New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-08
upwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, AUGUST g. 1861

proclaimed" at once "bra7e, chvslrous, and
&" indomitable.' This rather than else knocks
into the shade of humility the arrogance Of
Oriental mOnarchs; aud, we are afraid, after all,
that our Henry is not the modest person that
we supposed Modest Generals hardly ever
blow their own trumpets after such tort'sS,mo
fashion; and great commanders usually leave
their bravery" cbigalry," aud . indomltab-
" ity," to be discovered by the world without
putting them into the orders Of tue day, and
employing Pegram to puff them. Imagine the
Duke of Wellington describing himself as "brave,
Z" chiyslrOus, aud indomitabe" Or imagine one
of his Aids doing it for him! Would there not
haze been a row. riot, aud rumpuI at headquar-
ters speedily
But it is in the character of-wbat shall we
say thief Well, thief is hard wOrd-sup.
pose we say Observation-Disclosures have always
been popular in Virginia, and now Floyd has
made them really fashiOnable-it is as an ab-
strsctor that Gen. Wise shines. lie who has no
sword is advised in the Scriptures to buy one;
bat this new General says BY way of improve.
meat. LET him who has no sword steal one
Hear the Brave, Chivalrous, and Indomtable
Gather" he says, or it is said BY lis "order,"
"gather everything in the shape Of arms that
may he converted into them, and paste the
" name Of the person from whom they are
"taken upon them, that they may be valued
bring oil the powder, every flint, percussion
#" cap, Sc Floyd has evidently been giving
Wise course of Six Easy Lessons in Larceny;
aud wonderfully has the Defender Of the Oyster
Beds improved his precious opportunities. To
be sure, he does not call the proposed cOniisca-
ton steang-he calls it gathering" and
+" tekiDg'--but if we had an uncommony fine
Joe Manton and small store of ammunition
for our private shooting, aud Col. Pegram should
carry off the same, We should consider Pegram
as a thief and Gov. Wise as accessory before the
| fact Such gathering" is especially stealing in
| Western Virginia where so many Of the inhabit-
ants are Loyalty and honestly struggling against
an ogarchical aud military usurpatiOn Suppose
they did paste our name upon the plumber;
which we do not believe that they would take
much trouble to do; aud suppose we did after
ward 20 to Richmond for remuneration Go TO
Richmond for halter Go to Richmond for
tar and feathers Go to Richmond for further
confscations These might be secured without
the smallest trouble; but that they would be
ready to pay Pegrams drafts for property
" gathered" is what wo are in 10 hurry TO be-
lieye. Stealing is altogether too constitutional IN
that State--it certainly is
Having arranged these agreeable Instructions
TO Pegrani--they remind us Of those which
FaeiD gave TO Oliver Twist-Gen. Wise, being
done with business, takes TO the religion of the
occasion: BE brave" be cries, " and fear not
The God that made the mountains is the God
of the Iion-learted aud the brave" Very
good. Very fine, indeed Only, like other fine
! things we have heard before it is egregous
nonseD,e. Why is the God that made the noun
/ tains more the Gcd Of the iion-hearted and brave
: then the God that made the valley This is an
interesting point in theology, and we want it
! settled. Moreover, We insist, for we should he
very unwilling to believe ctberwise-we insist
that the God that made the mountains 10 also
tie God of crayens, Hlly-liyered reuegades and
con,ummste knaye.; and He hns way of show
ing II. as Pcgram has already found to his cost
many Of these miraculous mountoineers being
now in limbo, with the prospect, if they receive
Justice, Of making one more ascent-and one
only
Another lower from this parterre Of prOcla-
nation: The land OF Washington, Henry,
4" Jefferson, ard Madison is sacred-it must not,
"sHaII not. be decorated" Now, here We
seree fully with the ex-governor. Not desc
cratcd-ob, no not by wicked rebellion and
ialsehood to law, and infdelity to the Coustitu-
ton But this is not what the unwise Wise
means. He means, perhaps that it is "desecra-
"tion " 10 send Federal troops into Virginia,
and he saws that this SHALL not be done. And
Pegram, we suppose, all begirt as became a
warrior, was reading this very sentence in bis
tent, and finding his anxious soul much solaced
thereby, when along came the ruthless invader
and disturbed Pegram's perusaL " He SHALL be
4" expelled" said Pegram, and the next moment
he was-ah, we-a.day !-Peoram was pris-
oner This was, to Use the language of the
proclamation, "a barbarity and atrocty dis
graceful To civilization" How Pegran must
have tmblcd from TIE seventh heaven Of con.
compilation Poor pegram
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