New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-05


other hand 1t is az absolutely certain as any.
thing in the future can be- that, strike from
under it the mighty prop on which it rests
wherever our forces come in contact with it,
and the revolution falls to the ground, base
lea. fabric. II is time for US to cease this idle
babble about the constitutional guarantees for
q vicious system of society which the Constltu'
ton nowhere mentions BY name. whose exist
ence it barely recognizes. ard BY that Limited
recognition, putting it, in every other respect
beyond the pale Of law. 1t is time for us TO
consider how much longer we can afford 10
follow the modern device Of holding Slavery
sacred above all other things, instead Of retnrn'
inr to the good old way of the trainers OF the
Constitution, who went on with their good
work as though Slavery had no existence. IL
is time we returned to that healthy example,
and as our armies 20 forward let them find
only two classes in the revoited States-union
men and rebels, let their color be what it may.
How much longer shall we dare make the war
subseryient to the interests Of three hundred
thousand men who maintain that they have a
divine right to make other men work for them
for nothing, pOstpOning thereby the restoration
of pence to distracted country, the restora-
ton OF order to the commerce OF the world,
and jeoparding the possibility forever of union
aud free government
Let US not deceive ourselves. The South 10
rich in material resources, strong in the spirit
which moves her people, willing to suffer long,
aud taught by nine months of deprivation both
how to suffer and how to remedy it. Let her
only have market for her cotton, reckon upon
the quiet possession of her negro workDgmen
as slaves, and it 10 idle to attempt to persuade
ourselves that she cannot, even without the
countenance and aid Of foreign powers, main
tain with the North long and desperate con-
test. Nor is it by any means to be taken Tor
granted that che is never to receive aid and
countenance from abroad. We must not for
get that it is the habit of nations, Of our own
among them, to recognize, after due season,
a struggle for nationality that promises to be
successful. 1t is well for us to remember that
our civil war is productive Of far more distress
and lo,s in France aud England, at this mo-.
ment, than in our own Northern states.
There will be o limit to their patience.
Whether We like it or not, there are omnous
signs in both countries that that limit is almost
reached. 1t is simply prudent to consider the
possibility Of recognition Of the Southern
Conlederacy BY European Powers before two
months are OYER; 10 calculate the chances
thereafter Of raising OF the blockade by
one or more Of those Powers, and the
influence of these two events upon the bel
ligerepts on both sides. What they might be,
we do not care to speculate, as it is wiser to
urge such action as will prevent their occur.
eoce. The probable speedy suppression of the
rebellion viii not only give hope and courage
to our own people, relieve Us from the financial
which must otherwise more aud
more press upon U.s. but Will leave our foreign
relations unchanged. bold, strong sra-p al
the Slavery question will do this. by estab-
lishng the policy of recognizing men at the
South simply as men. Unionlsts or Rebels as
the case may be, without regard 10 condition
which the Constitution does not pretend TO
recognize or protect in the Southern Sta'es-
for il is only fagi,iycs in FIRE. States tina, the
Ccnsiitntion has any thing 10 do with-by such
u policy the strength OF the rebellion Will be
turned ~ weakness, and our power be im
mensely increased. The struggle for a little
while might DO the more desperate, but the
world would stand aside in contest where
armies trod Slavery ont of existence as they
and the Rebels, with their aboring
men turned either into active enemies, or
workmen on behalf OF law and good govern.
ment. would soon be compelled to abandon a
cause which would then become a. evidently
~ IL WINS ALWAYS wicked