The New York herald., 1864-03-22

Put or President Msksas-Pst Dows
che HcbeMlea.
The recent bulletin from the War Depart
ment, giving General Grant the chief command
Of ell our armies, is ths opening Of the great
campaign Of tho war. The rebellion has been
allowed to live altogether COO long. We must
put il down now II ve are ever 10 put it down
Should the war drag on for another year the
rebels will have . hundredfold better chances Of
success. The duty u every Northern man is TO
devote himself heartily and Immediately 70
assisting this campaign. From tho President
down to Che most humble individual In the
land, every one has his duty plainly before
him.
Genersl Grant Is the government, 80 far a.
oil the practical purposes Of tho var are con-
cerned, and hs must be unanimously supported.
The watchword Of the day is THAT old war ory
which reused the nation when Fort Sumter
fell:--"Union for tho sake Of the Union.r Let
the President keep his little plans to himself,
and leave General Grant TO work out our sal
walton. Let the War Department give General
Grant all the men and means hs requires. Let
tho politicians put of President making, and
join Us in securing country for President to
govern. Let tho people furnish the volun-
teers and the money needed, without any
grumbling, or complaints. Let the Tribune re-
frain from publishing such incendiary state
ments as this, which appeared in Its yester-
day g issus:-"H "Halleck's power Is undIminIshed;
n In nnw a hA woa rnnntha a~n A. pro,;
dents military adviser. and as such he can, and
probably will neutraljze Grants influence"
Such sneers are iN-timed, and NAV properly
be called "tresson in . new form" For
this last and supreme effort let US have
tho Same unanimity, the eame patriotism,
the same unselfsh devotion to Union and
Liberty, which marked the frst uprising Of the
North, and added to the history Of this country
its most brilliant and most glorious chapter. If
this be done We shall quickly and surely sue
ceed. If not. we shall have to bear the blame
of our own defeat
The abolition party has never done anything
to assist in petting down the rebellion. The
nine hundred thousand volunteers Il promised
have never been seen on their way to the seat
Of war. AT every crisis at every danger the
conservatives have bcen called upon to rally to
the good old cause, and they have never failed
to respond. They will not fail now. They
will give Grant the same faith, hope, trust and
support that they gave to Scott and to McClel-
Ian. All that We ask Of the abolitionists is to
stand aside and not interfere with the work as
they have interfered befose. We ask them to
hold their tongues about &e nigger, to practise
their miseegenati0n schemes in private, to drop
their Presidential wires, aad to get out of the
very little sacrifices in comparison with those
which the conservatives have made and are
ready 10 make, and we hope that they will not
be refused We do not appeal to the patriot
ism of the abolitionists; for they have mono. wo
appeal to lower, but 10 them more in
Auential, motive Let them look at the
recent riots at the West. Do they understand
what these portend? They portend civil war
at the North; and such a civil war will surely
come if we rush into the mad excitement of q
Presidential election before the rebellion is
practically put down.
What wouIdbe the results OF q Northern civil
war at this times Of course it would secure
the success Of the rebellion. But, besides that,
it would result in the hanging of Greeley, Ganri.
son, Wendell Phillips, Beechep, George Thomp.
son and other such men, without judge or jury.
The 1ii1uTe may rant and rave and call us
q new FORM for saying so;
but We appeal to the history Of the past, and the
facts Of the present, to justify our predictions.
The copperheals are fomenting this civil war
Of the future, as the abolitionists fomented the
civil war now raging. Let Horace Greeley
examine the files of the Tribune. and he will find
there the weapons, forged by his own hand
which The copperheads are now using against
the government. The curses OF the Tribune
fanatics are coming home to them in the cop
perhesd conspiracies. We warn these people
now, as We warned them years ago. OF the
inevitable consequences Of their suicidal folly
Again we ask them TO pause ia their headlong
career, and again we show them how to retrieve
their errors although, alas some OF the dreful
results Of those errors are now irretrevable
Let them stop talking shout Chase or Lincoln
or anybody else for the next Presidency. Chase
has withdrawn. II Lincoln had a particle OF
sense he would also withdraw. Let
Raymond and Greeley save their wrath for
the rebels, cease abusing McClellan.-who is
better man aud better patriot than either Of
tbem-and speak OF the Northern conssrva-
tives respectfully, or not all; for we are in
perilous times, when hasty words are like
torches In powder magazine. Above all
let the President leave Grant alone; let
Stanton supply Grant with all the material
he needs; let the politicians turn recruit
ing officers for Grant-tbe one who raises
the most mon 10 be entitled to the high
est place under government; let the people
give Grant theff unanimous support; let the
coppcrbeads keep to their holes, and let the
abolitionists either fall into the Union ranks or
rot down IN thnir kraca ood ha0 = - srcic,i