New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-08

log feet, she was wofuly mistaken, 10 the seausi
proved, for we lid without these things and beat
her all the same. Let US not commit Englapis
biundsr and leave any instrnmsn! at our com.
mand untried to suppress tbs insursecton in the
vain hope that the insurrectionists will be starved
into subsection or will give up the contest be.
cause 1t may bring upon them even fearful dis.
tress to carry il on.
IL is not impossible, moreover. that wa NAV
oVerrate their poverty and feebeuess. as we NAV
trust too much to our own wealth and strerv,b
fooo they cannot want for 1t is possible for
communities, as well as individuals to live q
great while without money, in Q condition Of
enforced credit on paper promises to pay, and
the South is in state Of mind to give ereot
faith to the most magnificent promises based ON
her future greatness. Manufactures she needs
but the only question in regard to them is the
possibility Of smuggling. The blockade that
will prevent this must be very extensive
and very thorough one and one that large
ships alone can never make efficient. No Gov
ernment ever yet suppressed smuggling, whers
the profit to be gained by it was sufficient
to make it worth while to run the risk. Ia
this case, patriotism, stronger passion
than ayarice, is added to the profit We.
on our side, Also have motive stronger than
can actuate Government at peace, TO put aa
end to o system which gives life aud ygor 10
the enemy. And we believe We are capable
of doing it, but it must be sharp and busy
work.
Preparations are making on both sides Many
things which the Rebels need and consume are.
without doubt introduced largely oil along the
coast. They hope in this way to get from Eu-
rope all the manufactures they may need and
which hitherto they have had from there or from
the Northern States. We observe that Charles
ton nan has taken a contract from JEFF. Dasis's
Government for large number Of shoes. which
he has gone abroad to ill, and every pair OF
which he expects to put on Rebel soldiers feet
Perhaps he may, perhaps he may not, get these
ia somewhere along the coast in the shoai waters
Of some creek or inlet which we may not have
thought worth guarding, but which he knows Is
Just the place to run his goods. Local knowledge
in such matters is always valuable, and the better
way is to believe that he will be successful
The better way in all things is to depend
altogether upon our own strength matched with
their strength, than upon our proves matched
with their weakness. IL is fatal mistake to
underrate them. They are braye-let us confess
it-braye aad cruel. They are determined; 80
determined that no scruples at our snnlhiation
will ever deter them from pushing any advantage
they may get to the utmost. They have some
money. and let us believe that they will make
paper currency serve their turn as well a' 1t did
! the purposes of our ancestors. Food they have
! in plenty, as We know; and It is for
wiser we should believe they will find some way
of providing all necessary clothing than hope they
will succumb to us because they arc barefooted
and without blankets Above all let US never
/ forget that We have to deal with foe whose
aim and whose determination make them most
formidable foe whom we are to Conquer if we
conquer it at all, by the most desperate fighting
and by enormous sacrifices, and who, If we do
not conquer it, is sure to ruin and to govern
these Northern States with such rule OF iron,
and such subserviency to single interest, that
we shall hardly remember in q few years even
the traditions Of free people We are not
likely TO make the mistake Of too completely
subduiug a conspiracy against country and mau'
kind q. formidable AZ this. Int infinitely better
do that. and crush it a little too much, rather
than BY overmuch confidence just fail OF dong 1t
at all. All our bunders thus far have been OF
that character; let us take the risk OF one on
the other side.