New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-09


against the attacks which have been made upon him.
takes OCCASION TO discuss Massachusetts, military mat
ters and ia ers successful in Lis exposition OF them
than in his yndication of the Pennsy vana Governor
lie sys:
"rhe comp paon which has often made between the
Penney and h,e Of Mss is unjust and nm
for hi. cr, hen Mr. Bsnls that State and
II owing wol TO hi- sagciy In taking time by the teh
danger And lie praise bestowed upon Gov Andie" Is
really dus TO Gov. Ba ,ks."
This is sheer nonsense. We are all glad to see the
numerous Testimonials to Gov Bankss executive
ability and administrative skill but If they have no
better foundation than his preparations as Commander
inCbef for The present emergency, they will be apt
to lead lhe Government TO form expectations altogether
too sanguire of his military ability. am not aware
that our volunteer militia was in any better condition
at the beginning of 1861 than IL three years pre-
yous, when Gov. Banks became its commander; prob
ably It's condition was not as good. No preparations
whatever were made or suggested by Gov. b. for the
"criss" Our volunteer companies proved to nave
been an excellent nucleus for the early regmenswbch
TO the post Of danger during the week after the
surrender of SUMTER but their total inadequacy for the
"cIss is shown by the fact that Of the 81 companies
exisDg prior TO january 1861 only 10 are in actual
service while 80 companies in actual service were
organized since that time from men outside of the
regular volunteer force These facts discredit
to our military system and military force. Probably
both are in az great state Of preparation could have
been expected and greater than in mos Of the States.
As TO Gov. Andrews preparation for the Crisis 1t is
fact that he incurred the rdicue ard of many
persons who are constantly euogiziDg Gov. Banks's
supposed executive ability for bis action last Winter IN
spending $2j 900 for oyeIcoats for our soldiers when
Gov. Andrew entered upon his duties, there was
scarcely an Oyecoat for service among all our volun-
teer soldiers; and the purchase was made not only IN
view of possible war; but for acua use in the peaceful
service of the muster-ield This IL the only act OF
preparation for tie " crisis which am aware Of and
this WAS Gov Andrews, and the credit should not be
awarded elsewhere.
The foreign intelligence engrosses public interest al
most as much az the news. And the feeling gem
orally is one of evaporation toward England. We
complain not 30 much Of her action the Queens procla-
nation the recognition Of the Southern rebels as bel
licerenis &c.. as of the unsympathetc tone OF her
press and Of the debates in Parliament IL seems pretty
evident that most of the influential English people are
secretly cLuckling openly rejoicing over what they
consider our nisforunes, and what they hope VIII
proye 10 be our disorganizatiOn and DOWNFALL They
ought to be able to that only just now begin
ming TO live but they do not 1t does not seem to be
worth while for US to get angry at them Tor tner stu
pidty especially are in great degree answera-
BILE for leading them astray. What are English states
men TO think when they ead Mr. Seward instructions
To- Mr.. Dayton, in which the Secretary gravey says
that the thought of dissolution of this Union, peace
ab or by force has never entered into the mind Of any
candid statesman here and it is high time that it be dis
nissed by slale.men IN Europe" English statesmen
know everything that happens in Washington and
they kroy that even in Mr.. Lncoln's Cabinet
the thought OF dissolution has been entertained,
and that among the people such thought was
common i. not prevalent, for a considerable time
fore the surrender Of Fort Sumter. This very day
letter has appeared from Mr. Everett toa Virginia gen.
tleman in which describing the state Of affairs before
J hostites begnn, he says: Notwithstanding this
state OF things and the wholly unwarrantable manner
in which the policy Of secession wasntated by South
Carolina and followed up by the other Cotton States,
ard in spite Of the seizure of the public establishments
and tie public property, which in the absence of any
joint act Of partition was sheer plGnder-it was my
opinion that fthey rouid abstain from ttterdggres-
part and determinedt0 seporate ne hddbete
~ peacc." 10 not Mr.. Everett candid statesman T.
II seems that it sno matter of surprise English
men are mistiled and bewildered by such rapid
changes Of policy the part of our leading statesmen
I'D they have seen and taken note Of within the last
three months. We went much further than the recog-
nrion of South Carolina belgerent power. We
sent delegates from every Northern State to meet John
Tyler and Lis fellow conspirators in friendly confer
ence, and rhe American Congress only day or two be-
fore Mr. Lncoln's administration commenced, was en-
gagged ia receiving and considering propositions from
body largely composed of traitors. Let England have
time to take breath. If she does not behave well then
we can pick quarrel with her, but quarrel now
wouId,be inexcusabe and criminal. IL is altogether
incredible that the interests Of the cotton spnners and
prrudces of the arristocracy of England should blind
them to the consequences of giving permanent anC
deadly offence to the only powerful nation allied Il
them by blood, religion literature and constitutional
| principles.