The New York herald., 1863-02-06

can during the nagt TREE months and hall and hence
may we look for ses UcAfd attacks and river raids
Lot us hope for na rcs The nj, he q cur Aercs trial
draws towards eso and day hand bas more,
oker more impery than ever But cut Of this
dar kness will come light which viii grow brighter and
brighter until the perfect day.
No Chance for Peace.
From the RchLlu.d Examiner, feb. 81
PEACE se.we.a s%s onS ~" can only oe sa,e
the North and South may relapse into merely nominal
hosities fighting may coase aogether and, by tacs
understanding, the greater portion Of the begerent
armies may be disbanded or ,fof he'd The population
Il the two countries may es,y .cse peace and even
onter upon . mutual commerce very ntcalon OF tho
Of actual anu tie nhaeInen mutual
may exist STILL no re- could be placed upon tho
existence Of peace until definitely settled and agreed
ny the two beligerent goyernments.
Herein consists the great obstacle to speedy peace
Tho pride Of the North. the obstnacy Of the furanic
the stubborn malignty OF baied defeated
hton administration culies arising the very
threshold Of the subject Then there great intrinsic
sensed magnificent an empire that which mus,
stitute the subject Of divisonf The Americans are
people, above all others IN the world greedy OF land The
acquisition o land has been the Of the people and
Of their common government from the beginning OF their
Nor was the more universal
intense in the corrupt days OF Rome than has been
the greed for land among the American peo.
pie through all tie existence Of the American
continent chiefly because he there debsrrcd
circumstances, from tho acquisition OF few
which he might call his own. Since tho Norman
had been strangers TO the privilege the natural
right and the peculiar pleasure owning land Our CON
tinent settled In the first instance by
BY SIX centuries deprivation for the possession Of land
From the Decentralization Jamestown this has always
been tne ruling passion 81 me american population
great draw back 70 the agricultural development Of
country has been their hunger for land each farmer per
sisenty cnvattng three times as large an ea as his
force labor would justify and therefore best0wing only
third Of the pains which WAS due upon what be cut
waited.
This passion for land has been collective q well A.
individual Washington and Patrick Henry we're great
land cormoranis. but greedy than their coeu
poraries And these great made land getting OF
the leading ideas Of the great government which they
established Jefferson, though moderate land owner
Individually exhibited for land the appetite and digestive
powers OF anaco0da IN his ohca capacity lie caused
the Western plains 10 be explored the Rocky Noun
tans be penetrated and the shores Of tho Pacific Ocean
to be be visited discovered, explored and Claimed in the
the United states OF America. lie crushed with
high hand ,he incipen conspiracy for IN independent
Mississippi empire. He purchased Louisiana.
Even John Quincy Adams, the representative man of
New England, the leader Of weavers, shoe glove and
ready made clothes makers clock pedles and travelling
tnkers OF that Of scoundrelseven he caught the
inspiration OF land acquisition while federal secretary OF
state, and purchased Florida, though he surrendered
Teyas.
The sectional quarrel which grew up between North
and South originated partly in this thirst for land. One
Of tho objects Of the abolition agitation to exclude
the South from the psbc domain and
all for the North. The Immediate quarrel on which tho
Union split asnDder the quarrel over Mexico and
Kansas commenced by the two sections in 1850.
There be settled, agreed peace between the
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division OF the magnificent domain which has heretofore
been held a. the common properly OF the Union Is
aryiand altogether 70 the NORTH or W be divided
according the preponderancc NJ popular
each Of It's dvsonsy The integrity Of Virginia
the confederacy which has guaranteed It. win the North
insist upon having the new State OF kanawha a
gun NON Of peaccy Are time serving Kentucky and heroic
Missouri 10 be up by the consderacy they
implicitly given up by President Davis In his messageS
Or will the South insist that the territorial position Of
and the popular will Of the other render their pos
SION by herself The
great questions, whether States " be divided At al
and whether they are 70 be entire or in
TO the the other party with without reference
TO their own election, will not be more dcut d settle
mens than the important question how shall tho vast do
main lying west of the Mississippi be disposed Of.
Europe was for many Centuries settling questions sim.
lar 10 those Affecting Der comunties and the settle
has length sstablshed policy Of principles
which In sort 10 relieve her negotiations
connunities on . new theatre 10 settling the
snAiu W new continent. Nevertheless. al
previously settled principles Of international
pacacation aside In Europe at tho downfall OF
Napoleon the Great and the leading European Powers
under the hypDcrical title OF the Holy Alliance set 70
work with csos indifference 20 alt national Instincts
and traditions TO establish boundaries, create govern
ments and dispose Of peoples with single eye 70
vidng effective checks and baiancrs OF power Since
however the arbitrary arrangement OF 1915 the pubic
politics OF Europe has again been conducted with rcfe
renee 10 what are there accepted az principles Of en-
lArged and enlightened justice aud little difficulty IL
experienced adjusting satisfactory terms u peace
the eonclu.,on Of the brief ahich now rarely
oecur among her Powers, great and small.
But on this Continent without . system o. pub.
lie politics by which TO the terms Of racincA
tion The pride 81 either party 70 the existing conflict
And any public primo
Of general acceptance The necessities of either party
requiring persistent adhesion 10 ohnox demands
can ind no support rues and presidents which have
been established by okher Ststnr alike circumstancsd
previous negyt atoms. The aculty of adjusting the
terms OF peace mutually satisfactory In such and
under such crcumsta ta1ces oi very great. add
after the cessation of active hostItea
before they cat he definitely determined.
Capture OF the Town or woodbury., Tenn.
AtGrsTI, Ca, Jan, q, 1858
special despatch 70 the frsndit1 dated Nc
Minnvie. Tenn January %. says that Morgan he'd
Woodbury. this morning, aud tho Yankees stampedcd
We now hold the town.
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