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

telegraph wires as on the 2Oth of April last. thus
compelling Gen. Scott. with Cat most) Forty
ThOusand true men, h. bear the brunt Of con-
test with Jeif.s Sixty Thousand-whom any
eIight advantage would speedily raise 10 Seventy,
yes, Eighty Thousand-whst would The Attorney
General then think Of the Governments liabl ty
TO be " slncthrred in honeyi" 1t strikes us that
its peril would be Of quite different nature.
aud that few rebel bombs and heavy round
shot, p tcbed carelessly acros, the Potomac from
Arlington H'ghts upon tue roofs Of the White
lIuuse and the Attorney Generals Office would
go far toward bringing over Mr. Bates to our
view Of the matter.
Mott certainly. we do not presume t. instruct
Gen. Scott in the art of War. nor TO lecture tho
Government on the duty Of seifpreservatou.
We have faith that the pa'riot sOdicry now
guarding Washington, will hold il aeainrt any
iOrce that may bo brought sgainst then--but at
what cost Suppose they were to beat back
JEFF. Davis, ut the head Of Sixty Thousand de''
perate troitors, tie very flower and essence Of
the FIRE. Eating Chiselry, how many patriot
lives must buy that vctoryl And with but
handful Of cavalry to !nGuch against their still
superior uumbsrs, how could that dear.bought
triumph be made TO yield any subetantial fruits
ia our judgment the Government is not and
will not be " snothered 10 honey" 80 long as
there remains the least rational apprehension OF
q rebel attack on Cairo, Of another rising in
Baltimore or Of a Secession outbreak in Mis-
souri, and so lcng as the supremacy of the
patriot arms in Virginia s not completely esab-
ilsbed. So long as the Federal Metropolis shall
continue t. be threatened by rampant, defiant
treason in front and in aux and by now lateut
but venomOus REBEL on in the rear, all the
heroic attitudes that may be struck in manifes'
toes from the State Department or diplomatic
oracles abroad, only serve 10 expose US to crit
icism if 4 10 rilicule. One Hundred Thousand
Men under tbs immediate direction Of Gen. Scott
would not ts one more than the eHgency de-
mands, and they aro urgently needed mon" ia
The presence OF Europe, an1ousy regarding our
quarrel 30 determine on which side to best0W
ier powerful yupathies, IN the midst OF such
population as surrounds Washington, we cannot
afford 10 stand on the defensive. Nor will it I'LL
swer-(lOr though only a soldier can say hoto
military euds arc 10 be achieved n civilian
can say rhoi Is needed)- let the trnitors put
aud hold US on tho defensive. Gen. McClellan's
advance into Western Virginia is rash, haz-
ardous movement, il Davis 10 10 be left ut liberty
to de;ach thirty thousand men against hun. Gen.
Butler has no safety outside OF Fortres, Monroe
# our main army around Washington is b. staud
on the defensive. HnrPcr's Ferry can deiy twice
so many raw troops hold Il and cont nue. to
threaten Baltimore ard the communications be-
tween the North ond tho Capital, until turned
by an advance from Alexandria 90 Manassas
Gap. Ir short, the traitors have sn immense
advantage in the respective position, Of the an
tagonist forces uutl we can advance 20 ns to cur
their communications insteud 0f allowing them 10
threaten ours. Aud this advance can ouly be
nade when bugc blast from Gen. Scott Will
be responded to by the cheers OF One Hundred
thousand Men.
Heaven forbid that We should seek 10 reader
tb, war more expensive or more s2nsuiDary
than It at any rate mu,t be. Bnt, in our ludg-
ueut, thc Only true economy, whether OF none,
or blood, is 10 raise tho Union f. ces at once TO
an aggregate that will p,ralyze resistance by
re1dcrug 1t h,pelos,. Better contract debt OF
Five Huudrcd Million, than let the war last be-
yond the ensuing Winter. Whenever the Gov
ernrnent shall baye such forces at command that
they Gun wa!k right over oil opposition, and shall
employ them accordingly, We too will CRY
TnOugh but while treason devasiates three
fourtbs Of Virginia, plots new assassinatons IN
Baltimore aud seems even stll TO threaten Wash
iDgton, We insist that every effective regiment
that offers for the war shall he sccepted ond
every seryicoabe uuskct brought into reputation.
Let The Republic be surely and speedily rwcd,
and. though many may regret the necessary
cost no patriot will Rrudgo IT,