New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-25
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When The Eicsmoni Hhg--afer all iis by
gone yaunts OF Southern invincibiiity and Jcers
~ Northern coNa-iicc-says: "Ge icaHi The did
Of Frame. We are able 60 pay for II. bet usdo
lit bcirays its consciousness that The Rebel
lion is IN a state OF collapse. people strug-
Cling for independence makes no such confession
Of impotence until the ugly fact can no longer
be concealed. even from the most purblind eyes.
The Rebels know that their ability to maintain
the s,ueee they so waatonly. commenced is
passing away. They may yet exhibit opAsmod!c
/ witches Of ferociOus energy, as IN the late
butcherv at Lawrence; but these viii be the
mere wriggies OF the serpents tail alter his head
has been cut oil. The fighting of battles IN tins
war Is nearly over. Ii Lee can surprise Meade
and attack him in overwhelming force, De may
do o; while behind tie walls oi Chattanooga,
Charleston, Mobile or Richmond, Tie Rebels
NAV still make a chow Of resistance; but they
viii raise 10 more armies, mount no new req
ments, build no more iron-clads, cast few more
guns Ii We can but prompily!iill up our vast
ed batialions they viii have littleinore fighting
But ave are able 10 pay" France for her
powerful aid, says the Richmond oracle. Pay
! IN uinl Coin would seem 90 be uncommonly
scarce and dear in Dixie; OF Food there certain
! is is none 20 cxpOt; Confederate paper is not
worth ten cents on the dollar "a Richmond or
Charleston, AID would hardly bear the strain OF
an ocean voyage. Louis Napoleon Is usually
ready for dicker, but be surely does III N.nt
cart loads OF lin, stuff. Dixie can "pay" him
for the powerful aid Of his fleets aud armies only
by making itself oyer TO him bodily, or by ced-
ing him Texa and Louisiana.
But Louisiana il 40 longer theirs, while Texa,
is barely held in Rebel leading-st-ngs by Mill
tarv force and terrorism. 1wo-thirds Of It's peo-
pie are al Lcart for the old Union to-day. IL
would be easy to sell but hard TO deliver them.
Let Texas but understand that she has been
sold to q European monarch in exchange for
men and money, ships and munitions, contrib
uted 10 the defense Of the Rebel chiefs on the
Atlantic, and they would declare for the Union
at once They await but the opportunity now,
and this transfer would give il TO them.
OF course, We do rot assume that Louis Ma
poleon would sell them his aid, even if they
would warrant the consideration. We know a
great deal less of his designs and occult pur-
poses than some others profess TO; but We do
not believe him the man to back hopelcssly
! falling cause. His doing 80 would MORALLY OIL
| Cend the French Liberals, and would displcase
the debt-hoders and capitalists, who shrink
from distant, costly wars. We sum up the SIT
nation from his point OF view in few words:
| lie is shrewd he does not indulge Ill senti-
melt; does not choose 10 ride dead horse; he
knows thai France hates distant, tedious, costly
wars-in short, he knows that helping the Reb-
els won't pay--so will not attempt it.
| There are many who blame our Government
for not boarding him more promptly and
fcrcclv in view of his Mexican adventure.
! We n0n.concur. We have great and
mOmentOus war on our hands, which for two
years has taxed all our energies. We have had
10 fleets nor armies to spare for operations
IN and around Mexico; and we think orr Gov
eminent has consulted its own dignity and the
Nations interest by keeping silence. That
silence has not been misinterpreted Nobody
believes our Government reconcilcd or indiilcr-
Lent " tho Subjugation Of Mexico Ny FRENCH