New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-14

sppi forces and supplies lforlorn hopel they must
know that RosecraDs will either follow them up, 10
their disaster or if this should be deemed unneces-
sary agan cut the Coniederacy in twain, from Chat
tanooQa to Charleston or Savannah, uniting With
Gilmore in the latter region, for the crushing OF
Richmond between them and the Army ofthe Poto'
mac. Il Johnston and Bragg, giving up the Misss-
sippi for the present, as they wond cay, 10 Grant
and the Federal gunboafs, which they cannot help
but do, and relying on smuggling across the river
their tiaDs. hsslssipp forces and supplies, think OF
uniting aQainst Rosecrans, they must zee, on can
warning such pan that with the facilities OF Rose
cranss reinforcement, from tho Mississippi and the
Ohio, they undertake campaign scarcely more
promising.
Now that the Mississippi 10 open and in possession
Of Union gunbOats, and there is place in the Cot.
ton States safer for the Rebel sect OF Government
than Richmond, provided and fortified as that place
s for the purpose the main contest 10 now reduced
to the point that it is necessary for Rebel
to defend Richmond and capture Washington as it is
for Union to defend Washington and capture
Il Richmond. Mobile, Savannah, and Charleston are
only important Mt present. az far as their fates d
rectly or indirt city affect this main contest That
this is cognized the ultimate contest by the
Rebels is evidenced by the late campaign Of Lee
into Pennsylvania. That this campaign was a fall
ure makes the contest between capital and capital
10 lers the ultimate and inevitable one. Richmond
ID now rendered the only available capital Of the
Rebels. As we have said, their seat Of Government
cannot now be removed TO a safer place, provided
and fortified as that place is. as the capital, and
threatened and exposed AS all other points now are
TO Union arms. Besidee. their seat OF Government
| coud no, now be removed without entirely de-
moralizing the main Rebel army in Virginia. and in
a great measure the entire Southern army and peo-
pie.
Again we are brought to the conclusion tina. the
! d ain and fnal contest must be between the two
capitals. The Rebels must see that their only
cbauce Of success, now, the strategic capture Of
Washington, and the breaking or Gripping OF the
str0ug arm that IL so perslsteDtly crushing them.
What else they attemptl They cannot spare
TIER main army from the Potomac eide OF Richmond
lfrnny other purpose wbatever-t there We're any
other purpose that could avail them any thing And
Of c0urse ;Ley not going to give up the contest
without making yet a last grand desperate effort 10
save themselves--not without eXhsustlng ALL Of
their resources, physical and strategic They lave
too much It stake for this. Their grand hlllbuster
Government tself il ut stake; their vast system Of
Human slavery lie at stake; their immense Inflated
currency, constituting the funds IN hand OF every
citizen, Tcb and poor, depends upon their success
for the least value above waste psIer their civil
Offices, from the Pr,fidency down; their military
commissions, high end low, the back and cur
rent pay of military officers and men,
and the real ard personal property,
lands, houses, and slaves, and hs
many really believe the lives, liberties, and all, OF
evefy Rebel citizen and soldier are at stake. In
other words. every civil officer, form tire President
down, depends upon the suecess Of the Rebellion
for BIS Official position, in contra distinction 70 the
posirion # culprit and ar outcast; every military
officer, high and low for his commission, with the
same alternative; every military aud civil officer,
and private soldier for his back and current pay, be
his dues much or little; the people at large for the
least svaableness Of their universal and bloated cur
repcy in contra distinction to its total worthessness
and every citizen, oiciary and private, military aud
civil, high aud low, rich and poor, for al that he
Las or usy have or be. Thus, every individual in
the southern Confectionery, OF every rank Glass; and
cou aitioD made TO feel IeIfonally interested IN
the success Of the Rebellion 30 the amount Of all his
property oil his money, ali his duer, and even his
lite liberty. and PROJECTS ~ future pappness. By
the force OF circumstances and Confederate startegy
he is 10 feel that all all these at stake IL
this contert.
Consequently, we must yet expec. a last grand
desperate effort ON the part OF tire Rebels JtfoIe
! they give up their all--teforc they give up their
thoroughly organized and smoothly running govern
ment with its fat offices and vast patronage and
power; their vast system OF human slavery, the
foundation and support of their government, Their
wealth, their arietocracy, their "ctivaly, their
/ brutality and their treason; before they allow TO
/ fail their iminegse money currency into which has
been converted their labor and their property; be-
fore they the risk Of losing their lands, their
homes, their slaves their slave concublne6. their
slave sons and daughters, their white wives nnd
daughters, as many suppose. and their lives, teries
and future prospects as Rebels, slave ocns and ty
rants. We must expect last grand desperate ef-
fort before they give up all there what will this
effort bel Their resources OF men are about eX
hausiel A. we have said, they cannot spare their
main army from the Potomac aide OF Richmond
for any other purpose than the defense Of
Richmond, and opera ions against Washington.
Neither can they c0nne that army TO the defense OF
Richmond, eNcu-vely 10 the loss OF all their South
ern territory. They must strike soon. When,
where, aud Row will they DO i'll 40 we have seen,
there 10 only Que effort that they make with u
hope Of succees Charleston, Savanna and Mobile
may iall-Louisana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ken.
lucky, and the trans Mississippi States may pass
entirely and forever from the COnfederacy and still
this effort and this hope, is left them. With their
conveTging railroad facilities they can suddenly con-
cenlrate all their forces veteran and conscpt from
all quarters Of tie C0niederacy at Richmond, anu
march upon the Army OF the Potomac and aching
ton with an overwhelming force before their move
ments can be known, either in their front or
Ills is the only true Rebel policy left them, and ts
in keeping with their past strategy and their recent
demonstrations. IL is 10 doubt the programme OF
the last grand despera,e effort they Intend 10 make
IL is the only effort they can make with any hope OF
success aud of course they will make II before Civ
ing up their grand stake, promising as the effort
must DO 10 them, from their past experience IN panic
making, aud from their stalking all, and throwing all
their strength into the single coup 10 man.
1t is unnecessary for me TO detail at this late day
what the moral aud political effect OF the occupa-
lion Of Washington, by The Rebels, would be. AT
once disastrous TO the Federal Government aud
army aud putting the Rebels IN position IL dictate
terms of peace to the Federal Government and peo-
Pile; IL would leave the foreign Ministers resident
here, already accredited TO the lie tacto government,
and save their home Governments the trouble OF
any further recognition, rs we'll as the successful
Rebels any further anxiety on that sdbJect-whiie
the late Federal Government, in turn, would be
without "A local habitalion and name among the
nations of tho earth.
Let the Federal Government, then, be prepared
for this. last gand desperate effort, which Is no
doubt tho final act on the Rebel program me. Let
them either mass an nyincbe army on tnis side OF
Richmond to meet il, or, what would be a safer
/ H.. hal ar of