The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-19

cisive war and an early peace.
The Federal Union, and the Integrity OF
tho Republic.
There exists no principle, so potent to unite
the sympathies, and concentrate the energies,
of civilized people, as that of national unity.
1t is founded in instincts which lie deep down
in the human heart, and form part of its un-
taught, natural logic. 1t appeals, equally, to
individual magnanimity, and to the most sordid
sel6shness Patriotism, reverence for the past,
respect for established authority, and benef-
cent institutions, as web as the law of self
preservation, are all motives for maintaining
it. To impair it, appears sacrilege from
which the sensitive mind shudders, and the
odiousness Of the word treason, attaches to
those who would rend the parts of the homo
geneous whole asunder. To 1t, exclusively, is
to be attributed the spontaneous outburst of
enthusiasm, within the past week, in favor of
vigorous and efficient policy, to re- establish the
Union upon its pristine basis, by retaking
those properties of which ~ bas-Seen dis.
possessed. The government Of the Confede-
rate States has taken up arms, and commenced
hostilities in order to destroy the integrity of
the republic. 1t cannot succeed, because its
aspiration to do so is unnatural and atrocious,
and can find no response in the intellect
or conscience of the masses Of citizens,
even in the seeded States. The authori-
ties at Washington, have, on the contrary,
found no difficulty in exciting the public mind
to fever heat, and the programme it has inaugu-
rated is approved, because it is founded upon
that imperishable love of country, which will
not permit the REIMBURSEMENT of any of its
parts but prefers any sacrifice to its disintegra-
ton.
Past history should warn every thinking
mind, that revolutionists, or parties in nation,
which aim at its disseverment, are almost
invariably destroyed, while popular sympathy
clings spontaneously to those who fight for its
autonomy, and crowns them, at last, as victors.
The annals of the Roman republic, show that
even liberty was more readily given up than
unity, and that autocratic authority was yielded
to dictators, to prevent the latter from being
violated. Under the Caesars, before Roman
dominion was cut to pieces by the swords of
barbarians, every Emperor persisted, who en-.
deavored to sustain partial sway, against
rival, aiming at universal rule. The annals OF
England, from the Wars of the Roses, TO the ac-
cession of William III, are a perpetual Illus
tration of the same theory; and recent French
writer, has justly remarked, of his own people,
that their history has been a perpetual strife
for consolidation against division, and that the
latter has been continually defeated. The SYM
pathy that Is so universally felt for Italy, grows
out the conviction Of its right to be one great,
homogeneous power, and an adherence Of the
partitions which separate those who are of
kindred race; and the ray of light which begins,
after twenty-five years of civil war, to CLEAN,
dimly, from Mexico, proceeds from the defeat
Of the internal violators of the territorial integ-
'rity of that republic. Time will prove in this
country, also, that the cause of the national
Union, is sacredly cherished by the multitudes,
in all the States, and that on this account alone,
it is sure eventually to prevail.
The bombardment of Fort Sumter swept
away all past Issues, in the Northern States,
and, with them, all party lines and platforms.
They are as obsolete as the period beyond the
flood. With the opening of the batteries of
General Beauregard upon the forces of the
United States, volume in the history of the
country closed, and new one has since been
opened. Its table of contents, as compiled at
some future day, may contain register Of the
sacrifices, the heroic deeds, the sublime devo-
ton, the unprecedented bravery of the Ameri-
can people for its preservation II may, also,
record miseries, carnage, desolation, fright
full national debt and times of the deepest
encouragement; but 1t will infallibly close
with the declaration, that the Union emerged
out OF all these trials, in its full integrity and
splendor, without the loss Of single star from
its flag. North, West, and East, the people are
resolved. Men and money will be at the dis
posal Of the government, beyond what they
may require. Three hundred millions Of dol
lars and three hundred thousand men could
be furnished, IL requisite, within a year; al
though, If proper vigor is displayed by the
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