New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-23
BEATEN FOB A DAY-HOW TO CoN-
oUER FOR ALL TImRS.

The worst appreben sions of the anxious FRIENDS
of the nresept Administr alton were realized yes
terday by the news Of the great ba''io 'ooS''
and lost on Sunday. A million OF men, wv
flowing with patriotism and painting WIN '.O''
for the fight, have been eager to join the sO''1'
hosts unfolding our Gag and the cause 'i y"
national existence. Money without stint mas
been ready to Cow at the demand oil our "o''
sr,rsnt as the waters gushed forth when Moses
.,,o.o tba rock. All that could be desired,
in men and means, TO secure crushing
victory over the rebel troops, has been I'M
natie,tly awaiting the beck Of the powers
that DO at Washington. But strange
paralysis has seemed to have bold Of tho men
In authority. An ill-timed and misery anxiety
about the expense to be incurredi bhndfoid
trust of the gravest responsibilities in incompe-
tent hands; an inexplicsble rejection Of offered
cavalry and artillery, general Hardness and in
efficiency of preparation; and foel-bardy and
inexcussble underestimate Of the strength of the
enemy--these have prevailed at Washington, I'M
til they have made shipwrock Of cur grand and
heroic army.
That quadruple the force which we bad might
just as well have been in the field, no one denies
nor doubts. What apology the Government has
to offer 10 the Inundated snd sstounded coun-
try aud to the friends-so uselessly bereayed-
but whatever it may be, we are quite safe in
the conclusion that it wall DO found altogether
insufficient aud unsatisfactory.
We have fought and been beaten. God forgive
our rulers that this is soi but it is true. and
cannot be disguised. The Cabinet, recently
expressing, in rhetoric better adopted to a love
letter, fear of being drowned in its own honey,
is now nearly drowned in gore; while our
honor on the high seas has only been saved
BY one daring aud desperate negro, and be belong
inu TO the merchant marine. The "sacred soil "
| of Virginia is crimson and wet with the blood Of
thousands of Northern men. needlessly shed.
The great and universal question peryadiDg the
public mind ia: "Shall this condition Of things
q" continue Z"
A dccmated and indignant people win demand
| the immediate retirement Of the present Cabinet
from the high places Of power, which, for one
reason or another, they have shown themselves
! incompetent TO fill. Give us for the President
capable advisers, who comprehend tho require
mcnts of tho crisis, and are equal TO them; add,
for the army, leaders worthy Of tho rank aud
file, and our banner, now dropping, will soon
float once more Ia triumph over the
whole land. With the right men to lead,
our people will show themselves uncOnquerable.
Onward, then, to victory and glory but let
not those who hold places Of responsibility disre-
gard for q day longer the means requisite
to success. Our Government is instituted
and intended for the general good; and no
| private interest or personal ambition should be
permitted to remain an obstacle to tho achieve
ment Of that great object. The people will in.
sist upon new heads Of Executive Depart
ments; and thon upon 8 half million troops and
the best qualified and ablest Captains, Colonies
All these must be had, and without delay.