doctrine Of its asai-
ants being that each State is sovereignty, is nation
We confess that we are all the eager 10 preserve
our Government because Of the Infamous Pro-Slavery
character Of that which is thru forward TO take is
nlsce But no Government be 10 good as TO recon-
ce ma 10 the fraudulent and forcible dsPacing Of our
own by 1t.
The RIGHT of NE States 10 withdraw from the nation
Is urged on the ground that the States made the nation
But thew did not me- ke it, The Constitution says that
"we. the People Of the United States" made it, 1t
was by States they declared their making it, This was
convenient. In one respect il absolutely neces-
ssry since in this wise only every State could express
its consent 10 denatonaze ITSELF and TO transfer its
surrendered sovereignty TO the thereby constituted ma
tiop What however, II the nation Is partnership
of States4 There is surely provision that one OF
the FARMERS can dissove it. II is readily admitted
that State has the revolutionary right OF wihdrawai
But 60 has a county, town, and even an individual
No greater is the right because they who exercise
are 40 numerous to make up Stale.
Second Nor il the object of this uprisng TO sustain,
or In any degree favor Slavery. To claim this is as
wrong as 10 claim that its object is TO overthrow IT,
No one by taking part in this movement commits
himself thereby either TO Slavery or AntfSliVery.
However some may hope and labor 70 have u hep tne
one, and however some may hope and labor 10 have
helm the other none are at liberty TO misnterpret or
peryert the one object Of the movement In TINS To-
sistanoe 10 the rebeous enemies OF our Government
we have Joined hands, not as KepuDhoans nor ~
Democrats not AbotioDists nor Anti-AbontioniS's
but solely AMERICANS and rs defenders OF our uoy
ernuont. We may still remember that We are Repub-
licans. Democrats AbohaoDists, Anti-AbohtlcniSts'
But the remembrance must not be allowed TO loosen
cur hands 10 make eacherous TO one another OF 10
the one legitimate object OF our union IL Ii not need
full TO nold our differences In abeyanoe But ~ IL
ueedful 10 keep them from interfering with the COM
mon object, and IL IL needful 10 prove that we are
capable despite these differences, OF maintaining ts
new and holy brotherhood into which We have entered.
And here lei express my great pleasure N .he mag
unanimous overlooking by the National ana o'ate s.'
tborities of party differences in their selection OF mi-
tary officers trust that there will be NO less over
looking of these differences in appointments 10 such
civil Offices IA are essen tally connected with the prose-
cuion of the war. To ask that political preferences
shoud be waived in filing other civil Offices would DC
unrea onabe. The war calls for poiIcai ~ ny
only 40 far as respects the war. Outside oil the
war expressions Of political preference are not only
allowable bat duty.
n follows that our army would do wrong were II TO
quit its work of defending the Government and 30 70
abolisbin0 slavery. II follows too thai our army
does wrong In turning aside from ne profer wots "
lend helping hand TO slavery. Not 10 speak OF Others
how gross q breach Of faith this s toward the Yen
thousand Abohtionists who arc taxing tbemselves
heavily IN collecting and maintaining the army A0~