New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-12
A SUGGESTION TO FRIENDs.

overthrow of the Shareholders Rebellion Onght
to involve the destruction of its melting cause.
We do not say that Congress must necessarily
decree the abolition Of Slavery, nor that the
President should proclaim the liberation OF nj!
persons claimed as slaves by Rebels, nor that
Emancipation should be made an inexorao'e
condition of peace. We propose no Sbibboleth
present DO STANDARD whereby other mems
orthodoxy shall be tested But We podnt t. toe
uniform department Of the slavehcdng caste
and their organs in all the regions yet pene-
tra,ed by tho National troops-thc absurd
rodomontade of Mayor Monroe of New
Orleans, the persistent and app'ouded scoundTel-
ism of the Secession Iutfanism OF that cisy ID
tearing down the National flag after their
emporium was wholly and VIGOROUSLY at the
mercy Of our victorious feet-thc cottoa-
burning and general iucendiarlsin Of the
routed Rebeis-the UNANIMOUS and quite
eratnitous declaration Of the Municipality
of Fredericksburg that, though compelled
to submit TO the NatoD forces, their hearts
we're still with JEFF. Davis & Co.-the per-
sistently, indignantly traltorous tone aud tem-
per of the New Orleans jourouls after that City
lny at the mercy of the Unionsts-and thou.
,and more Indications OF Southern Pro-Savery
sertimelt. TO provo that The mainisndace cf
Slareru renders Tie restoration ot The Union TN.
po,sible. No nortally wounded snake ever
eyncsd by his a.. more demoniac hate and
race than does rebeldom through all its organs
at this moment The well whipped schooboy.
who e1ultng'y proclaimed to bis chastser, Z"
can't lick you but | can aud Will make mouths
at your sis er :" was just another such example OF
impotent but unconquerabe spite and rage. IL
pleases the " conservatives" Oi our lay TO talk
loudly and often of " Secessioni.ts and Aboll.
tiopists," as if they were kindred secls; and
this general ialsehood bndly indicates par.
tlsl truth-thi,. namely, that they are uncon-
sciou,ly working together for tue downfall OF
Slavery. When the history OF our time shall
be truly written, 1t will appear thO,. while
Lloyd Garriion aud Wcndell Phillips did much
for the cause of Emancipation, Jef Davis and
Flo,d really effected still more in that direction.
Let them, when fairly beaten out oi the open
feld, pro.ract tie ccntest by inaugurailng n
guerrilla struggle, aud the downfall of American
Slavery can hardly be prevented.
We believe Slavery ought 20 die-that Con-
eress and the pre.ldent should expedite tbot
glorious contamination; and, precisely because
we desire aud anxiousiy await the passage Of
some vigorous measure Of conisca,loo, We ASA
our friends in Congress 10 consider well the
policy OF introducing or pressing petty, lncon-
elusive measures Of hostility 70 the Slave Power,
such "a Mr.. Summers bill repeating tie act
which forblds coIored persons to be employed
in carrying Mails, or Mr. Lovejoys that
abolishes Slavery in L. s. forts, arscuals, navy
yards, &c. If nothing more could De done,
We should consider either of these worth dong;
but We fear these measures consume time aud
exhaust energy tfgt are needed for larger
purpose If this Session should be brought to
close, with half dozen such bill. passed hid
nothing further, members VINO must profess To
be Republican, yet mean US little as possible
thereby, point triumphantIy to their votes for
these bills and ask, "What more would you
hayei Suppose we did refuse TO sustain
Coniscatlon bill, have mt we supported AntI.
Slavery measures enough for one Session %
And this will with thousands pass ior y.udi.
cation.
Should peace soon bo patched NJ, leaving
tho slayeholdiug oligarchy as stIoEg as ever in
their several States, It is very clcar to our
mind that tho rebellion will only bo smotbered,
not suppresscd--the issue will bc merely sd.
journed, not decided. IL is beyond the power
Of man 70 make the sristocracy who have hitl-
orto ruled Sou.b Carolina, for example, loyal
citizens Of tie United States. You moy shoot
IA thousand OF them, hang thousand more, ex-
lle two or three thousand, Lud swear the rest
to loyalty BY The strongest oaths that even
Gov. Seward can ccncoct, yet oil those tB.t are
lett alive will be traitors from crown to sole
And it il but little worse there than elsewhere
The Shareholders Of Missouri us "a class are to-
day as hostile to the Union as they dare be-;
those Of Maryland are no less 80. We entreat
the conservative Union Members Of Congress
from those States respectively TO make out.
each for himself, list of the known slavehold-
ers OF his district, marking those who are de-
| votedly Union ard those who are in heart
Rebels; and We arc sure they will be sur
PrIsod 70 find how immense !, tho prepondsr.