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

The Cou.qsy iOns Of Gen. MCMILLAN Dea' WI
IDENTIFY on th. az ticle. 10 yield anything that MT
LINCOLN does not yield, ho must yield ina ne
avoids speakng of &C. but his silence is an acknowl
I'd .ment.
cannot tell with what bitter sadness trace
these lines What 20 many sorrows wasted, 50
many sacrifices without result, SO mach blood shed
in ynin, An we understood these sorro~s 50 long as
r,cy pro,nisra 10 he fruitful. Amidst lhese ruins,
,h,fs ,tr,cs a magnificent work was accomplished;
a wo.l of iroral resurrection, Of return 10 good Oh
Aprsiuc. We wc,o 40. astonishcd 1t TIC siyh' u
lie misery ,ha, ynu cnlHcedi ell progress costs
,o,r,.. and ii is well worth what II costs. But 70
Rave tie Tears without thc progress, TO arrest tno
raininl effort Of uprising at the moment ~Hen II IN
about 10 end and t. keep all Of the criss except inc
uobie conquest which vas on the point OF Growing
iif-ihis is what wc viii accept at No price,
And let no one lu!l Himself with Illusions. 1t is
ever, where repeated "Slayery is dead; whatever
nay be- done il vii not rise again" Slavery dies
hard. Why, then, if this question is decided IN
fact. does il s.tute the great difficulty Why
does not Gen MCCLELLAN accord himself the sats-
faction If speaking Of ii, like Mr.. LlscoLNi WI.
i,s not Mr.. JFPfErsoy DAVIS him~b, who certain
y does not lack sagacity, aud who knows what
progress s,lnpaiiics log The South would make III
i.mopc II Sla,cry we're ont Of the qucs,i"n-vby
has he never uttered an Official word tia, promises
tho abolition OF slavery, under any form ~haIe'er1
Because the Sout still clinss to Slavery to-day as
Oh tie day when II rose IL Rebellion.
know not whether, IN these times, when GGroit-
ness of language is carried very far, formula will
not lc found that will seem 10 premise abolition,
ana vii refuse. in realty, a formula that the North
and thc South may Fgu in order to constitute =
lte Of leace. affirm only that the present abo-
hiion that the decisive acts Of Mr.. LINCOLN, thai
The bills passed by Congress that tho principles of
oman ,ipalion ccaily laid down for the Horder
states and for the lnsuTgcnt States-l affirm that
al these would not be endarcd fer u moment by
the ncgo,iators of tho South. They would treat
only Oh condition OF III cta.ction of all these.
Would they treat In truth, believe too
much in the patriotism Of Gen. NcCLfLLAs and o!
hose numerous Democrats who defended, Ike
him. The cauec of the country before yielding 70
the recent impulse, not to put this question. In
ms opinion the General would finally recoil from
tie disgust Of such negotiation. But by what
ncht. in this case. would tho United states have
been disturbed By what rigl. would the military
opc-atlons have been interrupted end obotrrcied
Would there not have boon in this, only a wretched
competlion arlloabic party quarrel
Parties They disappeared in he midst Of your
national outbuIs; This was tho beauty of this out
lnrst. The South was moi ignorant of II; besides
II had alaa,s numbered the reorganization oil .oar
Democratic parry anols ia most wishcdi oI Yicto-
RIGS. f. counts alas on tho political divisions 81
.lo North ~ least mncA a. upon The regiments
Z LIZ. " depends only on tn North forever 70
destroy these hopes 80 cast vote that would, per
llrs. cause The dcfcnscs 81 Richmond TO fall ny
D. not your lrs; uuanimify again found among you
4 general ou,bnrst Of The North and all would be
ended aud real peace conquered The sorth would
ro, De- long in COZ graduating ltsolf Oh this quite as
mucL you.
The Democratic party has just been recalled Ia
lufi J. there sill Drmocutic pnriyl Is therca
Republican party II the point in question 10 to
l.pu.c plarcs grant Il; bnt IL il is 20 fccure tho
a,ccriancy Of principles | deny II. No party
umoag Jol maintain 10 nay knowledge, the aulr-
ccal right Of secession and transforms the Slavery
Rebellion % tho South into struggle fer national
iairpendcrcc.
No partv fails 10 recognize the consequences
which the recornition Of The South would involve
la rs train; none thinks Of cutting in two the Val
Icy Of the Mississippi, Of founding among you per-
lnancn vud endemic war IN the place OF accidental
var; none aspiros to "a situation III which armies
would oil serve each other across ideal frontier
ind in which the South, become necessarily the pro-
,cet of European power, would Introduce The
daily ae.ou Of lno Old World into the Affairs Of the
New.
Lastly, es 10 Slavery itsclf and although the
Democrats a-o unhappily more disposed to yield on
III. roiut, no party,if except your CoPPerhead''
has rcraired q stranger 10 the teachings OF these
fur vcars. What intelligent man in America does
no, now understand tina, Slavery IS the enemy
,hst nothing will be ended II end IS not made OF
slavery
No imuortsui reason. therefore, binders the Pres-
lentinl election of lS6 from having character OF
mhalsc. OF powerful accord, and IN some SOFT
patrio,ic unanimiiy, which wouid cnsHe, better
than all negotiations the completion OF the war
Snail confess il, We Europeans, strangers to your
secondary quarrcls, and who SEQ only the great
oue.tion we have always believed in two fresi-
dentiel terms Tor Mr. LIScoIs Tho hrst, IN our
orinion. should resolve the military problem the
second the political problem. II Is not 100 mueh
IA maintain the Same direction for eight years "hcl
the point in question IS to subGne gigantic 'nsnr'
rccton, and to r,6grnnile such country aS yours
How FORGET, bosidos, that IN calling to power
Den.ocraiic administration, ycn Will Introduce III
testino conflict and, consequently poWcfrsshesS'
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