The New York herald., 1865-03-01

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The CeIebratio. Next s.turcsy|Shs Su-
bflee OF Victory.
On Saturday next there Is to be second
grand unheaving Of the population Of the me-
trcpolis; another grand response of the heart
Of the people to the voice Of the nations call
In honor Of the flag which in 1861 was insulted
at Fort Sumter, and In 1865 has been restored
to Its battlements. In April, four years ago,
the grandest demonstration ever witnessed took
place In Union square. The occasion, as we
all remember, was the outbreak Of the rebel-
lion and the indignant protest of hundreds OF
thousands against the outrage done to the ma
tional flag in Charleston harbor Union square
can contain within its area nearly quarter of
q million Of people, and those who saw the
scene there on that day, and the living stream
Of patriotic men and women who poured into
it by the thousand avenues that lead thereto,
will never forget it. History hardly presents
parallel for the loyal emotion, the devotion to
country, the detestation Of treason, exhibited
on that occasion in the metropolis Of the Union.
At that time the rebellion counted thirteen
States, and Its boundaries ran from the mouth
of the James river to the northern frontier Of
Missouri, and from the Potomac to the
Gulf For thirty years the South was pre-
pairing for this struggle, while the North was
unprepared, unsuspecting and almost indiAer-
ent To-day it is confined within the misera-
BILE triangle lying between the Congaree and
the James, SO hedged in that its armies cannot
advance or retreat. They are, in fact, come to
q deadlock, and are melting away by deser-
ton. There is no longer any Charleston or
Savannah, New Orleans, Atlanta or Wilmington
left. Neither on the coast nor In the interior
has Rebellion q stronghold, save only Rich
mond, and that is approaching a state of col
lapse.
1t is well, then, that the military and naval
coined by the rejoicings and thanksgivings of the
people. The time, too, is well selected for the
proposed demonstration. The first Inauguration
of the present administration was the immediate
cause, or more properly the immediate pretext
for beginning the war, and 1t is fitting that the
day Of its reinauguration, on the coming 4th of
March, should witness display of patriotic
exultation at those successes which insure it's
glorious termination.
We have received the following communica-
ton with reference to the celebration Of Satur-
day, which we present to our readers with
full endorsement Of the sentiments therein ex-
pressed
NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF n UNION " yIcgoEtEs 5y ,Sas
To JAMES GoRDos BENNETT, Esq, Editor Of NEW YoRK
sR-It is proposed by citizens Of New York to cele
brate the recent Of the national arms on land
and sea By public ct Union square, on sa'ur
affords US pleasure to perform the duty conaded 70
us by the Committee Of Arrangemcn.s Of inviting M your
ment, the army and the navy Of the Union
with high respect you. oSSdont servants van
8 s.s 4 s%a4:D-,, saS.s Secretaries
Our response to this invitation to cooperate
with the committee is an earnest appeal to all
classes Of our citizens to make this celebration
worthy of the purpose for which it is organized
Let us make Saturday national holiday. Let
every man, woman and child in the city con-
tribute to render the event the most soul-stir-
ring and enthusiastic the metropolis has ever
created. Let the national flag, now redeemed
from dishonsr at Charleston, Savannah, New
Orleans, Columbia, Atlanta, and along the line
of the lordly Mississippi, be seen on every pub
lie building and from the windows Of every
private dwelling where possible. At the great
uprising Of 1861 the stores were closed and the
people poured out in swarms to testify their
devotion to the government and the laws in the
dawning hour of the nations disaster. How
much more enthusiastic may we be now that
the sunrise Of success is breaking through the
mists and shadows which for four long years
have obscured the life Of the republic-when
treason is sinking into the lowest depths, and
the blessed harbinger Of peace is about to an
nounce that the clouds are broken and the
tempest is stilled.