New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-19

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FOR TEE DE-
FENsE.
The Uorld will not be satisfied with our re-
iteratcd assurances that, while we are most anx-
ious for the early and complete restoration OF
Peace, we cannot realize that this end is to be
promoted by newspaper discussions Of hypo'
thetical conditions on which Peace may be
made. If an organized body Of Rebels-wheth-
err claiming to be a State or otherwise-were to
offer 10 return to loyalty on certain specified
conditions, it would be proper for the Federal
Government to consider the profler in the light
of public duty and public faith; though. even
then, we do not see how the journals could ald
in attaining satisfactory conclusion. But as
vet no duly authorized or authenticated propo-
sal of submission on any terms has been made
by the Rebels OF any considerable portion OF
them: and we GO not perceive that even the Gov
eminent has anything 10 consider in the prem
ises. Yet The rord Of yesterday sees tit to
say that
the lol. Of the Coppccads II formally dcdlr. ta 'the
object Of the OF the part Of ne fd'iai =
yr Ia. been 10 M, down the Rebellion and rrsioc ana re-
estnhli,h authority of The tousitutinn and Laws
" Guild rnt TRnrNf con mt :, TIE y, ~
the authority the Constitution aid laws with tie aeIos
Of an measure taken ~ a.. nm lfN 'ont'-t ~
party by the Government and by the hehes abb N".i
lHE TEiBCNK welcoE" ha' b ih' S'iAi"ir ahh "
of the southern and Willingly Zee i'
enacted n Laws passed iy tougs IN othrr day. T. ny OK
the compact between The STATE. md Woml' ,n'phn "
hose laws. Or does TnE TKtrNE It'll stand 10y H. %" .
word. that II the South wufts Do to- reasons Tor going o 81
the Union than the exclusion a. slavery from Kansas ana Ne
bfaskn Il shall have better reasons Iof going out
Replg.-Thc words, which The World pro-
fesscs to quote from some old issue of The
TRIBUNE, are not within our remembrance, and
are probably those Of some correspondent-at
all events so wrenched from their context as TO
lalsiiy the actual meaning of the writer. Does
The World ever consider, while pursuing It's
petty game Of bunowing in old files of its
contemporaries, what figure it would cut II ITS
o,en comparatively recent Frce-Soil, ultra-War,
anti Copperhead utterances were from day To
day paraded in contrast with is present incul'
cations
The World is already advised that we would
consent TO the unconditional return TO loyalty
and fidelity Of any State whose authorities
and ruling classes are now in rebellion. II
strikes us that this should suffice. When we
are asked TO put the Union and the Rebellion
on a footing of equality aud stipulaie tina, each
shall undo all tina, II ha. done to the prejudice
of the other, We cannot help rcmarking that
the recent conflicts az Gettysburg, Nicksburg,
Port Hudson Helena, sc, &c, did not result
ndecisiyely, nor yet in Rebel yictories, and
that 1.-THE case being altered, alien the case.
When Long Tom { fin saw the British nap
raised Gas ruse) oyer his beloved Yankee
cruiser, after she nad Just beaten and captured
her antagonist he insisted that, if the British
did no, admit that they were fairly beaten, they
should take back their ship and have the fight
night over again. Now wc would say nothing
intended to taunt or irritatc the Confederate
nothing sayorine Of idle vauut or unmanly
cxuliaion--but, if We are now within sight
Of Peace, 1t II simply because they have NJ
longer the means OF successfully, hopefully
prolonging the War; and that Is one Of TIE
facts to be- considered hy whomsocycr shall
be duly empowered 10 arrange "rcconstTuc'
ton"
tn, Uorids questions are based on an as
sumption . the South and the Slave Power
arc identio We cannot admit this. On the
contrary, We firmly believe that a majority OF
the Unionists Of the South desire that the Re
belion and Slavery shall end simultaneously
and speedily. The A. J. IIamiltons, +. Mont
gomerys, and other fugitive from their homes
for the Unions sake are part Of The South
that is to bc-in Our view, very important
part. These must all remain cxlcs or brave
outrage and assassination If Slavery shall re-
sumo it, ancient sway over restored and har-
monzed Union. For two years and hall, the
Unonists Of Texas Qor instance have been
hunted, waylaid, robbed, manned, shot ana
hung as though they had been wolves; yet
majority of the men left in Texas this day are
Unonists. If Slavery should die with the Re-
bellon these would be able at an early day to
return to and remain quietly at their homes;
but if the reconstruction" should give Slavery
the upper hand there, God help them for they
have little TO hope from Man. So in East Ten
nessee and in many other important localities
50, in fact, throughout the South.
We certainly hope TO welcome to Congress
Senators and Representatives from all the
States; but if we were allowed any choice in
the premises, we should much prefer to see each
and every one of them represented by such men