New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-27
fross The Enquirer, FEB. c3-EStsoFf"!
Rebel Determinations.


| Tennessee Missouri or Kentucky It's magnitude and
losses were perceived by those ON whom the brnnt OF
battle woud f Ihe States further south protected n
cert. and with fanciod security. cut the astenings
which bound MS together ard east Virginia and Der
children the exposed Western frontier adri anid
terrific and increasing war. In vain did these States
foIeio the future and protest against The pngenorons
rahness OF tic expected By the nsf.iune OF ot
ers 20 escape the eaamiies II civil strife Wcoid hon
that the storm would indulge rs fury on orr son
We pictured 10 them devastated country, p1iasea
fields burning towns, insntgen' sa'es nnd heo -o
diery tint sired 70 crime bg tie smOOth skin woman
on Tie ottoman and The silver plate ON the board.
Neither did these just nIp ais nor the te1Lhc iete
which was increasing ana ncVhclng ohecS ~. SeHsH
mpetuosity oi those who Tskcd little OF disaster to DC
endured by Others. We were told We must follow our
own people or he Hgeinst them. The alternative
lor On abandonment Of common blood. Tho
choice was az once made. under a solemn
eonrao. 20 stand faithfully together until complete VIC
ory blessed or single fate sealed tie struggle. Amid
oil tie ceremonies OF nat,ona birth Ito states stood
sponsors 10 Tie AID by sacred oaihs pledged n
the lives al the Interests, %. tho property W mutual
motives Of tie war; and BIZ the bond eh United those
who were struggling 10 save all IT,. IS pfzcd amorc
men there nothing too sacred to appropriate
abandon except the lighted faith TO be tfae 10 eacn
other These Saths Virginia and hcr frontier children
have not broken. The lives Of thor people are low IN
he trenches With daily sacrifice equal TO the neoes
sites Of defense Nearly al the!r property les been
welded 10 the enemy N obedience 60 the request 81
strategy Tie slaves have been appropriated end
Loose, suffered ac ,orluc 10 tho demands Of the nd
van cling enemy. TIM appropriation OF territory end
slaves ~ tCso States was as much voluntary
button ly them TO the wants OF tho war az II bus OF
grant AMI ncipnton had been passed b. their sepa
rate soyereigI Conventions. they were pait W "a.
price Contemplated at the tine the tiruNfn
II he paid ior blessings b. Common 10 sl B.t w
tide is now rolling toward these sites who made tue
sH No ,,o,s no ootS Ybs oath has been broken.
aud they by whom Tie fr'' dow was sulcsoA a'
fret TO dcsert those nse lie horder
sites have of, I'd lands and slaves as necessn, -Acr
ices 70 succe, they stiil declare ina WE emo niIe
n frs. fonodo and unclaimed neck nre thing 20 o.
80 ,oP They say 70 the States Of tue Cyh now
he same contributions Of lands aud slaves that
you forced us TO MAKE anu s,htIAoHls i''"tV"s anu
neOple viii DC secnred.'
biondav the compact OF mutual support was broken.
TIE h 10 appropriate the slaves 40 ~ to secure hohof
able existence defeated IN the senate chiefly by
rotes 81 TIE Gulf States The lsrder States had pre-
ycs,v Ontlb1ied their share 70 the colmoh dcehst'
II makes 40 difference whether these slaves were lost ~
cir owners y me strategy of or bv The action 81
Congress They were equally saeihceh o. propcT! 20
tho national dofense-saoIdce fofetod by sore-and
which all svorc 10 share alike The vote by which That
bin was host be reccnsdered. The slaves must De
given OF We may perish They who watch the destinies
OF the State declare is wants. and demand The {eci
III r love ofthe people only e1cceded ~ hs
e ectiou fr his county the hero OF ~ victories,
aud the cyuqueTOr OF every fn0bw aspiration impure
tire recroa States not 10 abandon The glory nc won i
tle az Charlottesville. ad rct 70 DC
secures by his lpes around the still urcon9uered cap
ts OF Virginia Tie army demands that iis depleted
ranks shall be s,fen gthened by more men OF whatever
color and IL il sometimes impoltc TO refuse the o.
uauds of an srmy Ike that which Lee commands.
The border States demand that such laws as arc ncces
ary 10 save tie State sa be passed even though those
laws effect the Slaves IL the South OF the war has NJ
feet Ell them the frontier Tint vote must bs recon
sidcrcd Perish property and all the Iuxurics oil profit
Inf we v N protect social existence and our prho
"a freemen We prefer TO do this by manly battle but
they who densnd 10 share success now refuse tho
means ~ win that success they can so act bot our
wives and our honor must sti he ours. Tie diieuty
tn obtaining peace has been Slavery The opproprs
tjop by the border States Of their slaves TO the public
usc has removed that difficulty III negotiations ~ them
! "a Nd tie enemy There y not slave IN kentucky
Missouri and Tennessee. Slavery has disappeared IN
one hall Of Virginia and practically exists no where In
her limits Let such appropriation OF interest be 81
once made as wall TO each state the riblts vi eA
gnconauercd people. II this DO refused ard the sacri-
fees OF war are 60 imposed some AZ 70 mperi fea
tons without which life Is inioerabe; then let pro
Visions Of safety be Immediately made by those who
value family honor and individual pride above sordld
property and LET those who are willing to have ms
ters above that hey may live ulon the bope OF having
slaves beneath item seal their fate with tue onenj
now laundering Al Their gates. PeIhaps 1t WOul1 De
well for the Gulf States 10 reconsider their vote VIZ
0iDia Tennessee Missouri and Kentucky VIII yet see
tina, their people H. slaves ~ order that the neon
venieBoe Of wal nay not be felt On the Copgaeo and
Jonbigbee.