New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-19

wouId perlue their oath TO abide by it willingly in let
ter and spirit 10 render il obedience, and to support
and maintain IT, and neither In conscience " conduct 10
ever transcend II.
Should the poison Of thcr doctincs to which hnvo
referred faint the OF people for this fnda
mental chart-shOud the nsdOus councils of our repre-
sentatiyes corrupt the very stamina OF Government
what antdoto restore 1t to health and honor
Should people be brought to despse the weakness OF
their Government or suspect its intention Of hostility
10 the general welfare the slightest irregularty the
exercise OF any unauthorized power whether by prin-
cipal or subordinate officers will be sufficient to Alfonso
their angry clamors almost 10 make them rise III
arms against IT, There Is spirit Of resistance In the
hearts Of Gr countrymen. They fame NE not py DIS
convenience hut by the independence and nignity oi
its condition At this moment We appeal only Ia the
discretion Of Congress before they arouse the Jealous
madness OF eur people
From Tie Richmond Whie, Jan T.
THE MEANS AND POLICY OP THE WAR.
MIR. Brown of Mississippi, in his speech in tho
Senate for drifting the whole population OF the Conied
eracy into the army, said there were two things
specially ieeded-better money and more men: he
omitted third, certainly as important as either of
these and without which both of tie others would be
worthlessLa sufciency Of food. IL his proposition, OF
that conscnpting all under ffyhve be adopted 1t
will take from agriculture large portion o. ihe pro-
without shfe superintendent, we all kno" thot negro
labor win MT support itself We mnst, Therefore II
we sUbtra aIl the mos profitable producers from farm
ing make6ur calculations 10 finish TIE war this CAM
paign-iof .here will be nothing 10 feed an arm! on
another year However iattering the prospect may be
OF such cohsumInaon, IL II wise 10 take our al vi
single cast eli the die =,
But woul the proposed sweeping conscrirtion really
augment oar force In the fcldi II i very doubtful.
Under tie present law j; requires about Ten ohcei 20
each coufy look after dCseItes aud enroll conscfpa
With the new proposition Ia force II would take ABOUT
ten times that numbcr-Whch would be quite as Inueh
a. wonld BE- gained by The enlarged consumption
Instead 81 dragging schoOboys from their forms ana
old men from their farms the wiser policy would BE- To
reduce the exemptions under the EXISTING law. ms
has aread, been done as 10 one very large caS. OF A
l.. Id t.tt .HN..
service, but there remain still many whose absence rom
the field Il not indispensable TO the necessary ayocdohS
Of life, or the efficient discharge Of public business
The idea of ahnishing all exemptions, az II IL sad
win nc recommended by the Committee on Miar!
Affairs, and leaving 1t To the Executive 10 detail those
who 70 make the laws those who are to construe
Them and those who 10 enforce the.n-as vel a.
those who stand between the Government and the
people the picket guard 81 liberty. the conductors OF
Tie pross-is proposition infinitely too far on the road
81 Dictatorship 10 be tolerated By body OF intel
ligent representative The Governor Of Sovereign
Commonw eslth would cut noble Ggure applying TO the
Confederate agency for exemption nom tho field snd
the privilege OF performing the duties of lis station
But there are, however some limitations and redne'
ons In the Exemption law necessary 20 be made II IS
also certain that there great many men detailed
or serving Provost Guards absent without leave,
or maDgerng about the hospitals, or hgngins about
camps for want Of horses or absent ron active serve"
ON one nretensc or another who ought 70 be at once
ordered 10 the field. Prom the sources all the men
that the country properly care r or really needs
can be obtained Small armies skilnlly handled and
"a 4
dsorderly masses without provisions. Win abundant
food in TIE country wage this war indefinitely
withsmall forces and with little or no money.
on authorities made the mistake m ths outset OF
thinking there would b. no war or brief and incon
siderable one and We have experienced IN variety of
ways the penalties Of the mistake The President cN
pressed he opinion in bus message hst JahqS! ,na'
ously Do erred the present array OF forces Aassed
again and the certainty Of great battles yet TO be
fought test Such mistakes should caution against
etxfu tanf he A a.
ssue be decided ths year and suinoning a. the
field A. n for last desperate ENCOUNTER the Whole
power 1i.the country.
MstsAe lere would be fatal. Should our hopes fail.
we are ained irreireTably There would be nothing
lsft 10 al back upon-end The emmy, knowing this
vs.ls hs-e al incentive b. bold ., rlch ma they nav"
had before. They might then truly say That our
overthrow only question OF time, and that very
short time The only certain reliance we have H. shat
Of wearing the enemy out To enable us 10 DO this we
must husband well and prepare for long
war when they tlat this Is our policy. they wil
be dsheartened and ready TO abandon an nnderiakhg
that dooms them TO All age u bloody and hopeless
strife. IL would shorten The war' let US prepare 10
frorn Tie Richmond Wig Jan. II.
PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE
When the war began, everybody protested 10
be willing TO lay down lie and give up property In be-
half Of the Now few appear to ee willing 10 part
with either, although the MONDAY sun Is not palmer
than the fact that without great additional SACRIFICES
the army chnao be sustained and the cause must falL
The fear OF getting killed wounded threatens 10 re-
dnrc all Of 20 slavery, and the Tear oi Starvation
added to the last of gain. may produce famine IN the
army IL not at home. 4 little less fright and more
common sense-we VIII not say patriotisn-may com
pose these dilcues. and show us pathway out oftho
hog into which have fallen.
MAKE IL question Of self interest AZ once. and look
at II in that way alone Shall give part to our sn
fcring sons in The army OF 1T The Yankees take az
That Is the problem. Lot OVegstaod, aud not 10 he
eya.,d We must meet IL now IL viii not do Ia put II
of ill next year even next Spring. II must De faced
right away Hide your pork keep back your corn, tell
i a. f.fgl . audi
t,nue this merry game for few brief months and the
Yankees will your hogs and your corn your negroes
viii occupy your honse. and you will be runaway
white man IN tie woods or cOnscrpt in LincOlns
army Your wife and daughters will be wishing Yankee
co,les our little children viii be working thirteen
hours d.y in Yankee factories.
You emile derisyey at this sort Of talk for you fancy
Yourself too smart for the Yankees. You say 70
yourself, They not fools enough u set all the
negroes free; they will be obliged to keep them ~
snpreutlces and II they do their former masters Will
have control Of them Tor they alone manage them
Say nothing Of the infinite basencss of accepting. even
IN thought the place Of oyeIseer "a Yankee masters
Ills IA the very error Of the 1t IL stone blindness
the faulty of cOwardice and ayarice combined.
What man possessed Of eyesght, and capable II read
ing the newspapers. does not know that day 10y day The
Radicals gain and more complete control OF the
lincoln Administration and Of the Northern people
Their power is now absolute. and their slogan Is
Death 10 Slavery" The greater their success. the
more fanatical they become suppose they triumph Ia
a war against Slavery. is II likely they will voluntarily
stultify themselves by continuing the existence OF Stay
sryf Look at Maryland, Kentucky Missouri. Ten
nesseel =, al,
States iy the Yankees Bat in the Border States If
doomed II they succeed: Every inch OF lard in these
states will DO demanded in the name OF " IRE SOL
which never vet demanded augt In vain At the hands
of any party at the North. and certainly no, Of the Re
publcnns See the promise Of farIn in Tennessee 70
each veteran volunteer who ecnlsts for the war Re
member the vast debt the Yankees have to pay Think
Of the honesty mercy, humanity the! have displayed
hlherio.
Tnt what will they do with the Border state negroes
Eree Tho ia first them next 10 torment the conquered
aud tLen pornit them 10 die TINT sir ana