, 1864-08-19

/ fTt1l: NOT kQI LIE eAAC Va tAC N1t51 lAEEClts
fiucc 1t is Of no ya1ue In itself. and as rebel
1o,t Of entry 1t is useless TO the Confedera-
cy; butdt has such relations to the uodcr-
tuking Of Genc,a1 Sherman that Its capture
you'd be great point gained-it would
cren up the rivers above, and enable our
l"tats to dominate the whole interior OF Cen.
tTa1 and Southern Alabama acd Georgia.
Thus these three points are now liable to
remain on hand as enterprises which will
task our strength and try the rebellion to
the utmost Gen. Shoxidan's operations are
OF different sort in the valley Of the Shen-
andoah. They are strictly field operations,
| and have not Jet assumed the chronic form
lid q battle Ia uAble any dsy to decide tue
!! whole contest there. i
! Yet it IL not to be deferred, that because
| the war gets hitched, BY siege operations, a.
| atPetersburE, Atlanta and Mobile, 1t will Of
| Necessity be always protracted cven there,
| The rebellion Is like the coverlid with which
Tat tried to keep himself warm on cold
Light. It is little too short at one eud or
the other, Pulling it NJ to keep Petersburg
ebug and comfortable, 1t leaves Atlanta, lice
Pats heels, sticking out In the cold. Pail
irg It down to warm up the pedal eztremt-
tIee, itexposes the head and shoulders 10 q
silver. With knee ont ut Mobile and an
elbow bare In the Shenandoah, the Confcd.
eracv remembers the Scripture about "thc
l. COT 1ering that is narrower than that man
can wrap bimsblf in It," Sene Of these
points are pretty sure to suffer. Lee 1s play
Ing desperate game, aud 4 single false move
nAy spill hfs whole dish In single day..
- THE sfARs1lsriCE D0DGE.n.
The New York Uesdd il blowing on its
monotonous horn the single Iote Of "a ma.
tional armistice and convention Of the
Sta.cs" This tune will doubtless monopo.
llze Its fiddling energies until Grant takes
Richmond or Sherman Atlanta, when 1t will
shout Justify for = F" vigorous prosecution Of
the war;, Still the Ht7aid's weak~kueed
yelp for peace is useful as indicating the
measure Of depression which has taken place
in the public pulse Of the bar-tenders and
chamber maids Of New, York, by whom it ia
supported, and OF whom 1t aspires to be the
organ. We are not aware that the views
OF tue oyster bins a1dtap rooms Of New Tork
arc Hobokcn a1e Ct any serious importance
| 10 Sherman Or Grsnt1 but Of whateyer mo.
meut they may be, to that extent the edito-
| r'als Of tho Htra!d which Tccr, like weather
| cocks, with theiF changes, deserve attention
md regard.
!. What docs the Herald mean By an arcnis-
ticc? m entire suspension Of hostilt1es:
But that would include withdrawal OF oar
blockade--1he sale OF ill the rebel cotton to
Europe. putting the Contederacy On gold
l'atis, and rendering The ultimate restoration
of the ULion, If 1t shall not be restored by
comproMise-ten times more difficult aud
hAv7d dHmv3 t. hos r
tlis aspec ct the htrald's p1an locks as II It do
sfened to help Tic rebels, ..
| :. The IS Confederate " constitution claims
to be the supreme Law of the South. The
Fetcral constitution claims to be the supreme
law Of both South and North. Under both
tht6e constitutions such convention Of the
States would be nnllity. SO far as It might
claim 10 annu1 these constitutions or de.
: : |. stloy them Bat to restore t1e Cnion tue
Ccufcdrate constitution. or 'Confelcracyr
. must be destroyed, and to recognize the
Con1cCeraey the "conatitution Of the
United States must be destroyed. Thsre.
. fore the delegates from the ConfederacJ
would come into such convention with no
potn1v but 10 sustain the Coniedsracy; and
The delegates from tile lo;a1 States would
hare no power but to sustain the Union.
uence both sets would come enpo.sered only
to Gisegrtt. uricss you give the Northern del
gates Thcpower to dissolve the Union and
Southern ds1esa ates the power to dissolve the
.CpEfedc:acy. TLss would be to abolish pruc.
; tically 10th Tic Union and the sContedcra-
c,,'' resolving The former into tlirty-tour in-
dependent eove-eigutics. But this Is TO -iyu
SECESSION nil 1t :.sks 1t the stnrt, Hence the
sery ides Of convention of the States,
'sNish pcwer." reeogutzes the sEholc theory
of secession and diturlon.
S. Il on the other hind tue conTeatieo be
without. inherent powers, but merely sdyi;
sn1y, no ulan in bis .scnses believes that Il
: wsulG be more tlectnAl than our armies II
the tield TO restore the Enions The South
did OF rebel because Of any wrocg the Fcde-
; I'll Goycrume euf 1nd done It, for that Gov
emmett bad always been in their own hands
aid they had no charge to make against it.
, Tie South was ridden tato the rebellion by
three hundred tboussnd booted and epCrrcd
tlaytbo1din. ar:stocEeta, who tated the peo-
I.le Of the free States becaase Of their anti
sluycry scLtlmcuts-:. But those Seentiments
are far More Intense now than they we're
Ehtn the South seeded, and extend to far
greater puabc.. Is it probable that slave
holders Hculd hare any mcre lore for "Ab.
olisionfsts'' now than Them The Hsra1l is
tltud to .one fact. Slavery at the South is
neIue abolished while AbolitionIsn at the
North, with Temporary oscillations and ri
bratiors, i steadily growing into opinions
plattorme, laws AID rdcous1tutions. It is very
xtlI for the E,Ta'd to strive to drift With the
cnrrent, but when, as now, 1t mistales an
EDDY fer the current and drifts up stream,
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| tiop.
We love and desire peace far more pro
tcup6lv tAnn ihoee can possibly do who, like
the Herald, skim merely on the surflces Of the
mighty issues Involved In tlis war, aud are
ready eech nay Of tue week with new pa
uacea for Its cure. But VIC fail to see ttat
there it any peace in 5isuuion, or that there
is rny reunion il an armistlcc which fills tue
pockets Of JEFF. Davis. with one hundred
millions Of British gold, and holds bacs
Grant and Sherman from striking the rebels
finishing blow, till the terms Of service of
tur armies shall have expired. The Herald
recommends tines Is war measures, So they
I are-REBEL War measures. We recon mend
the prompt reinforc ameot Of Grant aud Sher-
maD rs uufon peace measure, There can
be no peace made by compro a4ise with armed
rebellion, except one which will Justify
the rebellion, stultifs the Government and
end the Union WAoeyer works for M ar
1nle1ice and national convention, works for
the <Gbtls. -.
Il - A correspondent Of the New York
, H7ald, who describes the rampant characteI
- Of eeceesionism at Bedford Springs, Pa. saye
= a1eo, that, about week sioce, Governor Cur
1 S<> act I'm aY1y3r {1tA t$E,I