New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-11
rnr TWO MESSAGES.



By che Aftica.
ysoas fse I>oxsioss Star. ssec. ~, leoo.
The two American Messages are now III our
hands The great length OF MI JEFFERSON INV Dg'i n
pei, as 70 reserve its publication III tOnoro" anu IL
toif appeared together we DOUBT "hetuet aa! o1'
yoal. ind time 10 read them ron hoghhiiS 70 e snr
In fsw DAYS they viii be Reproduced more VI I'VE u.s
=, an ti io1rnos Of Europe Thus the rival policies OF
tlc divided West viii be submitted 20 the jrdguen' VI
sie otans from which both its warning sections have
~ no,iticans Of Great Britain and France viii read
Nth esuecai interest the passages IN which me COZ
duct Of their OWL Government IL Praised OK mareo; h
hut before We enter upon ho questions tEs risea ie'
NJ note some other matters OF more universal concern
Among the many points OF contrast oet"eeh Wy ~"
doopent there one that strikes Of permanent
significance While the President Of The SoniIern on
Seeracv IS silent Gl subjects but the war inc tftS
dent Of The United States OcVCtcs large portion VI ~.
much brefer Message tho arts and enterprise, .!
peace ag from III the thoughts ana ei'ylk -
Government being absorbed n ~ nndeitaS's ..s ~
by hatred and ambition he lts ,iioc gu t a
bestow upon such pacific ard phhh NJ PIC tI'y,cN %
,ho ,tor of railways frd fcleCfsphs tle cheapcriug
81 poeege the encoura cement Of Tie es'"o
nshlrert al homes in the wilderness
tle United States The promotion OF al tnese oOec'F \
railway the american c"I'inrH'--', IN
fhr,roh Prussia 10 the lachCan lectTlc c1he beieah
-hc Atlantic end sim ar line along H. western shores
IRON Canada TO AicXicOthe reduction OF me rltes
int rnriione iostag"-,n "a -, 80 ss
settlement upon the public lands ana soAtme ,oI Us
ftsiing persons dcshOus a. erigiatng tn me cn'tu
stsies-alc matters II interest 10 Wcuthth an IA,
word and If almost much ecycntagc 70 EuiUpo az
"a sn,,ries II is an extraordinary Testimony 10 the
confidence Of foreign nations "A the fG1Gie OF me h-
Stale that as the President says consuatS OF tael
Power are constantly thrcnccd or people sohcuAt 'hc
neans s raInoy al 10 country WHORE labor IS more n
ever in demand and where good land IS 10 be hNo VIII
TIE oplstiou of the Homestead Act has been mar
venons success Nearly million and a haii % acres
have been distributed under lis provisions Niihn i,e
last wear Thousands Of families have been c0nloIihh!
l.ated uuon freehold estates amply large enough 10
@usan them in comfort bat not too large to he stockeu
and worked by u small means. II is lro"seu 10
modify this b,neeccnt law 60 oaer special "i'alt
sere 70 the soldiers and sailors OF The Kepuhlic.
Boil lie STATE and its defenders Viii thus De Drli'
eft,d. The former VIII be delivered ron tne our
den OF mainio ming unnecessary forces ~ me rsA
ns social disturbance from their sudden dissoia,
tionand the latter III bc rewarded with secure ana
indepcndeE; asylum for the remainder al t,cir GAYS
The southern members OF Congress conferred al Eude
signed boon upon the country when by their secession
thcy rendered. easy 10 effect SholesoIae distribution
No such measure. we may safely predict would ever
be passed by Confederate Congress TO create sinah
feeholds aud invite free setti - would be 20 utterly
snsver, She sociel system FOR which The South - }.
srms II il therefore, temporary contrast that
we note IN the absence from MI Jefferson DaNss Aes
sag OF topic on which NJ. Lincoln owens WIN lusi
SAT- sfacOu The former makeo II one Oi DIS gloues
of complaint against Great Britain that Ireland is The
rrc,uitine ground Of the North We doubt Whether az
much saJ Eo; he said of Germany. OF this we are
sure il is neither the unfrendiness OF our Government
nor the rigor q the blockade that prevents the Con-
shores DESPITE their murlnuTs they have managed 10
supply Themselves pretty literally with arms snu am
They boast also OF the ysness Of their contraband
commerce with poiss. How lsit, tnei thst we
hear Of no emigration 70 such TeinparHuIN'e' ,r ~
distracted ports Us Wilmington OF br0Nis'I'i nv
former seems 10 defy attemps To seal up, ana the
latter till lately easy OF access ~ way o. M. MI
norss But we near Of cont aband eargoes OF IT'S
men or 1or,nans And for just the sli1e reason 'hat
we ueyer heard much OF European emigration TO VIC
Sonth The sieve Power has never Nanlea aii! cinn
49,. rod nd agf ~
Gud wanting in every essential quality OF the sodlef
especially in the quality Of obe6icnoo ana hleA. AZ
has ,eaIously rnonopozed tho vast and fertile but Dc
generate 3oi Of the South IL has accumulated onCe1
nrooerty IN the bands OF arisOcracy of wealth and
see Ii has put every obstacle in the way Of II &c labor
srs settling upon IFS open territories ENJOYING wen t'
ther vote and influence would soon XII TIE INSTITUTION
which The laborers as ea1ai and pa 10 wages
mi IN coaI-s food and hard stripes.
nd the Governments VI Europe are 30 far ~ accord
with their populations that they cen show no active
eympsthy with a system thus based upon the degrade
ZION and of the If moral seati
ynenf DID not check envy distinct movement IN TN. orec
fion prudence would strictly forbid IT, NOT Only Eng
land bat also France s fully conscious that all tie
sonrces of peTDarent superiority are Win The tfee
states of America We must have closed or Porti 70
the emigrauf ship before could have hoped ~ see the
south s9ccessfuliy compete with the North. We must
have been blind 70 OF The strongest OF modern ten
dencics if we had not perceived thS1 ,,e ugives rom
The swallows fy south pursuit Of the departing sum.
llor or az the spsTrOws hight Upon thc cIunFsue"eu
Mr. Jefferson Davis makcs no 9ccount Of The odds he
nas 10 contend against ID fEe nature ot lingS. The
paral;iy with which he reproaches the GoTeFnnehi Q,
Europe il involuntary Ind iEeNiiaDe. MesyiT onuei
md Mason must surely have reported ilnt they lel IN
Pals and London with good o reception % c"nd
roesb,v b. accorded them. They certainly did DOT
fact personal civ tes. They lad mol 10 WAL i1nH iOi
expression Of ndivdual goodwill tAst sOrhdfu very
Ike the prelude 10 public recognition 10. behs lnri
of keen perception they are sad 70 be, ibey must
bsye note hat an unseen overriding influence was IN
pscably hostile TO them. When LORD kusseh tOid me
American Minister that the people OF England synpa
ahzed with the North against the South ne staeH h0l
only q political fact bat moral INV.
III is with the law and the fact that Mr. Jehcison
Yyrs qussres Ne Is angry win Us because We dine
from him and his edheTelts by habits that are second
mature Nj the educational influences OF our private
and public life are against the principles ana the objects
shiloh he represents. We have been neutral between
hin ard the Power against which he has set hitsiL
ON neutrality has been imperfect, the iApereclon, are
luge, in lis fnfOr. But We do not ana cannot Veefe
in tho right OF rebellion without grievance, oven
though il he called the right Of secession from De-
xssted Union Sti less have ayy fsith III the iutiIe
pfa pocd ystem that would arrest. and even reverse
fb. progress IN v ic rejoice. We prefer 70 aDtlc
pats the triumph Of that opposite system under which
al iat h best II Europe expands TO The vast cnchsiohs
softhe American conti1cnt
Fress T'ke kos1ten T4sses, Dec. 81
The Times reminds those who anticipate an
early breakdown Of the Confederate cause that con-
srest en- the field must be succeeded By military occupa
Eor President lincoln prOpOses, o. republican |
principles, 10 vcst The Government Of each seeded
6.ste in onetentl Of the population who WIN swear
allegiance 70 o and Obedience 70 lis Gets o. Congress-
Z SEd proclamation. These viii 5e 10 more able 70
Athens without aid OF the LacedemODan garrison.
&hey viii form detected ogarcny Ike the Nornans
b Saxon EnflaId only that they viii rule over men
kSaYer and more warke than Themselves. Even when
trsrce che viii not be able permanently to hold her
Hnnense countries and keep their hosc populations