New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-10

eTD, Dut ulJlmdtcly lnoiScu 4" ~ WIN " -
yankees and integers as their present bona
of sympathy and the universal diffusion ana
eternal maintenance Of Slavery as their basis oil
fraternity and Union.
Now, in any conjoint action, one Of these lac
tions nina, in case of success, be cheated.
Their aims are so diverse that only while tney
remain out Of power can they possibly work
,oco,ber Let them succeed in November. and
,hov must he at open and deadly feud before
june :,
Tho Cbicago Convention did rs well rs II
could. 1t gave the nomination Tor PreSiden' W
the East and the (relatiycly) Nationals; accord
inc the Platform and the yice-Presidency TO the
West and tho Confederstes. No fairer distri-
button was possible yet neither faction was
satisfied. because neither could be content with
a halfloaf. The simple truth is that NE Demo
CRITIC party cannot afford TO come into PoreT fW
The Var IS orer and The Union restored. Then, II
may agree On policy adapted to the actual
position; now, it cannot. No believer in the
extreme Estate Rights" theory-nay, no thor
ough. intelligent accepter Of Z" the Resou ions
/ of 95"-can heartily uphold the War Tor the
Onion. lie may well believe that the seeded
States acted rashly, foolishy, unjusiiiiG1ly; but
| if he holds the States to he still sovereign and
their Union league, he must deem 1t their
sovereign right 70 be rash, foolish, wrong-headed,
whenever it shall accord with their good pleas
ure. Hence, all Alterations of rejoicing over
Union victories by politicians Of this class are
hollow aud hypocritical Their principles con-
denim what their huzzas seem TO approve.
Gen. Mcclellan belongs clearly to the Nation
al. as Mr.. Pendleton does 10 the " State Rights
school of the Democracy. The former believes
that State may rightiully be coerced into full.
filing her constitutional duties to her sister
States seyerally and collectively. To him, the
Union is no nero conledcracy, but essentially
and practically Nation. jefferson and Ham
ilton might as Silly have been associated on the
same ticket as Mcclellan and Pendeton. And
the attempt of Gen. NJ. to kick the Chicago
/ Platform from under him, and frame National
platform for himself, can hardly fail to create
Babel-like confusion in the ranks Of his party.
. Outwadly and formally, there may be concordi
essentially and virtually. there VIII be discord.
And this the result will manifest beyond cayil.
B Gen. Mcclellan labors earnestly, and not un-
! skiufully, to find or make al adequate basis Tor
T. his parry ont OF their common day9uon to Save
ry. The seeded States must be brought
back, he AYERS at whatever cost Of blood and
treasures; but they shall come back with Slave
ry, and be protected in the full and indefinite
enjoyment Of its privileges and blessings. And
this proffer, be evidently thinks, will smooth
the path for their early return.
But here he falls into the common mistake Of
supposing the onginalpurposc Of the War neces-
sarily the ruling idea Of il authors through
out the struggle. Common sense teaches that
this need not be tho case; History shows that
Il often is not. Our fathers, for instance. en-
barked in their Revolutionary struggle on the.
simple issue Of resistance to unauthorized taxa.
tion--to taxation 10y legislative body wherein
they were not represented-and it was very
difficult 10 cure the British statesmen Of the no.
ton that the repeal OF the taxes would, even
after Bunker Hill and Saratoga, restore the
colonies 20 loyalty. In l755, they had no wish
for Independence; in l776, they would be satis-
fed with nothing short Of it. Hence the abor-
tive efforts Of Royal Commissioners to bring
about an adjustment, They did rot understand
the case, because they took no account OF the
changes wrought by time amid the bereave-
monts and de5olatons Of war
Now &c see 70 req on TO doubt the veraciiy Of
the Confederate Chief, when be soemaly assey-
crates that he and bis hackers are fighting, not
for Slavery but for epcndence--that Slavery
has become entirely subordinate to the great
end. Or, he R,Jis ,N0ugh 10 eaaJie them 10
claim me result as a triumph, md il j. possible
that you might thus win them back to amiiy and
loyalty. But, II h,y are 10 come back teaieH, We
do not believe that upholding and guaranteeing
Slavery will help your case ono iola. We well
know that Slavery was with many their chief
/ impulse 10 Rebeilion-that il was the lever
whereby eleven States were assumed to DO
hosled out Of the Union-that no single State,
III is absence, could have been seduced Or bullcd
into secession. And Jet NO feel confident that,
if the Rebels were compelled 10 ground arms
and Internationally submit to the Union to-
morrow, they would quite as soon come back
without Slavery as with it. 4 whipped Slave
holder occupies q most anomalous and uncom-
Portable position, and, if proud man must be
hUmIlitatcd, he would rather undergo tho dis
ciplinc anywhere else than in the presence Of
bis own dependents.