New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-16

tne woshs w. w. n,snnnorted amid the passes
Of the Rocky Mountains ~ we ,L S' ex.e1t Of
ground i oCcu(les, " The advance Of fifteen
srdrod men beyond Fort Brdger, the rear OF three
thousand men is at Fort Leaveh~orI-n n. 'n, a
twelve hundred miles apaTt-Wie .o,;ound 30 Eor,
on,v two Companies of dragons, Stationed az foit
10y W >, Zen open the communications Nor Is
,Sia an Epcamped in the valley OF Henrys Fork
bali The men unit for daiy the suppl l1'il; ac'i%
by scouting in the SHOWS, hostile tribes OF
Is in the rear and foe OF i've times ther mum
Der 'front.' ready to ete pI nr t9 has il than
w,'siiat;op Talk Of an early reinforcement ID the
Sprng Yes, when the Government can IeHni h ne
The bleaching bones, or re-coilect ne scae'eu Ie
"e;,s M that detachment, il may perhaps De done,
IN. not till then Should active hoslh'leS
.,sye within four mouths, few Will return 10
,f1 tle tale. Of disaster Fearful, inueeo, anu
rorteptious is the responsibility wnicn Iipeu s
go the head Of that cabinet 9inceT iOr
Es Glazing neglects and still more heaftess action.
The lives Of the soldiers of the repu0c are dear 10
the hearts Of the people, and the deaih o every hu
who worn exhausted, and stricken 10y exposure nes
down on the frozen earth, with the w inter wnd LOT
,;rdrc sbeet will be visited with indignant censure
mon nm. incompetent minister. Cod ohclal forms
and The routine of the business may De Paraded 10
work oblivion just as the stng SHOWS may sPIe5au
nm lev pail over the new-made graves IN yonder
.osses. but as the grass will grow rankest from
ibose platoon burial places with the fret upheaval
of nature, so popular indignation, which is now
terminating in silence, will soon burst the cere-
mems m which it has been laid, and find its ex-
nresson in execratng the man that has suffered al
army 70 be thus sacrificed. Tie cannot shuD that
responsibility: he may not deafen his ear TO the
CRY Of the widow and the orphan and if his soul
is ever touched with remOrse, his cheek will banch
as the ghosts Of his murdered victims circle IN
long procession around his midnight couch. Il
wish, however TO invoke no vengeance. Let puDhc
Il tlD .racf moi M
and LEI me proceed to note other matters connected
with the management of military affairs In FLORIDA,
third OF the dsposable forces of the Government
have been aterly employed and that 100 ~ me iace
of pressing demands for troops for Titan, IN hunting
fugitive squaws through the everglades and trying TO
capture band of Indians, so few IN number that eac
soldier can call over Their names from memory Nol
YthsaDdDg all this, Billy Bowlegs II still master OF
the occasion. In Texas, too, like systemof concen-
tration is maintained TO give the beneht OF expend,
ture 10 tayOrites while Camanche alarm Is spread
abroad semi annually to keep up the delusion. The
regular army is without doubt, brave, the officers
well qualified for their command, and the service they
render all be expected from such dispositions
Tie fault of this ncOnsequence, nnc0nnectedness ana
Tesultless though expensive service, lies as has al
ways been said with the Secretary Of War himself
He refuses 10 avail himself of those arms OF service
that would terminate this Rip Van Wrinkle state OF
bosties in six months time, and goes on from month
10 month adding millions to the estimates tor troops
that desert as enlisted for the manufacture OF
gins that TO be used and the transportation
Of grain and forage thousand miles away, 10 the best
prazipg country in the world. He refuses 10 accept
len thousand volunteers ready to enter the service to-
day and calls upon Congress for five new regiments,
that will require year to recruit The secret, and
the whole secret is that the latter Will give more pa
trcrace TO the department than the former.
The department Of State to which may next call
your attention embraces supervision of civil domestic
administration as well as the relations between our
Government and foreign powers. First, review the
successive bunders that have marked every move.
ment connected with home affairs In the Territorial
policy that has prevailed if it were possible for the
Presidential term of Franklin Pierce 10 DE rendered
respecta bic bv comparison that has been done by his
successor Not only has that primary requisite to all
republican gOvelnment-Me consent o. me g0rGned-
been totally ignored, but to such paralytc cohuoh
has this fatal departure reduced the civil service,
that we now witness the startling spectacle OF Its
enYe dependence upon the military arm Tor enforce
NEST. Governors 90 forth now to the lerrltores 10
which they are nominated az did the Pro-Consuis Oh
the Roman Empire surrounded with all the pomp and
circumstance of war; Dragons are the constabulary
forae-armed soldiers in uniform surround the cleo
tion preehcts-aid- de-camps are bearers OF as
pa.ohes between Executive officers and the depart
ineft of State Nor is this all. Naclllati0n ac-
companies paralysis. The Governor sent forth with
such parade six months since, with full and written
Instructions DO sooner attempts to carry them OUT III
good faith than he falls decapitaed by the very power
that appointed him. His successor steps INTO MS
place and ventures TO call together the representative
Of the people in order that peace may De preSWvree e
-ipaion his removal likewise a more Thoroughbred
partisan is dispatched TO the scene, and the whole
country is in expectancy to know now lar TINS
lstes. iayOrte of the Administration will succeed IN
ef}slsviDg a free community of American citizens.
But venture the prediction that his iaiure VIII De
even greater than that of those who went before him.
firmly believe there is not the power on e8rtn mat
can In his day and generation and in this land con-
secraed TO political independence crush out the STUD
born resistance of free American citizens, and yoke
ppon their necks the CALLING servltude OF Local gov
erment that they repudiate and scorn. The paths
and precedents Of tyranny have not been trodden so
far as yet in this Republc-andi attempted the spirit
cf Is which achieved one revolution, VIII awaken
after its slumber OF four score years, ana perpe.raie
another The bead OF the Department may persist IN
refusing TO recognize the people, ana continue the
ensanguined attempt at coercen, but the diplomatic
threads which he weaves nduStrously around them
10 ;rainme their action will prove as impotent 10 stay
their course as the spider web 20 entangle gam,
Need say in addition, how utterly rreconcliaoie
such administration is with true statesnanshlp now
imbecile the contemplated settlement how dlsgraceiul
the spectacle presented One Territory IN open re-
volt another on the eve of rebellion, officials flying
fer their lives from the presence o the cuLens sue
cessiye Governors who occupy the vanishing points
n the dark perspective, the instructions OF each c0un-
demanded before execution, or else dsavowed so
soon Rs put in practice, method even III all this
madness and the Secretary of State himself turned,
20: mo stone but into u standing apology for the
accumulated embarrassments that render ridiculous
the Home Government. have not heart to enter fur
,her irto the mnuie Of this miserable domestic COM
plexity The country is wearied of it. and demands
REFORM patriots detect in the emberance OF sectional
feepg, danger to the Union, is known that the
nullters are seeking opportunity TO preciptate the
issue by vscatipg heir seats as Itprest;%7&s; Only
tie Administration keeps alive the enkndled STRIFE,
refuses all equitable adjustment, and thrusts Ms le'
compton fraud anew into the face of the nation Again,
turn 10 the other branchthe office of Foreign affairs
Fortunately are at peace with our neighbors, and
have acquired in the past the respect OF the world
TIE only part Of our diplomacy which presents any
entouged controversy is that which relates TO the
Central American question. When MIR. buchanan
IA candidate n vas nrocluimpd his