The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-26

the slaves in the rebellious States beyond the
lines of our land and naval forces snow, hence
forward and forever Free" In word, all that
can be done by Congressional acts and Presi-
dental proclamations to abolish slavery
throughout the South this abolition faction have
accomplished.
This emancipation edict we were promised,
would be as supernaturally powerful against
the rebellion as was the blowing Of their rams
horns by the trumpeters Of Joshua against Je-
richo as they marched round the .city's walls
But what are the practical results of this eman-
cipation experiment! They show us that it is
delusion and snare; that 1t is operating to
unite the South and to distract and divide the
North, and so now we have change in the
abolition programme. Greeley proclaims it to
the world. The war is to be prosecuted with a
terrible energy by land and water, till May, and
then, should the rebellion still defy our arms
our navy, our volunteers, our militia and all
the negroes we can muster into service, we are
as we understand the matter, to have peace,
through the friendly Offices of Louis Napoleon,
Greeley or somebody else, and upon the basis
of national line of demarkation between .
Northern and q Southern oonfcderacy. In
other words, with the failure of emancipation
we are to have OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or
separation" having been the abolition ultima
tum from the beginning.
General Simon Cameron, It seems, was anx-
ious to get back into the United States Senate,
in order to work in favor of separation, 80 as
to obtain the control of our federal govern
ment. According to Bull Run Russell, Mr.. Sec
rotary Chase is also in favor of separation;
and Wendell Phillips, with his original war
cry Of mo Union with shareholders" has gone
to Washington to point out to President Lin
coin his line Of duty. We must, therefore, look
to our fleets and armies for active work and
decisive victories in the interval, or by May
next these abolition disorganizers, in the dis
ruption of the Union, may bring upon us a
disgraceful, dclusive and ruinous peace; for
that peace means endless war, which is pur-
chased by division Of the Union.
THE BRILLIANT VICTORY OF ARKANSAS POsT
AND OuR LATER SUCCESSES IN THAT QUARTER
We published yesterday very full and very
interesting report, from our special correspon-
don't with the expedition, of the brilliant ope-
rations and complete success of the combined
land and naval forces under General McCler-
nand and Admiral Porter at Arkansas Post, on
the river and in the State of Arkansas. The
enterprise was admirably managed by those
excellent officers, and their success was another
Fort Donelson or Roanoke Island operation
the bagging of the whole rebel conccrn---fort,
armament, supplies, garrison and all. Later
advices from Admiral Porter's squadron inform
us that his light draughts had assembled the
White river for three hundred miles, clearing
out all rebel distractions in their way, and
penetrating into the very heart of Arkansas.
From this intelligence we know that the West
ern rivers are up, and we may, therefore, con-
fdently expect very soon succession of posi-
tive victories in that section-in Arkansas, Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
General Halleck has the men. the means and
the facilities at his command, and let him en-
ploy them vigorously and sklfllly, and we
shall have by next May, not the inglorious peace
Of separation, as suggested by Greeley, but the
glorious triumph of the Union over the rebel
lion. Let the government work now as the
country demands that it shall work, and the
administration may still regain the public con-
fdence in full and restore the Union in its in
tegrity. The darkest hour is just before the
break of day.
TIE Spike TRApE-Nature seems deter