New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-02
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mate triumph of the Union over Its Confederate
enemies borders on the sublime. 1t tOlerates
no doubts: it admits Of no hesitation. "What !!
a Republic of Thirty Millions, rich, intelligent,
energetic and intrepid, to be vanquiShed by
Three Hundred Thousand STRAIGHTFORWARD
this in the middle Of the Nineteenth Century!
As well might pop-gun dismount and silence
n 1l.inch Dahlgren or Parrott. No, the con-
test can have but one result! No terms-no
truce-no parley-down with the accursed Re-
jbellion"
It's very true that the disparity of the forces
United against each other is very great though
defensive position and attitude go far to
leoualize them. If the Rebels could only be
coaxed as far North of the slave line as our
armies arc now South Of it. we should make
short work of them. If they would fight
pitched battles, on open fields, we should very
soon finish them, even where they are. But
they carefully avoid these, and fight behind
earthworks, or rush suddenly upon us from
dense woods, striking wing or exposed division
of one Of our armies with the great body OF
theirs, and 30 neutralize or overbear any aa-
verse disparity of numbers. 1t requires more
than double the force and outlay on our side
that would serve for theirs
But tho vital difference lies here; They ~'eld
and use the entire fighting capacity Of the Teg'o"
subject TO their spay, phile roc employ again"
them but a fraction of ours. For examples
The region now subject to the power OF Jeff
Davis contains Just about Seven Millions OF
PeOple-not one mOrc-of whom Three Millions
arc slayes-not one Of them at heart for the
Rebellion; most of them intensely though
mutey hostile to 1t. The residue scarcely OK
coed in number the population Of this single
State of New-YOrk. Beside these, they may
have at tho utmost One Hundred Thousand
Men in their armies who come from regions
now under the authority Of the Union. They
can barely have Half Million able-bodiod
Whites this day within the actual limits OF
their Confederacy.
But. whatever the number may be, they use
the whole putting into the field beside many
thousands Of immature boys aud old men who
can be of little real service And so with re-
gard to property as wells The South is far
poorer than the North, but the Confederate
authorities claim and take whatever they need
and can find. Food, Forage, Cloth. Leather,
Sugar, Cotton, TobaccO-all are taken by " the
Government" recepted for and used or sold as
NAV be deemed advisable. No demur Is toler-
sled, and no audible grumbling is safe.
The North is "careful about many thing -
Industry, Trade, Pleasure, Speculationi OF the
South, there Is, for the present. one business
War. Look through our fashionable watering
places, and cool mountain retreats and bathing
resorts, and you find them about as well filled
as usually at this season, and scarcely less gay
and sumptuous. Though the earth is parched
with heat and drouth. the dinners are perfect,
and tho wine well cooled the viol sounds
sweetly from spacious halls by night, and
young feet ny merrily in the dance, a. If uncon-
scious of wholesale carnage and agony. We
arc doubtless great people; our self-conceit 10
superb; but this is not tho way 10 make and
end war.
But to the application:
Countrymen, Your Government needs not
men only, but monoy-needs great deal Of IL;
and you must supply it. Prices are exorbitantly
high only because your failure TO lend your
country all she needs compels her rulers to eI.
pand the currency whom they would gladly con-
tract it. OF course, expansion raises the price
Of every ration, every cartridge; and your Sec
rotary Of the Treasury must do as he can, not
as he would. To-day, European capitalists are
buying the bonds of your Government--yonr
obligations to pay so much gold-ior about
: forty cents on tho dollar, though they will be
worth par directly after peace. Your sanguine
faith does not suffice to prevent this ruinous de-
probation.
Your armies are unpaid the money that was
due them a month ago. The heroes are dying
by thousands unpaid-dying for you-uDpaid
because you do not lend your Government the
money for which it offers generous interest
And there are thousands who call themselves
loyal-who wax indignant Ut the thought that
! the Rebellion can possibly succeed, or ut the
suggestion of granting it any terrns-yet who
; have never asked whether they could lend
: anything to their Government if they only
needed funds will somehow be had-s faith that Is
dead, being alone Hundreds ofthousands might
lend the Treasury 500 to 100000 each if they
: would; some forbear through thoughtlossncss
others from cowardice, more from avarice. We
are in greater peril to-day Of financial than OF