New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-06

has perfect right 10 differ with all these, az
with us; he has no right to misrepresent in order
to traducc us. BY doing so, he cannot injure
Us SO much az he disgraces himself
TIE right to lie is subject to limitations. II
should not be exercised in the face Offacts of the
widest roioriety. Yet GOV. Seymour does not
scruplc 70 say that
III this WAY is to make social revolution and srnc
tural changes IN great States, have only its be-
ginning. Such changes are the work Of time II they
are to he made by military power Il must be exerted
through 4cng periods. Whether white or black troops
used the diversion from labor. aud the cost o war
will be equally prolonged and we have just entered
npoh course Oh certain cost and uncertain Results
No such otGHges urged hare socr "a me pords
tsiorg been made ritto srasSts eaing through more
| than one gcaDafioa Of men,
When the struggle for independence in
Spanish America began, Slavery was universal
from Santa F6 to BuenOs Ayres and Valdiyie-
a region Ear yaster than tho area Of our thirty
four States. When that struggle ended Slav-
cry had utterly disappeared from the Spanish
Main. The entire duration Of that struggle,
fitful and intermittent as it was, dying out here
and springiDg up there, was far from BLASTING
through one generation of men,"
Gov. Seymour chooses to assert that
"wise craftsmanship can now bring this War TO .
close upon the terms s0cmny ayoWed at the outset oi
the contest"
Where is the evidence of thisl We challenge
ts production. We soleinnly assert that we
have sought it earnestly and in vain. One year
ago, We were assured. that Peace might then be
made on such terms as Gov. Seymour now in
dicetes. We alenated friends and brayed re.
proach TO secure il. We were willing TO dare
aud to suffer if our country's gaping wounds
any number OF Democrats anxious for Peace, we
never could get within sight ofany authenticated
Rebd proposition, overture, or assurance, thai
looked to Union Peace on any terms. On the
contrary, every word we uttered for Peace was
perverted into encouragement for persisting in
the Rebellion. And 3lr. IIoratio Seymour
more especial partisans, acting under his inIne-
date eye aud inspiration. saw fit TO assail the
Administration on account Of our Peace pro-
cliyites, in their Legislative Address last April,
in the following terms: n
la mind IL 10 notorious that the Abolition leader,
hodl, hold ont this the prolabs alternative Of war
The men who have dictated with nOst authority ana
inhueno~ The policy OF the Administration hardly Gfc
70 oorecal hsf lacy vii BE- content g Ls oonsrrrGii0s.
lhc conduct Of the Wsr leads directly "a srch end.
Tho division ~ sraIes the removal - Generals. the
OF opinion, a.. movements 20 bfr,s d.n ths resistp
power OF the North. al J0isf 10 his
:" Such conclusion 10 the Abolition policy, thc
Democracy Of New York, IN their first state Conyen
ton held after the outbreak Of the War anticipated and
denounced. They profs aseins q noT and ny fHrok,
Oh hs sRsSi,s Of hs free f,o9, Of ~ North dsdtssi
political fsi0z ui.1A ketiH1 0rtsliy atsrf fre.rl
osda rar. fr0po'ss s0r 10 ers By Psrioidai jeno
Thus disciplined and instructed, Ne venture
10 assure His Ercellency that Peace is not dis
tant--that tho War will not be "proongcd'
but shortened by policy which lays the AZ TO
the root Of the tree OF Rehelliop-that no State
Is to DO stricken out Of eIistenco--that the
Union is TO he maintained in It's iItegri,yr-and
dat ours is TO be henceiorth land Of Universal
Freedom. That this is contamination over
which good men and angels must everywhere
rejoice, while oppressors and sem-traitors impo-
,ently howl and gnssh their teeth, Ne do joy
fully and confidently trust.