The New York herald., 1863-08-28
NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST rs 1858

NEW YORK HERALD, +
cratic platform and candidates, in order to hay'
united country II the Tribsme do mot advise
this Il stulti6es ITSELF But that journal has nj
sincerity or truth in it, Tho object Of It's com
ment on General Tuttle's letter u 70 take ths
wind out Of tha sails of .ae demoSfalIs party
{ aud, having got ahead BY this eleotloaeer'nl
trick. then to take the opposite tack
Indeed the real policy Of ths radical party
and its chief organ is developed in another
editorial in the very same number, in Which Il
Is argued that If slavery should survive in ton
States aSer the &af.it would 'be "more impe-
rious and PesH@et thslt5Er;u II "would be q
constant debauchefy Of iNorthssra sentiment and
to fearful detection Of NorthEfk na1jtics from
the right limo Of integrity" and it arfves sun:
doubtingly" at the conclusion that to '''sscurs
1kpnr saQuntry perfect reunion, and enduring
4 Ne sIayaA must at all .eyents be forthwith
and everywhste'sbolis6sd.v This is IS oppo
site TO General Tuttle's letter as the north is to
the south pole. General Tuttie holds that Ill
questions shout slavery ought to be postponed
till after the rebellion 10 put down; and Gene.
raj Greeley maintains that the sbolitien Of
slavery forthwith and svsEywhsre ID absolutely
necessary to reunion. Yet the slippery politi-
clan of the Tribune pretends te endorse Gene
raj Tuttfe's letter as sound" II this I" de-
mocratis platform'' be sound, shen, the radical
platform. indicssed BY the Tribune asm what
will be- i necessarily unsound, rotten and
utterly unsafe to stand upon or stand near.
yhelsading organ of the radicals thus blows
hot Ind blows cold at the same time; but such
&ftful d6dging is too transparent TO escape
public detection. !,
Even The radical platform Soreshad6wed by
Greeley is only the article in tho rough, and is
disguised as much as possible under general
terms. The structure, In its perfect and finish
ed form, has been exhibited by Wendell
Phillips, who blurted out prenaturely what
he knew; and, though some of the
keener and craftier politicians regret the ex-
posure of the programme, they cannot get rid Of
the fact. The awkward attempts to get round
it only fix it the more steadily in the public
mind. That programme is not only to abolish
slavery, but to destroy the white race of the
South root and branch; to make the country
waste, bowling Wilderness; to give the land to
the negroes in reward for the massacre Of the
old men, the women and the children who now
inhabit it; then to send colonies of white men
from the North to settle among the negroes.
amalgamate with them and beget hybrid
breed, the result of which would be the de.
struction Of both races Such is the hopeful
picture of "what will be-" as presented by the
great New England leader Of the radical faction
which controls the War Department, the Navy
Department and the Treasury Department of
the administration
But this is not the sentiment Of the people,
and it cannot prevail. The Northern States are
too sagacious to adopt the foolish policy of cut
ting off ones nose to vex his face. They will
never consent to 90 fatally injure themselves
for generations to come for the mere purpose Of
being revenged on the Southern. population, or
for the purpose of spiting democratic leaders at
the North who expect to regain Office by the
return Of the Southern States They know, too.
that the barbarous purpose Of the radicals is to
prutract the war to determination, in order
to prevent the Southern States coming back,
lest the abotionists should lose their ill-gotten
spoils. II is very plain that the radical leaders
and their journals are doing themselves what
they charge upon the copperheads, and that is.
all in their power to prevent the restoration Of
the Union, the only difference between them
Akck< 81 kho kivvVS 1~nr
to overthrow negro slavery at any cost to the
nation and to humanity, while the other faction
either desires to preserve the institution or
cares little about it,
But the Kentucky platform, Which has been
adopted by the democracy Of Iowa. is equally
remote from the principles OF both factions, and
it is the only one that can save the country.
II is that which last fall We compelled that silly
donkey Governor Seymour to adopt, and TINS
saved him from defeat, because of two evils we
chose the lesser, and consequently preferred
him to the rampant radical Wadsworth. Since
that time much evil has been done. and copper
headism has made innovations. But It is not
too late to sweep away those cobwebs and
come out square upon the principles Of the
Kentucky platform. Let that be done prompt
" in this and every other State, and the doom
of revolutionary radicalism will be sealed at
the ballot box; but If not, not.
The News from Charleston-Bembs
meAt and Protest.
Fort Sumter is finally reduced TO heap Of
ruins, and Of its immense battery that SO lately
covered the approaches to Charleston there
remains but one gun in position Much stress
is laid upon the fact that the fort has not yet
surrendered; but, since lis guns are now harm
less to prevent the operations Of our feet in the
harbor, General Gilmore has accomplished the
object with which he opened fire upon It, and
the surrender Of its garrison is merely ques-