New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-26
TEE QUESTION STATED.


" into Uar for the Abolition Of S!drery1''
Such is the question hourly asked BY the Rip
Van Wrinkles of our day and by secret sym
pathizers with the SlayeholdiDg Rebels. To
this question We most explicitly answer-No,
NEVER! The War on the National side has
one single all-absorbing purpose-1n The resforHf'0"
of The authorifg and rindioation Of the infegr-
y Of The Union. For this purpose, the Nation
has taken up arms; this it should pursue IN
fnchiDgly to the end
But what lawful means will beet subserye
the National AIM
First, that aim must be true. If the Union
ia to be saved, it's champions must discern and
confront the real euemy.
That enemy is Human Slavery.
Nothing else in all our wide domain desires
or struggles for the downfall of The American
Union. Find on this continent man who
sympathizes with and wishes success to the
rebellion, and you may be sure he is devotee
of Slavery.
On the other band, there is not on earth
one who delights in Slavery-thnks it beDeh-
cent, righteous, diyne-who wants it perpetu-
ated and eGtended-whO is not at heart with
the traitors, and desires-possby not Disunon,
but at all events the substantial triumph OF
JEFF. Davis q Company.
Instinct is wiser than craft: the simple human
heart leaps TO just conclusions which escape
the sharp cold eyes of Diplomacy. There is
Il. in tb.
Wost Indies who does not impusivey cheer
the flag of the Union and loathe the vile rag
Haunted by the rebel priyateers. lie knows
that our officers and men no more iraternize
with him aud his race than their enemies do;
but he Knows moreover, that Tie Union and
Siarery are at ,car, and that one of them must
90 TO tfe naH. And this thing is so plain that
We do not believe even Cabinet Ministers or
Embassadors-we Will not answer for Generals
can possibly fail 10 see 1t.
siayery-except under duress--has cast oil
DISCUSSES aud PVT aside equyocatODs. She
will be caesar or nothing" She has her
clutch on the throat Of the Nation, and fully
realizes that they two are grappled Tor lie or
death. She offers no compromise, wishes no
trnce. seeks no accommodation. If she cannot
be gratifed by the spectacle OF our National
ruin by Great Britain, she will rejoice in see
Jog the Republic subjected to the utmost indig-
nifty and humiliation.
The recent destruction OF the North Missouri
Railroad Illustrates her iendisl spirit. That
Railroad is entirely and far within The Union
lines. where no rebel force from JEFF. Dayls's
domipjous dare trust itself one hour. But
there are living near it Shareholders and Their
parasites-Of course traitors. by concerted
midnight rally al Il dozen points along the
track for hundred miles, they burn The
bridges. the ties, the station-houses, and even
tear up and spoil tbe rails By piling them on
their roaring bonires Kansas and tie Terri
tories are thus isolated from tho East, the
California Mail Interrupted, the Transmission Of
munitions and supplies arrested. THIS IL war
TO the knife, and by men who in daylight VIII
plausbly protest that they are as good Union
men AZ conduct The N. Y. Herald, with whose
opinions on all questions their o@n coincide.
Those who think with us in this matter
being vast majority Of those who voted for
Lincoln and Hamlin, along with tens Of thou
sands who did not--do not want the War for
The Union perverted into a War against Slave
ry. What we do waut, and insist on, is that
The Union cause skoN not be surrendered, non
compromised, nor in any manner reakeHsd o"i
Of difference for or tenderness t0wa,d SI0rery.
To this end, we demand that the Conslitu-
tional obligations--ac or asserted, expressed
or understood-of American citizens TO uphold
or defer to Slavery N the Republic be officially