New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-27
The WAR FOR THE UNION.
a ROsToNrAN I'm WARRINGTON.

gregariousy, ]. e., in a party Of moderate ollpeH
sions, though Of surprising merit No ni'.'"'!
escort this time even il some OF us deserved i''
point which | will. with your permission, leave
problematical. Our journey was by the usua S'e'.'
,nodes of oo,D,or,;c,tion. II was a shrewd remark
of the Presidents that when city hes upon the
direct and necessary route between TWO gwen POA"'
Il ia neither feasible to lily oyerit nor to dive under
Il. | repeat, il was shrewd remark, ana ine ohIy
wonder is how be ever found out so much, living ID
Che fer West, where they spit and don't speak good
English. Fortified by his auth oTig, We went
through not only New-York and Philadelphia, but
syen Baltimore whose shrewsh fst is disab ell now,
but for whose disloyal heart would not give mp,
II cities could be sold, like women with full lists OF
their advantages. You have become such terribly
business paper that dare not lOiter by the way with
any triing Impressions oitrave Imay notany longer
ding you one end Of chain OF flowers, and cry:
Let us jump through this, / have seen childIen
DO You want real hempen rope now, to hang
traitors and 80 do |, ard oply wish l could help
you to twist it hard and knot it Iight Still, would
you suffer me to remark that course Of hotel life
does not seem TO me especially conducive health Of
body, or to health of mind 2 For the mere exter-
perverts the eye, accustomug the TO the false
splendor of tasteless expense. How duh are these
minnie mirrors, how empty these cherry -eoloTed
sofas Better the least little corner Of a shabby
freside, where friends sit and Lold hands. Even SO
does the seasoned cooking pervert the stomach. Al
New-Yofk looks rs if II had much to eat aid the
city smells cry much as if IL GiG nothing else. To
20 up and down in the oiving-ben which makes its
regular ascents and deseents from floor TO floor in the
great hotels, is amusing for onoe-then it becomes
silly, and ont of place anywhere save in hospital
3d. we dismiss Fifth Avenue and Continental with
out special mention, and set faces in writing, a.
we did in travelling, steadily toward Washington.
A little burst of feeling yOu win allow me. ! am
pow at the approach OF Baltimore. Here is that
Babylon scarlet with tie first innocent blood of our
present revolution. Here they took up the pave.
unent here they stoned their brothers and ours.
Here they sprang she deadly trap by which the de-
lenseless soldiers were led like sheep, 10 the saugb
Ger. God spares the city, and so may we; but we
should put, think, Gains mark upon her brow.
ask only as much tire as viii brand her as a mu der
sss. Dr. reste there were many women and chill
iren in Der, and also much (human) cattle. So let
The Hateful pass, and get Christian baptism 20 her
heather heart if she can. Soon. we see Bladens-
burg with lie many camps, and as we apr, ach
Washington, we become more and more aware Of the
military occupation. A little after, We behold the
monsirous dome If TIE Capitol, which is not at all
like the dome OF St. PEERS, nor ever will be. The
next thing is the depot, and the omnibus to Willard e
Rooms doubtful at first, but the chance of die
posing OF fifty cents worth of comfort for s. 10 per
diem is too tempting to be resisted. We are taken
10 and done for Rooms are eDduTabe, and diet rea-
sonabe, viii PASS on TO the article Of company,
which is important Ingredient in house OF enter
tainment. In this respect, aud in this only, the
pect OF wilards Is much vhangod siHoe rested II
4. some i've years ago. Then it was blaCs with
members of Congress, that worshipful body being in
session Half OF II ia secession WELL but the
other half didn't know il. Our little round table wst
near that OF Brooks, whose crime was then only in
the bud; it ripened AFTER and the seed it bore
was not of the sort anticipated by hun. Seedlings
you know, are always uncertain. The view of biz
vulgar handsome cOuntenauce, in whose expression
tie animal largely predominated, was some
times varied by The addition Of ST. Keitts whose
meanly feIOcious face shows TO NE through all tue
vista Of those eyenfu years. Animal passion, Sc fs
ambition, low cunning; such was tie inventory OF
his expressions and impressions. He looked
vicious aud vulgar, but the very deeency OF charity
forbade to guess what he WE. The honds Of h s
charity then broken, and the poor Northern
sheep fraterDized with the Southern wolf and in.
sisted that it not q wolf, but a sheep dog until
tie numerous fangs were fastened where they drew
the first, longdesired blood. That very Spring, be-
fore that Congress broke mp the first act Of this new
history consuulmaed, aud Sumner fell in his
- 81,
His few personal friends away, the worshipfnl body
Of Senators looked on. No one interfered Fair
play was q forgotten tradition. Humanity was re-
pudiated by all present. ahe manners of the byena
were adopted and Endorsed. The world loathed
Brooks thereafter, but how much better wero bis
aecOmpliees who sat quietly and looked on, where
even beggar's boy would have sbaned the outrage
with indignant tears, and where even a woman
would have had strength 10 throw her hear. between
The murderer and bis victim That was tie true ab-
aca!iOn OF manhood signed by Lewis Cass ana Oh ere
history will preserve their record. When the deed
was done, We all wondered why it was unavenged.
We thought God very slow in tie matter, and wished
that hundred murders might wipe Out the stain Of
ths attempted one. But death came soon enough to
the principal offender and to his second has now
come disgrace wCrse than deatb. Sumner too, has
recovered, after a long and deadly struggleso God
was right
Forgive these wanderings over the battIe.Gelds of
Che past. You will forgive it, for those were the
heroic days Of our eause, when we stood up a it'll
persecuted band, to 6gbt the cause of conscience in
the country. You, good TRIBUNE, were stroug 10
help us but your clarion was weak before the
mocsery, and sereeching, and cuIsing of the great
majority. There had been great feast OF prosper