New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08
THE REBELLION AND THE REMEDY.

To Edite, Of The n. y. Tribune
SIR: There is no controversy TO the cause OF our
present troubles. That which produced the rebellion is
no less an admitted fact than the rebellion ITSELF With
singular unanmity, all agree that it is Slavery IL
would be waste of time and space, therefore, to
attempt to prove that which is not disputed.
Unfortunately, there is such unsnimjty 10 favor
Of any remedy except war, and that is already in
progress.
The writer proposes to develop the outlines OF
plan that shall be thorough, speedy, humane, and, as
he believes constitutional and practical Slavery be-
ing the admitted cause Of tho rebellion, the question
presented TO- shall the cause Of the rebellion be blotted
QUIT or shall 1t be protected by the Government. and
Thousands of lives and millions Of money expended in
putting it down while maintaining its admitted cause!
The present s epoch that occurs but once IN the
history Of great people. Shall the golden moment
pass unimprovedi or, what is worse, be forever lost
by the cowardly policy of'non-inerveniion Slavery
imperiously demanded submission. The people,
through the ballotbox, refused. Because they re-
fused Slavery conspired to destroy the nation. Of lie
worse than Austrian tespotismits robbery of public
and private property-its brazen.fsced perjury-its
codblooded causeess m1rder OF Union ctlzens-it is
needless TO speak. Our business is to suggest reme
dyhe only remedy that promises relief 30 the nation
and to the loyal citizens in the Rebel States.
There thirty millions Of people IN the United
States. OF this number, about one hundred and hfy
thousand slaveownere Less than one hunGred ana
sixty thousand of these males above the age Of ma
iority not more than twenty twentyhv thousand Of
which are reunconditonsy attached to the Union OF the
remainder, 10000 l35, 900 divided. Eighty or
ninety thousand have for years been preparing for this
rebellion and are its controlling spirits, and per-
haps 80 900 or 40 900 in favor Of the Government
upon condition that it guarantees the protection and
existence of Slavery in which event they promise to
maintain an "armed neutrality" or fight as expe.
dency may detate but in Of its neglect or refusal
to make such provision, they will unite with the
Rebels For the purpose Of concihating this small
number of Shareholders, who are conditional Union
men or traitors the Government has thus far refused
to adopt the only policy recognized practical at
home or abroad for the present and final suppression OF
the rebellion. Ii no greater number Of persons than
the shareholders of the United States Incorporated
by State Nation BOTH for any other purpose than
that Of chatelizng humanity, and exacting from it
human services for brutal compcnsations, and they
should commit crimes like those incident to the eond
tion Of Shareholders for like trivial reasons would not
the civilized world demand and the power by whica
they were created require their immediate eXrpaioh
Ii this war with all it's attendant horrors, baa Oech
preepitated upon the country bya combination 0. I"
road bank corporstors because the people Ieieu ~
permit them TO control the Government, aoes any 'e
The reader mus. remember that Of this I ,bs
AZ uen majority own less than Zee slaves escn ela & , @
n' 'sqed cs. ho Ia turn control the snaJ . & -
thav ntro the srge number Of non siayenolot', ~
bsyss NV men ss can be found in bali The rbfs' ~
ENGLAND