New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-27
THE QUESTION.

IL the War to be conducted on political or on
military principles 7 Is it to be politicians
war. booking toward compromise with the rebels
and conspirators as its appropriate conclusion,
or il it to be a soldiers war. for the mainte-
nance Of the Constitution and the Enforcement OF
the Laws, looking to nothing but the entire sub
mission Of the conspirators This is the great
ore,ton now before the country; and we say
.nav Ooen Talscu ny lilo nouiiuiot. -tiv..
and not by the People. In the view of the
People, the only purpose of the war is to crush
the rebellion, aud preserve the Integrity Of the
Republic. They mean that the war shall be
prosecuted with the utmost vieor, and that the
only treaty ever made with the insurgents shall
be the one by which they lay down their arms and
surrender for trial the chief conspiratOrs who
have led them into this atrociOus and ine1cusable
rebellion. But such, we say, has not been the
purpose of influential men who are charged with
heavy responsibilities at Washington. 1t is true
we have some feeble protestatious to the
contrary in the dispatch to the Associated Press,
which we this morning publish; but no such de-
NAL can put out Of sight the fact that hitherto
the uar has been conducted erelasirely as politi-
eiaa's ,e0r, and 10Th final compromise Nth rebels
always kept in the background. Why else was
Butler disgraced because he had occupied Balti.
more aud was reducing it to order and obedience
such as it has never exhibited since his removal
Why else should Patterson's army be kept out
Of Virginia for fortnight leaving tho rebels TO
destroy millions of property and commit enor-
nous Outrages on loyal men ? Why else McClel-
lan's miserable treaty with Msgofin Why else
was Tomp kins put under the ban for his gallant
exploit at Fairfax Court. House Why else is
that gallant and energetic soldier, Mcdowell,
condemned to useless inactivity in the face of the
enemyl Why else are Lyon and Blair blamed
for saving Missouri, in way which one of the
highest officers in the service Of the United States
tho other day tersely and profanely described
- as raising hell, and making the people so e1.
. asperated that they DW not compromise ?"
Now, We tell the authorities who are responsi.
bio for this drift and tendency of things that the
var cannot much longer be conducted and held
n check by politicians, whether in uniform or
'ut, who seek above all things to save the feel
ngs Of the Border States and still leave the door
pen for Compromise. Such folly and trihing
nay have been excusable when We fired hun.
red guns on the conclusion of John Tyler's Viz
mia Conference; but the day for ii has now
assed, never to return. The American People /
70 terribly in earnest, and will not bear to be
ricked. What they demaud is, that the war
hal be real war, not nero political intrigue,
nd that this foul and accused rebellion, having |
ppealed to the sword, shall be put down by the
sord, without moments unnecessary delay. |
the mon at Washington wish to convince tho
ublic that they have really repcnted and
re ready to do their duty, let them see to it
at the National Flag floats over Richmond be-
re the Goth Of July.