New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-06
NEW Work DAuY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. AUGUST g. 1862

and whose loyalty is to be suddenly exchanged
for treason if those conditions are not complied
with.
". The people will insist that the means
which they are now about to furnish for pros
ecuting the war shall be used, promptly, eff
GENTLY, and constantly, for the destruction OF
the Rebels and tho suppression OF the Rebel
lion. They loathe the idea of having these
fresh levies demoralized by idling in metropol-
itan camps. or wasted away by diseases con-
tracted in swamps, or worn down by digging
lines of trenches far beyond even the echo Oh
the enemy's cannon. The country longs 10 see
this war made ggressiye--wholly, perSisten''y
aggressive. The people are spending mi'lohS
daily in its prosecution. They have sent the'r
nobIest sons and brothers to the field. Ihey
are now about to 60 themselves. And they
are in earnest in demanding that our gigant'c
forces fall heavily upon the foe at oil assailaOie
points.
V. The loyal masscs are waiting to see the
Government proclaim that it is ready to use III
crushing this instruction all the means known
to civilized warfare. Doubtless their rulers
are moving in the right direction. The people
would fam have them accelerate their speed
Rarely has the country been so unanimous on
any subject susceptible Of having two SIDES as
ON this. 1t is the burden Of all tho resolutions
and speeches Of war meetings. 1t sweeps over
all grades of politicians, from Daniel ;. DICK
iuson to Gerrit Smith. 1t fulm mes from the
forum, it appeals from the pulpit, 1t cries aloud
through the many-voiced press. The low
growl of dissent heard in quarters whose
hearty sympathy with the Rebellion Is thiniy
disguised under q simulated patriotism, only
tends by contrast to bring into more prom-
nence the universally of the demand that the
Government 10 longer hesitate to hurl at the
head and heart Of this giant conspiracy every
missile upon which it can lay its hands.
VI. Those who are in earnest in crushing
this revolt ash that no more unseemly lenity
be shown TO the insurgents. They want the
order to issue commanding our generals 10
make clean work of the Rebellion as the!
20. leaving nothing in the rear OF their ad-
yancing columns upon which treason can ieeu
and grow. They want every seFpents HE
ground ou. Of him our armies march, 20
that when they dive deeper and deeper down
int, "Dxie," none shall be left to raise thei'
crests and hiss and sting behind them. They
want the army to feed aud forage on the foe
TO take BIS cattle aud MS corn, his houses and
his slaves, AID put them to slch uses as they
shall deem most efficient for GRIPPING th'
enemy and strengthening themselves. And
our rulers may be assured that the loyalty o.
the nation upon which they are now calling io'
aid. will be- satisfied with nothing shoIt Of tbs
nothing.
! VII. In executing its stern resolves. Tho
Federal Government must show no craven
confederation for the local laws Of the rcvoltec
States. Where they stand in the way OF th'
most vigorous prosecution of tie war, he
people of the North expect 10 see them unhes
itat.ugly set aside by our generals in the field
In order b save the life Of the Republic, u,
are waging war on n gigantic scale. lnstitu
tons local IN their nature, and mnniclpa
statutes exceptional in their character, mus
Weld to the common good. II by blottlng on
the mere domestic codes Of half the Slave
States martial law eau subdue this revolt anC
restore the Federal Union, patriotism vii
sag, LET the blow iau ~
VII. On the other hand, all Federal law
enacted for the overthrow Of the Rebellion
must be unhesitall.gy aud heartily caflird
into full effect. In addition to tie many o'C
statutes adapted to this end, Congress at ii
recent session passed several laws whose pro
visions are aimed straight at the heart OF TIM
Pro-Slayery conspiracy. The Coniiscation anC
Emancipation acts hold a prominent place IL
this series of measures. If executed with rig
orous efficiency they will pierce the very vital
of the revolt The people expect to see oul
rulers take up with alacr,y and WELD with
the utmost skill and vigor these trenchan
weapons.