New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-16
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- III WELL
Abraham Lincoln. President Of the United
States, has just officially promulgated the terms
on which he is not merely willing but anxious
to restore peace to this distracted, devastated
country. In substance his proposition runs
thus: " No vengcance-no military e1ecuIinl-
no confsca,ion--no more dey astauOn-iet MS
all he friends, equals, brothers, once more;
But Slavery. the wicked, wanton fomenter Of
this horrible strife, must die, or the Peace will
be hut hollow, delusive truce. to be
soon followed by another desolating war;
Slavery dead, there is nothing LEFT 20 quarrel
about: and it will never again be possible
70 raise an army in this country 10 fire al the
American Gag and fight to destroy TIC Great Re
public. Simply because every persistent slave
holder Is at heart a partisan Of the Rebellion,
and, so long as he wants Slavery perpeinaied
can be nothing else, il is essential that slavery
should die, TO the end that the Republic may
surely live" Such Is our Presidents pro-
gramue, and We indOTse every word Of IL. 1t
is not merely wise and just--it is humane and
bcncfcent II is the true programme for saving
life and -ianohing the wounds of our country.
Jefferson Davis President Of The Rebel Con
| federacy, whose cornerstone l. Slavery, has
likewise favored tho world with has uitmatum.
In his Annual Message, the great and terrible
reverscs recently encountered by his Coniede-
racy are pretty fairly admitted, and the utter'
hopeless bankruptcy of its Finances all but CON-
fcssed. His purse-bearcr, Memmingcr follows
with an expose which tells their dupes that the
Six Hundred Millions Of promises they have Is
sued must be plrnply repudiated-that they
must not be received even for the heavy
taxes he requires - but compulsoriiy
funded, and "a new issue put forth,
on the ruins OF this. Either DO this or SUBJ
init" is in substance Mr. Memminger'f aterna-
tive to Jeif.'s Congress. They will probably do
it, bu, II will not help lin nor save them. On
the contrary every one viii know from the
start that the new issue will swiftly follow in
the footsteps Of the old. Virtually and pract:-
cally, the Rebellion has already collapsed.
tThcre Is not a man on earth who wants Ia seil
litrleaders thousand dollars' worth OF any
thing for any money or other valuable il la IL
give in exchange. Such. is tho case today on
/ its own soil: such will il be abroad after DsVs's
and Memminger's new manilcstOes shall have
crossed the Atlantic.
Such is the crisis in which Mr.. Fernando
Wood-who apolosized to Toombs for being I'M
able 10 control the Police and compel them 10
let arms for GeOrgia-already in open revolt
against the UniOn-pass through our city un0b-
structed and unchallenged-propose that Con-
gess shall instruct the President TO send three
Commissioners to Richmond to sue for Peace.
And ffty-nine Member Of the House vote
against laying this proposition on the table
They vote i'll effect TO say 10 the Rebels,
" Hold on! Don't give it up go There are
friends here who are Fastening TO your rescue"
And that is just how their vote will be inter-
preted by the leading traitors. They viii use il
to strengthen the fainting faith Of their dupos.
and 10 hark forward their conscrjpt-hunting
boodhOlnds, human and canine, III their work
Of filling up the shattered ranks of Treason.
Now we intensely desire Peace; but We would
not have our Government seek 10 at Richmond.
To send Commissioners thither in quest of il Is
to admit that we are beaten and ready 10 con-
sent to DsuniOn. The Rebels would 20 under
stand il, and with good reason. Better send TO
Raleigh, 10 Millcdgeville, TO Austin, or any
where else in Dixie in quest Of Peace, than 10
Richmond.
Washington City is The capital Of this coun.
try in pursuance Of the Federal Constitution.
Messrs. jefferson Dayis, Benjamin, ToOnbs,
slidell, Mason, &C., were al there barely three
years ago, clothed with power 20 act for their
respective States. They chose TO abandon the
forum for the feld-to transfer their controversy
with us from the arbtrament Of Che Yeas and
Nays to that Of the sword. They went of 10
Richmond because they would not be further
associated with us: and we are not going after
inem. They must dissolve and dsperse
their sanhedrim Of treason, and let the
States troy have lrrcd away feirYa