Our Southern Rebellion––A Speedy Settlement or the Collapse of Southern Institutions.
...Of course, with the advance of our troops into the populous slave regions of the South, there will be a fugitive movement among the slaves which may soon extend to a general stampede among them, or to their ruinous demoralization throughout the South. Thus, impressed with the conviction that this war has already reached a point that menaces the most serious consequences to the South, in connection with this institution of slavery, we would earnestly admonish our revolted States that their only hope of safety, security and future protection depends upon their immediate return to the Union....
[Editor's Note: The majority of this article has been omitted from our transcription except for the portions directly mentioning the term "slave stampedes" or some variant.]
"Our Southern Rebellion - A Speedy Settlement or the Collapse of Southern Institutions," New York (NY) Herald, July 11, 1861, p. 4.