New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-10

ice or treachery We beat back this enemy thirst
ing for our blood be destroyed by him. There Is no
alternative. We must make good our independence
defend Institutions, and maintain our r5hts OF
give up, the houses we have built the lands we nave
tllcd the slaves have owned, the inst tutons we
have Inherited the religion civiizat on and traditions
in which have been reared, the laws customs ana
habits to which have been used the hopes we nave
cherished, the name we have aspired to-al indeed
Tint makes existence yaluabe-aDd go forth, with
nothing left but worthless life. as vagabonds and
mendcants. =,
peace except peace to DO wTung from aiE-goroas'
ness and nfolence by the might OF universal anu all
powerful resolve TO conquer or de. iiey are
thoroughly conscious that they are innocent Oh DIANE IN
the matter; they AnOW nGt from tho foundation OF inc
Union they the victims OF wanton, continued ana
constantly increasing Insult nnd outrngei that they
bore these things with Orbeerarce aud patience tat
bUrcrtl on puslannity; that when finally they DToke
lo0sc rom association that had become intoeraDe'
they dd ~ with other view than to secure the iran
guilty that had been denied them IN me ohlon hpo
that tLey asked nothing but to DO let alone. Iheir
moderate wish was not granted them. Inc inaigmt!
that lad 60 long coverly assaed them broke ont nio
an opon and gigantic effort TO oyerwhem and DESTROY
them and the war which has followed has been marked
on tho part OF the enemy with cndishness OF temper
and atOcity Of conduct never SURPASSED py oafDa
rilns savages u,
TLo people of the South have for four years met tho
Efforts and measured the strength OF their foe lhcy
feel unqualified assurance that they can continue ~
meet Tim successfully. They know with absolute GER
tanty that II their is lost il can only be through
murderous mismanagcmont or suicidal hack Of sIfit;
And these they will now no longer fear y new heao
IL TO direct all military operatiOns-a head IN whom
people and army conIdo 10 the verge OF reverence
HE evil DEPARTMENT. il is believed, viii undergo re-
forms equally beneficial The army VIII feel that ther
lives are not TO be bOotlessly thrown away nor then
yalor and strength exhausted IN Wild campaigns ana
hopeless enterprises The people will feel that their
contributions 10 the not to be wasted or mis-
directed Untediy army and people viii recognize the
fc that neither HE nor lropcrty are 100 Ia'uaple 10
be riyer 10 the last drop Of blood and the last cfnmD
OF D.ead 20 which If lost carries down with IL
] hot 1. oFfh mo
spirit and determined purpose Will animate DON
army and people. =,
ALREADY the hre has broken ont in tho army. and Is
spreading with noble contaon from company To com,
many and CORDS t. corps. From this date We shaii
mark revival among the people, The glorious aido'
and sublime sofccnseeIatoh of lsG and is'2 VIII snow
sacred took viii be give for lis life and all that
pcops have viii they give TO cause dearer 10 AZ
/ manly natures than life We have men and means
enough 10 carry on this from generation 10 genera
ton. They will come forth now, and there Is every
prospect that the campaign this year WIN BRING US VIC
ioric. more usIioas and more ruitu thah any past
Campaign, however glorious
TIE Wig Of the 1th continues the subject:
! Do YOU want to know the terms which Lincoln
will g.iciously bostow peace upon the southt lhey
are very simple and say the least OF them. ente!
intehgi9e No one can say now ti' re aoSS NO. W.
dorstand precisely what Lincoln intends To DO WIN ur
II he ever have in his power nor can any one con
tend that any peace IL posshe except tEat whch sa
be- forced on tie enemy By the weight Of stern resist
ance or tie 6ual consciousness Of exhausted strength
Everything advanced by Tie Wig. In explanation OF
the recent conduct Of the Washington G0'ernment IN
This matter Of negotiation, has been tally justified by
the eyent-Not that any superior sasaoity was Eeces
sary; b Il the problem was. IN itself 20 simple uat u
could easily be solved by any intelligent mind Hap
uy " Q no longer depend for CONVICTIONS, on con
lecture; lot IL be even founded the ecarest data
The gorgeous odlce constructed ty dreaming fan
ces the cbImerical foundation OF lypothetcal an
koe recognition hes been dissolyed the iEanbstanth
pageant las faded away. leaving rot "A rack belind
and r1thng remains but the reality which woud in.
GcoGSe hkhtfal had We not known ard coinps.toa II
fr So hong time. There b. and there ought 10 he
no disappointment over this result. The triumph OF
the Black Republican party in the late election was
sufficiently explicit manifestation Of the views and pur
poses aninating the majority Of tie Yankee people;
and the emphatic declarations Of Seward and Lincoln
are merely official aad formal sanctions Of something
which we already knew, and for which our whole PEG
plo ought long ago Ia have been prepared.
Even the com paratiyely mild and gentle programme
Of The TRIBUNE IS set aside now az not worthy oil mo
mcnts consideration. There IS no longer rretense
that ven conditions might be accord,d 10 these Coned
erne States should they degrade themselves 30 FAR a.
TO seek to propatc their foes Nothing VIII be granted
ia thorn lut nj strict measure of unke5 reIlbuton
for the cnorni. n Of which they have been guilty in
seek INK 10 AID establish the great right oil sell
| government.
One would imagine that after four years Of cruel war
fare after experiencing al! the horrors which refined
and dabolcal ingenuity could nici offer seeing lhei
lands dosOatcd their homes destroyed, thclr Orctes
| slaughtered their women outraged, their property
pundered It would be punishment enough 10 be forced
10 return to that Union. 10 escape nom which they had
! the saconmeutal Union that Lincoln wants. He de.
| lnands IN unconditional submission to tie laws and
authority of the United Statestho sort of submission
which the slave yields TO the MASTER the AInd oil SUD
mission Whch the toriurer EFFORTS from LIS victim, ana
| tho erecutioncr from the criminal.
Ii there ia now remaining among this Confederate
peopc any so base rs to !carn for reunion ~it the
a1Lccs or for the only Kind OF reconstruction that j,
M. hle let him know that he cannot be admitted to
Yankee association AZ an equal even With YANKEES
Lat a. criminal and outlaw who has forfeited every
RIGHT whose lands 10 longer belong 10 him. whose
es are TO BE- henoeorh his masters, whose house is
! IA he occupied by some fortunate Ncw.England emf
grant aud whose family to BE- driven nom lac soi 10
make room for the race ~ the conquctor Tie 'Ioi-
=, ticn "a IL l." combined with 1.-The Union IL was"
means the suppression Of State soyereicnies the ctrr
ua suioIdination of the South to the North the COINS
cation Of all Southern property for The bencit OF North
or adventures on To pay tie debt incurred ~ subu
eating u.s. and the emancipation o tie slaves by gen
crnl and sweeping enactment Of tho laBsee iConficss
in lie shape OF pretended Amendment 10 the COasti
tuition.
consolidated aud ccltIalIxd 10 the imperial dtsp0t!sm
OF the Illinois lawyer. surrounded with bis shoddy dr
,ocrnoy would be natural and easy. Should the south.
by The fortunes of war; be forced 20 submit to such u
rae her only consolation would be tina, those who had
reduced her 10 profound degradation would share
her msgortunes Bot that she could illingly
dobase herself as to make voluntary Surrender o her
Liberties instead of struggling to humiliation IN
their defense would he thought too monstrons ~ be
entertained except By those with whom dshonor Is q
merit and infarny virtue.
Tie Richmond Examiner of the 9th gives the
following account Of the dongs Of the Commissioners
Messrs. a. II. Stephens, Il. NJ. 4. Hunter and j. A
Campbell so-callod Commissioners" returned yester-
day 10 this city having proceeded no farther tban For
ress Monroe where they had conference of FIVE hours
with Abraham Lincoln and his Secretary of State. Will
liam II. Seward. They bring back intelligence such
We have advised our readers for some days past to ex
poet.
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