New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-06

also Louisville, were little more than raids, from
which they were obliged TO retire before our oppos-
ing forces. This fact clearly shows that while it ID
impossible for to constantly retain military pos
session of all the vast Rebel territory over which We
may be called upon to pass in operations against
their armies still the territory once held or occupied
by ne cannot be permanently rcgained BY them-a
sure indication of our ultimate success.
The past, notwithstanding its errors and reverses,
Is full Of encouragement and gives full assurance Of
final success No great war was ever conducted by
any people or Government without great mistakes
giving to the critics Of the time and those OF sue
cecding generations wide and ample field for their
labors. No people on earth were ever called sud.
denly into great war more totally unpreparea IMAM
were the loyal people Of this Government We felt
90 well assured Of our position among the powers o.
the world that we had almost concluded we nsd
fought our last battle, and our army and navy hao
come to be regarded by many as useless appendages
to the Government. We had concluded that, doing
Justice 10 the nations of the world, we should re-
ceive Justice in re.urn and the loyal portion OF tne
people were devoting all their energies and poWera
10 the arts of peace the advancement OK civiilza'
ton. the development Of the rich and varied re-
sources Of our new and great country; and In these
every man found full occupation for his talents ana
q wide field for his ambiton-no man ever dreaming
that the parrcida arm would ever DO raised aglnst
a Government so mud In its sway, 80 benlgnahs 40
its influence over all its subjects.
1t was indeed difficult for people thus engrossed,
suddenly and almost without warming, TO turn Hs
attention to war. The Rebels believed us TO be 10
entirely devoted to the pursuits OF peace tnat We
should yield to their demands rather than be Oh
yerted from them and hence their nefarlous at,
tempt TO overthrow this fair Government, and
erect on its ruins that hord deformty, free Gov
eminent with human Slavery for its cornerstone.
How terribly they have been mistaken the past has
already shown; and yet the energies and powers
and resources Of the loyal people have hardly De-
gun to be applied TO the suppression oil the Ke-
belHon. They must meet and contend IN battle
with that strength and power and intelligence
which has built factories and workshops, RAILROADS
and steamboats,, covered tho ocean with ships, and
filed tho markets of the world with the product OF
It's brain ana hands, and they will find these no less
powerful for destruction than for production, when
when once fully applied in that direction.
All the great industrial interests of the loyal
States were never more active, more prosperous,
than at this time. All that has been lost by the
supply of men to the army has been made up by IN.
creased activity and energy, and tho adaptation OF
machinery to work heretofore done BY the human
hand. There 10 only this marked difference: here
toore all these great forces have been applied ior
the benefit of the arts Of peace now they all look
primarily to the prosecution Of war; and years
would have to eiapse-far more than would oe re-,
ouired 10 crueh out the Rebellion-befoe we should
develop our full strength for war.
Within less than two years we have thrown INTO
and sustained in the field an army OF a million OF
men. We have created navy with which we have
blockaded q coast greater in extent than was ever
attempted by any Government before, and by our
inventions and improvements 90 completely revolu.
touized naval warfare es TO render the Davles ana
sea.coast defenses Of the world well nigh useless.
The efficiency Of this blockade is attested not only
by the destution of the Rebels in every article OF
foreign production but by the cry that comes to Us
avery day from oil parts Of the world, IN any degree
dependent upon the products OF the bockaded terri
tory stimulating 70 still greater exertion 70 crush
ont this Rebellion, that the blockaded ports may be
thrown open to the legitimate commerce Oh the
world.
And while, In our efforts to maintain our Govern
mept and vindicate free institutions, We neither
asked nor desired tho aid OF any foregn nation OF
Government, we did Of least expect OF the leaaIng
Powers of Europe that they should refrain from e1-
tending aid and encouragement TO Rebellion against
a friendly Government, thereby prolonglug s!Tug-
gle which can only bring mieery aud suffering upon
the whole civilized world, and may IN the end lead
to a war between our Government and some oil
those Powers, the full effects Of which the future
alone can disclose.
OUR RESOURCES.
We have carried on shall carry on and conclude
this war; without touching one dollar OF the accuinu
lated capital of the country We are already aston
ished at the now being raised from the tax
alton Of our daily productions and yet we do not be-
gin TO realize the amount TO be yielded by the sys
TEN already adopted, or the extent TO which that
system may be enlarged without imposing any
grievous burdens upon the people-any burden TO
which they will not cheerfuly submit to accomplish
the objec, intended
No Government can long carry on war which
must DO sustained by the accumulated capital OF the
country and there is scarcely limit 10 the time war
may be prosecuted by a Government whose credit
sustained by the revenues derived from the seeu
muating wealth OF the country.
REBEL DEFICIENCIES.
Every dollar the Rebels have expended or
can eIpend in this Rebellion has been and
must continue TO be drawn from their accumu.
lated captsl Their intercourse with foreign nations
has been almost wholly suspended, all their indus.
trial interests have been paralyzed and there is
source from which they can derive revenue or means
for the maintenance Of the war; except by deprving
the people Of their property, day after day, and
wear after year, so long the shall continue,
truth which the people in the revolted States
already beginning TO realize. They had been made |
TO believe that an export duty cotton, which the
world would be obliged to pay, would yield them
the richsst revenue ever realized by any Govern
men., and that il the Federal Government should
attempt interference with its exportation they
could command tho armies and navies Of Europe 10
d ght their battles for them. How bitter must DO |
their disappointment as they apply with their own
hands the torch which consigns IL TO ashes, and then
are compelled to supply to their leaders, from their
other property, the means TO sustain the Rebellion
Their currency has almost ceased 10 be regarded,
even by themselves as the representative OF value.
Conscripuon has exhausted their people, and the |
wealth which long years Of uninterrupted prosperity
under the best government the world ever saw, had
placed in their hands, has already been expended,
and they are now struggling on with the vain hope
that discussions amoug ourselves or fore interview