, 1862-01-03
HK Repent 1t, Sir, We Must Fight,
From the n. 7. Herald. Dec. al

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From the n. r Herald, Dec 28.
4 happy Issue out OF our complications,
forrign aa well az domestic, is to be found
In OILY one way;-thc path Of safety. honor, |
and confidence lies through bloody fields, en-
ye1oped In the thunder clouds OF battle.
We will 60 into no question ofmihtarJ stfa,-
egy; such questions belong to the eoln1nana.
er-in-chief. Ne do not presume to say Mnst
particular blows should be struck nor Hhe1e
they should fall first and heaviest; but that
the clush of arus should Immediately be
heard that the rebels should forthwith De
met, not in dcsu1tory sk1rInlBhes, ouC III aes-
pesatc1y sought general engagements, IS
ever side we turn our eyes. In this hour,
which is too solemn for pleasant seltdeluslon;
in this crisis, which Is too grave Tor smooth
tongued complaisance toward PERSONS IN or
ont Of authority, the truth must be boldly
spoken. For the first time since tce became a
7aatio,s he bittey cup Of national humiliation is
presented to cur lips, and tce are compelled to de-
Ilerae as to schethe7 sce shall taste It. We expe-
ricnce, for the first time, an intermission
of that proud consciousness Of national
strength which has heretofore made Us supe-
rior to the dictates Of an imhecile pru-
deuce and free to regulate our bearing toward
foreign powers without reference to any
other consideration than our sense Of inmuta-
BILE Justice and national honor. We are thus
crippled and humbled because rebel hosts,
numbered BY the hundred thousand, stand in
arms against us and bid Us defiance, and ne
have not yet succeeded in subduing them.
Foreign powers have temporarily ceased to
respect onr strength. The only way We can
recover our former consideration abroad Is
by re-establishing our disputed. authority 81
home. 81, r.
We need oil our resources, financial and mill
tary, to cope with this gigantic zehellion- We
cannot afford to have our blockade raised and
the Southern poEts opened to the importation
of munitions Of war from foreign countries.
We cannot afford to let the rebels have the
| pecuniary resources which would accrue to
i them from the sale Of their crops Of cotton
| and tobacco We cannot afford the dcstruc.
| ton Of our own commerce and reversal o.
the relative commercial positions-our chle1
| advantage over the rebels.
| We are too much at the mercy Of foreign
! mowers to maintain that high national bearing
| which has hitherto enabled our humblest citi
zcns to exu1t with honest pride In their con
seriousness Of the dignity, grandeur, and irwin
| cibility Of their country CONSCIOUSNESS
dearer to millions Of them than the vital al
they breathe, and for the full recovery 9
which they would checrfully lay down thei
lives, The present difficulty with Englan'
viii very likely be settled; but its unex
| pected rise and formidable aspect, an
the oyerhearing and arrogant temper whic!
las been exhibited towards us, demon
strate the precarious footing on which r
stand with foreign powers, and admonlsh 4
to make speedy work with the rebellio
which exposes us to such sudden dangers an
possible humiliation. I. ttee5aooves US to fg7
fothedeaM while fortune presents the handl
Of the sword to our grasp, and before sh
turns to us its blade while ne have th
clear advantages Of the blockade, the con5c
; sion Of the great staples Of the South into dea
| property, and the non-interrcntion Of the TO
cign powers who are watching the progress
!, the war with uneasy interest and no friend
spirit. 1t bchooves Us to attempt all TIL
brave men may dare; to shrink from no bal
| tiem Of blood that may be required as tt
, symbol Of national regeneration.