The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-19

! acfi "ftu I" covenant With deNh u Chti prl-
vation shall be seen in the ey. 8 of Southern
mothers and their children shall &c reduced 10
rags" the Tribune has announced that it will
ROT be satisfied; and Its revilings a the Presi-
dent and bis advisers, are attrbutatA q to their
loathing Of such inhuman and degsak ling bar
barisIn. NJ war has been proclainssA by the
governna igainst slavery; neither =. i'll any
attemp made to interfere with the fall en-
joyw by individuals in the South, on the
rients guaranteed to them by the laws, NO SOON
as rebellion shall have been queled~ and
traitors have laid down their arms. Fiveahun-
dred thousand loyal men are or soon w7l be
engaged in eiteeting this result. and WHEN 1t
shall have been achieved, those who are war.
ring against the Union in behalf of slave insN-
titions, will be less abhorred than the more is-r
sidioas mischefmakers who are undertaking.
Ii N order that slavery may be destroyed.
The Supposed Reaction-Its Absurxsatv
and Folly.
The revolutionary organs in the Northern
States. have assiduously labored, during the
last few weeks, to persuade the public tina, y.
reaction has taken place in the popular mind
against the war, and that the loyal excitement
succeeding the bombardment az Fort Sumter
has subsidized. Such misrepresentation are
mischievous and unfounded. They contribute
to delnde credn'ons people, in the rebel States,
into the supposiiion that an under current II
sympathy with their cause is to be found north
Of the Potomac, and that il will find vent in a
| manner favorable TO the peaceful dissolution Of
the IJOion One iourn IF oit
far short time ago, as to assert, authoritative
ly, that public meeting was about to be held,
in Union square, of those who were opposed to
the continuance Of hostilities, and pledged it.
self that it would exceed in numbers and re-
spectability the great manifestation of Apra
20. Not only had no plan for such d trea-
sonable demonstration been seriously con-
cocted, but, if there had, the attempt to carry
it into execution would have been frowned
down by all good citizens. +. a
We cannot too often repeat, that the uprising
in The loyal States grew out of no ephemeral
excitement l. was founded upon that prnei.
pie Of national unity, which, in all enlightened
people, must ever be SUFFICIENT to concentrate
energies, obliterate enmities and combine all
hearts in a common, sacred cauee Love Of
country lies deep down in the human soul,
and forms part of its untaught, natu.
raj logic. 1t appeals, equally, to indiyidu-
al magnanimity and to the more sordid
self-interest. Patriotism, reverence for the
past, respect for established authority, and the
memory OF benefcent institutions, as well as the
law OF selfpreservation, are all motives for
maintaining it. To impair it, appears sacri.
lege at which the sensitive mind shuddelp,
and continually increasing odiousness attaches
to those who would rcnd the parts Of the homo
geneons whole asunder. To it was owing, three
months since, that spontaneous display of ca.
thusiasm which electrified the world, and threw |
dismay into the hearts, not only Of instruction.
lists at home but of intended allies abroad, ard
1t will burn with undiminished brightness, uniil
the objects of the conflict that has been begun.
have been attained. For some time previously
to the assembling Of Congress extreme party
journals like the Nescs and Journal Of Commerce.
Oh the one side, and the Times, Tribune and Sun
on the other labored assidupusly to fan tie
fame of discomfort, and to foster wrong impress
sions respecting the policy of Mr.. Lincolns adj
ministration. They have received, one and all
however, a rebuke from which they cannot
soon recover, and the completely they have
maintained with treason, has lost them the con
| ndence Of the community.
| There is no objection which cavaliers can pro
pose to the vigorous efforts that are being made
| by President Lincoln, in imitation Of the gran,
| policy Of General Jackson, in 1882 and 1883 Il
put down rebellion, which has not been alread.
met and answered by the common sense Of I'll
masses of the pc ople. Money and men will b
wanted in abundance, and they will b.
supplied. National progress and developement
have been proved, by the history of the world
| to be inseparable from internal throes and e.
! ternal assaults---the natural diseases of en-
! pires-which must be successfully overcon
before their destinies can be fulfilled. They aI
the critical periods Of races and through such
| one the United States Of America is passing.
is no ephemeral calamity, inasmuch as tt
sacrifices that must be made to avert it, al
made for the benefit of future as well as presei
| generations, and the expense will be so in
meuse that the resources of the future must 4
mortgaged to provide for wants that are Il
Cured now. Does popular sentiment quail vi
der the emergency? Not only are no signs
weakness and dismay visible; but detelmin
ton and unHinching resolution are more III
versally manifest to-day, than they were thrt
months ago.
! The inherent energy Of ancient Rome, W
never SO sqblimely shown, as under the pre-
sure Of crises similar to that through WIFI
this republic is passing, and, under the lamera
ed Cavour, modern Italy has seen the create
of powerful kingdom ont of distracte
provinces, because its rulers comprehended Il