New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-29

what II can force, anu nuch rs uohe W hauPo' "e
frustrate. , q. 80 =. %
We make no Specifications of 70 rsons or OF party
az obnoxious TO this charge. We know and the
people kI ow that such persons exist, and we kno"
and the people know that ley find and have con-
genial party affiliations. And il 10 for OF abo we
people 10 mark aud 20 condemn those VINO, ~ t'ue1
like these, which require the united ana 1h'-nIeV
Efforts Of every citizen, are stopping oy 'ho wy
cayl at measures and to deronncc ro'icy "9.'o 10
great end eougbt for, looming high ana g1hu
all measures and above any polcy; Is u
forgotten, We sha not forget slch men, "t|,
their nre,ept marry onship may be, nor "uas
ever affiliations tLey make in the iHtuIe' .iuss
ltlat the teoue will no forget them ubo 'Sa' '''
will not forget 10 condemn them. ,o;r.,
Tie main topc upon wbch this ciamor as s ~
The Accumulation has been founded, is tbas OF toe
Ii of tho Administration. Not content WIN
,oking the Precedent at hi, own word, and ceiisV-
linz his object 10 be the repression OF the heoeiioh
and the restoration Of all the powers aud an'nothy
of the Government un6er the Constltn'loh, tnese
covlsrs have chosen 10 sinee out certain measures
of the Administration and designate them US The
end. and then to denounce the policy Of the Admin,
Ii,,raton in seeking such end. They have famed
what sparks Of discoDtent they have found among
the people, uDti FROM the beat of their exerlions they
fancsd tley perceived fame, and then have grave
Ily annou, ced to the public that there w0ud have
been no 6scontent, that the people would have been
united Hopeful and earnest. if tha Administration
lad not changed its policy. And il ID claimed that
this change OF policy ia ttis that instead Of ssehln4
the repression Of the Rebellion aud a re-ests6hsh-
ment OF national authority US PUNE aud ebiei end
that has been abandoned and the abolition Of Slavery
s sought as the prime and CHEF end, aud all else IL
to be subservien that in the cant phrase that 1t
i'D sought TO 0boiitionize the pGr." No other
wsrraDt found protested TO be found Tor lhls
save the proclamation Of the President, GATED the
frat day Of January 1863. This proclamation ought
not by all fair rules Of Interpretation. 10 be reed
cave in connection with the oiber proclamation OF
the President, dated 22d Sept 1867, OF which II Is
II continuation, and TO which it especially refers
In the Proclamation Of the 22d OF sept, 1907, the
President says: +" 1 do hereby proclaim and declare
that hertef1er as heretofore, tho war will be prose
cute for the object Of practically resforing the Con.
siituttonaI relation between the United States aud
the PEOPLE thereof, in which STATES that relation lie
or NAV be SUSPENDED or disturbed" On the first
dsy of Jan uary, 1863, comes tie second Proclama-
ton Of the President commencing "Whereas, on the
2h day Of Sept, 1862. Proclamation was Issued
9" now, therefore" &C., thus making
one dependent upon the other and having one Pui-
pose prolonged through both Of them< But the pro
clsmstion OF the Let Jan. 1868 IL jnstiisble OIL
itself, aud by itself, without help from any
other paper It's object Is bot the object which 10
prominent in the mind II he President and Of every
other loyal in the nation and that Object Is the
speedy ard lastiug suppression Of tho Rebellion.
That object as We have hereinbefore shown, IL only
10 be attained By war; Aud all measures " inch are
ar ca, ures are legitimate TO that enc-sre justin
sbls and are con,tilulonaL We aTe, we believe Tie
President TO be, far removed az sEy one n, or can
be- from desire ~ prosecute this war through any
breach In the Constitution. We desire, we behey.
the President TO desire, as srdently any one does
or can restoration Of the Union end the preserva-
ton Of the Government in It's integrity without
! power added TO il, or right shorn away. But We
are aud we believe the President to DO, Tor yiSor-
Gus prosecution Of the war, with all ia Legitimate
concomitaIts OF imprisonment, wounds and dea'h TO
rebeOUs citizens, aud destruction 10 their property;
aud vet, where does one find IN the letter OF ihe Con-
sstuliOn any sentence or word that says the Pres.
dent Of the United States may order the re-
straint Of reyolted citizen, or bis wounding. or
Lis death, or the seizure Of his property lie
hns 70, we AL have 10, step beyond TIE written Ian
gusge Of the Constitution 10 have TIE authority for
/ such scts. Much as we admit tho sacred ri8ht OF
revolution, we must aso believe and declare the
duty Of all legitimate government to Fsi.t rebel
hon. and to check and crusb IT before 1t sbsll attain
tine success Of aceompls ed reyouon 1T ali hazards,
and With all legitimate means, moral aud Ihyscal.
!. IL is a duty which every government owes 10 tie
governed, 10 maintain itself against the assaults Of
tue Unaffected by every means In its power aud tie
q more especially does our oveInnent, which If based
upon The consent Of tue governed and which has in
It's written charter guaranteed 10 all the States
"a Republican form Of Government, feel the weight
and pressure OF this duty. f.
We have said that the rghs TO put down rebellion
and q tempted revolution by force q 10 night
nos in terms conferred by the Constitution. r.
rather 10 the general OF inferenlial powers of the
Consti.ution for the nkht, may look there also
for the manner 0f the exercise OF that night. Aud
here ia the iaacy Of the logic o. Ihoso VINO iInpue
70 the President an unconstitutional method Of pro-
ceduTo and where the corner stone Of their sryu-
uent il Displaced For, going abroad from the letter
of the Constitution for the right TO wage 10 pre-
vent rebellion becoming snccesstul revolution, we
acquire the night TO wage that war not according TO
any formula OF the Constitution ise but according
to the laws Of war, for war, Abnormal 1t H. has
it's laws. And turning TO the laws OF war Us laid
down by writer's Of ACKNOWLEDGED authority on that
subject, we find that the laws VI war recognize and
classify (among other kinds the followng Wars Of
evolution, civil wan, private wars, public WAIT,
and mixed ware.
"a war OF Revelation" says Halsst. %" generally I'M
d.rsien for III, drmebermen Of State. by the separation
Of s psrt for tho overthrow and radical change Of
the Rovetpmsott While iDsurscon.J wsriI sometime.
ss.d for different purpO.s Both how.v. have re-
ternsl They are therefore In erl
aad sOrsHsd b. Tie general rts which applied
pues war is one carried under The dirsctep or IL
least with tho SANCTION, Of the supreme authority Of the
"A contest by force between dGsIen, usmber' Of the
SANE socisiy State has sometimes been called
war Groos regards such psblis The side Of ,bs
authorities and pi!a: on ,hs par, Of those rho t'h saeh
eharec .s Of public war defined AID I,eogEzsd by the
Law VI nations, Is the sensra usage for other nsens to
law Of bioeisds., Of eontrsDstd, 10 Il should
also be remarked that IN such cases begent phH BE-
suyeydd0sd T. hou scrutt61fI ihht IT, the eontenolnE
parties nay ersrdN bogeronf rPhn with regard 10 each
oher and neutral while al the same time. the
esAbshsd Of the State may exercise is
soyefsgbty In punshing."
Aud this Winter the Supreme Court of the United
ses has decided that vessels Of Southern citizens
captured while attempting 70 run tho blockade upon
the coasts lawful prizes 70 the captors basing
their decsion upon tho ground that this contest has
assumed tuch proportions, that although in the abb
stract gu effort on tho part Of the Sovereign Power
TO put do rebellion Of portion OF its citizens.
it IL vet to DO considered public war, and that the
Stotas hos ha tiuhts of halhueren ons of