The New York herald., 1865-05-07

The Results ef The Wsr-Ouz Losses and
Tho var b ended, the rebellion b mbju
gated, and peace b ct hand, under Tie victo
rious ensign Of the Union. From ih awful bap
tism Of blood and 6re the nation has entered
upon new hls-s new career Of unity, pros
perity and power. Through four years Of The
most formidable and lerocious rebellion In The
history Of any oivilissd people ws have made
manifest to tho world the tremendous vitality
and strength Of our national government and
popular Institutions; and the great American
republic stands this day ths arbitee Of The
American continent
Our losses In this gigantic struggle would
have swamped any other country, excepting,
perhaps, Russia; and yet, not only In the mate
rial elements Of war, but n population and
in wealth, the United States are immensely
stronger than at the beginning Of this contest
For four years, North and South included,
We have had million Of able-bodied
men withdrswn from our producers, and sup
ported at the public expense, while devoted to
the work Of destruction Of human life and prop
erty. Within these four years ws have lost as
much a. two cotton drops, each Of four millions
Of bales, at least two full crops OF Louisiana
sugar, and the Southern staples Of rice and to-
bacco have been proportionately diminished.
We have lost on both sides, from battle, dis
ease and from suferings incident to the war,
including dead and disabled, not Less; perhaps,
than half million Of able-bodied men. By the
ravages of the war In the Southern States thou
sands Of millions Of property have been de-
stroyed, thousands Of once wealthy families
have been reduced to poverty, and tens Of
thousands Of widows and orphans have been
brought to the trials Of starvation. The slave
holders Of the South have been despoiled Of
four millions ofslaves, valued in peace times at
two thousand millions Of dollars. The rebel
ious States have squandered three thousand
millions In carrying on the war, and the loyal
States, in addition to their taxes and lavish free
contributions to the national cause, have piled
up national debt Of twenty-five hundred mil
lions, and yet the Union Is stronger in popula-
ton and wealth to-day than it was at the first
bombardment Of Fort Sumter.
IF our losses from the war have been enor-
nous beyond precedent, our gains are without
q parallel in history. We have gained the abo-
lition Of African slavery-ths removal Of that
fruitful source Of sectional agitation and dis
cortland we thus reclaim tho rebellious States
on the homogeneous platform Of universal lib
erty. The one great internal source of dissen-
sion and danger to the Union, and the great
incubus to the settlement and development Of
the fertile Southern States, is gone. Ten years
of free labor will show how insignificant have
been the products of those States compared
with their capacities. Old Virginia, fair in
stance, though shorn Of the rich and extensive
farming, lumber, coal, iron and oil regions
of West Virginia, Is still, in commercial facili-
ties, productive soil, fine climate, manufactu-
ring and mineral resources and means, inf
nitely richer than the Empire State Of New
York With the removal Of slavery these vast
resources will rapidly be developed. So, too,
1t will be with Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and all the
other Southern States. The heavy currents of
emigration, which for fifty years have been
flowing westward, and building up great cities
ard populous States in their progress, will now
be largely diverted southwark, and the results
will amaze the world.
Under these new and powerful impulses Of
ree labor and emigration we venture the pre-
liction that the cotton crop Of the South, for
example, two years hence, viii be six millions
Of bales. At the Same time, from our dsbanded
armies, the settlement and development Of
our inexhaustible gold and silver regions Of the
Far West will be more rapid and extensive
than ever heretofore. A Pacific railroad will
soon bring them in quick rapport with New
York and all the East; so that South and
West there will be such temptations to enter
prising and industrious men as will bring US
settlers from Europe by millions for the thou
sands that have been coming during the war.
Such is the magnificent prospect which is
opened before US from the suppression of the
the triumph and regeneration of the
Union, and the return Of peace on the basis
of universal liberty. We become a compact
and homogeneous people, with the removal Of
the cause Of our sectional agitations, and our
mischievous sectional parties, leading to civil
strife, will disappear. Old things are done away
with; old parties, principles platforms, lead
ers and followers, and all things, have become
new. Four years of this most destructive war
have, indeed, done for us the work OF hundred
years of plodding peace; and from the fire and
the smoke Of the mighty conflict the great
republic which is to lead the world to freedom
rises like the phenix from it's ashes, and will
fulfil its grand and glorious mission.
The EMIGRATION TO Mnxco.-The papers Of
Washington, Philadelphia and New York have
announcements Of an extensive contemplated
emigration to Mexico, where, it would appear,
tho Mexican government is willing to give
grants Of land to such industrious men az may
develop the resources Of that country Many
people are under the impression that this is in
tandod nm n military omi0raiion. hut IL nv m