New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-25

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and The South sill bc forced TO bo'v 70 necessity.
5ha,eyer may DO the courage OF an or'ny or pco-
ple thcTo comes o moment when hopeless resist
ance 10 nothing less than sansuinary madness.
The Sonthcrn genernls and soldiers have fought
with an ohs,inarv and bravery to which their alver-
saries are the FIST 10 render justice. But they
| have been deceivcd their cause rs bad and cannot
succeed LEE and i'EAUREGAIn have done enough
for the honor of the flag; il viii soon DO time ioI
| them to think Of tho claims Of humanity and the
country.
Bu. there is for the south last chance OF safety,
il is that offered by Gen. MCCLELLAN and his par
! ty; il is compromise a: tic expense Oh INC
wrctched negro.
This colnprsmise is disguised undcra enc phrase;
for lis advocates dare not acknoTl edge that they
draw back. II is called guaranteeing Tie C0HSf'9H-
torol rights Of saoh STATE IN The future. An I'D
miyablo euphcHsm for those who are Satisfied with
words In plain Language this means That the
North shall ronounce meddling with servitude, and
| that Slavery shall be maintained in The South as
long as it may please the South to maintain H. Al
il 10 tie privileged that Gen. MCMILLAN intIus's
the care Of aboishing the privileges we may De sure
thnt the South will not abuse the permission. Inc
south has made war to maintain tho supremacy OK
the slave policy, TIE slave is delivered up 10 II IN
order 70 make peace The North submits Through
love Of peace, Il acocpis tho compicty III this namy
thu, it has rejected for four years peat IHsis, III
all its crudity, what the Democratic party calls
compromise
Perhaps there are a number Of men Ia the North
who. weary Of war, and caring very little for tho
miscrics Of Slavery, would willingly resign tneni-
selves TO this arrangement. But do not fear 10
assert that they would be grossly dee9iyed tins a.
ran gonept liz npracticable. Nothing Is EASIER hh'
OFTEN II orc Just than tocompronise concerning H.
teres,s but it il impossible 10 conpruinise between
fright and Injustice between seUitude end liberty! 10
sacrifice four Millions Of human beings to pol'-
ica interest, TO the security o. the moment
> ia q crime. and like al crimes, mistake and a
danger.
II Suppose Gen. MCCLELLAN 20 be chosen President,
? what will he dol He viii propose an arlnisnoc 70
the South; commissioners will be appointed, Con-
yention perhaps 10 regnlaethe desired compromise
But the conditions that will be proposed BY the
North are known in advance. Slavery will be sban-
dcnod TO the South rs concerning 1t alone al that
= Will be asked OF the hcpcir Win w sAAs WY WI"
t please to return 10 the Union.
ii What will this compromise be 10 the North = the
oss of four yeaIs of war of billions OF dollars tho
useless sacrifice of blood shed scores Of battle
fields. The South will have medly rent ssunder
the Constitution. ruined thousands Of fortunes.
desoetcd thousands Of families afler which IL will
refn.n 10 the Union, more nyulnemhlc, pFoadcr,
and more insolcnt than ever. For The blacks there
will be no more hopei for tie pocl Whites eternal
dependence, perpetual degradation; ioT The mel
planters tlIe in'oxica;ion Of power and success
And ia il imagined that on ti,csc condition. tne
Union will be ressisblishcdi tat bo;Fc zen der.c.
r.s5 hnniils,ed. after so mar, end Such generous
sacriices. and tiiumPhsrt ars,ccTacy, fTond-
ship eill spring W that will soon heal oil the
wanuds Of Re war; No, this is a Wild dream 10
clio will believe in II that IL not blind by vein
|, ambition. The day or which the North shall sub
sere 70 these conditions II vill ,ign it, rocls and
political nbdicstion. AZ the bottom Of THIS neS
compact NAY be written, P.ais A~c1cG. The
America Of WASHINGTON wiz have Disappeared from
the world, and forever
Peace concluded, what will DO the attitude of The
North ,ovlrd the SOa'hi That Of pov.heSsntss
AID resi- gnation for In lne, II must not be ssicd
in words; n IT Yields To the soutl IL is because
liz cannot reduce II; il is because, doslste fine
sseches, Ut the bottom it Acknowledges i'soli
vanqnished.
:. II sny illusion IN this rcfpoc prevails In Tho
North me first European Journal VIII suffice 10 dis
sipa.c Il. For thirty years past Europe has ires;c>
, American democracy disdsinfully. becanse Til
' lo.,,,,,cv l,s rom,auuded with silVcTu TO re
NJ, this unjust and interested disdain, the North ha
. excused itself on tho plea that, through love o
,,eace through respect for tho Conslfnison, II r.
Il signed Itself TO sts.ien which II Lad not made
The excuse as legitimate: It was accepted by rci
4. of good faith But 81 tho day when Slavery Shai
DO triumphantly rc6tahiished with the consent o
tho North. when the chains Of the pHgr, shall 10
- rvctod By the same hands that breaking then
ct this moment, tho North will not escape tbs ter
4 rble accusation Of completely. And then, wha
Joy will there be among tie enemies of American
,ei liberty What grief and shame for all toir friends
The Great Repubfic will be dishonord.
s., What nat,srs, It will be said the opini0 Of Eu
6 rope America united will care little for tho Oh
# continent Perhaps 1t will soon have accounts (
tsetle with those who have laughed at IT. divisions
BE it So leave aside public opinion, alth ough lik
Justice il ia easier to bravo Il In words than TO e
h ecape its strokes But them is tribunal which non
lean iico; il, is conscience. On the day when peas
; gis signed, VIVA; will the North think Of rsef, aii
o rhow will it judge issolff
dF I Say nothing Of the confessions this, viii con-
d fiom the South, aid that will prove that if III
c. North had madc last Effort Ill resistance woul