115 [From the New-York Herald, July 16.] THE CRISIS. THE VOICE OF NEW-YORK. No SACRIFICE TOO GREAT FOR THE UNION. The city of New-York, en masse, has risen and spoken again for the Union. Yesterday, in Union Square, we had a re-enactment of the sublime spectacle of April, 1861, and a reaffirmation of the same patriotic spirit and determination of our loyal citizens" everything for the Union. Our great day of April, -a year ago, was the response of New-York city to the President's primary call for seventy-five thousand men to maintain " the integrity of the Union," violently assailed by a rebellious conspiracy in the bombardment of Fort Sumter ; and that indignant uprising of New-York rallied the loyal North, like the call of a trumpet, to the support of the President. This second grand council of our citizens, after fifteen months of war by land and sea, and after the contribution by our city and State to our army and navy of not less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand men, is in answer to another call of the President for reinforcements to our army to the extent of three hundred thousand men. Anticipating, too, from the difiusion of this imposing demonstration, such an awakening of our loyal States and people as will meet all the demands of this crisis, we devote a large portion of our available space to-day to the productions of this grand assemblage, in order to spread them broadcast over the land, and to the encouragement of the friends of our great cause and the terror of its enemies at home and abroad. The address of this meeting and the accompanying resolutions speak authoritatively the voice of our loyal citizens. They stand upon the solid platform of President Lincoln " The integrity of the Union " its supremacy, and our Federal Constitution. They expose the disorganizing and anarchical elements of this Southern rebellion with peculiar force its absurd and hypocritical pretences, and its demoralizing and destructive tendencies. The address in question, after fully establishing the legal supremacy of the Union and its political necessities, condenses the argument into the simple impressive facts that we are fighting " for the integrity of our country, for our national existence, for the Christian civilization of our land, for our commerce, our arts, our schools ; for all those earthly things which we have been taught most to cherish and respect." The war, then, on our part, is to be prosecuted to the extent of our men, means and resources, for the suppression of this rebellion ; and against any hostile foreign intervention whatever, the Government can count on the unanimous support of our loyal States and people. Such is the spirit of the address adopted by the city of New-York at this mass meeting, and the accompanying resolutions are equally emphatic in defining our position. The city of NewYork looks to no alternative but the suppression of this rebellion. She stands by our gallant armies in the field ; she is prepared for any sacrifice to reinforce and strengthen them ; she approves the wise, just and consistent Union war policy of President Lincoln ; she urges the Government to " lose no time in filling up our armies and putting the whole sea-coast in a state of complete defence," and she knows no such word as fail. Each of the numerous speakers on the occasion, though differing from the rest more or less, supports this paramount idea of the vigorous prosecution of the ;war. We submit our copious reports to the careful attention of our readers ; and for their more complete information in regard to the late and the present position of General McClellan's army, in this connection, we give them a very interesting illustrative map of the field of war around the city of Eichmond. New-York city has spoken, and while the country is responding to her cheering voice let us proceed to action. Let us set an example in action by a prompt contribution of twenty thousand /resh soldiers to our armies in Virginia. That number we ought to be able to draw from this grand mass meeting in Union Square.
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