New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-01
TIE REBEL STRATEGY.

Rebels in Pennsylvania and that rlSht soon
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TIE REBEL STRATEGY.
We view the advance Of the Rebels into
Pennsylvania in no spirit Of overweenns con-
fidetce. War is largely game OF chance
and it. results often defy all antecedent calcn-
lation. But, while we indulge in no bonstlul
anticipations, we heartily thank the Rebel
chiefs for transferring the scat of war from
their own waited fields to the rich valleys and
teeming hlsides of the Free States.
They did pot need to do this for the sake of
/ fighting. Our army Of the Potomac lay d.
recty in their front, ready for battle at an
hours notice. They cho.e to eyade it by a
flank movement, and come North
If they deemed the line OF the Rappahan'
mock too strong to be- forced, they might have
had battle few miles westward OF Wash
ington. They declined this also, being evi.
IDENTITY anxious to eat before they fought. 1t
was well, and their movement is doing IA
world of good, Having already fairly earned
tho praise of doing more to upset Slavery than
all the Abotionlsts who ever lived, they now
lend hand TO secure the downfall OF the
Rebellion.
Mind That we are not predicting Union VIC
tories at hand. We may have these, aud may
not have. But. in either or any case, we are
indebted to Lse's advance for these:
|. Peace Meetings" at the North are 60
ing out Of fashion. Those prominent advocates
of tho Peace Movement" Ewell, Longstreet,
Early, j. f. b. Stuart, &c, have rather taken
the wind on. Of the sails OF Fernando Wood,
vallandis bam Ryndcrs & Co. 1t is plain that
Peace for this distracted country lies behind
smart fighting, and good deal Of it,
III. We hear less aud less of the welcomes
of Invading the South" and the eNpediency
Of ceasing to afilict our Southern brethren.
People who have tried not TO ace ii begin to
realize that we are invoked in bloody, desc
laing war, and that "Abe Lincoln" cannot
terminate il If be would. They discover that. II
We are TO have any country at oil, We must
6sht Tor il. -~-s--
III. Coprerheadi.m is found OF little prac.
teal account In concilia.iug the affections OF
.our souiherd brethren. Though the South.
ern counties Of Pennsylvania hase offered no
remittance TO tie invader, tLey are undergoing
severe neecng. Mr.. David Small. The Chief
Burgess of York, aud editor of the intensely
Copporhead York Gazette, went eight miles
last Saturday to find Rebel force to accept
the surrender Of bis borough, OF condition
that pirate property should be resp,dsd. when
the Rebel. found themselves in fall possession
Of said borough, they levied on il Tor some
100000 worth OF cash and oaiables, and
wouldn't take their own Confederate sbiu.
plasters-not they they turned up their
noses at such trash. and insisted on having the
real greenbacks. II York don't hand over
the amount of this little assessment, the
Rebels Will help Themselves, aud keep their
own tally We are not complaining oi this
but we do Mt think another Copperhead Bur.
CESS Will travel over Six miles III quest OF q
Rebel force TO accept the surrender Of his
borough. We all live and learn.
". There will be no more borrowing trouble
about enforcing the draft. at least 40 long
Rebel regiment remains on this side Of the
Potomac. II there Ia a married Comprehend
who thinks Of skulkng, just speak TO bis wife
about it; if young bachelor, notify his mother.
Dout tell the girls of his pusanImity. unless
the case should be- al exceedingly hard one.
Ii can II be necessary.
V. Nor can there DO any further objection
TO negroes fighting 30 soon and ~ much as
they choose. In fact, the current Comprehend
cayil today is that they cant. won't or do mt
fight Forty negro regiments might march
through the Sixth Ward tomorrow and hardly
elicit a brickbat. Those who uiH fight for
our country are not afraid Of having too many
to fight with them; those who noIt fight have
at leas, the grace to be ashamed Of preventing
others. If every Black IN the Free States were
To volunteer tomorrow, faint hiss from the
principal Copperhead dcns would be the only
note Of dissatisfaction.
Patriots lovers of the starry dag, especially
when it symbolizes Universal Freedom! the
clouds may be dark for the moment, but they
have q silver lining; this sickness is not unto
death, but forebodes renovation; though tried
az by re, the Union shall emerge triumphant
and glorious from this stern ordeal. Long live
tho Republic