Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-03-18

- DuJ mere iOuOWS the exact lfuLu VIII Ie-
gard to our views on the whole subject which
Mr.. Mercier, or AIr. FalIandighatn, or any one
else can have for the moderate price of six
cents III Washington or three L he purchase
in New York: ...-.-.
al We believe that the War for the Union
has now entered upon a phase which in all
probability must prove fnal-what we are
on the eve Of movements, combinations, at
tacks, battles, whereof the result must be well
nigh decisive.
90. We believe that the rebels are about to
be badly whipped at several vital points and
that their defeats will be so conclusive that
any impartial umpire would thereupOn adj
wise them that their enterprise is hOpless and
they ought to give up.
80. We believe that, if our armies do not
whip theirs, theirs viii whip ours
"a. We believe that, should they be success
full and lOs defeated in the general results Of
the campaign now opening, impartial third
parties viii say that 1Us ought to consent to
peace on the best attainabIe terms. Whether
we shall take that counsel or renew. the
struggle, as a united people who have come
to understand and toaocep. its real character,
the cost and suffering involved, events will
determine.
"5. But we believe that the time viii come
we do not say how soon, as that must de-
pend on the results of conflicts yet future
whom the great powers Of Europe will me
diate-not by blows nor by menaces, but by
representatious-against a continuance Of the
struggle as lruitless, wasteiul butchery,' and
urge a settlement IN. the interests Of humani-
ty and commerce"
Thus the Tribune pronounces that we must
subdue the rebellion by movements, cornbi-
nations, and attacks" now on the eve, OF
call upon the great powers of Europe to
interfere against the continuance Of the
struggle as fruitless, wasteful butehery, and
urge a settlemest in the interest of humanity
and commerce" In simple, direct, unequiv-
ocal language, Mr.. Greeley says that if we
are not successful in the campaign now open
ing our cause and country are lost, and that
we must hayep peace "upon the best attain
able terms. - as --.-
This is saying, openly and publicly, to the
enemy that they have only to hold cat two
or three months longer to secure the triumph
of rebellion and slavery Had an opposition
journal or member OF Congress uttered these
sentiments, the Tribune wovld have demand
ed their removal 10 Fort Lafayette.
Mr.. GreeIy. evades, though he does not de-
ny, that he has communicated with the French
minister and Mr. Vallandigham, suggesting
mediation to the former, and peace to the lat
ter. In entering upon the question Of medi-
alton with foreign minister, he takes issue,
IN violation of law, against the Government.
And in opening a correspondence with Re-
preventative who he is constantly denounoing
as a traitor, he commi' an ofFense leave otL-
ers to name and characterize.
Aud now Ileaye Mr.. Greeley, the columns
of his own Tribune being the exponent and
witness, as first inviting the withdrawal soi
the Cotton States, and consequent division
of the Union; and then, after hundred
thousand lives have been sacrificed, and twelve
hundred millions of treasure squandered, de-
manding the intervention Of the great powers
Of Europe in favor of "peace upon the best
terms attainable," for the sake OF humanity
and commerce" T.W.