New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-07


fearful sum total Of loss from the destNCiion of
property, the damage ment Of business ard change
OF productive to unproducive Industry. Eyeu II We
60 not accept the conclusions Of iugeniouS caiot.
laOr, who places this damage at ten thoueand
millions # dollaIs we must confess that it il an
inueusily, winch like the numbers representing
s;loreal spaces, the Imagination cannot grasp. Ia
tie old wnrs between king and parliament, which
rent England, the generous Falkland cri d from
his soul, peace, pc0ce, peace, and history I&s CRATE
inlly recorded bis words. Never Old be rtter this
CIV with more earnestnese than now do. But how
shall tbs blessing be secured I
70 SEPARATION OF THE STATES.
stali also with the further assumption hat there
can be no separation Of these States. Foreign nations
nav predie what Rebels threaten; but this result is
now impossible PRAY good srs, where Will you
ruu he boundary hne7 Shall 1t be tie cotton lne
Stall It embrace Virginia in whole or part How
abou. r.nnestoe? Kentuskyi Or shall 1t he the
most natural liro Of cleavage the tlave lire Aud
how viii you uduet tie navigation Of Tho Mississippi,
acd the whole question If avery Ana whnt pm
G les, commercial and POLITICAL sha be established
between Tie two Governments Bat do not deceive
yourselves into the idea that peace founded On separ-
Nion can to anything but "a depsiou and Il S are.
Separdl on il in erninab!e war--"stil beginning,
never ending worse than the forays which rdvagec
The Scottish border or tie Tartar invasiOns which
baTr2ssCd China unl It's famous wall was b'iit ii-
teen hundred miles long and 20 thick that sis horse
men ride N on 1t abreast. War Will be chronic,
and We mast all sleep On our arms. Better that n
shOcd lie al ut once rather than a. al It should be diff
ins,d over generation. Ii blood must be shed,
better FOR year thau lqr an age.
Bal il thorc be any thing In the Munroe drociIine
If we could not accommodate Ourselves 10 tie foot
hold OF Europe on tlis contGen', hOw can we rccog-
IiEe on orr Dorders malignant slave empire, with
slavery its b0asied corner-ttone constituting what
Shaket pearo calls an impudent naion, embittered
ard euragel against lis, without law without huma-
nifty and without morals-a nIghty Blue Boards
Ciamler-sn enormous Ucuse Of Iii Fame. Surely
wo would not allow tie old Kingdom Of tie hssa-
rans 10 he revived near u. But our Rebels are as
bad.
SEPARATION Is CHAOS.
Nor can Won recognlze such u separation without
delivering Oy,r this cherished Union 10 chaos. II
the Rebel States allowed 10 go, who can be re-
iained lt is true that there can he no oonsiiln-
iional night 10 break up the Constitutions bat the
precedent which we shall un'appiiy snize VIII
ursetlle ibis whole fabric OF Stakes.
IhereloTe. icllow-citizeuf, there con BE no separa
iioa Bat how 20 prevent /. in other word, how
10 ham-sTing the rebellion and TO conquer peaoe.
Tbs IL the question.
REBELS MUST BE sUpDuED; THIN cOYCUIATEp.
- The Rebels are i'm arrn.-aroused-at home-on
their own soil and resolved rot to Weld Nothing
/ than Independence will satisfy them; il TIE wax
continue know not that they vlh lie content
witt tii-. Two p,lioea Presented on our side
one Iollcy which looks primarily 20 Rebel coDd!ia.
ttN. ElA lNN tlttE ifltt WHICH ANNhh ltiuillA 10
Re ol submission. And yCt both cf tlcse have The
sans clements, although IL inverso order. The fret
begins vita coLciliaiion m order % end with sub
mission; which Il the cglt before the home. The
secoGd begins with submission ~ order TO end with
conCiiia.ion The question between .hem is Whether
conciiiaiion shall Irec'de or follow subriffiou.
COrcii0iion is alwnyr proper wiCTe 81 l. possible
but II s now Obviously iDpossible. III anybody he
leycf, al this stage, that any words or acts o. con
ciiItiOn-any lor0caTance on or Iart-a'y hesi ~
- q. 80.
will hclr us TO victory or contribute to pat down
the Rebellion let not enter INTO tnst man coun-
cils for they end in nothing but shame and dis
as,er. frd that they y 10 talk most agsins, the
coercion Of Rebels and the csefo.9n Of Statcs,
iudAsrOEt 10 the coercion OF four nj Hons a people
men, wou on, and children, to work withou. wages,
under tie discipline d the lash. With .ui htPitaioa,
say that The Rebels 10 be tubduedcail 1t cotr
con, or snbjuga;ion, which You VIII nnd our war
hes Ibis direct object. With victory VIII come con-
ciliation clemency amnesty. Bat fret victory.
10 obtain victory, two things are reedcd. Fist, c
rec se comprehension of tie care, and, secondly,
yigcr OF conduct. One will not DO without tie ocr
1t will not be euou h 70 copgcheri The case unlcs
you are ready 10 lreat il With corresponding yg0r.
And il VIII rot be enough to have 1gcr unisss you
discern clearly how Tie case sbnil be- treated. 10
lha end there must be .ia csrCa well rs gelsraf.
DIAGNOSIS OF TuE CASE.
Tie frat duty OF the good phy.ician il 10 ruier-
stand the condition oflis patient whether IL is a
cas- 81 WNtllNf 'E tiirtte fA 'AtdHa'Nn hlAtNaa
or tcated cancer. This is ch'od the dsgucsis.
But the staieeman ia all TIE troubles OF hs country
has the samc preliminary duiy. lie, tco, mus. sec
Wheeler II j. t. case fer medicue or surgery, Of
outarcous eTni lion or Geeiseaied cancer. Ano an
,Lat le does aust BE- precisely according TO his luts
incrt 4 the ease. OF conr,e II the diagnosis fila
he whole treatment will be q failure.
ACTION, ACTION, ACTION.
Next to a comprehension Of the case Is vigor in
coDduc', which Il nee1ful 10 proportion a. the
g.af dos I'M, Iuu-t be mol ONLY
tbe field but also IN counsel; rot only against tie
sesliei from, Of ihe enemy but against those more
iat4l aircnces which come from The lack Of compfe-
feuaieu or the lax of courage. The eaine Nicor
which we require In gene ais mus, be required
also in onr stalesnen; the sane pint must annsie
10th. No folding Of the hands, no putting oh Ill
Tomorrow what can be done today; no hesi aiioa;
TO tGi.ity; bat ocfi0H, 0c'i0H, 0cfioR-tlihlHhl-
forward manly t'od-iike actor. u IL shsy 70 sec
that his is required ia the field; but il is 10 less
Teoniied in every sphere Of The Government from
the President to the Paynasler
TIfUNDERBOLTS.
In war there are some who content ihomseives
with trtamphs Of prudence instead Vi triumphs Oh
courage, and spend much ilme III trying now hot 70
he bcgtcn. lost sad Of how TO beat They are con-
tent 10 foIego victory, If hoy can only oseeve de-
foe'-foreeiiing that Fabns was only defender
and no, IA ccnqueror; that policy which may DC
Gt st one time may be unfit a, another that war
,race3 in IN enemy country cauLOt DO defensive,
, or can il prevail by any procrasiination. People
at home on their own soil can afford to wait. Every
month, every week, every day Is an ally. Bat We
caunof wait. Not moment can bc spared. IL was
not n this way that those ancient commanders con-
dnctea 10 whom was gwen the tile OF tho two
tbunderbolta Of war" IL wae not IN thiAway that
Napole on defeated the Austrian forces ct MarcD8o
and slattcIed the Prussian power 90 the Held oi
jena. -.
Bnt there arc thundcrbols" Of tie cabinet rs
well as OF war The elder Pi,', who wac only
civilian, infused bis own conqueiing foul INTO tue
R,iiah NINA making them MrenIsilDle; and the