New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-06
unitv has arisen from conquest, show TIE % sacred


Shall minority be permitted 20 deetroy the Union
and put in peril those WHO were its fIst oeoe'sc'or
and without whom il would 10, exit? II this oe
not an implOus revolt, then We must sa! 'h'' TUG
whim Of nations makes their night. :.
Ii ID not merely political reason that stenos N
The way Of separation; the geography, tDe stua'on
Of the iocalities oee the United States to form on'
one nation. S,rsbo conien. pailne th:1t sl"si,us
country which is now called Franco, a. WIZ 'a9
certainty OF geri.s. thai, considering lhe ha'r VI
the tsryi,orv and .he course 81 tne dreams, wac
easy 10 see that the forests OF Glr inhaoied py IL
scattered population, were TO become te res'oouV
of great people. Neture had arrnseu our 'g M
tory 10 be- the theater OF grand ClyiZa.lCD. lhs
j. not less true of America. Is is, 30 speak cor
rtclv but 6 double valley, with an insen1b'e no'nt
og IS paraion, and two great vater-ced ses--'he
Mississippi aud the St. Lawrence. Ih,fe arc 70
lotv mountains that separate and ISOLATE the popn-
Ilators no natural barriers, Ike the Alps and me
PyreDees. Tho West cannot vo without me MS
iseyIi 10 pos the month of that liver is lor l!e
farmers Of tho West question OF nc anu u1;'n
The United States have Ii this from tho very nTst
When the Oh,o and the Mssiss tpi Were as yet only
rivers lost in the woodswhen the rst settlers were
on, handful of men dispersed through the desert,
the Americans already knew that New Or ans was
lie leg Of the (r01f door. They we'e. unwilling to
leave 1t " either France or Siain Napoleon
understood tLis lie held in bis hand the
future grcatress Of the United States, aud
DO was ros syerse 10 csdipg 10 America oil TINS
vast territory ORDER as Inc sand, to give England
maritime rival which, sooner or later, would hubble
Tho prize of our cuemcs. lie could have Csposses-
sed himself OF lie left bank merely, aad have sails
fled the United States, which, at that time, asked
for Jotniug better; he did mere land hers think he
made great m:stake), be gave up with stroke OF
the pen, regions large as she hail OF EUROPE. ana
abandoned all our rights andciams 20 that fine river
whica we discovered. Ere long, sixty years viii
have passed since thAt cession. The States which
are to-day called Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
Iowa, Minnesota, hcnsas, and OREGON, tho Fer1to-
Tles OF Nebraska. OAK ia, Jeereon, and Washing
ton which viii soon be States, have been founded
upon the vast domain cedrd by Napoleon. Without
counting the savehCidng Population tAht cesiTes to
break the Union there are 100000 citizens b.
tweer Pittsburgh aad Fort Uuion who ciaiin the
course ana mouths OF the Mississippi as hnvng been
cec Cd TO them by France. L is IRON NJ that tley
, hold their nle and their right Of POSSESSION. They
avc on their SIDE The claims OF sixty Years, claims
conseclated by labor ard cultivation, claims which
they have received rights IRON solenln contract
and better stil, HON nature AMI ron Hod. IL Is
for defending this that they are rproacheo they are
uanreJs ana tyranls because they VIII not put them
selves 81 the mercy OF an anbi ions !Lnorlty. NhA
ehoad we say il, 10 morrow, Nofnandy IA reVVr,
should pIeteld 10 hold for herself exclusively horeh
and Havrel And yet, what Ia tie c0urro Of the
seine compared 10 that of tEo Mississippi which
runs alonc 30 miller aud receive all The waters
OF The West? To possess NcW-OrI-ais y 10 com
nand valley that includes t~othirts o. tie tnNed
Stotes "Ih> rivcr slall be mode neutral" We are
III,
has been seen now Russia managed the mouths %
he Danube; why il cost the Crimoan wa 10
secure 10 Germany the free enjoyment .. her great
rive.
If, tomorrow, fresh .war wese to break On, be-
tween Austria aud Russia Que mi ht lie cure that
lie pogaFsion Of Tie Danube would &c TIE guer13n
Of tSe hcbt, Il cannot he Otherwise III America
FROM tie day on which, fOr length OF more tlar
hundred League, tie Miss.seipi fhall run between
Two seryile bArks. Already. tie effect Of the war
hao IN
Iudian corn, which form The wealth Of the West In
6l the surplus crops had 10 be burned to the great
4 damage of Europe, when prois by their exporia-
1 tiou. Tie South herseh so fully pcreeives the
aftermath OF Der position, that her anDlton ~ 10
separate tho Valley OF tae Mississippi IRON the tas'-
u cru States aud 10 uoite h@rseli TO the west, thus
e eon,uing the Yauhees of New England 10 an ihoa.
{. linton Ntich would fli>ss4n Il IA with the bait
II OF the Mississippi that the Confederates hope 70 re-
a estsblib 70 their own advantage, the uniJn wb'c
j. they have broken Tor lenr OF Laoerty.
rs We now sec what 10 think OF the pretended
tvanny ofthe NORTH and Wheeler il is true that j.
u Wishes 10 opprcss and subieSate The South. On the
contrary The North does nothing but defend iisc!f
Ia maintaining The Union it isits rights and It's lie
: aicbit IA seeking 10 sRve.
liDiereet, legitimate ntsrcst Which, founded on
solemn itleG constitutes sacred night. Bot II we
exariDe the moral and political ihefes', The iaieiet
OF superior order, we Lhsll sih better unuertsui
a tnai Ito North cannot yield without Committing
: sl.cide.
The United States are Republic the !-eest, aLl
{ at the same e.. lie Il 'est .L4 ue lap .1st 1T
th1 earth hes ever seer an wba docs tb prosperity
Of the Amencaas iLd its support In the lac iha'
. t..-y are alone on inIense territory they have
reYe teen o6h led 10 concentrate power vGd weaken
liberty for the prgpOso q resisting tie alqb ion
= the jealousy OF their neiItOcrs. In the Uuited
aes, there Waa 10 permanent uFrN, no mi itiiy
q aine; Tie enUrmnuH tuie wat We might spend 10
+ O,ier L. ward oil 10 sustain wars, 20 Americans
C have employed in opening 'oDools ana il nviug 10
all their citizens poor rich, tia, education that
instruction. which forms the moral grandeur and tie
u red wealth Of na,ious.
}. Their foreign policy wac coinprsed in lie one
, maxim. Never 10 I1eddle in tie qr1rrcs Of En-.
gorc on the sole condition that ErrOpe should
uedde ~ there and s1Ou ID Trpec the free ON 81 the
c ,eas.' Taah6o 10 t.c.e "Ire h-Ahha winch Wa+h-
. lipu.oa Jeqle lied 10 iher ia MS Immortal Farewell
AddIesr tio IHtSI Slo- e. oyed, for e. hty .acs,
/ CAGE which was ditiuryca DEt once il t6!Z, vssi
tley had - re-si England ana maintain the nights
= Of neu rails. j. s - thOuaands OF miiiJns that we
must count ;ht that, during tae East seventy
years. nave spent III Dionia ing our lhafacs or
g 01r Dr. qOuatr nee ~ EUROPE; u r" tAol-an Is a.
= nj no r tie Uuilod A'al.s have employed it, iri-
j. IrOyeGentc ii All EiIc5. There y thc secret o.
II tlef GOOD fo,.alciuc io4 .iJn La5 produced their
n pIOeFeu'y.
0 comrnshed aAd thai the az" Confederation SOU q
d compile AL tie Slave STATE, ths north wOud Lore
o. IA ole day il, pOy Or and 10 institutions. The r.
public would %, stabbed 10 TIE heart. There void
4 90 10 America two naiiOua lace 20 Icei two leO-
, pee .iyas, and ever On ID eve Of quar- cling with
Z each Oder Ieace, ~ Inc, VIII 10. Ciad. ate
IA reds YOU cannot eG4cc he TecOle ct0n Of great
ness pVa5cd Nay Of ths Union Destroyed tle S,l.h
= vIctoIiols would undoubtedly bs TIC ! s, tue
friend Of Slavery nor les5 IN love q domination.
= The enemies OF Slavery, now unoi5pnted nHfiers
Of their policy, would not assufedly - soiened ~
tie separation. VIA: VIII the Confederation Of the
S11tb be To the North fOrr power csta Dh he'd