New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-02

hermit their servants to assist them in defending their
lives and property rom robbers burglars ana mnruei
up They do not believe word they say ana ave
trembling in their boots at the thing they prechd 10
Fress TIE RSchs,osx ExsssSmer. yss. Is
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NATIONS ARE NEVER MURDERED, BUT THEY
SOMETIMES COMMIT SUICIDE. 49,.
This Just observation of great p0nticai
philosopher merits remembrance and consideration III
THIS and at this juncture of our affairs Iheie wSs
federacy would be overpowered and destroyed by the
violence and superior power OF its enemy. H. an
Is passed The force OF tho enemy Is spent he can
never make another effort commensurate In any SENSE
with the gigantic intention of subjugatDg haii con
tnent, inhabited by warlike ana higmy cNi' i
race, The whole military power OF the enemy nas
rcsled. and str. rests. and must OF necessary
continue to rest. upon the volunteer Das,s. NO
people will support the lead Of universal conscp.ion
without the motive Of selfpreservnhgn iron, ,d
death and practical robbery. Inc pcope o we o'.u
State have not will they ever cel the Impulse VI
erv their lives are in no danger They fight from the
motives of cupidiiy and OF National ambItlohi ana
these principles OF human nature. however powerful
will never put the under arms nor render tne
patient If Government and law when forces lhen
INTO such position. By volunteers was the army Oh
4 United States composed during the first two years
of the war; by substitutes bounty men. breingT the
oflal Of humanity Is il now made up; and 81 sueh
material mist 1t consist through the future stages vi
this war. Even this has been growing more ana moIo
sc ire TIE machinery hch produced II has worn out
The best informed Observes II the Northern states
concur in the opinion That they oanho. ,ase n an
thousand men rcpensh me exhaustion by battle ana
disease and descrtion Of IA" last terrible year Ohthe
other hand the society Of tie south Is no" orSanfa J~
pay! Wal has become The natural condition OF the
country Every Arrangement oi life. domestic, com
mcIcal agricultural and political mas Dech setten WIN
direct reference to connustion 81 the state OF war
Conscripton Ia regarded 80 ming not more u DC
eyaded than the heat of 'usnme. AID the cold OF IN
ter Few hope contend ugiint IT, or make the least
questions Of its proprety ~ TIER own case ~ va
| - tz.d
method of existence With 4 me supply Of the army
will never fail and IL there Is either energy or sense IN
the military administration OF he country the force
with which The ConfedeTlCy VII couT"It tue eh.hi!
in MAY win he equal even In numbers to MS own 81
We have at last the hope and prospect oil goou MN
tary administrator aud believe That tbe opening oal
pnign will again find best Generals, Lee Johnston
and regard in position then, AS lii last may 10
render service 10 their country. Ihey WIN ma 'nc
cntry I'm fur better condition for def nse than IL was
year ago. With base on the SEQ. sherman Is mnch
loss formidable thnn wsth his base on Chattanooga OF
Nashville. An imnense tract of country IN lar posses
sion of the enemy ago is subject 10 COnicde
y,,e authority year ago the enemy held the whole
of Arkansas. the best part oil LOUISIANA phIto Sas
aud large portion OF Georgia and Alabama. All TINS
territory an empire they have entirely lost ana Az
army OF 300 90 men would be less than the force re-
nuiied 10 recover H. The attempt VIII Scarcely De
made. Tho diminished armies OF the United states
not less than tie progress 81 military events rehef nee
essary limi alton OF the campaign to the Atlantic
States and II has become evident that the enemy ~i
never again be II be able TO cover all pats 81
ihe country AZ once with bis army and hold East and
West in cOtemp suhugston. TO compass Tue
| invasion OF Virginia and tie Caroinas. he must rc,
Hnqui,h bis grasp On Georgia and Mississippi; ana
ahile th. Confectionery retains Virginia u can always
recover the Western territory Of the Republic however
often worsted there. South Of Chattanooga contains
no place OF depot III the c0gntrys ieNt' no "cA anu
key like Richmond aud the James By which IN invader
may hut 40 his conquest when made leaving u secure
bclind while IL presses on to future undertakings
The question oi supply has always been Dnsbcaf.
but never real Difficulty ard less 80 now than a.
sny preyoas pcro. OF tho war. for there never was
when much food IN proporiot TO the ppluiatoh
yns raised In the southern states. Cotton and tobacco
no longer suppant the natural production OF the s"
Indian corn wheat and hogs. The Whole force 81 The
couuiry, not employed Ia war ~ devoted !" TIE ere
alton Of these things and las been 80 employed Tor
yenr past Tie BoIt crop viii srrpess al ~ itcdc
cl,sors. Tee value 81 Odd In specie now 'ess tlah
IL ever was ia this cogltfy Ia the localities where
n il dearest: and II the distribution was
| little better than 1t IT, tina would al ths moment
| ne tie cheapest C,u-iIy !" I've III on .'o ny
81 the globe But the diAiHbItlon Is hot goa.
and because the roads are gnfcpnifcd alh are often
dc.troycd hy the enemy. Nevertheless. tefe IL no.
cradle region that j. hot abic {" support is pop
NATION and the amy employed IN ia Defense Some
weak people mighfiy AFRAID that Sherman VIII cot
| IN. ,o,d ~ Brarchsilr must not Iecs army stArvc
when rs supply from Geofgh Is irPoss.bis' Imbccia
| question: NiTcinin alone, II II should ever become
Necessary TO turn The screw hard down ON .sthay
OF the Caronas will feed Lees army for Elk months II
il was doubled tomorrow. Corn and "heai Il mere as
everywhere IN the South. somewhat difficult OF access
bee,nse bad currency paid fur IT. because rude. aud
! stupid and ignorant young men under u" name OF
ounrtcrmetteTs and ComnIsshics are usp'Ih'd over
the land "a get H. WHO insult Tue Ie"pe' mahc thI
snrly and unpatrotc for the while and give them iOt
their food Of paper. which u near! MHhislOunu
10 be IRE ar and worth nothing when TO klchOnd
II they offered and gave nothing they took "hat the
necessities of the army required without pretending 10
pay II would be given more willingly hpd be received
more eAsv for al OF people hold That the country
must be defended. and that the hgng men must eat
no matter who stnryes Eut there - no one Oh the
three gunrters Of compass commanded by the roads
In orr power leading from Richmond. which would MOI
SUNNY Lees whole army till tbs new crop came. with
on, going off Vrginas territory To get H. Al We Lad AN
INV In specie or lts equivalent laid sufficient mud i'm
partial tax In kud and had the resolution and The sense
o collect IT, The Yankees collect IL Wherever they 90
without difficulty They not only ma enough To ear III
rhc land bot more thnn hey can destroy WIN IRE.
The time il past when this Nations life is In danger
nom violence 1t cannot be murdered now b! the
onemy; hut the period 10 conc when II may De Induced
10 commit suicide. The enemy Is aware OF both facts.
and now rest. alis hopes Of success on bluudeTs oil
the Confederate Government and the dependency OF
tbe peoule. The road over which We have Travelled Is
long and the fall Of Atlanta opened new and dfeary
vista 10 the eye when the journey seemed nearly over
The road has been rough the hills In front ale steep
Il md tho shades Of evening fall them. Many are
Cotsorc and weary; faint By the way; some sink
and lie down in the me 81 deseTton. disgrace eternal
scorn and misery. Bat the great column OF brave men
will always rally hsir leaders @ii le' them; Inc
was in danger when the Abolti0nst Government came
into existence and which impeled them to resistance
four years ago, IA not less powerful now than theh,
and will perpetua,e That Resistance, Whatever
rho sufferng rather than submit to TIC. certainty OF
nj er degradation which now replaces hS>hniicpaiion
of those DAYS Let them the least CLEAN OF hope
that their forces will be toierably well handed-that
their feet will not alnays be guided by Jefferson Davis,
over precpces and into quicksands and the endurance
of The people and the courage Of the army VIII DO found
inexhaugbe Nothing bat utter hopelcssness VIII ever
induce them to commit the suicide OF the nation fis