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

secure footing 1T some point bio the eeograph.
cal limits OF one of these States 10 enable few an
dyiduals TO acquire the power to whieo sneh State Is
entitled BY the Constitution and usages Of the land,
In Congress in the election Of President and IN ell
oar nominating conventions To this end, II IL only
Necessary for a stock OF redy-.nade State Govern
meDts so TO speak, to g. alog with the army, to be
set up wherever corps NAY encanp within
seceded STATE.
will not say that tits is the sort Of game which
the Uuions' tavei oders iaie de3 10 play to hasten
IL cir cou'rol OF the Government III advance OF the
aetual conques, ofthe rebel. Aud yet ID II GOT mainly
as to tue superiority of political over military tactics
for maintaining power that they difer with their
secession brethren? At any rate ilis scheme would
acmit OF most stnpendous fraud upon the country;
aud a public man, who Is even deceniiy honest,
sIsvebolder Shareholder will regard II in tins
respect with great disfavor.
/ viii not iIRpesch the motives OF the Ad0inistra-
ton. j. IL doubtless guided by sincere cesire TO
do ia Ill things, what will Prove to be for The best
interests Of the country But II - nevertheless act
log upon most deplorable policy IN this respect.
Principles control events; and ito principles IN ths
regard cannot fail TO develop another wceiul cycle
Of national contention and disaster, probably more
violent, bitter, and fatal than anything 10 our past
history. The very oppo'Ie course is Inc one
" and forever from siageiy should be its first and
paramount object. To accomplish Iris II Is only
necessary for i TO discard aifeIiated abstFacuop
nd avail itself OF opportunities which Cod oas
b,ougbtto our very doors. TIE simple act Of chang
ms in practice tie relations OF tae Go,eHment, ana
uur ming tie war according 10 the law and facts
Of the Gaze. would, in q short tine, make the
United States o.. completely Tree fIoia Slavery
as Cguads and place the institution at our
feet, aid uuder our feet. To recoguze tie Corfed-
crate S.ies for their benefit is no art OF our duty
but to shape our policy to accord WITH eveots, ana
eusble US to fulfill abign Purpose, Is wfat we are
uperaiiSely called upon 20 do. Tie lciion upon
witch we are now proc eding buds us 10 Slavery;
ana ehce the National arms insteai of being direct-
ed against it, are held where they may at any mo-
ment be required TO be turned to its deiriise.
Tie wish Of toe masses Of our people 10 to con-
Quer the Seeded States TO the authority OF The
Union, and hold them subject provinces. whether
this will ever lie accomplished 20 can OF course,
confidently ioretei but, in uy judgment, until this
character, it is mere Jungle, 20 be turned this way
OF thatfor Slavery lanst it-as The varying ae-
cidcnts Of the hour may Ge,ermiue.
IL is we'll that the bugbesr OF Disanon has passed
away, aud can no longer be used 10 iighten lmid
FOULS from their propnsty. Evec one nov sees that
there cannot lie any permanent separation OF TIE
States of the South FROM thOee OF tue North thai
they are welded by ties OF Dature, destined to tn
UNI Oh over all deintegraiIug and Explosive forces
Should tie bellige'ens sections settle down upon
existing basis INTO separse poliicel communities,
the States III the Southern section, along the
Northern line, would specify besome Tree, and
eager to reuniie with tie North. Such slaves as
could escape across the lice would do 60,
aud the rest would be conveyed by their
owners to the distant Souh, and as
these States became fee, they would become
antagoiistic 70 their Confederates, and recon-
,ilsd 20 the cd Union; and ob'tacie could pre-
vent their return. Tins the soot ern line OF the
Ubited S.ates would be b1o,ght down TO tie next
tier If tlaye Sates, upon which tue same effect
would be wrought; and thus the process continued
until the national ensiga wou'd agsia float hai-
lsnged on the bTeezes OF the Gulf. This would
effect restol aton OF the Un.on on an AEti-Siayery
oasis.
! So that even il the present var should cease,
new one would Immediately begin Moral forces
wonid tai the place Of ply sisi ones, and the Anti
slavery e0or aud lecturer wonld appear Instead ~
the dragooa AID musketeer. Tue center Of Aboh-
iionsln would lie in iIe transferred from Boston TO
Richmond, and we should see Nireibi1 hserator,'
in tire person OF some new Garrison, come forth 10
break tie remsining covenant with death and
league with hell.
Tue question may be fairly regarded. however, a.
in one sense a question CT union. Enlargement
and war will always eZst While Slavery survives
The extinction of this evil is the only final end OF
D.union. The question, therefore, Is, whether cur
Union shall be a real or pre- ,eOte1 ONE whether
freedom shall be its law and peace its fruit, or
Slavery its law and war It's ba eiul offspring.
system b,sed on Slavery is essentially one oil dis
uuion The war mus, therefore strike for freedom,
or lie professions about Union deiusiye, and ite
end will pe naught but evil.
Should il fail 10 do so, then let us cast II out as
wickeduess and al a5ornnaf'on and trust the cause
of Union 10 o. ier preserv1tves-to sod providence
rather than 10 mans imbeciiiy ana treachery. war
il obnoxious on general principles and is only sane
tilted as means TO leble epa. IL is
traehe rous instrument NJ best and IN this case there
is no little danger that IL will turn into thunder
bolt TO smite US to the EARTH burying beneath the
ruins Of our constitutional liberty the hopes Of man
Hind.
Eight hundred thousand strcng men, IN the prime
of lie, scoer aud industrious, are aostraceu ioi
The labering population of the country to consume
and i. a tax npon those who remnin TO work Inc
rer ,,t az the Secretary Of the Treasury tts esr
f. ;, ta,e. Nearly $.,0OO,OoO per day VIII nafdit
more than suffice to cover exis ing exlendees' s,sa
10 one year and bali our I'm aI sno Of $50 s
Tins il the inn ense sacrifice we are making FOL
faedom and Union; and vet, is it all To be siuan,
d.red on suSteriuge and cheat For one, sna..
NOT vote another collar man FOR the war, ul,Ii u
assures different standing. ad 'enos ul'eS ,; 40 ~
an antisavery result. Millions for freedom, out nov
one cent for Slavery J
Sir, we cannot afford to depse the opinion Of the
civilized world III this matter. Our present policy
narows cur cause down 10 an igpoble struggle for
mere physica supremacy, and for tis the world can
have no genuine respect. Our claim q authority,
based on trivial tectnicty about the proper dls-
! junction between Federal Government AID a mere
confederacy, amounts 10 nothing. The human
mind has outgrown that superstiious reverence for
Government of any kind hich makes rebellion
crime per and right Of secession or 10 right of
secesson-what the world demands to know In the
case is, upon which ride does the rnorality of the
question lie Considered as a bloody and brutal
encounter between Shareholders for dominion, il
is justly offensive TO the enlightened and Christian
sentiment Of the age. Yet he fare of nations, no
lees than of Individuals, is nodded by the
actions, and theee by the otinions Of ma, Kind
50 that public opinion is the real sovereign