New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-01
THE REAL ISSUE.


"Do YOU pretend to know more about Mill
tary matters than Gen. Scott F" ask few
knsves, whom great many simpletons kno" 10
better than to echo. .
No. Srs! we know very little OF the arr OIL
war, and Gen. Scott knows great oea''
There il no question on this point, and never
has been.
The real oue.ton-whch the above is asked
only 70 sb,,fre ont of sight-is this: Does Gen.
Scott (or wboever it may beg contemplate the
sop,e ends. end is he animated by Ike impulses
and purposes. wi& The great body Of The loyal
Ebsyt,. ioring People Of this eOuntryi Does no
stand up square on the line of $40 40. or is be
squirting toward so 30i Does he want the
Rebels routed, or would he prefer to have them
eOncated When you answer these questions,
you touch the marrow of the problem, which al
the Gas about Gen. SCOTS military knowledge
and our want Of it is intended to dodge.
Our columns viii prove how lOug we waited and
trusted and EXPORTED others to trust, that all was
going right We now hope and urge others 10
hope, that all soon ciH BIO going right But hJuly
shall be spent as June has been, we shall have
to confess sadly that those lopes were not wen
grounded.
Let no one attempt to fool himself with this bub-
BE of Military knowledge being the peculiar pos
session of CASTE There IS knowledge that belongs
especially to men trimmed to the profession of arms,
but that is not in question.
1t needs no familiarity with Vsuban. Turenne,
or Jonini, to enable one to determine that q
huge mass of infantry, without cavalry or held
artillery, though it may be well calculated for
holding the line of the Potomac and shielding
Washington CT y from capture by assault, is not
.ueh an army as is required for vigorous oaen-
siye in hostile region swarmlng with the
ep,my's heht.horse, and full of masked batteries,
ambuscadss, and strong positions entrenched and
defended by heavy guns in position; common
sense and very superficial acquaintance with mill
tary history are sufficient.
Whether cadet fre.h from West Point would
know ut glance that a competent General who
busies himself with strengthening bis position, fall
ing great trees across the roads in his front, and
obstructiDg them in every possible way, Is In
no condition to advance or assault, and is
doubtful Of his ability even to hold his ground il
assailed, we do not know. though we think he
would. Mere ignorant civilians would have no
doubt on the subject.
There is no mystery ut all as TO the rebels
plan of tho campaign. They mean TO avoid any
decisive battle, any general concentration OF
forces, but to keep up the spirits of their duPes
by skirmisbes and dashes. to profit to the utmost
by their superiority in local knowledge and in
- apH 1aad f1F our
brigadiers and colonels, and to keep up skulk-
ing, cowardy warfare on our pickets and senti.
nels. If they can thus with inferior numbers
occupy aud waste the main body Of the patriot
forces, while they send strong detsehments to
subdue and eItirpate the patriots OF East Ten'
nessee ard Western Virginia, they will be able
to close the campaign with the prestige and the
substantial fruits Of q triumph. And campaign
so closed will enable them ia dictate tArms Of
COMPROMISE, aud come back into the Union more
insolent and domneering than ever.
Gentlemen who hold the Peoples proxies for
the direction of this business this 10 just the ono
result that your masters and hackers VIII not
abide. If the National forces shall be beaten in
fair, stand-up ight--which we do not believe
possible-the patriot Millions will acknowledge
the corn and the independence Of Secessia
If our aide beats, the Rebel leaders must
abscond and tho country be tranqailzed
on the good old basis Of the supremacy of the
Constitution and laws But 10 have JEFF. Davis
and Toombs, Cobb, Floyd and Wigfall return to
Washington as conquerors by diplomacy, and
crack their slave,Hhips over the heads of loyal,
freedom.Loving statesmen is not to be tolerated
nor thought of. And we may just a. well deter
mine who is who in three months as in thirty.
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