New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-19

0GVhJ not 10 DO nuulytu lHj put "D w"
President aud Cabinet are building brace OF
berges for their Summer seas Of prosperity, per-
haps may use sparingly some Of the pigments
OF poetry which have lying idle and without
Errest in my memory. But the above daSh Oh
meter belongs TO war.
At2 O'Clock yesterday Col. Burn'ide'S brigade
as6ed through the Avenue, whirling lh'o
Twelfth street oB their way 10 the Lsng br'dee'
Fun Of spectacle as we have been here LOT '"'
months, nothing has gone beyond TINS. Az '"'
head and on the left rode the Commancah' 'iih,
self with his saddle-bOw hung with o"u4uo'S VI
foUers. The drums gave out their most spirit
.tirrn0 roll. Never was sympathy between soul
.od shsenst;n unor, intimate and reciprocal. he
hrsss bands taking up the intervals. sent iOrtn
strains which were sweeter and more entlcihg
than eser before came from braZen threats. On
cane the Rhode Island regments-each man
with erected head and perfect measure Of step,
a. if pOsterty and fame only were in bis
thoughts The steady wheel at the angle of the
street was like the swinging Of gate on it's hinges
Az the notes of sOnorous metal iel fainter on the
ear, the advancing cOumn with its instruments took
a. the echoes aud sent o new thrl OF delight. NsAt
comes the New-Hampshire cOlumR-frOm granite
and ice--fIOm the home Of the blasted pine and tie
eagles perch. the men who remember John Stalk
and james Sullivan, have taken small contract all
IA the way OF manual labor down in Virginia and
are going there to do the job 1t viii be Ieay and
sleyerly dODe--yOu may be sure of that. Behind
the ghttenng steel of barrel and bayOnet came the
shining surface of the hOwiizer and eld-piece, and
set in the rear was the New-YOrk list, not now go
ing hOme-they are past that-gye them something
to do and they are for the war aud its bloody
conjunction. Not a man in the whole brig.
ade but will look at the statue Of Washington
10 Richmond, or rest on the earth with - his
back to the field and his feet to the fee" There
was not pair of the whole thirty.fve hundred
that were set up for running away. There was
not an eye which could not look an enemy full
In the face, even If it were the arch enemy Of
our race, death ITSELF Away with your field
reviews and division inspections Here were
mea with blankets on back, cartridges, canteens,
and drinking cups, going out to fight for their
wives and children, and their Government. They
were not crimped by recruiting officer. They
were not dragged from home by cOusoriptOH.
They were not made drunk, and then decOyed
into an enlistment. Every man came here with
as free yOlitiOu as he ever went to his dinner.
table, He knows that be may be shot or maiued
for life, but be knows also that the turf above
him viii be green in the yerdure which is moist
ened by tears, and that his seed shall not beg
their bread while the country has treasure and
gratitude. All hail, and Farewell! Do your
work, and do it well. There is God above
such men, and the battle will be to the strong.
The army has moved. They may cast anchor
eGtside the Ofing, but five hundred yards is
something 10 those Of us who have groanei 10
spirit at this most cruel and criminal delay
Golden opportunity has wabed and wasted day
after day. If we have been bitter it has bern
in an anguish of spirit which saw q whole pOpu-
htOn waiting with a most intense anxiety for
blow that should assure them that Government
Was something more than a name.
Aud now one word mole Of personal explana-
tiop. 1t has been q matter of single Interest
with several newspapers TO speak of the
COonelcy of the writer Of this letter. He was
elected, without his wish and without bis know.
Iedge, by the unanimous vote Of eleven hundred
aod forty men, who will do some execution if
n
tAe command of the Let Regiment of Iowa Cav
airy before be left the State. With the cOmuis-
sion, which Was the fret intimatiOn Of the cleo
zion, came urgent letters, that, whatever night
Be the ultimate decsiOn, the post should be
accepted, at least temporarily. The ressOns
which we're pressed are Of no consequence to
the reader. Tho choice, AstteriDg as it was.
was not accepted. Duty and disinterestedness
are living il these times in strict privacy,
and when they make their appearance
IN public they are looked at, and ieerrd, as a
woman would be under a cOal.scut leghOrn.
Were to put 1t On that basis, should be
Laughed at as fool, or sDeered at as a hypo-
erite. But it has cost me some steadiness of
resolve to decline. If tho war 10 ended. as il
ought 10 be, in six months, sm not needed. If
it lasts for term of years, and those who now
wish to carve their way to Congress at the head
Of regiments get weary Of well-dong, shall not
wait for letter to reach me through the Post-
Office. If living shall be where am wanted.
And 80 farewell 10 the Iowa Cavalry, with a
smile on the lip and tear in the eye" trust
this may be satisfactory reply 70 numerous
private letters and to divers newspaper notices,
the hast Of which, sm toe familiar with the
machinery to appreciate, and too indifferent TO
Geographic fame TO aspire after.
Mr.. Breckinridge has good reason to complain
that he has been left in waiting so long, and he
That he has not been waited upon to Tower Hill