New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-08

DOMAIN where their domination VIII Do undiS-
puted, and where every man can sit under bis
own CottOnplant or Sugarcane and larrup bis
own nigger IN peace, with none to modest or
make afraid. TITS attempt it was tho duty nnd
the necessity Of the Government of the United
States to resist to the uttermost. Anything iess
than it has done would be simple accessoryship
to It's own murder an act involving the guilt OF
suicide without its resolution. And by its timely
actiOn-timely because not too late-lt has es'
tablished the principle of free government, what
ever the ultimate result Of that action may be as
to the question Immediately at issue. Even
SHOULD tho Rebels hold out long enough to trans'
mute the Rebellion into Revolution, aud make
the recognition of their independence measure
Of sound policy, the United States will have
shown itself great nation, strong in the art and
Astounding in the material, Of war as in those OF
peace. rich ia men and money, liberal OF blood
| and treasure, and united as they never were De-
| fore. The very unanimity Of spirit IN when the
| North joined the issue that was proposed to IL,
was in itself the best victory it could propose TO
itself even should it be ever thought wisest for
the general health to submit to the amputation
of the peccant members or, to change the figure,
to assent to the RELOCATION Of the rebellIous chill
dren TO the husks aud the swine which they have
chosen rather than their fathers house.
But this by the way for il is the first and just OBJ
iect of the nation to subduo its rebels aud main'
tain its territorial as we'll as its political inteSrl-
ty. la this view it Is interesting aud Important
to consider how far the events of the war, as
they occur, must modify and control the spirit
and method of carrying it on. Such reverse
as that at Bull Run, for instance, must needs
be full of power and instruction. We have spoken
before Of some of the lessons it must convey;
but it is theme almost impossible to exhaust.
One thing, we think, it cannot fail to teach both
authorities and soldiers, and that is the charac-
ter of the enemy we have to encounter, and the
spirit which he brings to the battlefield. And
Il is knowledge most important to be had. Men
brought up among tie amenities of civilized life
at the North can scarcely comprehend the bar
barsm which the habits of q sayehOlding society
necessarily engeuder. The disregard of human
life, and the Indifference to human suffering bred
BY the necessities of negro slavery are things hard
of belief to men who have grown up In the
peace and safety of Northern life. But day or
two more like that of the 2lst when the green
sash Of the surgeon ard the black cassock OF the
priest. performing the duties of their Office to
the wounded and the dying, were selected as tho
especial target of artillery practice, when the
disabled were bayoneted and hospitals sbcled,
will give much clearer notions "a TO the quality
of the foemen we have to meet than our men
carried with them into the field. We know that
| Journals in the interest Of the Rebels, such as
| III. Boston Courier have denied the truth OF the
| authentic stories of the Rebel crueltles, and
described their conduct as if it threw the Beney-
olent Howard into the shade, while Dir. Willis,
who is certainly not in the books of the Rebels,
gives similar impression, on the authority OF
Mr. Seaton. But, while We will admit all the ex-
coptons, while We do not believe that the worthy
Capt Avis, FOR instance, the friendly jailor OF
| John Brown who fell in that battle amented
| by both sides, could be capable OF anything but
| humane behavior toward the wounded aud while
We do not accuse Davis or Besuregard-men edti-
Gated at the North, who have been " inland bred,
| man orders, we cannot admit that negative evil
dsncs can ssin.ay the Po-its." Proo' we have inid
| before our readers Of those atrocities We APP
prehend that the mass Of the Rebels engaged in
that action, who had lived all their lives plunged
10 the ignorance and degradation inseparable from
Slave Society, knew no more than Red Indians
Of the rules Of civilized warfare, aud were as
| Incapable of paying regard to them. These are
shocking Lessons, aud such as we hope our men
viii learn, only TO loathe the retaliation they
suggest; bat VIC hope they will be laid 10 heart
by them, as illustrations of tho kind Of enemy
they are to encounter and subdue The Rebels
lave this advantage ever our men, that they hate
them with perfect hatred. Aud this, though
by no means Christian frame of mind, ia an
admirable qualification for the battlefield. They
lave been taught from their youth upward, that
a that We possess has been robbed from them,
snd that our only thought is how TO damage
theni. Our men, on the contrary had no more
malice against their adyersaries, than policemen
feel against the malciactors they are detailed to
arrest This difference Of g,oroi,, we doubt not,
lad much tJ- do with the disaster of that day,
nd il shall result in putting our soldiers into
letter fighting trim, from the better knowledge
i has given them OF their enemies, that loss VIII
indeed be gain. Experience is a stern school.
mistress, but the best, il her lessons are but
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