New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-15
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II was the remark OF the learned Erasmus.
that war dee more harm 10 the morals Of
linen than even ~ their property and persons"
This must, we think bo more especially true Of
those who do not take guDpwcer part 10 the
hosti!ities but who remain al home behind Q
battery Of iuk. pots, and harrass all who do not
believe in the lnvnclbllty Of Brigader. Generals.
To render aid and comfort to your couDtry in
this way, you have only to swear that everything
is going right, and that sl who are not in a
joyous transport airs amply traitors whom it is
stsr.spsDgled pleasure 10 abuse. The theory OF
those acid gentlemen H. that IT, people who fur
nish ;he regiments and the rhno are not entitled
L, the slightest Opin,oa Of the conduct OF tho
war, but are u toss up their hnts and make
iubi ant pose, whether We beat or whether We
are b-at-n. Every man who wears belt and
button. "a to b. considered vslorous, and every
nan who secures contract is IN be considered
vIrtuous. Things are TO be settled by using
patriotic envelopes and writing pretty verses,
calling tho aforementioned veteran. aud
prrpetualiy cxclaiWipg. 'All Right" II you
would not be- considered q bastard, poitroon.
a knaye in gram. you mu't greet every teie-
graphic dispatch fr,an the seat oi war with
sueary "B.au.ttful," IN heightened sweetness long
drawn ont. That 10 the way a. serve your coun-
,rv--while yoa have q o. 1utry "a serve Suspend
your jadguest. though jefferson DAVIS may sus-
pend you Forget that you have eyes or brain.
admit. once for all. that you have neither :
Whes thee domestic warriors say TO you;
Upon ,our mouth and shut yovr sy--.
And -yl aiaIs Jos heaiihy wealthy. and VIE
do A YOU are bid. aud see what Q belyild Of
BLISS you wlli get
For our own part. we are ia fsir way OF
being instructed, though after severe fashion,
in the conduct Of q newspaper. nor will it be
the fault of some Of our critics, If we do not
emerge from this hurry -burly polished to the
nail Thus Ear we have simply been called
"crazy," "bIood thirsty" "delirious," con-
" ceited. "obstrcperous." "mad." Z" reckless"
" .cribolers; and We are left with but ono con-
solation-that tho lumber Of EDgliah adjectiyes
Ia limited and in these smIable objections
has been pretty nearly exhausted. Our friends
have gone. with toerabls thoroughDess. through
the vi,aperative vocabulary from abandoned "
10 .Zany;" and we cannot think that they
will waste their wits by going through it again.
There is a phrase of considerable antiquity
which ia now more "f tho sun y" than ever;
and that is " senssIion newspaper" Ii you pub
lish INTEL gence which it has coat you time. trou-
ble, and money to obtain. you are "sensation.'
II you wait twenty Jour hours, and then fitch the
same information from some neghbor. you are not
a. sensation" but vrtuous and wise. You are
snfuily sensation in proportion to tho import
ancs and exclusiyeness Of the intelligence which
YOU print; and there is no hope Of your becoming
rel upon able until you consent to be also
musty. Some commentators upon this paper &C.
cept the latter alternative, and prove their love
OF truth by not opening their mouths-a cheap II
not a popular method Of avoiding reproach. The
sagacity Of these gentlemen in predicting what
has already occurred. is entitled to oil the credit
which it is likely to receive. They risk nothing
spend nothing print nothing and arc nothing.
If news be Ike wine, the better for age, then
their news il tho very newest news In this New
World; if news DO dangerous, then they are safe;
if news be demoralziDs and breeds mut'nles, no
body can say they did it; and the river 10 no
nearer . couasgratioa in their presence than in
their absence.
And now q few words, in passing. may be
offered upon another subject. There has been
40 much lanontation in certain military quarters
over the premature publication Of what Gen.
Scott intends, that we had well nigh come TO
the conclusion that very good Lieutenant
General might more easily keep city from cap
,ure than secret from the reporters. Arc
there. said we, no locks and keys IN Wishing
ton Has the use of cipher gone out : Is there no
s,eb person eft in Washington as an honest
Secretary We have not the smallest desire IN
the world to know what Gen. Scott desires US not
b. know; aud perhaps the surcst possible way Of
keeping from "a this forbidden fruit, was for
Gen. Scott to issue tine following:
the eegrsph will convey dispatches con
-, ,a.aa,r s 1,.s,rr.! WINFIELD SCUrE"
Ns DEPAHrx.sr ~ WAR. July 0. 1861.
Secretary Of War"
This is all right. We have not the slightest