New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-27

! lying with all contradiction excluded, by Vlo-
lence, constrant, aud terrorism, been welded
into one compact mass Of traitors and enemies
! TO their country. -Four Millions Of them car
BIO detached from the mass, and won over to
the National side, BY simply proaeriug them
Liberty. They have hitherto been slaves---ihey
ardently desire to DO free-to gain them over
to our side, We have only to assure them that,
| by escaping TO the Union lines and giving us
such information aud service as they may, they
will entitle themselves to freedom ard proiec-
ton at our hands. Is not this a suoll price 10
pay for q practical reduction of our enemies
/ from Ten to Six Millions
"But the slaves could not oil escape to u.s."
No, not oil at once, though our lines now run
for thousands of miles through tho heart of
! the slavcho'ding region. But every one would
have a tangible and pressing reason for
mishing to HE away to the nearest Union
camp; they woad all be watching for oppor.
tunlties and making attempts to escape; aud
this would distract, alarm aud weaken our
enemies at every point. The Whites could
cot nearly all be dragged away to serve in the
Rebel armies-many must stay at home to
watch their uneasy and undocile negroes.
simple authoritative declaration that every
slave escaping from the Rebels to our lines.
and offering to do US such service as be might,
should thereupon be free, would paralyze half
the energies of the Rebellion. 1t would no
longer answer for them to leave slaves behind
in retreatiDg before our advancing armies
every one must be gathered up and driven
off, or he would b. lost. We should
no longer suffer for intelligence of Rebel move.
ments-in the blacklist deDs of Treason, our
means OF gathering information would be at
least equal to theirs. They would not dare to
use slaves so freely rs they now do TO con-
struet their works, dig their trenches, &c,
becauss of the increased peril Of losing them.
Instead of having their trenchee dug by ne
groes ard ours by white soldiers, we should
have an abundance, shey deficiency, of Black
hands at .he spade, and We should save thou
sands of our brave men now worn cut and
subjected to disease by excessive labor, If the
climate or atmosphere of any post proved
deadly to Whites, we co1ld garrison it with
Blacks fully asclmated ana in no danger of
perishing by Syntbern fevers.
If this Reprblic is now (, be crippled and
dwaried through domestic treason, rodnforced
by foreign intrigue, it will SO suffer because of
il, scorn aud hate of its Black chi irep aud >s
rejection OF their willing service. Yet little
longer, and the web Of aristocratic intrigue
and despotic force viii have been silently
woven around us, ard wo shall wake ~ learn
that He have Francs aud Great Britain 10
fight md yanquish beore We can put down
the Rebellion. Then the dIlatory, dawdliDg.
temporziDg, Rebel-cour.iog faction Will awake
10 the magnitude and immIneDce of cur peril,
and viii caInor for Emancipation or ANYTHING
else to save the country. loo Late,' will be
the stern response OF Destiny. death-bed
repentance will not shve q Nation which has
for eighteen months stolidly and superciliously .
,purned its humble but devoted sous in the !
vain hope Of soothing its deadly, implacable
oes In that day, We ash that il be remem- \
b eli that it uas easy through taking tro'e by /
the forelock, TO crush TIE Rebellion md save
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