New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-19
DRAW TIE LINE 4!


DRAW TIE LINE:
Il 10 of tho frat Importance to ascertain and
make known what proportion of tho People o
the loyal States are disposed to stand heartily
aud thoroughly by their Government in thu
War forced upon it by Southern Treason.
Hitherto. large numbers have seemed t.
stand alOOf. as if their interest, their duty, II
the premises were limited to embarrassing ant
fault finding. If this is to continue, the Nation
will fail, and very great share of the response
bility " rest on those who codly or fac.
tiousy sl6Od aloOf in the hour Of their country's
peril.
A citizen of free country has perfect
right to differ with its rulers, TO crlticlse them,
aud to vote to supersede them. All this il
consistent with the most perfect, jealous 10y
atty. Nay; loyalty may imperatively re-
quire it.
No one 10 less loyal because he thinks Ar.
bitrary Arrests needless, Or that there have
been q erea. many more than there need nave
been, any more than for holding Gas we dog
that the mistake was not in arresting. but IN
not striking at higher game, and not merely
arrestng, but proceeding to indict, try, con-
Wet and punish. On this whole subject, true
patri ,ts have differed, will differ. and have q
perfect right to differ.
! A loyal citizen Las perfect right to hold
the Emancipation policy and the Aiming OF
Blacks unwise; just as we have to believe that
the mistake wa, rot made in resortiDg to these
measures. but in po..ponng that rcsort to 30
late u stage of the struggle. Freeing and armng
tse slaves of those engaged in Rebellion for
Slavery's sake is 10 simple, natural, obvious
resort that we cannot see how any one who
really wants the rebellion put down can ever
bay, doubted IL proprloty or its policy. And
in fac. we do not happen to have met more
than three persons xho dccried that policy who
did not ultimately betray their conviction that
the Rebels could net or their hope that they
! would not BE- subdraJ. But every loyal citizen
has n right to his own opinion as to the best
meaos for attaining The desired end.
We can conceive that a loyal man may OPP
pose .hs National organization OF our Militia,
with . view 10 drafting for the War, though
wc confess that this is difficult. For the Rebels
have called out every White and Yellow person
under their author; ty-Unonists as well a.
traitors--undcr the'r central authority and in
utter dsrcgnrd of their Wanted State Rights.
They trust nothing TO the heartinsss or eff
cheney of Governors OF Legislatures, but sweep
clean. II, then. wo arc to put tsem down,
I IL. .lxat tnr.A nj nj
States by our Government must be equally
thorough. No one Magines that oil, Or nearly
all. the Militia thus enrolled will override called
out; bus all should b. enrolled and mustered,
40 tina, so many rs shall from time to
time B., required may be drawn fairly and
equay. He who objects to this may do so
for soms other re- sea than desire that the
Rebels hall be Z" let alone" though We cannot
imagine what that reason can be.
DO YOU regard lie war waged by the con-
stitntcd authorities OF the United States against
the doiasstic dcioTs of that authority who arc
fighting 70 divide and subycrt the Union yoHr
/ War, Are your Interests, your sympatbics. your
hopes, POUR prayers given to tbs Union side in
this s.rugge DO you desire that 1t be-
brought to IA cles. through the discontinue and
prostitution Of .bs Rebclsl Ii yes, then you
are Loyal, whatever your opinions or views VI
particular measures; and you ought to unite
with those who are forming loyal Leagues to
secure such E contamination. II yon would
have The Nation defeated and the Rebels tri.
umpEant, then join the X. G. C.'s or some
o.her secret eonclave Of Copperhcads, and
brawl on evscy corner against tie Adninlstra'
ton az defy ;ng the Constitution, destroying the
liberties of the People, &c, &C., us Brsckin-
ridge did from day TO day in the Senate ere
he ran away to head brigade VI fighting
traitors, or MS Toucey, Nallandgham and Fer
nando Wood do now. In either case, show
your true colors and stick to them