The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-01
secession or Observation-Disclosures Last
Hope I'm DisuniOn.
from the London Times. April 171


can teach usthe solution of the great problem Of
sion Has this terrible drama been simply war;
deed 1t has not been reached arcady-for beyond the
feeble force under Johnston at Raleigh and the
OF the Richmond garrison under Lee, the South has
organized armies In the field, is IL probable that any
can be raj cd This stage of the great struggle
accomplished The North by its determined will and
lately, II should be added, by e erceace If Us general
has overcome the soath, has defeated its armies and
occupied its principal towns. It has had far
greater difficulty In doing so than was at FIRST
as II even this portion of the work could never
be accomplished at all But If the exhaustion consequent
on this proracted struggle should terminate the resist
ance Of the South altogether il may be fortunate for The
North that Richmond not captured till the fifth year
oil the war When President Davis declared that If Rich
mond were taken the war could be prolonged for tw ny
years in virginia alone, he Specializing perhaps,
resources which five desperate campaigns may have
fatally reduced. The confederacv which for Ave wears
has proved so Unexpectedly strong and resoue may
prcp Unexpectedly pom riess and dspmding In that
event the work OF the North will be casy but we have
now arrived at the end not Of be Of the first stage
Of pt'cdi revolution s real fr0ues ~ the M rfh are
GufJua tsginnirg few months will disclose the
scene and would be useless o anticipate the spectacle
~ conjecture or prediction We c"lv admire the
herosm Of the combatants while depo. tho carnage; ;
but what so dreadful strife may ultimately bring forth
10 IL impossible 10 imagine
Lord Palmerston's Hopes and Fears.
fFrom the London Post government organl April H.
Lees army which the Northern telegmms represent
have been gained they must be about enter upon
the real difficulties OF the task which they have under
taken 10 accomplish II has taken them four years do
what, at the commencement of tho they expected
TO do In as many months We assume, for arguments
sake that the armies under Johnston and Lee will be
unable TO make any further decisive stand against
the hosts which closing in upon them
from all quarers-Grant from the East Sher-
man from the Southeast, Thomas and Stone
from the Southwest
or course II the Southern armies what remains OF
hem should disperse and prove unable to hold any Of
the important strategic points offer any further cec
ual resistance 20 the country and occupy II will
be easily accomplished by the armies under Grant aud
Sherman and Thomas But when IL Is thus occr pied.
what will the federals do with II? Ho,o toU Dey ie able
10 deal ioi The schtsS Hor rH they be able 10 deri NTH
The blacks? Slavery, know, has been abolished
upon paper. What Is 10 be done with four millions Of
negroes, whose habtual occupation will be gonc and
me pursuits and falling into the system Of free white
The practical difficulties OF dealing with the blacks
only second, II indeed they second, to hogc o deal
ing with the whites, so that altogether the real III ues
before the Notwithstanding the Confederate rmies to
be broken up and dspersedappcar TO be Just beg nnng
We have not thought II worth while In the resent
cle 10 criicse the details Of the military When
there are men enough of the strongest position
held oy the ablcst general may be turned aud rendered
untenable The federa1s having masscd troops round
Petersburg and Richmond, til they probably outnum-
bered the enemy as much three four TO one we're
able TO attack him with but t were not abie fo
pr-rcm his retreat with at least a large portion Of his
army.