New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-30

sees that This vii never do-it is too laio--and
talks of Confederate want OF energy. whom nc
mo9n, Gilure of resources, and Southern lack Of
filth. when ho evidently has az Bitlc faith as
The nost unbeleying Thomas among thcm.
The simple truth is that the Rebellion is
"played ont" lis tail may wriggle for months
vet; but thi, is not so much & mamie latlon OF
lie rs the ccnyulsiyc agouics Of reluctant disso-
luion.
Nov. then, Opeh The Union Gorrrnmtni 10
oec,p, demonstration" icih Slascry'
We answer, No; because such reconstruction
troRld at best be bit hWcf, and a truce ,cliei
,oould icGre the friends Of he Union in half hc
States rndor The feet Of as and their imP'aoatic
enemies. Ii would place the Shareholders once
more in power in twelve or fourteen States, aud
enable them to wTcak their vengeance on The
Southern Unionists, whom they would regard as
the authors of their failure and humiliation.
What loyal heart does not feel this What
open eyo fails 20 see itl The Unionists oil Lou
isiana, OF North Carolina, Of Arkansas, Of Flor
ida. of Texas, ore Anti-Slavcry Their record
is made up. and they must abide 1t. Mako n
peace that tablishcs Slavery IN those StaicS
and You put tho heel of the Rebellion on their
ncchs. No stipulations, no assurances, would
save them; they would suddenly quit the South
or quit the earth. And, after dSposing ofthcn,
the Rebels of to-day would commence their
preparations for The better provided and more
r.l. IL, of,
For the South, for the Country, there is but
one possible recompensc for all the woes and
sacrifices Of this terrible oonilict-UDiyersal
Freedom. Make Free Labor the fundamental
law OF the Republic, and the South will, ten
years hence, he richer, more productive, more
pcpulous, more prosperous, than she has ever
yet been; and in twenty years she will bless
even the Rebellion for having delivered her.
however undcSignedly, from her gigantic cnr'c.
With Universal Freedom, the North can afford
10 be macnanimous, and even generous. on oil
other points al issue. with Universal Freedom,
the South gains at once ten or twelve Repre-
scntatycs in Congress, and may make four now
States oui of Texas within the next twenty
years. W I'm tuFfINdi L i''bFii' w Nh'"'h UT
willing to indemnify loyal citizons Of the Rebel
State, for their losses OF property by the Re-
bclion. Everything can be made easy and
agreeable if we start from the foundation tina,
ours Is henceforth to be Nation Of Frcemen.
But "thc Rebel Chicl viii not assent 20
th.."
Perhaps not. They do Mt seem enamoIca OF
thc restoration of the Union on any terms. N
terms that President Lincoln could possibly
offer would seem gracious TO them, unlc' he
should propose TO divide the Union. let them
run The division line wherever they cho-c, and
We pay thc-n the expense Of the war. Bot he
Rebel chiefs are 10 longer, If they ever were,
the Southern peoplc-noi even the W'hc po"p'o
Of lhc South. They viii be the .a-t o. a.."n'
to auy term Of rcconsiFuciiou, or to pronounce
reasonable auy rAi wc may oi!.r. B.t ous ad.
vice, from er,ry Slave State whcr.n TIE Union
far nov noa's in majesty -ure w hn' HiH'-
tenth, II aR rrbo arc Tor the ni0a oi ~ arc fo'
N, Union WITHOUT SarcSy. Aud so viii IL be-
even I'm South Carolina when the Rebellion b
-uppr -,cd there Policy ard Justice. therefor
unite in cnioinng u- 10 obey the Divine inIunc-
tion. Brrak every yoke, and let he oppres,cd
ro fr.e