New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-21
NO PEACE WITHOUT UNION.

A friend, who thinks he differs from US re-
specting the possibility Of peace on the basis of
disunion, writes az follows;
"Therc is in this conflict no such word as fail
and the remedy of an immediate peace On the best
attainable terms woula only be one Of the worst
forms Of failure After ten defeats lsuch il the phil
osopby of this struggled, any peace that might be
patched up would only be an armistcc, in which each
party would 20 right on in the brief breaihing-spe,
to prepare for the inevitable renewal of hostiites
As was well said Of the patching up a, Amiens, in q
some what similar struggles The peace thai was
made could not be permanent; it rested, Ike the
nettlc on the flower, only awaiting the fret wind TO
blow il away.
"Let US not disguise from Ourselves the dreadful
and implacable nature Of this struggle. While all
is causes are in full force, there must be Let
us not doude ourselves with any hope Of reconcile
ment, or Of compromise, or Of peace.
eff our generals and statesmen are nferior, away
with them nthat inferiority is fairly demonstrated
and proves practically irremedable-if you viii e1
cuse my contradiction in term,-I will say there can
be no hope Of lettering It in peace, and we must
fight on till the right found The only thing
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conditions, is TO acknowledge and make terms with
tho Cotton Confederaey.' And why!
" Because, ia the lie Of many nations, especially
Of our OWL the only hope Of their salvation and re-
form lies in their unconquerablencss in such natural
struggles as this which they must pass through.
Had Franco Acknowledged ard made terms will
La Veudec, IN the agony Of the great Revolution,
where would che now be Instead OF hat, she
placed nearly 100000 men under arms, and sub
dued or paciGed her reyoitcd province and also
conquered al Europe.
" Had Switzerland Acknowledged Snd made Foaos
with tie Sondefluua Of her reyoltCd ca4tons, In
1919, where would she stand now ?
CASA Waterman telling us Of tie night Jet rs
bear your voice for eternal war siil poscc be cor
quercd by us and never from "a. While the South
has 900 Coz Of slaves ia her midst, we hold her IN
the hollow of our hands and let cry be- in
and out Of season, as was Cstos, Deleuda Get Car
thago
"Suprose tie fortune Of war briDgs rs ware diresi
disasters, how can we helpt H0r oaa you make
mace The war Is appalling, bot the bopelessne,s
Of peace without yiciory or our Fart q more 70.
ITO make peace ard prevent war breaking ou'
- /. The Sd, CRY question.
=. That Of the Territories.
"J. That OF the Forts, For,iications, AID Public
Property.
81 Your Boundary lire.
10 The Navigation Of your River.
60. Your Customs and Taria with Tie South.
a.. Tie status Of citizens of each Confederscy
visiting the Other and Of fugitive slaves end Of free
colorcd persons in each.
g" And # the iupossibility Of reconcilement with
the band OF pirates and robbers arrsyed ag,insi Is
on there points is not apparent enough, you can read
ily imsgno twenty Others not specified which would
have 10 re settled. No. One language, one country
and eighty wears Of Union have made us one people,
and such we must remain / believe Washington
and his compatrcts in the darkest hour Of the Revo
luton, never contemplated the possibility Of any
peace except one that they conquered Let US eina-
late their constancy and fortitade. England fought
Bonarartc for more than aixteen years-and she
won. Tie war. that established and assured thc eN-
is,ence OF Prote-autism in Europe occupied twice as
much time, and more. aud do not let us. with or
country in danger, raeu,ion the odious wcrd Peace
in the FIST year Of cur struggle with Rebel Army
in sight of our National Capital.
Your. t.aiy, F.
RemarEs.-We adopt or friends conclusion
without being at all certain Of its logical de-
ducton from his premises. We are not sure
that the French dcsOation Of La yendee might
not Lave been wisely avoItcd by seasonablc
compromise nor that Great Britain showed as
much wisdom as temper in her long war upon
reyoIutionized France. And 50 on other points.
1t is the duty and interest Of the uniOnists
of this American Nation to put down its Dis
uuionists-so far, we are agreed. We agree,
further, that their ability is coextensive with
their obligation. Now CONES the decisive ques-
tion-Arc hty prepared 10 USE that pO,rtr TO is
full tlteat? Ia other words: Do the Fifteen
to Twenty Millions Of White Unionists within
the boundaries Of this Republic prefer to have
the weight of the -Four Millions of Blacks, now
mainly held in Slavery by rebels, in the Union
or in the Disunion scale? That is the vital
question, your answer to which, ia our judg'
ment, determines whether you really mean to
save the Union, or only wish, like The Herald,
TO make a parade Of zeal in its behalf while
YOU let it drift to hopeless ruin. In other
,,,orda. Wa connot see how one who wishes