The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-02

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mand, and was frmer. Wheat and were quiet and
unsettled There was increased activity In pork lard
and talow with limited movements In other kinds Of
provisions, as also in hides, leather oils, cofee, tens,
molasses metals and naval stores Hay, Goldfish, mack
ere and whskey in fair request. The freight
| gagements were quite limited.
| The Restoration or the Rebelli0us States
What says the Administration9
In view Of the rapidly failing fortunes of the
rebellion, the policy of the government for the
restoration of the rebelious States to the bless
| ings of the Union becomes most important
question. What course will the administration
most probably pursued The simple course of
considering State recovered from the armed
forces of Davis, not as State conquered from
a foreign Power, but as State always in the
Union, and happily released from reasonable
usurpation; or the policy Of Senator Sumner,
of considering every seeding State as having
forfeited its rights and privileges as State,
and as having, when wrested from the rebel
lion, no claims upon the general government
beyond those of an unorganized Territory of
the United States?
There is q division in President Lincoln's
ample, is in favor of the substantial restoration
of "the Union as it was" and of the Southern
States as they were, under the compromises of
the constitution, while Mr.. Chase and the ra-
deal abolition faction are fanatically the adj
vocates of Mr.. Summers revolutionary pro-
gramme, or something like it. It is believed,
too, that the radical faction hold the balance of
in, 80 <bo cscsck
that they intend to carry out their designs at all
hazards and to the last extremity. One Of the
Washington journals-the Misunderstanding as
| the special organ of this radical faction in the
Cabinet, In discussing this question Of the "re-
| admission" of the rebellious States contends
that some reliable guarantee for their future
good behavior must be had from them before
they can be readmitted, and that, IS slavery
was the cause of the rebellion, and will be of a
second rebellion hereafter, should the slave
holding States ever become strong enough to"
| attempt it again. "the conclusion is irresistible
that the extinction Of slavery in the seeded
States should be made condition of their
readmission into the Union, that being the only
guarantee they can give that they will not
the land with blood"
| In other words, the policy of the radical fac
ton is to enforce the emancipation proclama.
| ton of President Lincoln to its fullest extent,
by securing from every rebellious State, as the
indispensable condition precedent" of its
readmissioh to the Union. some proceedings on
its part or in its behalf securing "the extinc-
| finn of olayorv praaiIant T ;pooIpso ornaro ri;
patton proclamation was confessedly military
measure, limited in its enforcement to the
military necessity" evoking it. Mr.. Lincoln
has also repeatedly declared, in effect, that the
restoration Of the Union with him is the para
mount object, and that he would use the insti-
tuition of slavery as an instrument for this grea,
end-the Union-in favor of slavery, or against
slavery, as might be found most expedent
This policy of making the slavery question sub
ordinate to the Union is the policy which die
tated Mr.. Stewards despatch to the French
government suggesting that the Congress Of
the United States is a peace convention, in
which the rebellious States may have their
wrongs righted by simply returning each its
quota Of members to the two houses
According to this simple, conservative and
entirely just and satisfactory line of action, the
people of the States OF Louisiana, Arkansas
Mississippi and Tennessee, substantially releas
ed of their rebel rulers and rebel armies are
now in condition to proceed to the election o.
their members to the federal Congress. But
weremember that recently committee from
the loyal slaveholding planters of Lousiana
applied to the President for permission to pro
coed to the election of members Of Congress
State officers, &C., under the existing State con
stitution (pro-slavery); and We remember, too
that the prayer Of the petitioners was not grant
ed. Mr.. Lincoln had been informed that move
ments were on foot for the calling OF State
convention to remodel the constitution Of the
State; and besides, political elections Ia Loui-
siana prematurciy undertaken might embarrass
our military operations in that quarter. We
have no doubt, however, that this convention
movement is under the management Of an abo-
lition clique, and that Mr. Secretary Chase aud
ohall have the unspeakable blessing Of State
constitution abolishing slavery as the condition
of her return TO her allegiance and protection
under the federal government
We cannot believe, however, that Presiden
Lincoln has abandoned the safe landmarks OF
his own patriotic and eminently popular Union
policy for the violent, revolutionary abolition
programme of Senator Sumner or Secretary
Chase and bis radical faction We cannot be.
lieve that this war for the Union, which may be
ended before tho meeting OF Congress, is now
70 be changed into war for abolitionzins the
rebeilious States before admitting them again
70 the position OF the loyal States OF the Union
We RELY upou President lincoln 70 adhere Il