New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-10

chef d. em,n., has uupscAed his eui'os'' rS p
+. me pts of the campaign. Ia 81 - .h0w,
The NOS. encouraging Information ct A"' ''N '' an
=. ,ts,e Will be 20 enemy to be >'''"' IN
rsni,bls foresight. Ia short, this Canvas
hs A, nearly like war as po,siOle--is Will ~
without bloodshej, plumber, arson, ra''sn"e'
nulsory quartering; the prettiest k'ud o'
war with all the grandeur and glory wi'nou' '"'
oil and the pri-f-wi,hout On luninauoa LAO
.h.t uh;cb . poble.hearted German woman s."
f,cm her window when six peaceful villages n'e'
by ,he troops of Napoleon, made all the heavens
lm;d with the light of hell Yet it will be war.
For what Gays our newspaper friend i"e'0 Is
:. ample rcom for the execution OF the movements
:. by which battles are WOO, and which are rafeV
:. Witnessed in time Of peace All! the diiet-
eDce.
five knew the precise object of this muster, we
might be able to speak Of it with all the enthusiasm
which We notice in other quarters " VIII un-
doub,sdy lie pretty show, but it involves large
expenditure of time ard money. and "itndfa~s
from their daily ayocstioDs many men WI" can
afford III enough the loss to which 1t subjects them
II will be asked Indignantly, BY some offended per-
.on in a cooked hat and buttons, "What. csnnos
these men afford TO give two or three Gays 70
their cuntryi" To which We answer: Ger
" family three, thirty, three hundred days to their
q" country, when their country needs them! Lille
to their country if it is called for Fortune 10
their country. if it is called for" But all tais
has nothing to do With great training IN Concord
nothing to do with patrioticaly getting cold oy
sleeping on damp straw in tent-notning 10
do with drill which rank aud file under
staud as we'll as the officers, and frequently
b, tt,r-notbipg TO do with display which
attracts all the rascality Of the State TO
focus. The nilit. of Massac husetts give the best
part of week to the work of Learning how bat
{. Ties are won" VINO will instruct them The
Commspder-in chief The commanding officers
from the General to the Corporal Alas! who
Will instruct the instructors What idea will any
soldier obtain of real campaign during bis three
days canpaigoirgl Any more than If he stsld at
home ard read SCOTS ILfantry Tactics three dsys
and lights in succession' Any moro than 10
would get By marching and coantermsrching
through the streets Of bis village! No. lilo Will
waste a week. He will get cold. And he will re-
turn as ignorant of the art Of war as Seminole
ssvsge-perhsps more So
Now, although this is the plain truth plainly eN'
pressed, we hope no gentleman in gold buttons
will be Angry with U.S. Do we think taat these
men, their homes being invaded, would fight
Certainly they would, like devils, or rather, to be
more choice in our language like patriots Do we
think they would fight any better for the instruc-
tons Of Gov. Banks on Morgan horse Certainly
we do not You can make regular troops out of
miitismep, but the process must be allow and
painful one Aud the work cannot be accomplished
by three days drill and three nights bivouac.
10 actual service, every thing must be trusted to
the passions of the militia, thei love of home and
their love Of land; and, in the next place, to the
education which is prsmOted and fastened BY con-
tinual danger We would trust the Massachusetts
militia to defend their State after losing battle or
two, though another "Encampment' should never
be witnessed within its borders.