New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-05
DAyIH,s ULTIuATUn.

Jefferson Davis are auihoritatiyclysta in the
article from The Richmond Sentinel, which We
reproduce this morning--1h The Sentinel being the
accredited organ Of the Rebel leader. 1t is al.
| legged, in substance, that Davis dcspaIts OF the
success ne started 10 win, viz: the establish
mcnt Of a Slave Confeleracy; Conederacy
whereof Us Vce-Presidcnt proclaimed Slavery
to be tho cornerstone. ard its pcrpctuation the
main if no, the sole object Of the Rebellion. vi
that Mr.. .Jciler on Davis now declares he has
no hope. He abandons the object for which he
has tonight four years.
Indeed he long since abandoned ut IN terms
aud declared he was fighting Tor "independ-
cnee"--meaning IA empire fox himself, win
Slavery IL he could get il. He now surrenders
that also. and proposes to his followers third
object, hope engendercd in the heat OF STRIFE
By lawless passions. lie cannot have Slave
Confedoracy he cannot have independence; he
viii now accept q European Protectorate; ana
aware that foreign intervention cannot be had in
behalf of Slavery, proposes to his startled sub;
jects project OF Emancipation rs the basis OF
such al application.
| We speak of these a. the views o. Nj Jeffcr-
son Davis. We presume they arc approved By
tho military chieftans who support his cause
and share his councils. He and they gre doubt
less ready for anything rather than subsection
to tho lawful rule they threw off in l'dl. We
do not question for moment the sincerity oil
their ayerment that they prefer any master TO
Yankee master. They will steer their ship into
any port over which The stars and Stripes do
not float. Jefferson Davis aud Gel. Lee ART
fighting. as has lately been SAID. for al empire
or a grave; for fourteen States or six feet BY
1.-TWO.
Bu, not the people OF the South. The Sen.
finol apssks for Davis, not for them.
Everything to the Government says The Sen
tiad. and echoes The Enqnop, Let the
Government determine what IL needs, and
VIVA, il can use, and If it be om
lands, our houses our negroes, our horses, our
money, ourselves il must have them" Whether
that bo The temper lof tho South. let Georgia
answer-Georgis With $50, 600 militia, and not
brigade that could DO rallied TO oppose the adj
vance Of sherman. Let North Carolina re-
,poud-her mountains filed with refugees from
Rebel consciption. and her troops seeking every
opportunity to surrender to The nag Of the Union.
! 1t the people Of Savannah. gathered in con-
! yention by numcrously. signed call. presided
over by their Mayor, and submitting themselves
with slacrity to the National Govcrnment-le,
them testify how far tho feelings and wishes o
the South are reflected IN the utteraDces OF that
despotic snd ruinous ambition which bears sway
at Richmond. President Lincoln once re-
marked that We cannot approach the Southern
people without ovcYthrowins tho military power
which stands between Ms and them; and the
present attitude OF tho Babel Government its
desperate Willingness TO aAAriiicc all the Soutl
began to fight for, and To puroscd betrayal O
all the hopes Of tho Southern people for indie
;. endence, are an illustration Of the truth O
that remark.
Nevertheless, the declaration Of Davis is u
the point. 1t confesses among other things the
inestimable advantage which our Government
derived from proclaimed policy Of Emancipa
tion--a policy which made it impossible fo
Europe to put itself on the side of Slave
Rebellion. II confesses the military exhaustion
of the South, and the necessity Of an immediate
foreign mterpoSition as the sole chance Of escape
from an unconditional surrender. We apprc
bend, indeed, the confession is 10 unreserved tina
England and France will lind small induce
ment to undertake the task Of terminating thu
fortunes Of the Confederacy. Much as thos'
poTsys desire the perusasnt dissolution Of tai