New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-21

tbeir troops were either drafted or impressed
into the service, and are thoroughly sick of hard
usage, exposure, and hard fare. They are, of
course, deserving in squads, and those who re-
main can hardly escape defamation by the sharp
frosts and cutting winds of November. In cav
airy alone have they a real superiority OF force,
and cavalry without ample forage just where it
is wanted will be of small account after the
grass fails or has been exhausted. We doubt,
therefore, the ability of the rebels to increase
the effectiveness of their force, though they may
add somewhat to its numbers.
That our own numbers might be, should be,
larger, is true but we have never yet had SUI
icieney of the most effective arms for our men ac-
tually enlisted. Uniforms, blankets hospital ac-
commodations, wagons, &C., have generally been
also deficient. That every requisite is now beng
rapidly provided is true, but men are more abundant
vet than materiel and enterprises of great promise
have been deferred for lack of arms rather than
of soldiers. We hold therefore, that the efficiency
of the Union armies is being increased every day,
not so much by increased numbers and improved
drill as by large supplies OF cannon, small arms
ammunition, shoes, oycrcoats, and camp equlpage'
while little or no corresponding improvement is
effected OIL the part of the Rebels. We know that
they are not nearly so well prepared to encounter
the exposures and inclemences of an Autumn CAM
papn as our soldiers are; we know that they sllier
far more by want and sickness, have many tunes
the number on the sick list, yet are far more de-
fcieut in hospital accommodations, than we are.
Hence we believe that every hours POstp0nement
of the decisive action TINT must soon be fought on
tbe Potomac is suspicious to the national cause
and that, should Gen. Mcclellan camly but vigil
lantly await On attack, the chances are hundred
TO one in favor of Union triumph.
Those who are dissatisfied with our abstinence
from criticism on the management of the Ma
topal cause, should consider that nearly every one
of the errors and abuses we formerly exposed and
reproyed have been corrected. Our officers no
longer throng the hotels of Washington; their
soldiers are not seen drunk about the streets OF
that city, or riotOusy assailing its dens OF in
fanny; they are kept in their camps, and stead
lis drilled, not merely BY companies and reg-
ments, but by brigades and divisions, as they
never were previous to the Bull Run disgrace;
every effective regiment offered is ut once ac-
cepted without question, aud patriotic officers no
longer dance attendance for weeks in dignltaries'
anterOoms only to be gruify repulsed at last with
the chilling answer, 1--WE want no cavalry
Gen. SCOTS plan of the campaign does not
" contemplate the employment of cavalry" II
the Government has abored under rOSeate delu-
SONS with regard to the strength or the malig.
nifty Of this rebellion, it has been rudcly and
thoroughly awakened therefrom, and is acting as
if determined to put forth the whole strength OF
the loyal States in unqualified resistance to
treason And as TO its difference with Gen.
Fremont respecting the treatment of the slaves
of Rebels that difficulty Will solve itself directly
Let us each firmly resolve to do his own duty
disnpprovlng where we must. but trusting wber-
ever we can aud victory must soon perch on
the uplited standards of the indvisiblc Re-
public.