New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-29
TIE WAR FOR The UNION.
Eucyu WASHINGTON.
A Reply aud II sEgsesii"n'
r,.r Gun Own Correspondent.

,r;e.or Is the Postmaster of this city, and, quar-
Ter day being near at hand, era'itule LOT uaNy
bread cushes out in demals OF what no KNOWS
nothiug about. and declarations which, as they
.re not read except in barber-shops by walters
AID slaves, and at breakfast tables 70 Hi III
the delay of steaks and hot rolls, need ho'
be very perspicuous or precise. Inc CON
trsdiction is technical. No proposal " to ter
inmate the war upon the basis of the Crlttendeh
COMPROMISE is under consideration by the al
uipistration." Who said there was Du' 'no
reply shall not be made under any shelter Oh
phraseology. When that paper, or any O'hef'
will declare that no propositions hi'e zee" SUO-
p.iatd 10 ann nsmJer Of the Adm'mStra''o" "0"-
ing to a pacifeatiOn then you shah nave my au'
thority. and then whoever reads can ueteiniihe
whether my assertion was made recAeSsly ana
ut random. But they shall have more III
desired that shall tell the truth, and the whoie
truth, not of this bat of Other matters oil mo-
nent my mouth shall be opened. DO not
speak now to the editor and proprietor OF the
naper which is the organ. do not hold parey
with the porter of the gate; l speak 10 tne
bsron in his castle. When shall l be summoned
TITO the courtyard to a tilhng match
OF the second branch q attack ana doiense
little may be said absurd as are tne state
pents that the people srs TO be beguneu Ut mad
Aeped INTO a compromise they are not opinions
os nv conception. or rather / did not make
them ON such basis. Go to Senators ana ne
representatives. who are just here ana WIN w not
know half that could tell them OF secret policy
which have seen ard heard, and you can have
the same absurdty made more absurd.
And now for one or two truths IN connection
with the conduct of the war; will make them
as little fgurati,e and as near to severe facts as
the in6rmities of a mental organization VIII
allow.
There are on the south side of the Potomac,
IN round estimate, forty thousand troops. VI
these, there are four companies OF Cavalry ana
tive batteries of Artillery. Of the number oil
Cavalry l am confident, and of the ARTILLERY
am sure, bat not positive.
Since armies were organized who ever heard
Of such an appointment and composition OF the
three branches of service From the battle OF
Greasy to the bombardment at Acquia Greek,
where was there such disparity in the KINDS Of
force Yet Gen. Scott has said, 1 am informed,
within a week, that he wanted no more artillery;
and he has told the present writer, within
longer space, that he did not need any increase
Of mounted men. In Virginia, making fair de-
aucton for lying exaggeration, there are from
ten thousand to fifteen thousand horse, and at
every cross-road cannon show teeth in battery.
The route to Richmond is FURNISHED with brass
al and m
others who were not at Vera Cruz or Moline
del Rey, that there not over thirty thou
sand men between this and the capital Of Viz
eiuia; that they are net an army, but q nall
armed rabble. with short allowance Of water
and a pershing lack Of whisky. With all the
aids Of batteries, they could not stand cbargt
of infantry, and they would be swept like sheer
IN the panic of horses hoofs and sabers, if there
were such, to carry terror into their camps
Whatever may be the value of dragons in or
binary war, in this, one soldier on horseback IL
worth four on foot. We are not to have pitched
battles with heavy columns coming together in
onset like the swelling and the reAuent wave.
1t 10 to be foray and hight-skrmish and cap
ture. The border partisan will carry of more
glory than the amateur Brigadier who invests
cash in military trappings that be may have gain
IN political elevation, who snufs both the battle
and the Presidency from afar, and whose nostrils
viii, in both, inhale unsubstantial air.
Again, there is a railroad which lie connecting
communication between North and South through
the passes of the Allegheny mountains. Troops
from the southwestern tier Of States come over
It to overthrow your Government and your Capt.
tai. The line of approach to it leads through the
loyal portion of the disoyal State Of Virginia. 1,
% very silly civilian, should have pushed q
command of soldiers to hold the gap Of this
range--lifted natural barrier into the air. against
resnforcements or supplies. Can you tell me,
men of the sword, why this has never been done ,
With this bring forward no new matter in ex-
PLANTATION, but the stores of interrogation are
ample, and the greatest facility of imparting
knowledge on your part, win be taxed to supply
the requistions.
But few words in regard to Republicans and
Republican Administrations. l do not reply to
this editor, for can employ myself more to my
taste. 90 behind. He is the picket-guard, and
It is the commander in the marquee with whom
I desire to converse. The voice is the voice of
Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
1t is not Republicanism that dwells In my
thoughts at all. Use your platforms for Ere
wood. They have been cast aside with the other
rubbish of old wrecks. Who cares for Chicago
unless they wish to buy wheati aud who thinks