New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17


severely by the troops, gs drinking spirits or
,siae is aot permitted by Bsd@egord, the Generals
and officers aeordirg an example Of temperance.
This temperance system has undoubtedly an
tributed much to the efficiency Of the ,,.oon.
Il is fortunate for the health Of the trnan,
hat they are not permitted to induios in
iquors, especially as there are NAV other
'su.cs which are hL5iiy to ipjure it, particularly
at MANASSAS and Bull Run, where nn intoerable
stencil, emanatiDg from imperlecx burial of the
dead, pervades the ATMOSPHERE. Manassas is on
the whole, at present one Of the most sinking
spots on the face o.. the globe. The only
wretched hotel wb.nh was there has been
closed. What il. called the Guard-House con-
sists of an op;en shed in the street. where the
prisoners sxo compelled to remain exposed TO
the eleuNnts, until they are removed to Rch-
mond. With the exception Of JEFF. DAVIS,
during his yisits at Manassas and few OF the
Generals, the officers oil have TO sleep on the
floor, and the headquarters of Beauregard, recent
ly removed to Mr.. Wares house, resemble
dlapidated pig.stye on large scale. Manassas,
however, viii continue 10 be the great focus OF the
Virgnian army The troops now detailed from
there to other points Will be replaced by ne"
regiments but it will be barely possible for the
extreme Southern States to fill up their gaps,
without leaving their own territory IN com
paratively defenseess position.
But the weakest of all the weak points OF
the South, as il was from the beginning and a.
it will be to the end of time, is Stdrsy. The
slaves 10 Virginia are treated with greater rigor
now than they formerly were; the feroclous-
ness engeDdered by wal will render still more
fierce; the brutal instincts OF the Southern over
seer and slavedealer. The saucinen and in
dependence of the colOred man increases in pro-
portion as he approaches the boundaries OF Free
dom. He is less docile in North than IN South
Carolina; in Virginia he becomes more and more
restless this restlessness increases in Washington
and expands itself into saucinen in Baltimore;
into positive impertnepce in Philsdelphs, until in
the highest ranges of Freedom in Massachusetts
il develops itself into an absolute capacity for
the useful enjoyment of liberty. The want of
money in Virginia feariully increases the rest
les.ness of the slave, as he constantly trembles
for fear of being separated from his wife and
children, and of being sold st auction and con-
yerted into cash by his needy owner.
The consciousness Of this gigantic weakness,
and the monstrous fear and cupidites which
cluster around it, play on ominous part in the
hatred of the Yankee. The ladies of the South
look forward with horror TO the day, when they
will have, like other women, to live by their
own honest industry, or by that Of their husbands
and fathers. Beneath that glow OF indignation
which frorDs upon the Northern invader, turks
the hideous sense Of self aud pef, aud the bril-
liant eyes of those beautiful planters daughters
are flashed into wild fury by womanly intuition
of the real cause Of the war; by prescience Of
the day which shall strike down the planters
whip, and BY loosenng the fetters Of the slave,
deprive them Of their lady-lik case, and compel
the father and husband aud brother to do, as
the men in the North do work for their living,
and cease to keep their fellow.men in bondage.
In connection with this formidable enemy Of the
South, | cannot forbesr quoting the remark of a
,brewd yirsinian politician. lie said; Our
purpose is distinct. We fight for the integrity
and Independence Of our soil for our national
independence. Our object is taDgb but that
of the North IL not. The North fights for an
abstraction. II fights for the restoration Of
Union which has ceased TO exist, and which can
never be restored except BY force of arms.
Europe understands this and will recognize US,
were it only to put an end to the civil war and
to put an end TO the distraction Of prosperity,
which must react upon her own prosperity.
Europe sees no object in the Northern war, as
at present waged against US; but If the North
were to make the war downright war for the
abolition Of Slavery, the prejudices Of the Old
" orld against that institution would initiate
against VS., retard recognition, and, above all,
it would inspire the Northern army with a moral
foundation for the prosecution Of the war"
Another thoughtful man and UnGn man here
remarked to me: "This "a not q civil war merely.
1t is a war of civilization against barbarian; Of
moral and intellectual and industrial culture of
the Free States, and the moral and meatal indus
trial s!agnation OF the Slave States. Our Rebels
represent the monarchicsl, ab,olustist, de,potic
instinct of Americas the United States
is the exponent Of republican, democratic,
freedom, and humanity education, culture aud
progress, the living elements Of the new world.
Despotism so often victorious in the old world,
may get lease OF power in the new, but only
be oyerthrown with crash, which must shake
the foundation Of tyranny oil over the world"
The man who thus spoke to me, is scholar,
standing outside Of all political aud military
organization, and too aged to be molested by bis
townsmen; the day may come when | shall be-