New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-11


F.or ne sfezphh fraiarchs u GeiA
Hsag en- ye- hang theoi every one Every Es,i Ten.
reseau ound The viii and interest u the state ~
Tenucee snd Known 20 be actively connvrg with m enc
mes oud be hung aud oy. When the citizens Of State
have - an overwhelming msouiy al ths bAoigo' deter
mined on ~ oieg1 policy ehd ~ That Poey have oecn
neoessaed 20 for no defense - ttsr homes and hre
SIDES every resident the soil Of that state who lends OF
gives aid 10 the invader deserves - little mercy a. Beezebub
will give them n BIZ. empire Nhefoyer tho cobrslte bead OF
treason lifted It should be stricken Oh and that qaety for
IT, poisonous saliva j. contagious o. Tho airs oil Asiemna
Hang EN- hang en- every one
III anybody fancies that "our Southern
"breihren" who talk thus do not act accord
ingly, he does them great injustice. A rattle
snake has more chance of mercy at their hands
than a loyal, Union-loving citizen Of any OF
their States, who speaks out. Hence the
scarcity Of Unionists at tho South. There are
thousands in every State who would gladly de-
clare for the Stars and Stripes, but they are
not quite ready for martyrdom; 30 they keep
silence.
". But, we are reminded by The N. y.
Times that "The objects of legislation are
" praciicai" The suggestion may be profound,
but lis novelty is not striking. Let US, there.
fore, once moro cnlighten The Times, and those
whom it guides, as to the end we would ac'
cOmplish:
-Four Millions Of sturdy bonjmen, nearly all
residents of the rebel Sta.es, stand waiting and
wondering what is to DO heir part IN this con-
test. what their advantage thereirom. They
form a minority of the People of South Caro-
lima and nearly or quite majority oil those oil
several other rcvolted States. They are about
one.thrd of the population Of JEFF. Davis's do
mDons. Their interest in the struggle Is pTac-
tical-very practical indeed They want many
things, but, before all else, LIBERTY. They
are willing 10 work for it, run for it, fight for
II. di. for il. There cannot he a rational
doubt of the ability of the Government TO en-
list the syinpathieS and the efforts of these
Four Millions Of Jefl's subjects on the side OF
the Union by simply promising them Freedom.
Talk of c0nfscatiOn does not move them, for
il involves the idea-to their minds at least
of deportation and sale to lew masters. Talk
of confiscatng, or even freeing, those only who
have been employed in the rebel armies does
no. much affect them; for it seems partial,
, tmid and selfish. But say to them that all
whose masters are involved in the rebellion
shall be FREE, and they will feel that their
day is at length dawning. They VIII not has.
ten to throw away their lives By mad, sense
less insurrections; but they will watch for op
portunities to escape and come within our lines
bringing Information certainly, and perhaps
arms or other material aid And the bare fac
that their slaves are watching their chances Il
get away and over TO the Union side, vii
immensely weaken the rebels.
We are not proposing that Congress should
take any particular action in the premises
! We indicate no time Mt which decisive actor
would be desirable, or beyond which it woull