New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-07


by the first symptom that has yet been given on either
SIDE Of sense Of approaching exhaustion aud Of "a
desire 70 end the struggle ~ compromise. Or course
cIther o! these j. Op.uy COnfe in the Prfsiden-
tai message, which 40 tc Ge parure of the last mail,
had created 50 much excitement IN tie North; bat,
IS il appears TO rs, both are not remotely implied.
Ia this point Of view II would be difficult 20 overrate
tie Importance OF tins fiugulGr aud most urlOOked-i0r
document IL may yery Tcssibl! remain nudity 70
far practical results IRE concerned rs there II YET
nothing 10 chow puhlcol inion noe Tor the adoiIoh
OF is rcco nendatiuns but OF IT. sguilcance there
can be no question. Whatever may become OF the
suggestions which 1t contains It will always be
memorable ~ the iirst sign given by TIC Federal
Government of having undertaken 40 enterprise TOO
great for its strength, rs ihe inst departure from t
Spartan endurance which has hitherto treated the
Sectders as Rebels, whose spontaneous ana unbousht
surrender must be the indispensable preliminary oil
peace.
II needed no special git OF prophecy 10 toreten
the issue TO which events have Leen tending lOr
some time past in the United States Of America
However the emancipation scheme of President
Lincoln nGy have taken Congress and the people by
surprise. Thoughtful men must have long since per
ceiyed that il was only question OF time. mis-
taken fef-neres has hitherto presented insuperable
difficulties in the way OF negro emancipation. giving
rise 10 manifold complications which the astultst
poitiean found il impossible 10 unravel No Hlaes-
msn has hitherto been found bold enough to propose
what President Lincoll now linda 1t imperative
mon him az least 10 attempt, namely, 10 do SIM.
tle act OF Justice Somehow or other, honesty ~
was thought NOT 10 DO " the best policy Late
we hope not too late the country has discovered lts
error and is preparing 10 adopt measures 20 recty
IT, If the patient lad only taken account OF ms
disease H. time lis progress might have been arrest
ed and his health restored without mourning That
fearful expense which severe course OF medicine now
From The Load1n Saturday Rrio,.
/ Mr. Iincoln's proposal that the Federal Govern
ment shall cOntr butte to the expense OF emancipation
is the first approximately definite indication OF his
general policy. The arguments by which be recon-
mends the project are even more significant iban TIE
direct overture the shareholders Congress rasked
"a vote funds by which the Border States NAV be in
duced to place themselves outside the frontier Of
Slavery and in bis public Message the President Dis
creetly assumes that the reclamation OF all the seed
ing States will follow IA natural consequence when
they are fDally separated from their former ahcs.
The hopes OF the Southern cottonplanters are sup
posed 10 be bound up with the Daintei ance Of the
undivided COufederacy and Mr.. Lincoln scarcely
dsguises the admission that their calculations OF snc-
cess are not altogether unreasonable Some persons,
as he says--or III other words, all sober politicians
telieve that, notwithstanding the progress OF the
Union arms, the extreme South will be able to es
tablish its INDEPENDENCE. Ii might follow that the
intermediate States, retaining kindred nsiituuone,
would elect to join the Federation which attracted
them by the similarity OF is interests aud us laws.
tanned, although the superiority Of the Northern
forces had temporarily reduced Virginia, ksntucky,
ana Tennessee 10 prcCari0us allegiance lne PTeri-
dent conyentoualy tlkes II los granted that the
Gulf States incapable oil standing alonei but tie
real purptss Of his recommendation is 20 reduce
them 10 the conGili0n which be Affects TO regard
impossible. He plan, # 1t proves 10 be practicable
appears to be prudent and staiesrnanlike and even
il leads to direct result, II may prepare North
ern opinion for negotiations Which might Otherwise
L. IL. I..Hfi
that # The war to cease At this moment all The
regions where Slavery prevails would ~ once gray-
t.fe 10 their natural center in tie southern COnicd-
oracy. Some Of tie States might perhaps be spt IN
two by tie antagOnisc Influences OF oncrcntly-fit-
mated dirnc's; but Eastern Virginia, " esicrn Ten
nessee Missouri, hontucky, AID even Mary land,
would sever themselves without LesaiDa from their
uncongenial connection with the North IL certain
Nv seems possible that the policy OF the Border States
NAV be fundamentally altered II they can DO in-
duced to accept computation tor the immediate or
urosIcc,ive Inauunsrion Of their slaves. The OBJ
lection that the Government y already overbnrdccd
with debts and liabilities IL not likely 10 interfere
with the acceptance Of Mr.. Lincons proposal. III
would be worth while 10 make almost any pecuninry
sacrifice by which single wayering State could lie
permanently secured 90 the Union Congress wlll
scarcely consider the difficulty Of raising few adj
ditoual millions, aud the money would be better
spent ia limiting tho urea OF ihe war IMAM III pro-
ylding additional fleets and armies.
From The LoHd0n star.
More startling than the news OF sudden peaoe-
more important than the greatest baltimore gio-
fious thau the mos, decisive yictory-is President
Lipcoln's fpecll message 90 Congress. IL u pro-
posal for negro emancipation. Nho would have
thought or dreamed-in whnt hight OF speculation
or Of fancy could 1t have been toTeueen-bai 70 soon
ia the Union arms had begun 70 assert ther Huleh'
oriiy the Pr, rideut would have prOlOunded scheme
1t once for concilising the South, honoraby eAali-
ING the North permanently Iecslabhshihs Tue lhloh,
and purg ng away forever from American sou lie
grilt of Slavery The best European friends OF the
k.uublic have feared-aBd perhaps the tear has not
been uuielt by its own best citzens-ihat II Mctlei-
Ian became NJ victorious iialleck sud iiurnsde-
If Virginia should lie recovered 10 the ,nlon by TIE
game means as Kentucky and Iehhessee-iue Cotton
STATE. would either he permitted 10 90 Their way, or
invited TO re-ener the Union, bringing ther fih'eh
with them The fear is dIsIelled. Inc cOuDih ihai
hing about President LincOlns real principles and
policy are disperaed. There ~ now lie shining OF
clear bright light, throwing into di-'l1clners po,h
his end and means. Hitherto we hhvo bteh certain
ONLY that he would not consent, under any pressure
To lie extension of Slavery, ana that he wonld re-
serve 10 the last extremity tie power conhded TO
him by the Constitution, as Commsndef-in-Chieio oil
resortinp TO emancipation as IL military measure.
Now we are assured that he earnestly Gehii'o We
liberation Of the negro, ne the removal o. u great
political evil and that be sees now II can uo l'h,
dered a means at once oil terminating inc WAL anu
Of restoring the Union.
From me Manchs,i,r Tms,.
! We can well imagine our own neignoofs 'a@ng
so,,. comfort if they fancied they the approach
iog breakup Of the Briti4h Consiul on, or tho dis
rn1tion Of this realm but we should ourselves GER
taiuIy meet The danger by acting forth as strongly as
rosLle tie advantage Of or Contuin,ionh ana dui9h
10 all classes and all parts OF the Kingdom We
sbould arpeal 70 reasOn TO affection, ana 10 ihtefe
and not merely call on the loyal to help IN crush
ing treason Or urge misguided subjects to return TO
tLeir dnty A. il r, tho tone Of the Northern litss
il lust That to make the Southern population ieei 'ha1
uir secession In ierible losr, not to themeelver'