New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-22
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bricked up The carpenters and bricklayen were set
to work and at the meeting the worthy buryhcrs
found themselves sitting in total darkness and accept.
ing this state of things as inaity, they began to
discuss the question whether on the whole darkpess
was not better than light For certain purposes Of
Cabinet and Congress and town council doubtless 10
is. Incompetent Generals swindlng contractors COM
promising and twaddliDg politicians find even cam
phene and whale oil Objectionable, and are blasted BY
excess of gas light. hope the proposition to allow
| Congress to sit with closed doors will be frowned
down. There are half dozen Secessionists in Con-.
grefs, if not more, who will be sure to inform their
confederies Of all that is going on, and the Northern
people should have the benefit of faithful and ample
telegraphic reports, that they may have time and
opportunity to remonstrae against any legislative
cality which may be contemplated. this was a war
to settle some pary international depute, we might
safely trust Cabinet and Congress to carry it on for
it would not matter much how it should terminate;
bat this lie the peoples for life rst and lib
ey and civilization aerward, AMI the people, having
already secured the first object, do not mean TO be
cheated out Of the second. They mus. watch their
public servants and bayp full power to crcise praise
and condemn. " Closed doors,' indeed! II The rule
should be reversed and the Senators and Representa-
tves be deprived OF the newspapers and their core
spondenee from home, they would be at their wits end
IN less than week. l
Brigader-Gcnera Pierce has asked suspension of
dguent, and promises to give good account OF hm
SELF AS yet, however, nobody has ventured 10 put
himself on record in s defense. The inference almos,
irresistible that he exhibited incompetency. But peo
pie are beginning TO say that Gen. Butler exhibited
still greater degree of ineficisney. In planning the ex.
petition lie seems to have avaed bimse Of the com.
bined nexperience and blunders ali mitarymen in all
ages showing his extraordinary quickness Of percep.
ton and retentiveness of memory. TIE Transcript Of
to-day is down upon him to the extent of q full
column.
Our militia genenals and colonels seem TO urify
Hswthornes satire upon them. He says, you remem-
Der, that among the curiosities which he in the
virtuosos collection militia officers sword hang
ing between the lance of Don Quixote and the brown
blade ofHudibrss. But patience! Butler is man Of
endless and expedients, snd will do some.
thing yet. Pierce am afraid, is past praying for but
we will hear bin when he gets ready to speak.
Our HIs. Regiment left here on Saturday, and The
Posi- gives it bad name it goes calling it ar
armed mob" suppose this is partly true. Ill luck
seems to follow this regiment. Ii has been in contn
ual snar since Gov. Banks disturbed ts organza
ton by attaching to it the Debris Of Col. Burbanke
broken-down regiment. suspect some Of the oppos-
ton to Col. Cowdin arises from the fact that other Off
wantes his place, and am ao told that his tenn
pcrance character works against him. Queer-isnt it,,
that of CoOnels should be objected because
he is a drinking man, and another because he never
drinks But it shows that there is golden mean, q
conservative zone" las they used TO cay in polcs
last Fall, Gdicious discrimination between utrasn
on side aud the other. TIE world is carried on by
whisky; or, as the late Ichabod Lindsey used to say,
"What ut through the American Revolutionl Rum
done itW Yet, The man who drinks too much whisky
ofends the conservative more than be who
wholly abstains. Cowdin is teetotaer. Ihonor him
for IT, in this age of universal swiggipg yet If he
would succeed Colonel he must not object 10 ether
mems drinking. don't know as temperance prnci-
ples prevail in bis regiment believe il is made mp Of
good material, and every man hopes it may do we'll
and win great glory.
Col. Henry s. Briggs Of the Western Regiment Is G,
Of ex-Ciov. Briggs. He Is lawyer and has beer.
Judge, yet has always had military taste, and he
and his company, the Pittsfeld Rifles the seat
OF during the frst week, and be and they are un-
derstood TO have done good service. Some complaint
is made that Col. Decker, who commanded the ole,
10th Regiment, was not appointed Colonel; bu, see
no reason to doubt that Gov Andrew exercised his
judgment impartialy and inelIigently. He may have
made mistake in this instance and others; but the
complaints Of partisan friends surely ought not TO be-
conclusive, weigh strongly against the deliberate
Judgment of an intelligent and honest man. hear
no complaint of Cos Gordon, Clarke, Cass or Couch
Tho regiments will now rapidly go forward, and proba-
for the next four months.