New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-23
sIOW AND SUREt

That the country, doomed to enOfmous' unPie'
cedented loss and waste By this most wa"ton'
Gactions reb .Ilion, should claaor for It's sum-
mary suppression, is natural human, uhaVoia'
able. That our young soldiers shouid insist on
being led to battle the day aiter their enlistment,
need excite 10 surprise, Having voiunteered To
fght for the Union against Secession, they can
not see why, since tnere are SocessionstS III
arms against the Government, they should not
be LET drive at those rebels. But the cousiderate
must be aware that great army is vast and
complicated mactine, which cannot bo properly
constructed in breath. Men are Indispensable
tho first and most important roqu.site-put
Arms, Provisions, Munitions, Uniforms, Equip
ments, are Likewise essential Nay, ioh",
Wagons Pontoons, Forage, must also be pro-
vided. And fox nation so peaceful ana u!'-
armed as ours to call Two Hundred and fi'ty
Thousand raw Volunteers into the heih, guaro
securely belligerent frontier o. over t0o"Sa"a
mes, and prepare to assume vigorous o"o"sl'o
with n main army of Ono Hundred Thoasand
| strong. sustained by formidable and active col
umns on both Aanks is not very slow WORK ior
two months, which is about tho time Which has
c,onsed since the fall of Fort Sumter.
Rot our soldiers only, but our people ai'o'
should realize that the time is not wasted Whicu
troops not vet month from their own hresiies
devote TO drilling, marching accustOm'ng thom-
selves TO move by brigodes and divisions, and
learning nov to handle and carry their arms so
that they shall be dangerous 10 the enemy, ana
TO him alone. Every regiment that has had two
months of tent life, well improved, viii go intn
bat,le moro effective with eight hundred men
than an utterly green regiment with one thou
aaDd Courage most men ard nearly all scidicrs
! possess but courage alone is no security against
panic and flight when suddenly opened upon by
unsuspected and inaccessible batteries, or deci'
mated by rne-shots from an smbuscatc. Cour'
age alone may make a fair soldier, but discipline
must be added to conatitude an elective afmy'
To advance through hostile country, swsraine
with foes who prefer firing al sentiGels to hight
ing battles, and who devote their mental energies
to contrving traps and doed-falls, ia to bravo
hazsrds which undrilled troops are rarely hteo
to encounter with ,afety.
We have been, and still are, anxious to hurry
| iOTHdIu as Boubt tuViphtWs NI~'GPNN .
ments as possible, for we believe they VIII dill
more earnestly and improve faster on the Poto
mac than on the Connecticut or Hudson. Bu
whenever Gen. Scott shall Say he has men enough ID
hand, our hurry Will be over. Hcncc'crtb, wo reel
in orr confidence in the rare abilities and half.
century's experience Of the Lieutenant'General.
IL he saws 'Adyancer we shah feel sure that the
signs are right; if be says Hat or says nothing
We shall believe that be had excellent reasons
for Just that. If he shall DO enabled by waiting
| q month, to take Richmond a. cheaply as nc
took Harper's Ferry, who would not prefer to
wait Meantime, the rebel treasury IL empty,
with over One Hundred Thousand names on
their pay-rolis and provisions twice as dear with
them as with us Rely on il, No can better al
ford TO wait than they can, aud will gain thereby
| in relative strength. Let the campaign be prose
cuted with energy, but let no forward step be
taken that win have to bc retraeted. Los "
proceed surely, at all eyents--tb%t secured, theI
so last az may be. Remember Big Bethel