The New York herald., 1862-12-11
Armi.tIee. and oxsrt.r.u.

Our radical, rsbid and prevaricating oOn-
temporary OF the Tribune is fit subject for
neither the purposes Of truthful and consistent
argument nor the courtesies Of Q gentlemanly
controversy. Affecting the rude honesty of
the seedy fanatic, ne practises the low devices
OF the slippery demagogue. His habits of
thought hang about him like his garments,
dirty and flying in the wind. With such
customer 1t 10 IS difficult to reason az with
veteran from Sing Sing or an incurable from
lunatic asylum. As with the rest Of the world,
however, we must take our ill-tempered and
intractable philosopher a. we ind him. Given
to quiobling, doubling and dodging and ut
terly unscrupulous as he Is in regard to the
small matters OF truth or consistency, We may
still hold him to the virtues Of his own medi-
cines. In word, taking up Greeley's South
ern overtures for submission and his idea Of .
peace convention, we shall, At the hazard Of
being pronounced confederate Of JEFF. Davis,
undertake discussion Of tho chances Of peace
and reunion.
With the psrtinacisy Of devotee TO the
mystery Of perpetual motion, the Tribune ad-
heres to its mysterious agents and ovsrtares Of
peace from Richmond. These overtures, too.
itsappears, cover the broad question of the
submission Of the South to the Union, and upon
the convenient basis Of an armistice and con-
vention of all the States Whether the secret
agents Of Louis Napoleon have been operating
upon the minds Of JEFF. Davis and his confeder-
ates, or whether some of the democratic disciples
Of Horatio Seymour have found their way to and
obtained hearing at Richmond, is = secondary
question. 1t is enough for our present purpose
to know that Louis Napoleon is moving Heaven
and earth to secure European media ion and
an drmistioe between Washington aud Rich
mond, and to be assured that, while JEFF Davis
has been throwing out his feelers Of submission,
Abraham Lincoln is ready to listen to any rea-
sonable overtures he may have to make.
The late elections in the North have unm:s-
takably shown that the people of the loyal
States are becoming restive and indignant in
view Of the wasteful extravaganza and shocking
mismanagements of the war under the maligu
may therefore assume that in tenfold greater
degree the suffering people Of the rebellious
States are beginning to recoil against the terri
bic despotsm of Davis aud his hopeless resist
ance against the. overwhelming forces and re-
sources of the Union. To great degree in the
North, and to greater degree in the South, in
proportion to its pressure, the exhausting pro-
cesses of this war are inclining the people of
both sections to peace. May we not predict,
then, that the Southern peace overtures, of
which Greeley, J. Wesley Green and a few
others have the monopoly at present, will soon
be officially submitted to President Lincoln,
aud that they will embrace all armistice and a
national convention? Assuming that this pro-
position will come to pass, what is there to pre-
vent the initial step to peace-of an armistice9
1t may be adopted, leaving the hostile forces in
the field and the blockade in stotu quo. Fixing
sufficient time for the election of a national
convention, the term might then be extended to
await the issues Of the convention.
Once in session, there can be no doubt that
the convention would agree upon the basis of
reunion, and substantially upon "the constitution
as it is without requiring "the Union as it was"
IN lieu thereof new Union might be agreed
upon, covering tho continent, from the Russian
possessions to the West India Islands and the
Central American States, and comprehendiug,
by our united military forces in the field. North
and South the expulsion Of Louis Napoleon
from Mexico. Of Spain from the Island Of Cuba,
and Of England from the Canadas and her
adjacent possessions. Thus we should establish
the Monroe doctrine Of European non-interven-
tion in American affairs upon a comprehensive
and permanent basis; and our power fully to
accomplish this grand desideratlm would be
absolutely irresistible.
We submit this peace programme to the con-
sideration Of the Tribune. upon the faith OF
Grecleys positive intelligence Of overtures of
submission from the South, from the other
reasons We have indicated. and from the belle
that. should the war be protracted for twenty
years. negotiations will have to settle it at
last. Soutbern newspapers, and the numerous
evidences reported from individuals of the
Union armies in the South, satisfy us that the
people of the rcvOlted States. reduced to the
point OF exhaustion, are getting sick and tired
Of this war. IG, then, the people of the North
are also becoming anxious for peace, and il
Jch. Davis is ready to submit, and Abraham
Lincoln is ready 10 receive his overturcs OF sub
mission why should we not have an armistice
aud national convention Above all, looking
10 a permanent continental peace, why should
not This convention agree upon Union which
shall embrace, tire continent and enable rs
from orr immensely increased sources of wealth,
10 pay. within generation. sll the expenses
OF this costly war!
DttlcE SEKsl.Ls oN PlLGEIxAGE TO UrlCA--
Quite delegation OF city politicians and office
seekers have just returned rom Journey to
Utica. where they have been to impress. upon
Horatio Seymour. The Governor elect. ,he i'm.
portance OF the cliqnes and factions which they
r.rra.ant and III. tIair Aunlfnastnrv ynr nHen