New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-18
A CONFEDERATION.

"Can any good come out of Nazareth ?" Can
any truth come out Of The Hemtd-or get int
it, Accidents will sometimes happen, and
newspaper letters are often printed without edi-
tOriai revision. An oversight of this kind eyl-
IDENTIFY occurred on Saturday night in The Herdd
Office, for on Sunday morning that paper pub
shed u letter from a correspondent in New
Orleans, recently arrived there from the interior
Of Texas, who says:
There /. nothing more arsrayatng to loyal Southern
fncn' tan the attempts Of certain class Of demagogres At
the North 10 force upon hem conditions Of peace aud ayory
without consulting IN any the people most interested
IN the future OF the Rebel States lie, me here say that com
Ing Tevas do aud recently too can say tna the
loy men Of that State Ei there housluds are WILLING
to and do ndos.e the Admins all IT. measures
and are waiting to putting dow the Rebellion by any
mcaro OF movement, matter what may be- that has for
it, aim the crushing out OF treason There i class Of zen
oath of allegiance, property saving, Equalization men, who
have objections 10 Of the measures calcuhtof to bns
some coundrc due obedience the law and give them
some IDEAS their duty their country aud their country
God
The truly loyai desire to see peare-ndeed are
anxious Tor brf wi must rome The snye md ee'idm Dr.
,eon oCiie Slave Porer and Sarcyy these Ste' Tey
the fasnfuiion 5eyond roy tn,i'd perod Of "me' and
many are aarioui 70 ec cngu.hei J,om his HoHcnf and
loonid - ordsr hey ~ Bosisfioa ~ the p,trer
Let the Administration be- sustained until The Rebellion ID
crushed and when peace restored nd the a obeyed then
and then only should look accr party lines aud this 81
that plank IN those terrible platforms upon which rests
the airy caste Of some .nobJy political demasogue'
All which, We have no doubt, Is perSctiy
true. and we commend the statement, resting,
by no means, on the authority OF this single
writer. 70 the consideration Of those who are
disposed TO enter upon discussion oi the future
status Of slavery. Hitherto it has been held
orthodox and patriotic to recognize the slave
holiers-about three hundred thousand-as the
only white people Of the South who ever had
any rights: aud position Is now very mani
f. {. notwithstanding the events of the last two
years, 10 assume that there are 10 Others, either
white or black. Who.e interests or wishes, or
right, or opinions are TO be consulted when the
time thall come 10 consider the terms of
peace. There have been some wonderful
change in public opinion since the Rebel guns
orcrcl upon Fort sumter, and other, quite a,
,ieu,iic. N may yet manifest Themselves before
tho land sctllc- down again To peace aud rest.
slavery" -n'd a gentleman to n whohas been
q large s!aycholdcr and who has stll large
landed ntercst In the Tccho country OF Lousi-
ann" Slavery is great humbug,' and 1t Is
quite possible tlai there may be- great many
people ai the South, outside of the three hund'
rcd thousand, who. when they can be- heard
from. will ayow their conviction that 1t u moi
only "humbug," but has been 10 them very
c,peusive and cruel one, to whose influences and
wrongs they would rather not be any longer eX'
posed. Whatever the North may wish ornot wish'
slisteyrr the interests of this or that political
party may require, however gong the old habit
of .uhserycncy to a single class at the South
NAV be-. there are a good many hundred tnou'
sands Of white people in the reyoltcd State
who are supposed 10 be Unionisis, and who mas
Ike Ia be- heard. when not under constralnt, a.
10 the social and political institutions to be guar
auteed 20 them hereafter when oEder shall grow
up again where anarchy and revolution no"
reign. Let us be- quite sure we know what We
are talking before We indulge IN oycr-much talk