New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-21

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had lot loose the prey while j. IN your grasp;
that Won had abandoned your strong position OF
1876. n t,to a very weak one ia 1853 Then u
brosch hypothesis whth hopc will never b.
rc,lt,, you would be no longer what you are to-day.
4 rrcat national eler is not thus suspended Wild
irnpnnity: descent is not made with IMMUNITY INTO
the suspicious path Of compromise After havin
discussed know not what propositions ON 'he . "
jct of Slavery, the North would have eclscd L. be
She champion OF a noble priucpiei II won!d lave
lowered Itself and he who lowcIs himself wcas'is
himself. Those syu,pathes which make It's power
would be withdrawn or rendered lukcwarn. II
would lose at the same time ITS place on tho fields
of battle and on the ground Of justice and honor.
Gen. McCLEiLASdoes not desire this, lhnow, and
know also that be runs great risk Of causing Il.
To strengthen the South, to weaken the Nor n 7"
sacrifice in d day what has been bought win 80
much blood-this is rot the way TO rcostcl4ish iAo
Union. Why do not those who talk SO much Of
Union aud peace in their platforms tel Us a "ofo
of the conditions of Union AID peace Because
they cannot point them ont without ruinre their
platforms. In order that these platforms laay re-
main standing, they are CONDEMNED 70 keep silence
On lnt ohlf III l'itshi i'N'''N.'' W.
that they should write in them certain things, the
South woHld be indignant, and the so much prom
ised opening Of negotiations would become imios'
sibe on the day that they should dare TO write IN
them other things, public opinion in The Norm ana
throughout the world would raise so Formidable
protest that they could not even attempt to puI-
sue by this path the re6stab.shment Of The Union.
III. TIE INDEPENDENCE OP THE STATES.
This is the second preicnsion OF tho advcrsarics
of Mr.. LINCOLN. They make themselves IN oppo-
sition 10 him theehampions Of the independence OF
the separate States. They do not wish a conquest
to be made Of the South the South TO be treated as
subiugated countryi tho South 10 be deprived Of
its constitutional nights, its free participation in The
conduct of general affairs.
This would be admirable if Mr.. LINCOLN had not
anticipated them on al these points. Yes, the idea
If conquering the South Of reducing the vanGushed
States to Professionally inferior POSITION has had
rariisans in the North. Terrible plans have even
been supported, tending 10 nothing less than the
etEcctng of vas, dispersion in the South, and Tie
substitution of one population for another. Bu,
who has combattcd these propositions, not less III
sensatc than barbarous' Mr.. LIccoLS.
lie has done more; not contented with rejecting
evil, no has accomplished good. He has not GEN.
fined his own system 10 the vague declarations of
PLATFORM; he has converted it into practical dcci
sions which are already beginning 20 be executed.
Scarceyreturned TO the Ulou, tbcrcbellioas States
regain the plenttudc Of their rights. Provided Tat
they renouTce Rebellion and Slavery two words
that mean the same thing, they resume on the spot
their former condition. They elect irlegislaures
they choose ,fcir representatives 70 Congress, they
participate in tho election Of the President, in q
word, they End themselves again on q footing OF
absolute equality toward the States which the!
have 30 unjusiIy.combalied. An spectacle
and one which, the world contcmplates to-day for
-Grs; time; Liberty survives civil war, and the
'4'e emcrges unscaihld from the fumaccof
freed from a great stain.
p""e SioHs0'' - -"'islgs IL these fur
naces. E,
Tomorrow, if the war should terminate under III.
LINCOLN ly the dcGnitiye triumph Of the North, no
miitarg dictatorship would be founGedi no grave
deviation would De found introduced into the Con
stiuGon; the Gradual reduction of the army and ITO
expenditure would be purs-ed tho primitive plan
that il, the establishment of Tho free and legal
,6gioe, so aadacousy violated b. the South, would
receive its accomplishment. Under the Pr sidonc!
Of a General, would il be the samel Would not the
idea of rem ding institutions in n military difec-
tion and Of retaining large standing army, be more
l,koly 10 urcyail know not. But II is allowable,
at least. toputthe question, and to manifest surprise
AZ thi. ransposiion Of parts, BY virtue OF when
~ ,xco, il to,. accused Of tending to the ol'
uression Of the South 70 the AIM ''''" - Wv
eral Hbertes-in q word, 70 Dictatorship.
III. RESPECT POg TIE Constitution ASD THE
LAWS.
These dictaiorial tendencies have been already
manifested it is said, and the present President has
several times adopted measures which we're not
strictly legal.
Mr.. Li.coLN is not infalliblc His acts are not
al excellent, and he himself would be the first to
confess it. But Jet re tell You The effect that Is
PRODUCED upon us, from our European point OF
view, By these partial errors, which do not hesi-
tate TO acknowledge and regret.
Here is government engaged in an armed strug-
de with the most formidable rebellion Of which bu-
man annals make mention; this rebellion took ITS
rise in a VAST treason for which the way had been
paved by u goody number OF those VINO were direct-
ing affairs at tho Inoment when hr. LINCOLN was
elected II had for its almost constant point of
support complexities which betrayed 10 the South
the secrc, of the operations mediaed against IT. at
the moment when the South was most in need oil
efficient aid there arose, resistance TO the con-
scription, then The hidcous and bloody New-YoIk
not then aauifestos designed, az it seemed, TO re-
tor. couro,c a, The Rebels and announce 10 them