The New York herald., 1862-02-26

government with none or those sources OF wealth 70
support which commerce, manufaetures, and trade
supply Such condition, call it by what name we may,
would be essentially subjugation; and the North had
taken counsel Of wisdom instead Of pride magnty and
revenge, would IN the FIRST instance never have per-
mtted the war to be waged when had beaun have
brought IL to q termination as speedily as possible
When say that the shbugation OF the south IS now
more remote than it would have been after early
peace we have no reference 10 that small majority
which, in the South, as well as every community,
Is willing TO purchase peace at any price The d'etoes
the osh as there tcere tories the Re,olsstioa, shoe
only pathies wtth the ensies Of their country 1ho
subjugaton Of these is the question, for OF all
the tyrants who threaten 70 oppress US, tney,
the inc most event revengeu apa insscraSe The
tories in the Revolution committed atrocities which far
surpassed the most cruel oppessors Oh the British IN
vaiegs, and prepared to expect from southern
toreshappiy not So many In number nor so capable OF
mischief their illusrios predecessorshe exhibition
Of similar spirit. There Is another and more
cass who may be subjngated, because they
already subugated by their apprehensons OF the evils
and caames which are incident to state Of war.
Whilst generally honest and patriotic they ok upon
tiona honor abstraction be weighed against
personal comfort and security and material gain Dying
for ones country they consider very pretty poelca
sentiment, much to be admired novels Tragedies
but like many other poetca sentiments nonsesca and
9uixotic when reduced TO practice sell indulgence is
the rule OF life with many men who arc patioc honest,
virtuous and moral as long the exercise OF those qua
es cost them sacrifice. But of any higher life than
the life OF the flesh they have the antet concepton
nor can they imagine any greater ev han the loss OF
money the deprivation Of physical comforts and above
all, the loss OF fo. No will deny that the subluga
tion OF this class is practicable with moioty Of
the immense forces which Lincoln has brought into the
field.
But such not the spirit OF the great majority Of the
southern people. They devotodiy attached to their
country TO its institutions, to its habits and modes Of
life, and they and ineradcable antago-
nsn to the political and social system of the invading
race 10 their character and habits and their very modes
Of speech. which the present has intensified
into such passionate and profound detestaton that
sooner than acknowledge the Yankees masters they
would rather the whole Southern country sink to the
hnftn ar hall ThsA 10
the 10 the last derec to arin upon her honor and holding
deah inferior eil to degradation Such men may be
overrGn, be exterminated but they cannot be sub
jugated. They H resist long resistance possible,
and if conquered. they uu stay conquered. when the
spirits OF people are indomtable they never be
ens avcd and 50 long as the South true TO herself sho
will maintain her freedom and Independence.
What can the enemy do with such people? If driven
from the cities they viii retire TO the country and their
cities al together could not mob town haf the size Of
New York To follow them TO the country in the vast
territory of the South, would require army more
numerous than that Of Xerxcs. They will retire the
country and take their arms with themeach man his
trusty reand be prepared seize the oppornnity
to reasssrt their rights They will at once destroy the
colt and otkor staples which the North is endeayorng
TO force from them by the sword and will cult
vate them again III they do for their own benefit.
Every bale Of cotton in the Southern States viii be
burned ad the proprietors will raise wheat and
the North. They will roturu TO the simple and frugal
ways OF their forefahers in Dress furniture, and all the
comforts OF lfo, manufacturing for themselves such
plain and useful articles as their simple wants and abso
Lutte sites require II the Yankees choose TO hold
the Cities aud be masters Of tho only spots where their
armies quartered these will bo but ssnds in the
midst Of vast ocean, and will not affect the freedom
and Independence Of the people SO long they
stant to their cause and true to themselves.
In the very aspect Of the Southern cause this is
the extreme limit which Yankee subugation can reach
even If our armies could be driven from every battle
field and every Southern city and fort fall into the
my hands. But the accomplishment even of that re-
suit with all their superiority OF numbers is an achieve
men beyond their power. They have taught US by the
perseverance with which they contrived to fight Us after
their signal reversss at Bethel, Bull Run, Manassas,
Springfield, Belmont Carnifax Forty, Leesburg Green
brcr river, Allegheny and others not to be dismsyed
and disheartened by but to make them ncen
tves to energy and fresh determination We shall
rise, like Anaeus refreshed by every fall Tho farther
the enemy penetrates into the neror and extends his
line OF march, tho costly and perious will be his
mears OF aggression. ard the economical and prac
ticabe Of defence Eoeyrhcre h. tcu be mel
by defarae and prolonged rcsiSrnce, until the foreign
uorld dependent as is upoN Sosasn commerce. ioeuld
become impatient OF the eternal contet and itself inrpose
put end the mad dreams of Southern subugdtion.