The New York herald., 1863-09-02

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'ss''e ~ tire d'v. ID Is ir,rcrtan' to every maI
20 know what Ia an issrc and what is not n
ISSUE anmber Of cuesti'.ns are set afoa
| which ave not md cannot he iss-,rs. II d no
an 'ssne whc' Ter tAo wer ia 10 he carried on L
the crriNl, se suppression of.'e rebellion. T.hs
!, vast maiorify OF TIE reop'c are 80 un,s.n'.
| ably II fsvor Of suprcrf'sa sbe adm'a;stratior
| WITH men nnd money e. pm lowr the rebels by
force TIL they submit 90 the cderal authority
and conc hack to the constitute on ths.t IL can
n's he question for decision in any political
contest II il true tha. N tFe beairninr or u
revolt ihe roaicals, tfrorrh thcir organs
Gree,ey's Ty:bune and Garrisons Liycraior-
cncTra"ed the rebels by decl,v'ng that they
had right 10 seccGe. The co,nerheads. too
fvmpsfeizad with them. Rut 10th factions
have rot N'r confidence Of tho reon'e. wso are
rlain,y and evidentlv IN favor of Restoring tao
Union by force Of arms and IN accordance
with the constitution. There is no issue. there
fore. on tnat point.
TIC issue wilt be the rarppo- vent OF the
TITS Congressional and espcut;ve manage
ment Ard never was anything ~, s.trocio,nly y
bad in the history Of LEGISLATION as .l.c action of
theiastC Congress in connection with tsewar. The
FmanciUet.on set, the ConGscation act. tire In
measures any one of WHICH would he fufTie,ent
30 ruin any party that adopted them. They are
all calculated to impede the aiccessfr progress
Of the war for tie Union. The Emancipation
act is equally silly and unconstitutional. n is
greater bIunder than The Ponc's bull against
uniting the rebels and increasing their resist
ance, while it has effected nothing whatever
towards the accomplishment o. IT'S professed
object. II is nuII'snd void by the provisions of
the constitution and by the nature or things.
The Confiscation act ID equally LEGAL n,hlity
and equally absurd. These measures leave the
rebels no motive that can influence the human
heart to lay down their arms; on the contrary.
they make II the interest Of the Confederatcs to
boid out till they are extermnated. And this,
no doubt. was the satanic object with which
they were passed. The Indemnity act on its
very face i Huility; for it undertakes to in
demnify the Executive and the administration
and all their subordinates for unconstitutional
acts. Congress itself having no power to-. vio-
late the constitutions. much less to
aathorize otheH to violate il. N Is
a vain attempt to project from their
legal consequences the arbitrary arrests made
by order Of the administration. AS for the
Corscr;ct:o. - ,y4~kN~- a. = .crst:xtso-.V a.,
not. IT, ia a most detestable law, and wholly
unnecessary. It is now admitted by tSe moro
enlightened republican party journals that Il
has proved a faifare-that Il will not pro-
duce at the very utmost seventy-ive thousand
men one-fotrth the number called for-and
provisions would have produced as least an.
equal number Of volunteers, who might he far
better depended upon than most Of the substi-
tNtes obtained by the exemption money. The
repeal Of these obnoxious acts will be de-
mandca by the people. and that will briag up
an issue which cannot he evaded.
Such is the legislative record. The executive
is equally black. In the carly part Of it's career
the administration arrested in the most wanton
and arbitrary manner every man II thought
proper. whether with or without cause. or even
pretence Of cause, which made people almost
believe they were living under the despotism Of
Russia or France, instead Of in free republic.
While these cNelties were inflicted on many
innocent and loyal persons at the North, the
organs Of this radical administration directly
encouraged the rebels TO persevere in their
secession, because they had a right to seccde
according to the principles OF the Declaration
Of Independence and afterwards they fred
them with fanstical zeal to resist as long as a
regiment was left them in the field. by urging
against them measures Of confscation. and spo-
lation, and ruin. which were worse than death
itself Every motive for submission was taken
away, and every motive for resistance was sup
piled
by this political msmanagement the war has
been protracted. II has been prolonged still
further by military and naval mismanagement.
Rebel privs'eers hare been permitted to swarm
the ocean, and Charleston. South Carolina, and
Wilmington. North Carolina, have been per.
mttcd 10 become almost impregnable, when
thev could have been secsred in the begin
ming almost without an effort. The utter mis-
management Of the Virginia campaigns is mat
ter OF history, and is TOO veil known for detail
In the history Of no other administration ssnce
the foundation OF the government has so large
an amount Of public corruption been develop
ed. The Secretary Of War and other radical
members Of the Cabinet are too busy planning
and arranging the Presidential campaign oI
next year to attend to the great and vital exi-
gcncies Of the present
These are the questions which will make up
the issue for the coming elections this fall. and
for the Presidential election OF 1864 In one
short phrase. II will be the management Of the
war, in political, military aud naval point
Of view. There arc two conventions now
on hand In this State-one which il being held
at Syracuse. and the other about 10 b, held al