New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-16
Ma rro,ernen, Of tl'e Army.

From Our Own Couesr ondenI ,o roe,
''''' wv WASHINGTON, July l3, 1861.
The ,rmv does not yet move. One OF iae
sr.roon horse, cast shoe yesterday, ard tne
f.,.r;er conla not ret him ready. Tonight per-
hams. the rider viii have sore leg ana 'no
surgeon viii apply mustang liniment' 10 nO'
be impatient ignorant critic" and country ooor.
you and | cannot understand these things ana
do not let us provoke the displeasure Oh 'ne
Ieutenant-G Generals trusty squires BY commeh''
We have given you " sensation dispatches; DOW
let me give you a sensible sentence, not upon '"'
winged lightning. do not see n00' ana a3''
no, seen at any time, hd er'deH" g
serions purpose Of an immediate sd'0@''
to,oayd Richmond. Nor riu there @ J"
,cceks. mnless the President and the people comp"
t. But this is not my topic. You VIII sec py
and by who has had a proper and just es'iina'e
of what rules as the War Headquarters
Some time in March we had military no
cessity" which demanded the evacuation oi fof'
Sumter. Now q political one Is impending
While the Loan bill is on the table oi 'ne
Senate, it is of vast importance to the future OF
this very considerable people that Mr.. John W.
Foruey should be made Secretary OF the Senate
He wears the mantle of the dead Douglas, ana 70
give him life Office will heal the bruises of OLD
party contentious, and restore quiet, contentmen'
and happiness to households and communities In
the lsnd Of the Free. Privately, do not sup
pose the people care row OF the smallest pms
on the morning dressing table for Mr. +. II he
worked for hire he had generous wages ii
his mighty heart was moved by patriotism, his
burden has been heavy and be ought to resi-
The men who were prominent for the rePea' oi
the Missouri Compromise and who quarre'eo' ho'
about principles but over places, are not just tno
individuals TO be crowned in the Capltoi. lhis'
however. is not my theme. 1 propose 70 PRINT
A very short discourse on parties and Their
perpetuity. The day for Webster and Clay
Wings has gone by-Seward Republicans and
Lincoln Republicans belong to tho late past
Douglas Democrats are weeping over his ceno-
taph. Breckenridge is not only dead but, In the
language of the New Testament OF another de-
ceased stinketh "-he never had o party
You can buy in any market secondhand chicago
and Charleston Platforms for a very short song.
Thre are two parties, and only two. One be-
lisyes in Government, and the other has faith in
asarcly. No true man now, be be Republican
or Democrat, will withhold his support TO the
Administration in sustaining thenaton or spare hls
censure or his opposition If they fall short of their
duty In all governments the party for war has been
the party who have held power. YOU have no
time for reading, neither have /. But years ago
we read history. You may have forgotten,
have remembered some of its wise lessons. SO
long as you conduct this struggle with pure pur-
poses and by honest methods, TRIBUNE in
every county seat cannot do you any harm in
public confidence. Make il machine for profit
and pluDder, instead of yindication and defenie,
and nothing short of Almighty Power can save
you from the punishment of an abssed people.
The illustrious Marlborough, mighty in arms and
mean in ayarice, went down under the odium of
peculatou and petty theft, which sullied his fame,
and sent him to an unlanented grave, with the
tears of dOtage flowing from his eyes. Harley
and Bolingbroke took power from him, not
because of their virtues, but only that their vices
had not disguised the nation. Pitt, the elder,
u
war which he made triumphant, while bis prede-
cessor passed to cbacuriy in the failure and dis
grace of incompetency and general Odium.
| Where were the Greys aud Hollands in the days
| of Waterloo and st. Helena And again, where
were the tories of our Revolution I Still again,
where were the Federalsts of our later British
| hostilitiss7 Both and each died out with the
events which ended the perfect success Of the
| one and the doubtful Issue Of the other. Had
the party which supported Mir. Polk been true
10 Human Freedom, the line Of descent might
have been direct TO the chosen Of Baltimore.
But they triaed aud trampled upon the conscience
of the people, and went out in the breath of their
indignation You who sit enthrosed at the West
End can see the same causes now at work, and
can follow TO the same ends If you choose the
path. You are to stand on your fidelity, or you
are to fall If you falter. Senators and Repre-.
sentatives, choose SO whom you will serve, the
people who hold you in the hollow of their hand,
or your own selfish ambition, which will be
consumed like scroll by the purifying FIRE Of
their anger. The men who control ward eau
cuses and stuff ballot-boxes are not wanted now.
The puneys and erooves-the large linea and tho
small strings which move the automatOns Of the
Conyention-are not specially in demand. The
age of cheatery trckery. aud chicanery, is
sounding its last strokes On the bell Little men
the supply is large--are TO be known in their
littleness; and those who are born to sway are
10 come from caves and obscurity to sound the
onset The faithful men, in whom aud in whom
only is the hope of the country. win not
AK whether they belonged TO the school