New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-15
THE oBsECT OF THE WAR.
From The Herald.

represented by the extreme hntShvery party az the No
uit uuc Is by tho extreme Proslovey fire eaters At
the South Both nd the other persist ia representing
tia. The object y NO GofenMoa IN pa tg ofth ~ sos,h
to suppress the rebellion 70 tSPPe az ne Sane F"' ne
in'rfgfioH Of Sar0A"
The above is q simple, naked, premeditated
disseminated, reiterated,
with deliberate intent to deceive part of the
American People to the serious wrong and
injury of the rest. The writer knew perfectly
well, and will continue to know while he con-
tinues to lie, that " tho extreme anti-Slayery
"party at the North" has never alleged, much
less persisted in representing that "the object
"of the Government is "to suppress tho
institution of Slavery" But this is q lie
BY which TIE Herald coins money, while ii
divides and weakens the loyal citizens of the
United States; and we have no expectation
that it will do otherwise than reitorate it SO
long as that course shall seem profitable.
What the Republicans of the North ask and
expect of the Government--aH they ask, and
more than they have yet obtained-is, that Il
shall 90 straight ahead in ho prosecute" Of he
Mar for The Union, soithOh regard 10 ITS cBed
on Siacery. If Shareholders choose to be rebels,
we demand that they be treated as rebels, IN
utter indifference to the fact that they are
Shareholders. If they enter the rebel armies,
and endeayor to kill the defenders of the
ITriop. we insist tlat those defenders shall not
be degraded into negro catchers for the benefit
Of those sanguinary traitors. If they send their
slaves to work on intreDchments and forts for
the promotion of the rebel cause, We demand
that those slaves be made TO understand that,
by escaping TO the Union camps, they escape
from Slavery. If they leave them at home to
raise provisions for the rebel army we ask
that they be advised that by quitting that
work and coming within our lines, with what
ever information they can pick up, they secure
a welcome and protection. The loyal States
cannot afford to fight both sides of this strug
gle; and if the right Of rebels to hold men
in Slavery is to be upheld, We insist that it is
JEFF. Dayis'S businesI and not Abraham Lin
coins, to uphold it.
Now zee what the Government is &C.
tually doing, or suffering to be done. We
quote from The Herald an order Of which il
suppresses the date, but which we think must
have been issued few days before the Bull
Run scandal:
GIN. AASsFMLD's ORDER RESPECTING FUGITIVE
SLAVES.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF WasmNGroy.
Fugitive slaves WILL under ptote1t wbsiover be pc init
ted to resdo or De ga suy Wsy h,boed In the Q9ssu "a
camps Of the troops serving a. this department Neither win
such slaves be allowed Is accompany the troops on The march
Commanders otoop' will be held resPensibe for strict oh
| ecIy5uce Of this order.
| Who can fail to see that this is an order
TO our armies to put out their own eyes
How can they act without information as 10
the movements and strength of the enemy be-
fore theml And how shall they obtain such
information if the only persons likely to yolun-
teer it are TO be forbidden TO enter their
camps This order makes no distinction be.
tween the slaves OF Unionists and those of
rebels in arms; neither arc TO be "harbOred"
nor permitted TO rest in the camps or quarters
of the Union armies. What negro who has
any respect for himself will work his way in
darkness and peril through miles of swamp and
brush and hostile piclets TO bring important
tidings to our camps or biyOuacs il he is to be
kicked out of them the next hour What
commander who has any heart in the Union
cause will give or sanction such an order as
the above We respectfully suggest to the
COMMANDMENT Chief that, if this order Of Gen.
Mansfield has not already been recalled, il
affords an admirable occasion for the exercise
of his skill in modification.
BE it evermOre understood, even by those
who got their living by falsifyiOg it, that the
anti-Slayery men of the North do not AJAX nor
expect the Government to step one hairs
breadth aside from its line Of duty as defend
or of the Union to "suPpress" or otherwise
NEEDLE with Slavery; but we insist that it
shall be equally careful not 10 be swayed from
it's proper path in order to preserve Slavery, and
especially Rebel Slavery. Woe to that man or
coterie who in striving to preserve Slavery,
shall iacriice the Union