New-York tribune., 1867-10-18
lille TRETHS TILT DECEITE.

Half the hatred and strife among men has
its origin in misrepresentation. Only clear
mutual comprehension is needed to dIsarm hos
tilitv The idiOm which terms a feud miSan-
derStanding is most expressive. Hence we IN
sist that no abuse is more pernicious than that
which hippantly attributes to others sentiments
which they never uttered, but expressly dis
claim.
The n. Y. Times thus cites as from these coll
umns:
.sTHE TRIBUNE tells us that but for Black soldiers in
our armies, the Rebellion must have tuunphed; our
,,incible arm of the cnfranchised slaves The Whites
proved utterly unequal 70 the task"
Contrast this with what we actually said,
only the day before as follows:
"Thus Emancipation side issue until i pleased
God make IL palpably indispensable 10 the salNao o
the Union. Negro soldiershp side issue III 1t
became palpabiy impossible 70 MI the IanEs OF 'ne
National armies fast enough with whites alone
is there hint here that the Union was
saved by Black valor "OnIyT Is not The
Times'S travesty of our statement virtual for
gerry to our prejudice3
Our views of this whole subject are very
fairly set forth in President Lincoln's letter of
April 4, 1854, to A. G.. Hodges, of Kentucky
giving the substance of his conversation with
Gov. Bramlette and Others, as follows:
"By general law life and limb must be protected; yet
often limb be amputated to save life; but life
is never wisely given limb. felt that measures
otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful by be
coming indispensable TO the preservation of the Constu
ton through the preservation OF the nation Right or
wrong assumed this ground. and now avOw IT, / could
not feel that TO the best Of my ability had even urea
10 preserve the Constitution IT, to save Slavery, or any
minor matter should permit the wreck of Government
country and Constitution altogether. When, carly In
the war Cen Fremont attempted military emancipation
forbade it, because did not then think II an indspen
sable necessity. When, little later, Cen Cameron then
Secretary of War; suggested the arming OF the Blacks
objected because did not yet think an indispensable
necessity When, still later, Gen. Hunter attempted
military emancipation again forbade 1t, because did
not yet think the indispensable necessity had come
When in March, and May, and July, 1862 made earnest
and successive appeals the Border States TO favor com
pensated emancipation, / believed the indispensable
necessity for military emancipation and armlng the
Blacks would come, unless averted by that measure
They declined the proposition; and was in my best
Judgment driven TO the alternative ofeither sufrenderng
the Union and with It, the Constitution, Of laying
strong hand upon the cOorcd element chOse the latter
In choosing IT, hoped for greater gain than loss but OF
this not entirely confident More than year OF
trial now shows loss by IT in our foreign relations
none in our home popular sentiment, in our White
military force-no loss by it anyhow, or anywhere On
the contrary, it shows gain Of quite 10000 soldiers,
seamcn and labOrers These are palpable facts, about
which, as facts, there be no caving We have the
men; and we could not have had them without the
"And now let any Union man, who complains OF this
measure test himself by writing down, in one line that
he for subdung the Rebellion by force Of arms and In
the next that he is for taking 900 men from the Union
side and placing them where they would be but for the
measure he condemns If he cannot face his case 80
stated it is only because lie cannot face the truth"
VIII The Times oblige us by quoting this
statement of the case by President Lincoln,
and tell us in what point it is mistaken, or III
what respect it differs from our own? And
let it show, if it can, any sentence we ever
uttered wich gives "aH the credit" of over
throwing the Rebellion to the Blacks, or justl-
fies its remark, eve cannot help thinking that
"some of it belongs to the White soldiers
"alsO ?"
The Times quotes our words" If the Blacks
care not enfranchised, Vallandighan can beat
Gen. Grant for President but Omts every
thing which explains and justifes that state
ment. Our POSITIONS condensed, were
l. The Southern States must be promptly
reconstructed, so that they can vote for next
President
III. The question of Manhood as. White Suf-
frage must be settled in such Reconstruction.
III. If the Blacks are not enfranchsed, every
Southern State will cast its vote for any Cop
perhead candidate, even against Gen. Grant.
Such are the grounds whereon we base our
conviction that the Republican party needs
Manhood Suffrage quite as much as the Blacks
do. Will The Times indicate the link in this