New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-30
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
AxornHR vsEw OF WASHINGTON.
C.rrc,pOpdspc. of Tho N. y. Tribune.


ne. Tho tprro, aud anxiety OF the Populaaon
were dsttaeting. In tue uncertain" Sn1'
vailed concerning toe extent oi 'ho SUNNI
Csnsniracy. and the extraordinary rulioiS 'n"'
,laeb,d and crossed each other from al points
:. .os i,on,ssible to get any clear idea OF the
.t,,s,;on Oelv one thing wac certain; that
anr Capital was virtually in the hands Oh lac
traitors, if they but knew 1t.
Five months, to the very day, had passed
uben returned. Having been absent from
The country during the greater part Of that
psriod, had no intervening experience 10 dis
tusb the force Of tho contrast between the two
visits. With the exception OF the guard at
Havre DC Grace, / marked no especial change
untl We reached Baltimore. Hcrc, the multi
Iude OF Union flags displayed vas accounted for
by the appearance of camps and eartbwOrks on
the nights commanding the city. No one
would guess, iram the profound quiet when
pevails what fierce eler,eDtS have becn, ana
Sfin nav be, at work beneath the surface.
Tins eqfIrced order was very cdt!ing to be-
hold. scores of lille boys, IN Louaye dress,
with miniature flags, were at play beside The
very h.Isps which bear the bullet marks Of the
April Nassacre. Had We passed through the
fasLiOr&ble part Of the city, We might perhaps
have seen an ar!stOCTatc female eDdeayOring
to we4s the traitors badge, and insulting our
mihtlyy passengers By coarse words or ges-
tues; but | am told that even these terma-
giants are getting scared at last.
At ihe Calycrt-sireet station, two entire
reeimts,ts we're embarking fer Washington.
Three, more had le.t IN toe morning making
nearly i've Thousand men in single day. The
evidences of military occupation were now every
where apparent Batteries of artillery exer-
eiEing in the outskirts Of Baltimore, camps ct
she kalay Houss and Annapolis Junction, aud
other similar sis-s q, various pOints along the
road. I'D ne TO expect Gu imposing display at
Wasu.sgtOD, bat the tents Of regiment OK
tgo, !, the distance were all that was to be
sen. The Avenue was exceedingly gay and
asimoisd. but even here the military element
was ;r.rdly predominant A few officers or
mou,tA patrols were gallOping about; there
Was tolcrable sprinkling of uniforms on the
troitaa, but not more than one sees in most
Iur,e san eapigRs, and the presence OF q great
army sos principally Indicted by the number
oi vs.Ons rafting through the streets Oh the
b;,sinazs O! tie enmmsSsfiat.
At NiIlard's, found much purer and
h,alttar atmosphere. The swarm Of Southern
spes lss wholly disappeared, The army of
Office ,-nters, rayenOUs even in that time Of
peril, Is scattered to The winds, aud their plsee
is su.3ied with officers, duly furnished with
passes. patriotic lookers-OD, and shrewi -yisaged
eontrs sOrs OF applicants for contracts. Taese
hitter sslong to an Indispensable, aud il they
were 81 honest, on honorable class; but one
csnno. help feeling, after the revelations that
have ,sen mads, taat they BOW necessarily sub
ject themselves TO suspicion. The contractor.
face nhich one soon learns TO distDguish)
does not always inspire confidence. 1t is bard,
keen, anrefBed-sugeesting the lines Of Hebel,
the German Burns:
"Twice two is for, 81 stocks II rise.
seo the figures Ia youg eyes.
Few persons have an idea how manifold have
been tie attempts to prey upon the necessities
OF the Government. am glad to know, how
ever, that very effective measures have been
taken to compel honesty and that the vampires
will be deprived of their expected gorge. There
is one measure, which may be adopted when
ali others tsil. Three years ago Alexander Of
Russia, at a council of his Ministers, demanded
some psB for the prevention Of vonality among
the Russian officials. After various measures
had been proposed and rejected, the Emperor,
getting impatient, said: " Gentlemen, know
one eAectual cure, which j may De forced to
oSe-Pubicity! 4 free Press" Let every
instance Of dishonesty or eItortion be officially
published, without regard TO name or position,
and shame on one side and exccratiOn on the
other viii do the rect. On the other hand. there
are few noble examples Of patriotism aud
principle among those who supply the Govern.
nent. Let US know them also.
don't suppose man could now be found
III Washington who considers that the city is
in danger. One feels, in the frat half.hour,
that watchlul supervision ia everywhere sxer-
cised. Regiments arrive silently, and are 81
Lently assigned to their positions; each division
of the army is occupied with its own duties,
aud ignorant Of what is going on in the others;
the young Commander goes everywhere, sees
everything, and keeps his own counsel; the
and the stranger soon begins to suspect that
IobO1y else does wise secrecy, a prudence
evident to AL an ordered system, accompany
the workings Of tho vast machine. Every day
sees Some new spring adjusted, some cog oiled,
some additional power secured. Let Us wait