The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-18

Northern Politics o0a tAe Rebel 8oaos
Ever since lest winter the coppsrhead press
Of this city has argued The fsas1biity Of another
invasion OF the North by'a SoutAsen army. and
done what was possible to show the chances
such movement had for success. Consider
ing this invasion, now made and done with. -
their especial baatling, these papers patted il
on the back, and otherwise did what little they
could for It, and persistently tried to foster and
keep alive the alarm that was at arst caused by
IL 1t has been their continaal argument that
Beauregard would DO left to hold Petersburg
with atty thousand men, while Lee, with
another City thousand, would invade the North.
Such an invasion. they supposed. would
draw to Maryland and Pennsylvania this sum-
NOR, rs 1t did last summer. ell the available
militia OF the North, and. of course, all the
organized militia regiments And then they
proposed that instruction, riot, condagration
and murder In the Northern cities, organized
by tho angelic apeace party would intimidate
the general government into making pesce on
any terms with JEFF. Davis, the master Of oil
these plotters. ar
1t is certain that the rebel leaders have given
up all hopes Of keeping the Southern confede-
racy alive by its own belligerent power. Battle
has boon tried In vain. Despite the slaughter
of seventy-6ve per cont Of the young men of
The Southern States, the confederacy is in On
inevitable decline. But they still hoped to save
il by the initiation Of another civil war at the
North Last year such 4 scheme, widely organ
lied was at the bottom of Lees advance into
Pennsylvania. Many Of the farmers In the dis
trict invaded belonged to this peace party, or
to societies in afaliation with it, and they fra
ternized with the rebels. Philadelphia, at that
time, would hardly raise regiment to resist
Lee. But the plan failed then, because Lee
was beaten 20 soon that the militia was sent
home in time to prevent the full influences Of
the riots But 1t was considered then by
those same plotters South and North that
the plan could be moro effectually car
ried out this summer, and they made their
arrangements accordingly to try it. General
Grants movement from the Rapidan on the
4th of May anticipated Lees contemplated
march down the Shenandoah valley; and thus
the commander Of the rebel armies was not
able to keep his appointment with the North
ern copperheads within the borders Of North
ern State. But, though compelled to stay
near Richmond with the larger part Of his
army, he sent q representative force, with
orders to make a great noise and spread
itself around and look as large as possible, and
take Washington if it could get it. In making
this force look large the copperhead papers did
great service.
1t seems probable also that the peace men
will manipulate the Chicago Convention so as
to make it part of this great scheme to divide
the North for tie benefit of the rebellion In
1860 this same faction, by means Of a conven-
ton, and assisted by the extremists Of the other
side-of the Liberator, Phillips and Greeley
school originated the Southern rebellion, by
which they hoped to preserve that political
power which the growth Of the free States had
taken out of their hands. Now. in 1864, they
hope, also by means Of convention, to SO
divide and weaken the North that its efforts
against the rebellion must inevitably fail. But
in this they will have bitter disappointment.
No division Of the North or harm to the North
ern cause can originate with the Chicago Con,
vention unless the peace faction il dominant
there; and the moment the peace faction be-
comes dominant in that convention the power
Of tie convention before the people is gone.
Universal reputation OF that convention will
follow tie appearance Of the peace policy in
it's action.
THE IxrERrAL FLBusTER IN MExIco.--The