New-York daily tribune., 1863-11-18


tried TIC plan Of letting Slavery alone. But wo
appeal to The experience ard the CONN on-sense
ofevery reader, and we beg leave TO ask Il this
polcy has not proved II miserable and hu,nili-
aling failure With Slavery we did the best
we could. Theologians defended 1t from the
Bible and bolstcred il with carefully culled
texts: ethnologists deduccd its Divine origin
from the angles of the face and the curya-
ture of the shin; social philosophers found in 1t
the support Of enlightened communities; novel
ISIS and yersilicrs discovered in the relation OF
master and servant the poetry and the peFiec'
ton of human intercourse. We assert that all
these subtcrfugcs have been fairly tried and
have lamentably failed. Therefore, when the
yice.President says, "There are many men
who want the Union az it was, and the Consti-
ttuton as it is, and cant have it, " he merely
rcitcrateo palpable truth, which no one can
fairly gainsay. The Journal Of Commerce con-
lsilers the assertion to be "dc,atorial." Would
il be culpably dictatorial to say that " two and
two make four"
We wonder it does not occur to these adyo-
Gates of patched peace, that by adopting THIS
line Of discussion We cut a contemplate figure
before the world, in comparison with our Mall
Owning foes. Do they shirl the questions DO
they pretend to keep Slavery out Of sight J
Everybody knows better than this. They are
boldly and badly sinoere-these Rebels. They
do not disscmblc and cloak their sins. They as.
cert their right TO own men and women, to buy
them and 10 sell tbem to fog them and to cheat
them. They are contcnding for the permanence
of villainous institution. They write "Slave-
ry" upon their banners, they put it into their
Constitutions, they make it the basis OF their
societies. and they unblushingly call upon the
world to take notice that they love Negro bond
age, mean 10 sustain it, and hope for no happi-
ness outside Of il. In all this, we are compelled
to admit that there is a certain creditable man.
illness. 1t ia better to be an open, bOld-iaced
sinner than hypocrite. II il better to admit
an iniauity than to meanly baptize il virtue.
A lord of the lash, cracking his whip over the
crouching backs Of his two-lcgged cha,tels,
and quoting Scripture in defense Of the bloody
scenes which he there registers, is, in our
opinion, Christian and u gentleman, a
man 10 love and TO CHERISH in com
parson with his volunteer apologist, who
without the excuse Of interest, lickS the feet oI
the logger, and bends hUmbly before the vendor
Of his own bastard progeny. Why should we
resolu,ely persist in thinking and saying that
these Rebel Shareholders viii be ready to ono
back to our Union, if only they can brir oacs
Slavery with ihem' What more can they have
after such return, than they hal before
Wha'promises can We make which vii n
palatable than those which We have already
made and kept If the Constitution does moi
salt them o. il l., how is il 20 be tinkered Il
sui, thoml Give them the credit which Is then
due The Rebellion means Slavery, snd when
you strike at Slavery, you are only striking at
the Rebellion.
| II j. stmnge that men who talk Of " the
! Union as il was" do not see that restoration
would not diminish our perils or guard us
against those dangers which brought us to all
this weary woe. Who rcshes the prospect OF
another quarter Of a century Of contention in
Church and State. in Convocat.ons and Con
crosses Ard We TO have no mercy upon onr in-
nocent progeny, and do we want the children
Of our children 10 suffer as We have, the mort
fcaiions and losses and torments of intestine
wAr' Why should not matters be settled now :
Have we not had experiments enough Are
We 10 do nothing in scll-dcienscl Are we
never to accept the issue which has been so
insolenily thrust In our iaccsl The Rebels
have made the case for Us, and why should We
be afraid to meet iti What folly is ii, in a war
waged for Slavery, to keep crowding Slavery
out of sight We cannot 10 IT, and escape the
mputation of poltroonery. 1t is simply inn
possible.
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