The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-10

War who was statesman would have advised
the President to suspend the operation Of
law SO anti-American. All the evidence pro-
duced on the recent trials of the rioters
demonstrates that there was no conspiracy,
that it was purely spontaneous outburst,
which wiser counsels would either have avoided
provoking, or at least have been prepared to
repress on the instant. The city w@ without
its militia owing to the laundering and incom-
petence Of the War Department Yet the riot,
as far as the draft was concerned, subsidized SO
soon as the people learned that no man would
be compelled to serve against his will. The
rioters Of another description-the thieves,
burglars and highway robbers-required other
means than moral suason to bring them under;
but they, too, were reduced to subsection, and
are now being punished for their crimes.
Contrary to the expectation of the Richmond
Wing, there will be no more CONSUMPTION riots
in New York; but no thanks to the administra-
tion for that. The city will be saved by the
resolu ton of the Common Council, which
will vote three hundred dollars for the use
of every poor man drafted, as bounty money
to serve in the army or to procure .
substitute. The rebel leaders and their
organs will therefore be disappointed. The
riots were fomented by the niggerheads and
the copperheads of this city both playing into
the hands Of JEFF Davis in order to effect per-
manent disunion of the States. But their game
is blocked, and plenty Of recruits will be OBJ
tanned for the army by the good old mode Of
volunteer enlistments and bounties and, when
an emergency requires, the organized militia Of
the States can be called out to repel invasion.
There is no need Of the draft. and there never
was any necessity for it. It is one Of those po-
litical blunders which are worse than crimes.
Breaking Up or the Rebel Con fed eracy-
What II the Roic for General Lees
Everything indicates the speedy breaking up
Of the rebel confederacy. The army which
garrisoned Vicksburg and Port Hudson is vir-
tually disbanded, and all efforts on the part Of
Jefferson Davis to induce the men to return into
the ranks, in fragrant violation of their parole
will prove Intellectual. The army which Joe
Johnston strove to collect for the relief Of
Vicksburg, and which was driven out Of Jack
son, has been pretty well thinned out by deser-
tions. Braggs army fares no better The peo-
pie of the South are heartily sick of the war
and Of the horrors and sufferings which it has
entailed upon them. Desertion is carried to
such an extent that the President Of the con-
demned confederacy has had to publish an
appeal to the women Of the South, urging them
to send back their husbands, sons and brothers,
and has even undertaken to disregard the
terms of surrender under which Pemberton's
army was paroled. It takes twelve aud half
dollars Of Confederate paper money in Richmond
to hny one dollar Of gold; aud even Southern
bank notes are classed as from three to four
times more valuable than Confederate paper
The South has been drained of its lighting popu-
laton 80 completely that the price OF substi-
tute in Richmond ranges from five to six thou
sand dollars. And, finally, there are rumors in
the Army Of the Potomac TO the effect that
General Lee and Davis have quarrelled, and
that the former has resigned.
We believe there is no truth in the latter
part Of this report General Lee is we'll aware
that he can do moro service to Virginia, to the
South, to the country at large, and to the world,
at the head of the rebel Army of the Potomac
than in any other capacity. He knows that he
now has it in his power to settle this war, and
1t is reported that he Is disposed to
avail himself Of the opportunity. Policy,
wisdem, humanity, all combine to point
out to him the course he should pursue. In
stead of making his brave army actors and vic
Tins in any more such bloody tragedies as that
of Gettysburg, his duty, and probably his
int Ia IN to D;ob
mond, place himself at the head of
reactionary movement arrest JEFF. Davis
and the other rebel leaders, reorganze tenn
porary State governments throughout the con-
federacy, issue pr0clamations recalling the
people Of Virginia and the other Southern
States to their loyalty and to obedience to the
federal constitution and laws, and direct the
holding Of elections for members of Congress
to take their seats in the Capitol at Washing
ton.
In taking this course General Lee need have
no fears Of the resalt The movement will be
heartily supported by his army, and will be
hailed throughout the rebel States as one Of the
greatest wisdom. He will simply be doing for
the United States what General Monk did just
two centuries ago for England-putting an end
TO q sanguinary civil war and restoring his
country TO the blessings Of a regular settled
form Of government. The better men OF his own
section will bless him for Il even more than
the men Of the North. 1t will relieve them from
The terrible military despotsm under which
they have been ground for the last two years
and over, and will give them some chance Of
retrieving, before 1t Is too late, their ruined
fortunes. Il will provoke the hostility Of only
two classes, neither Of which, for the present,
count for much-the ultra secession fanatics OF
the South, who still dream Of the realization
Of their wild phantaW, and the ultra anti
slavery men Of the North. who hope to see the
war continue until slavery is utterly eradicated