The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-23
itself, and the supremacy Of the constitution in
the thirty-four States Of the Union, restored in
all its integrity.
What Is to be D0ne with tho Army when
the Rebellion is Crushed.


the Rebellion Is Crushed.
| BY the advances of the Union forces in Via
souri, and Kentucky, by our naval and military
operations on the Southern seaboard, and thu
expedition down the Mississippi, to be soon fol
lowed up by the forward ovement Of the army
ofthe Potomac, with Mcclellan at it's head, the
| rebellion will be completely hsmmch in and
! overwhelmed b. superior numbers and superior
arms. 1t will probably be crushed By next
| summer. There will then be considsfably over
million Of men il arms including thoremnant
Of the Southern army, and the questioais what
is to be done with that immense military force,
besides very large navy out Of employment
Is this vast army to be disbandcd and tho navy
to be reduced? Can it be done with safety to
me community? Thess are grave questions,
which must be asked aEsth answered when the
time coHes.
ba the Mexican war we had only twenty thou.
sand men employed. At the conclusion of the
war she volunteers were disbanded, and they
were tae'source of great tr05ble TO our govern
ment for' ten years afterwards engaging in fill
clustering expeditions to Cuba, Nicaragua and
other ncgJiboriDg States. IF the Survivors Of
an army oftvensy thousand Caused the govern
ment so mush uncasiness, whoc' would be the
consequence If 4 million Of men, fsled with
military ideas, ana many Of them fired with
ambition and the lust of conquest, were to be
disbanded and eft.without employment? The
most difficult problem in France is whas to do
Wits its armies IN pegce. The sosGfrs cannot
bear the idea ofirneton. il they arc not engaged
With foreign fce;, there is every danger Of
tiieir embarking ia, domestic revolotion. In
urtiel TO preserve pssee at homo, the rulers of
Finncs find it necessary to war against their
nrishbsrs at brief Intervals. What then; is the
Antrican governments to do with the immense
fighting nlass which will be left on i5s hands
when the. Southern wsa ID overs II mast be inn
metiiateiy employed i1rvindicating the Monroe
doctrine. and be directed against European
doIaipatisr on this continent tAa every
vessige Of it is swept away Mexico
must be made free to choose her own
destiny, without European interveation, and
Cab,, and Canada must Ire annexed atone slow
sca the United States. All the West India
.loeg to the American continent; and all Euro
penn rule on the coast Of the Pacific nlilst be
terminated by The American republic, zone and
indivisibic;" and hcnccforth a military republic
like ancient Rome, reducing the ncighboring
nations to her sway, but giving them also hsr
freedom and power and at the same time allow
Ing them to retain their own domestic instit,-
ions Thus she grew in greatness and glory.
sut the narrow minded Puritanism which would
ieddie with the domestic institutions cf the
outhern States would prevent forever the e,3-
ansien of The American republic and kple
ndying hatred in the breasts Of tic yanqashod
hers is no craftsmanship in this contracted
e CT
Under other auspices, therefore. will it be ne
ce sseay to send forth our armies. conouering
an 10 conquer, till this vast continent is ours.
Su ch =, the manifest destiny Of sAe Anglo.Saxpn
andlsaiGo races blended together in the United
Staias; and newer shall their pure Caucasiap
bic nj ~ dcaeri0rated by adultexation with the
pesi"' iihuthf unfortunate republics Of Mexico
Centnta' and Soash America Eagiand know,
that !hc. last shadow Of her dssninion in the
New Noria.Hssst vanish as she IT at before the
r,sin. nsln, ssDsa as we shall ha settled our
dom, sic diiic-ds5es Hence he, design Is to,
prev s.aa set!lsmant. But by OF sauergy and
raptsnovemeais let us battle he 7sssehencs and
The eeS,e is,ourn