New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-10

Springf Id order Of journalism, that we cannot
expect TO be clearly understood nor fairly repre-
sented By the orscles Of that school. But let US
hear it say its little say however mistakenly
and perhaps We can correct if not enllghsen H.
Hear The Journal:
Ju G,eat papers are THX TRIBUsEs-big and little
East ana West. They wan, to rule che nation they
want 10 conduct this war. President Lint0n Is an
imbecile-bs Cabinet officers IDIOTS, aud Gen.
Scott il traitor coward aud fool becalse they DO
not govern The nation and conduct the affairs as HE
TRIguEEs direct. There is no aemy eneamped about
Washington ready defend II from attack snd seizure
by traitors Oh no. Of course not. III there ID, why
sHouldn't THE TRIBUSEs see it Z Great, alknowing,
arpus-eyed w1dely-crculating TRIBUEEs dou see
two hundred aud iitly thousand Americana N arms 10
defend their country against treason AM Oh course
there is such army. There Is no war, tay III I'M
BUsEs and of course IL THI TRBUEks say that there
il no war why there Is none, because THE fRIBUSss
say go There is not Organized rebellion eA'ehuh6
from Virginia 10 Flora-irim fohTes, hoa.oe 70
oa-not bit Of it. IL Is Just hs.ls ny 20 o.
row. that Gen. Scott can put down In two Lours ~ he
only would. at leasuaHE TRTBuEEs say 90, ana VINO
would dispute Tax TRIBusEsr
SO far The Springfield Journal. Now hear
one Of THE TRIBUSEs:
I. President Lincoln is no imbecile-far from
it. He is an able, earnest, honest man, who
means to do his very best, but 10 sometimes badly
advised, as any man may be. lie was 80 WIN
regard to Fort Sumter, when he hesitated tor
tune to make an effort to REINFORCE or even TO
provision it, If we arc rightly informed, bis reso-
lation to break over and break out Of this fatal
inaction was takeo aud announced while ma
iority Of his counselcrt, both civil and military,
still cung to the do-nothing policy as 'miIltary
'snocessly." The more honor to him! I'D
2. His Cabinet are not IDIOTS, but in the main
able and true men, though not infalble. We
speedy and conclusive adjustment or compromise
with the Rebels, AID we think that hope futile
aud uischevous one, BY which the advance OF our
soldiers is paralyzed. In other words, we think
Mr. i ederick W. Seward labored under mis-
take when he telegraphed that that sort OF
business terminated on the 4th Of March" We
fear it still goes on.
3. Gen. Scott Is neither a traitor, coward, nor
fool but a true patriot, gallant gentleman. and
able soldier. We think be failed seasonabiy 10
realize the treachery aud Wholesale VilaiuJ Of the
Secessiooista, or he would not have allo Sed them
to seize lIsrper's Ferry and compel the destruc-
ton Of the precious arms there stored. We
think he was caught mapping BY the traitors IN
Baltimore, when they burnt the railroad bridges,
cut The telegraph wires, stopped the trai,s, aud
shut no the Government himself included, for
some days in Washington, isolatiDg it from all
hearty support by wide circle Of rampant
treason. And even yet we Thick the old yetesnn
chpgs to the hope OF an accommodation "hics
led him to order ooe hundred great guns fred
when the One-liorse Congress agreed on Com
promise last Februsry-the last guns. If we ms
take not, which have been fred by his order.
We believe he still vents to let of tue Rebels
especially the yIrgihians-as easily as possible.
If not, how comes il that such conduit OF
treason as The BaitmOr, E1ohangt should have
such advices from its exuiing Washington cot.
respondent as the following: '.r f.I n
Your correspondent kaovs that neither General
Scott Secretary Cameron fftosr inclined 60 IN
wade the South, notwithstanding the constant cry OF
Messrs Lincoln, Blair and Seward, 20 The coLifary.
General Scott is Yirginian, bat no traitor.
One Of these days, the Secessonisis w!ll wake
him up by some very aggrayatiDg rasealig. and
arouse him TO realizing sense Of the fact that
tuey deserve good tnrashiag; and whenever he
has made up his mind to that, he will make
them cry Enough within the next six weeks.
See if he doesn't fol-.
4. This TRlBUSE, at all events, is quite aware
Of the fact that " there are Two Hundred md
. Fifty Thousand or mOrel Americans IN arms
" 10 defend their country against Treason and
10 naturally anxious 10 see them set about il.
This War is costing the Government from
Twenty to Forty Millions of Dollars per month,
and tue Country-iu the disruption and stigma
ton Of its industry-a great deal more. We
are naturally anIiOus-beng ourselves heavy sui.
ferers along with our neighbors--to see this de-
plorable state Of things brought to an end at the
earliest possible moment We believe our sol
diers are rather weakened than strengthened by
inaction-that disease preys heavily upon them
TINT dissipation and riot creep in among
them-and that the majority OF our regiments
unless reenforced) are quite as effective the
week after they leave home as three months
after. We believe these Two Hundred ard
Fifty Thousand Men will smash the face of the
Rebellion in short order if only let loose upon il
with good Generals at their head. We believe
the misery endured every week throughout the
land because Of idlepess and want outweishs
the suffering that would result from
two or three smart battles. In short,
we believe the Patriot Soldiers are to.
day able and eager to whip the Rebels, aud we
want to see them allowed to try. Ii they are not
able to thrash the traitors in fair, stand-ap
fight, our pride revolts at the idea Of slowly
starving them into s1bjection or whipping them