The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-05
The Wharf.-The Administration and the
Border Slave States.

The Wharf.-The Administration and the
Border Slave States.
From his veto of the sweeping emancipation
and confscation edict Of General Fremont in
Missouri down to the late order issued through
the War Department touching the employment
Of slaves in the army, President Lincoln. 10 all
his acts, has faithfully labored to convince the
border slave States that the great object Of this
war is not the extinction of slavery, but the
restoration of the Union. Nor have his labors
to this end been without their reward. Through
this sagacious policy the we'll laid schemes Of
the secession elements in Kentucky and Missouri
for dragging these two powerful slave States
into the service Of JEFF. Davis were defeated,
and from the solid footing thus gained our
Western fleets and armies have almost finished
the work Of putting down the rebellion, from
the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico.
Thus have been cut of from the rebellion the
abundant supplies Of bread, beef, pork, &C., Of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri.
upon which the rebel armies, during the first
year of this war, were mainly subssted; and
thus the inland lines Of our armies of the West
have been moved hundreds of miles from the
Ohio river and the Missouri down into the Gulf
States. All this, and much more, we have
gained from President Lino0ln's wise and con-
ciliatOry course Of action in regard to the bor-
der slave States. Had he adopted in the out
set, or had he been subsequently drawn into,
the violent measures Of our abolition radicals,
Kentucky and Missouri would have been turned
against us by the secession faction in each of
those States, and, in all probability, we should
have been to-day no farther advanced down the
Mississippi than the north side of the rebel Cor
tilications of Columbus
Thus the border State policy Of President
Lincoln is amply justified by its fruits. But
since the dispersion of Beauregard's army of
Corinth, and the scattering of General Halleck's
over wider field OF operations. Tennessee,
Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri have been.
and continue TO be, harassed and threatened
on every side by rebel guerilias These pre-
datory bands have been embroidered by the
late events before Richmond to make another
desperate effort to drag these aforesaid States
into the abyss Of this rebellion. The rebel
c0nspirators in these movements have also an
active sympathizer in Governor Magofin. OF
Kentucky. He has called a special session of
the State Legislature, to meet on the 18th inst.
and if President Lincoln would only now push
to extreme measures in our border slave States.
including Kentucky, the Conlscation and Enan-
cipation act Of the late Congress, we might,
before the end of August, have task prepared
for US in Kentucky which would require hun
dred thousand men to win her back to her allie
glance.
But the President, wisely exercising The dis
erection given him in the enforcement Of the
late acts of Congress adheres to his border
State policy of moderation and kindness. Ac-
cordDgly, we have no fears of any serious con-
sequences from these rebel gucrillas Of the
West. On the contrary, while the government
ut Washington is directing all its energies to
the paramount work of putting down the great
rebel army in Virginia, we are satisfied that the
local authorities OF Kentucky and Missouri will
be competent TO take care Of those States and
that Governor Johnson in Tennessee, mean
time has a sufficient force at his service TO hold
his ground until we shalt have settled with jeff.
Davis at Richmond. Such silly, weak headed
old border slave State politicians, therefore as
Northern peace democrats as Vallandigham, OF
Ohio. and all The mischief which they can do
will go for nothing
But those masign abolition influences are
still al work which in Congress and the Cabi
net-have destroyed the plans OF our best OFF,
GERS, aud brought disaster upon our finest ar
mics. 1t is to these mslign influences in the
West and in the Fast that We would still direct
the attention OF President Lincoln. With all
his well seasoned moderation towards the bor-
der slave States, let him exercise something OF
old Hickory's energy and emphasis Of action
against the disorganizers Of his own party
camp, and the county will cheer him on. IF
there are bitches and discords among the men,
bers Of his Cabinet upon this everlasting negro
question, which cannot otherwise be rsconciled,
let him reconstruct his Cabinet, and let him do
this once in every six weeks IL required to make
his Cabinet and his party a unit with himself,
and the country will say well done. Let him
put his foot down firmly against all such reck-
less abolition Marplots and destructivcs as Sc
majors Wilson, Sumner and Chandler and all
their ungodly crew, and the President will
soon discover beyond doubt the real secret of
the confidence in which he Is held by the masses
Of our loyal people.
THIS WAR N THE SoUTHwEsr.--The guerilla
warfare in the Southwest, including Tennessee
and Missouri, has become very troublesome, and
apprehensions are entertained that Kentucky