New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-11
PEACE PROSE- 6CIo'

advanced stage of decomposition, then all signs
fail and History is huge, consistent imposture'
w. coll all men to witness that the leading
articles of the Richmond journals have for some
,reeks been the most satisfactory and eyhilar-
atinc matter that Unionists could anywhere
find to read. The prophecies OF Rebel triumphs
At hand. so constantly falsiGed; the stupendous
calls OF every one to arms, which nobody obcys;
the mysterious giyings out Of information
Temporarily withheld, which never comes
to light; the fierce examinations and grave
Of high officials as incompe'
tent or infatuated, and rushing the Conleder'
acy headlong to ruin; The daily objurgations
of the prevalent dependency as pusillanimous
and uncaled for the denunciaticn of Congress
men as fleeing the post OF danger-thSt Is,
Richmond - aud shulaing to their several
homes; the quarels over Negro Aiming, one
portion insisting TINT the cause must fan unless
upheld by negro bayonctS, aud the other IN
sisting that, with the negroes once armed, II Is
lost of course: one faction clamOrlng for more
soldiers az Indispensable the other, with equa'
truth, retorting that those already in the ranks
can neither be fed nor clad; the vehement
protests against submission" projects and
:. whipned Secessionists'- all these do not
indicate shattered fabric and ruined cause,
then it can never be safe to infer what must be
| from what is
Gen. Sherman. with an army variously
estimated at Fifty u One Hundred
Thousand Men, has now been nearly four
months traver5ng the very heart OF the
Confederacy. In that time, he has swept
through the richest and most populous portion
of Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, and
thence through the vitals OF south Carolina
! from southwest to northeast, without having
(unless within the last few days) encountered
any serious opposition. During the last three
weeks, he has occupied the capital OF South
Carolina, flapked Charleston and compelled It's
evacuation, and pressed on clear across the
State 10 the border of North Carolina, meeting
no enemy that could DO induced to await the
concentration of his forces. Meantime, the
people have been exhorted, entrcatcd, com
manded, to burn everything cOmbustlble before
him, to obstruct the roads. and rally AS
one man to the Confederate armies muster
inc to crush him; but they have evidently
done nothing of the sort. until even Bragg
sneers at his Rebel array as composed OF lone
brigade and five proclamaions hot quite the
force required to stop fifty to ono hundred
thousand veterans Injured to battle and accus-
toned TO victory. That Sherman must some
how be beaten before he can form Junction
with Schoiield is insisted on that he is nearing
Schofeld and has pot been beaten. il pretty
certain. The stock iobbers had rumor yester.
day that ne had routed the Rebels under John
ston: the only circumstance that rendered this
improbable was Johnston's established caution
and indisposition to fight losing battles. And
Sheridan's easy triumph over Early at Waynes-
lburgh argues that the Rebels have about done
fighting.
We believe therefore. that true Peace is, in
all human probability, not far Off; and we be-
lieve its advent may he fastened and assured
by wise and prompt action on the part OF our
Government If the President should issue
brief and lucid Proclamation. appealing to the
Southern People not to protract struggle
which has become hopeless, and stating dis
tinctlv the terms on which they may be once
more at peace with their country, We believe
that There need and would he little further
bloodshed.
The Rebellion is now kept from instant and
utter collapse by the false cry that nothing ls to
be gained by Submission-that all the property
of Rebels is confscated and all their lives for
felt under our laws, 80 that while the courage
born OF desperation may yet achieve success,
there is in the opposite course no hope whatever
This is most untrue; yet it has a certain plausi-
bility to the minds OF the ignorant. Let the
President once more urge the Rebels to lay
down their arms, profering them inducements
to do so, and he will thereby divide them into
two paries-one inclined to peace and reunion;
the other furously intent Oh fighting to the last.
Standing distinctly by itself, the weakness of
this latter would be so palpabe that three new
and vehement proclamations per day could not
keen it in countenancc. II would speedily col
lapse and disperse, and the Rebellion would be
a thing OF the past. May we not nope that this
course is TO be taken,
SHERMAN.