New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-02
Frsm TAe London NoKf, l9h.

President Lincolns Message sets at rest, with the
simplicity of an unchangeable resolve, many IDLE
ruTnors Of compromise between tue so-ca,ied stare
rights OF TehelliOus minority aud the fundGmf n'al
prncil Of national union and national sovereignty
which Washington tequea,hed 10 the people Of TIE
United States sacredly obligatory on all az the
main pillar iii the ediIce OF re independence, Is the
I Support Of nquilGy at houe Of peace ABROAD OF
safe OF prosperity, Of liberty itself IL that Rocdly
fabric OF selfrulng freedom 10 remain one patton, or
| 10 lie split up iuto as many mutually destructive
tyrarni-s the terrorism Of rE clous Inincrliles
may establish by virtue OF pretended right OF Seces-
! zion Mr.. Lincoln shows that the malignant Eilney
OF the rebel leaders nothing more nor less than
tie complete destruction Of the National Union. This
was in fact tie very falacy against which Wellington
prop. etioaly warned bis ieiwiiztns in his farewell
mefsaee. Aud if the National Union Of thirty -four,
instead Of thirteen States, Is now asaed bya fatal
combination OF internal enemies, s. much the more
henous is the sophsIn. The Message Of the President
plainly treats the war; which a lsa-ue Of psrricides
nas provoked, US q struggle for aiOnal existence.
II the Natl nal Government was unable 10 siIike
the first b W. il is now in petition 70 secnre by ener-
gec action The sympathy OF foreign power, Win an
iGfexibe purpose TO maintain tie Union undimusLed
snd uuuipairtd To make the contest short and de-
isve the President asks for legal means 10 take i'd
vantage of the i-reprssibo patriotism Of the people,
and to tuIn the beat account those yifh ocrngs OF
blood and which almost Ierplex the discretion
of che Executive. How faithfully Mr.. Lincoln treads
In lie footsteps Of the Founder OF the Republic his sgu-
uent against the pretended eighty of The several
States tears witness. IL it tho corollay Of the en-
pbatic and large declarations of Washington himself
I The very dea,' said Washington, 'oi the power
and the hight Of tie people 70 establish government
encompasses the duty Of every individual 10 obey
lie est,bllsbed Government" Nothing less than " an
explicit aud authentic act OF the Whole PEOPLE could
change " the Constitution which az any tue ex SITS
4" The States" says Mr. Lincoln, have their status
in the Union and they have 10 other legal status"
" The Union gave each of Item whatever indepen-
dence aid liberty il has" The plea OF State
Sovereignty that IT, Of disruption Of tDe ORION, il
L.. urlGciplp IL il the prueirp
of disinieplation, " upon which 10 government osn
possibly endure if il be right, il Ii the right OF
minority 70 rcpudiate its Obligations and uf every
Slate In turn TO secede from all the rest; II is the
negation not only of al naona law, honor and duty
bui If all national lie.
1t seems Impossible that this plain, unvarnshed
speech Of The Republican President should not eink
deep into the hearts and cOnsCienCes Of people pos
sesed Of any moral sense Of any reverence for The
memory q TIE great founder Of their liberties, OF any
hopes or interests beyond the passions or the apeites
of the hour. And Presi1nt Lincoln hears proud aud
solemn witness that IN truth "tbe plain people know
well Ina, Htbis is essentially peo les contest" TIE
Sccsssional cgarchy deliberately press out OF view
the tights Of Ion and the authority Of the people"
Their elections sre beld in military camps their state
pa,ers are eloquent the rights Of ninoriiies. On
The eide Of tie Union the struggle Is felt 10 be one
for maintaining form and Substance OF Govern
ment under which the condition Of the whole people
he, been elevated and improved beyond example in
TIE world. And this is how the largest army Of
volunteers ever known, a1d complying regiments
OF which every common soldier ID a NAN Of high cul
tire and attanents has rushed to the standards Of
the Urion II some officers in the land ana sea SER
vices have deserted their col0is, they were the
lures of favor or Of fortune; OF tie common eOiders
end sailors not has fail for mement Ia loyalty,
even in the face Of treas herous commanders With
s!ch support as tls President Lincoln is prepared TO
prove tfat those who fairly carry election can
also suppress rebellion. "lhere suct free people,
or people aspiring 10 fTeedom throughout tie world
much iess is there people with Anglo-SaXon blood
ia tie vens-tat il not concerned in the moneht0us
crisis witch the President Of the United States des
criuea in the simplest words, as ga great lesson Of
PEACE teaching men that what they cannot take 10y an
election, neither can they take by war" No Lesson,
il should be remembered in England be more con-
servative in the best and only true sense than this
TIE American civil war, then, is question of ex
fencing tie area Of Slavery, Of reyiying the slave
trade; but il j. than all this for the New World,
and for the Old; it is question, indeed, OF "peace,
safety and prosperity" nay, Of national existence 10
that American Uuion which the genius and goodness
Of Warrington created for a. example. But for AL
free peoples u is question Of upholding the eternal
principles Of liberty, morality, and justice. War for
such a cause, though il be civil war, may, perhsps,
without imiiety be called
Gods perfect instrument
In working out q pure intent.