New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


The outbreak of faction into lawless violence
and anarchy is Rebellion; the uprising OF Peo-
pie to assert and maintain precious, inacnable
rights, is Revolution. The former is usually I'M
PEELED by bsffled, restless, soUred AMBITION the
latter springs from the modest promptiog' Of I'M
selfish Patriotism. History discrlmnates uner'
ringy the one from the other
If the JEFF. Davis conspiracy against the nteg-
rity of our Federal Union DO founded in patriot
ism, in philanthropy, III devotion to Right and
Good, it cannot be put down. brave, martial
People OF Eight or Nine Millions cannot be sub
dued; an usurping, domineering, terrorizng fac
ton may be- Whether the Southern insurrecton
is one or the other of these may as well be
determined in six months as in six years.
We can scarcely f~cal an instance in which
an insurrection that held its ground for a year
or more was afterward subdued. Civil contests
are often prolonged indeed; but only through
the mulisb obstipacy of the losing party When
Sir Henry Clinton abandoned Philadelphia ahd
retreated through New-Jersey to New'io'k,
getting worsted at Monmouth on the way, the
| American Revolution became fixed fact. the
much useless carnage and devastation in Difference
! to the dcgged stupidity of George ILL., His
Ministers should have been impeached for officially
asserting to the murderous folly.
It may seem brave to bully foreign nations
that accord the rights Of belligerents TO our
rebels; but with Secession flag Haunting for
weeks in plain sight of the White House. it is
very untimely. Flog the rebels first and bully
foreigners aiterward, if ever, is the proper order
of business.
Congress is about to assemble, with the rebel
forces threatening the Capitol, and at several
points within days march of it. ii Gen. Scott
were to assail Beauregard in his intrenchment'
at Manassas Junction next week, the artillery
of either army would be distinctly heard at the
Capital.
1t may be smart to intimate to foreign powers
that We hold the rebels very cheap; but when
their Ministers at Washington write home that
they have retired to rest throughout the last two
months in constant apprehension of being awak-
ened before dawn by the alarum of an Assault
on or bombardment of the Metropolis, and that
their apprehsnsions are not yet wholly dissiPated,
what is ~ use
1t is just absurd to talk of three years War
for the Union. An Army and General compe-
tent 10 beat the Rebels will be competent TO pm
them, 80 that they must fight or throw down
their arms. protr~cted Guerrilla war-a war
Of pcsts and strategy-cannot be maintained in
such a region as the South, and amid such a
peasantry 90 the Slaves II vigorously pressed
the rebels must fight or rum and if they will
only fight when they must. their race will be q
short "na
II we cannot beat the Rebels--beat them fairiy,
thoroughly and with reasonable pronpttude-we
ought to acknowledge their independence If we
are too few or weak to conquer them by arms, we
should I've ashamed to reduce them Ia la Sumter) by
famine
Whenever onr armies shall earnestly SET forth ia
quest of the enemy, they will either find them, or
they will not be worth finding If they occupy Pc
culiarly advantageous ground, they can easily b.
made to abandon il and Gee at once, or TO leave il
and fight. An army without depots aud without
money whcrewith TO buy food, must fight at its ad.
versares option.
If the Rebels are not virtually whipped when
the next Spring opens, and if they shall mean.
while have steadfastly confronted our troop, on
every mutual frontier without losing ground, we
may consider that the Republic has been betrayed
by the folly or Incompetence Of its trusted leaders
and that disunon is fixed fact. The insurgents
will then have trebled their home supply Of food, and
learned how to dispense with market for their
Cotton. On the other hand if they are beaten
this Summer in great pitched battle. they will
be substantially used up. Humanity, not less than
Publick Economy, dictates therefore, 0 short,
sharp war.