The national Republican., 1862-08-21
lssronlAL ooaa .sroaDsaoE.
DosrvS, August lS, 1862.

The New York Ttssss, which b very good
wea,hss cock, movisg 90 wsll e,lsd hisgs sol
the sllehtest variation In The direction Of The
populss breese. gives up, 10 in yesterdAys
Issue, ths whole osss for which Il hes been con.
tending for the last year. II admits, In %
many words, that the Union sentiment In Sc
esssis b % snali, II svsa there b any ~ oil,
that II is not to be taken into acoount, and thas
is no longer wise 70 foreeo measures 10 cripple |
he rsbsllion BY stsickins q slavery, upon any
idea, tAaA such measures may work Injury OF
injustice y Union nsn A he SoutA. The
nmes quotes the maxim, de miaimis lsz csrdt,
(.hs Law does not regard very little things,
and argues that u Unioa nss sxisl st eli IN ths
ssosdsd region, they srs very fsw 10 number,
Ind that any.hing they may suffer - . eonss-
qusnce Of such policy - ws nay chooss 70
adopt, can easily be made soca BY indsnni-
ties. Or 10 other words, that W should prose
cute the war sgainst hssoath just - ws shouh
war sgsinst forelsa enemy, observing, Of
course, ths rules Of civllixsd warfare, bot
keeping solely 10 view The object Of conquer
log pssos, ssd not bslng diverted from hat
object BY apprsAsusious ot irjuriog friends who
may be inssrnixsd In The hostile oommuoity.
Tho truth 10, The popular mind throughout
the Tree States b moving With such resisslsse
wave 10 favor Of earnest measures, that sach
TRIM ners - the New York Times ars obliged
to succumb. Ths people ere TOO thoroughly
aroused to Be amused with any such plattndes
a. that os "rrstcrlug Ne Union - u wss."
They see clearly that that unity Of our national
territory which they believe to BE- iedlspensa
ble 70 national prosperity and even to real
national Independence, cannot be restored st
ell, without crushing this rebellion, and hey
ars dsterminsd that Il shall b orushsd. even st
the expense Of I" the Union - II was," II BY
that expression 10 meant Union In which half
Of the States shall be slaveholding. That b
the Union y Il was." snd that Il what the
mouthers Of that phrase Intend BY IL The
number who regard that oonsummasion % poe
sible, u becoming amall By degrees and beau
tifully Iesss The sscrisos Of the geographical
unity Of the country, TO the mere hope d
bringing back an old political form, will moi
be permitted.
Here in New Eosiand The prosrs. b rapid ID
The .ame direction O that indiostsd BY the N.
Y. Ttmss. Gallant Govsrnor. spragus leadl
The way amoog the (hithsrto) conservatives
q they have been called, and have loved
70 call themsslvea
The Boston Journal, Of this mernlng, re-pub-
lisbes the following from the Richmond (vs.)
Wing, Of August IS, showing that the capacity
Of the rebels to maintain the war depends upor
their keeping possession and control Of their
slsves:
"Asrumiug the census table to be correct,
We now have, In the fourteen Southern States
upwaIds Of two millions of white msIes, be-
tween the ages Of Is and so, and Il 10 idle to
talk about conqusring them. They are moi
shop keeps, .ailors, factory men, button max
srr, 10, turned loose upon the world, and
forced to enlist from want; but they arc used
70 handling the shotgun and ride from the
, age 0f twelve.
"ursn,, hotvsvef, tliat this estimate h extssv.
agant. Let % supposs that the ages OF Is and
40 should govern = The limit Still, this would
not redocs us 70 despair; tor. by no rule Of cal
cula,ion. oouId our nshtns forces Be reduced
10 ono million Of men.
| this IOrCo Cau oo Acps III tuc uolu " iOue
% the North may assail %, and Il will net In
I tsrfere with our producing or agricultural pop
, uis,ion. When the present crops are gathered
the South will not again feel any want VI food
for man or horse. lnsubprdinatlon among hrl
black populstoa, upon which the North countet
so largely. does not exist; our slaves can b,
safely trusted TO the management Of the boy
. under eighteen and the old men, and abuudau
crops be thus secured while our fighting mel
z are 10 tbe field.
= Mot 80 with the North. Whenever she putt
= anything like her military strength In the aelt
she weakeus her power 10 isrd her people, sn'
l. though her whit, population in 1860 wa
y 10, 900. 900. against $1,000 whites Of th
South, aud though shs ought, ther, fire. to sbl
:, to send out two soldiers where We eau send ont
yet We question much II she csu send out hs
one million % readily - the South can"