The New York herald., 1863-11-09

heart the building OF the transit rou'e .'io
two oceans II he keep this struggle until ina.
accomplished the Of Engands asce uonoy On .ne
esd soeomas 20 him. To keep up this struggle
he will delude Us continually with false hopes recking
nothing now much We bleed aud suffer. even suspect
Sa rs,anded loans TO us upon policy of
this Sort and that no is at the bottom OF IT,
But if Louis Napoleon does propose to interfere and
take Us under his "protection, what them Another
Maximilian for us-for Americans "Forbid my coun-
nia dependence upon European crowned head. 1t
would be ignominous in US to go back half century and
10 accept what they freed us from. Much less to
risk despot over 50 eager some Of our leaders
for this interference THAT am told it proposed TO
and his kindly aid And the ''Ione starr may be
handed over by Davis at any moment, so far % as he
every American citizen mount to his cheek. Whenever
this attempted l shall be one 10 meet the le
Tor the sacredness and safety republican institutions
But, suppose he offers recognition aIones 1t is barren
Offering Suppose he offers coupled with aseistanceS
1t comes too late. HBeo Daaaos munsra ferentesi No
dangerous and destructive alliance in prostrate
hrst have grasped it. For, IL we should succeed
with his aid and the struggle would be as doubtful
the French empire of Mexico right at our s doors
would swallow up Cuba and all the contiguous
We as nation would hope to get And the day we settle
deliberately monarchy on this side OF the we
prepare crowns Tor kings aud letters for the people
every foot Of ground upon the American continent But
as said, there will be no interference
DIssKNsToNs IN The NORTH.
Have hopes from divided North. 1t is on the sur.
face scarcely goes 10 the bottom OF their politics, much
great masses OF determined people,
Remember, too that much Of the South is with them.
There no division as far rs fighting us concerned The
That rejected they to press with redoubed energy
Let us not, after all risiotunes construe the srug
gle between politicians for place into sympathy for our
selves. But how could they propose peace Who would
bring the message? To whom would 1T be delivered?
And should the proposition be made ana rejected
that much worse off for It. We must propose peace, for
thing
"GuERuLA" WARFARE
DO NOT rely upon splitting up our army and adopting
this mode of warfare 1t win contribute nothing to the
general result and only entail more suffering II practsed
behind the federal lines il subdues people 1t
converts of soldiers into robbers and plumber
crs and brings down oftentmes terrible rotribution
upon the heads ofour citizens What does the shooting
ola few friends and foes railroad train amount toy
And your own friends as prisoners going returning
are on nearly all of them In order to shoot citizen
soldier opposed to you you risk taking the life OF rea
tive friend, or perhaps brother soldier, VIII, having
fingered long in prison, is returning with his sad heart
full Of home and loved ones
And then to fire upon steamboats, 1t is dangerous to
your frends-unmany aud unsoiderv in the extreme.
Before city is fired upon is the duty of the command
ing officer to give hts adversary reasonable notice to
move the women, children and non combalnnts. Steam
boats always have or less Of this class Of people
board. single shot may destroy steamboat with all
its passengers How much stronger then the not
to fire upon it until like notice is served
A few days since a Confederate officer was aboard a
transport with his family. The boat fired upon by
guerilas. He stepped forward and entreated the
ball entered his heart, and his widow and orphans
10 the of strangers He the only person
touched
On the boat that transported us were tho wives,
sisters and mothers OF Missouri soldiers, who left
home and country join their husbands relatives
the Southern army How terrible was thought which
often occurred to me trip that the ball the
guerrilla IN the foolish hone of killing foe, might go
the heart of his homeless wife, then throbbing with
anxiety to be once more pressed to his manly bosom
And this is constant danger. Not boat but contains
more or less OF these people.
But this mode warfare, while contributing nothing
towards the general result breaks the peace of
munit!es 1t has never whipped an army; retard
cd It's progress cut or supplies. interlered
materially with its operations. II recois nva-
riaby. For instance fan bnck before the enemy.
Our family is left in his lines. The country then,
has been devastated The United States authorities per-
nit tue bringing of supplies. We fire upon their trans-
ports. No more supplies come, and our families left
the verge Of starvation This thing has both
in Tennessee and Arkansas mpore all OF our citizens
within the federal lines to remain at home and keep
quiet. Let West Tennessee be warning TO y0u Long
since that country would have been quiet and the people
recovering from their had not been infested with
gaerilas, who, abandorng warfare, have plundered
friend aud foe and kent life and property insecure. In
deed detailed at their acts would be sckenpg
aud disgusting in the e.reme As the federal army ad
through Arkansas let the sunlight OF peace
hind i however dark and threatening the cloud ahead.
OF eur soil and soon depopuato and convert into waste
SLAVERY
am asked i Mr. rincon's emancipation proclamation
will stand IL you continue the struggle, certainly He
has the physical force at his disposal carry II
you cease now you may save all u your hands Or com
the negro no longer stand in the OF the happiness and
safety OF friends and Kindred
The changes Of sentiment upon this question in
the south have been curious. Not many years since
IL was by no means unusual for the press and
public mon, well as for tho people generally the
SOUTH 70 cOncede that slavery evil, and regret
that should ever have existed M expressing however
morehe demand for cotton having increased the price
Of negroes having advanced, aud the agitation Of the
slavery question having Increased in virucnce-Gnds
DEFENDING slavery as divine inatIiuton DeBo~'s Re
sss aud other southern papers and periodicals with
IN this defence Their object TO educate the Southern
mind to this belief Such course had become
vital to the existence Of slavery; because, 10 con-
cede that negro slavery was morally wrong virtually
to concede the whole argument to the abotonis,s AZ
orrnGA hacar oapa,t,r
morody 80 that the North might have threatened with
npanty 70 deprive u. of horses othe, property yet
the whole South would bo abazc fanatic took one
negro such was the public sentiment South at the
enceneu OF this most unfortunate and bloody struggle.
But revolutions shake linens thoughts aud put them
IA dhsren, channels have recently talked with south
s,n slaveholdcrs from every State. They are tired
moro clear money and live more peacsably with
South honestly though. the Struggle was fr him ~ more er
than for his wealthy rsghbor That to free the negro
would reduce TO comparative slavery the white
bal no, been struggle at the ballot box to coone IT,
This will clearly be the next struggle.
am OF opinion that whether it is divine institution
or not, negro slavery has accomplished
great mission IL had now and fertile country had
been discovered and must be made useful The
se site man mankind pressed for It's speedy develop
fertile and mlasmac regions Of the South, solving
problem o. thor utility which no theoI',t could have
tonred the commerce OF the world by the solution OF
ass ,s proSsm ben peopea and made opuent the barren
across the great Northwest. Standing wall between
the two sections, it caught and rolled northward hs
wealth and population OF the Old World and held then
places the restless advcnturcrs OF New England, or
turned them along the great prares and valleys Of
West. Thus New England reached its climax. aud
tho Northwest was ovorgrovn of its age, while
the Souih wth Its negro lnborcrs sparsey settled
and comparatively poor thus slavery had done its
most for New England aud the Northwest ana q
weight upon the south II, at this point, Its disappear.
ance could have clearly commenced what untold suffer
ing and sorrow might have bceu avoided
Its existence had become Incompatible with the exist
enco Of the government. For, while IL had stood
wall damng up the aud holding back the people
aud abcrers OF the North, t had, by thus pre.
GLIDING frce Intercourse between the sections, pro
dueed a marked change In their manners, customs
and sediments. And the two sections grow
ing more divergent every day. This wall or the govern
ment must give way. The shock came which was TO
settle the question thought that the government
DIVIDED, and negro slavery ctaDshcd forever erred.
The government was stronger than slavery Reunou is
certah but not more certain than the downfall of
As have said, the mission " the latter accomplis
And his happiness must always be that
~ the white man. he must, ere bong depart the foot