New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-11
The WAR FOR THE UNION.
LATE DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Upon the enemy" said Sn RoDert NMfoe'
spueaking Of some of his commanding officers;
abut. before God, they make NC tremble."
saere are scattered through all branches of the
service, in nearly all of its grades, men who,
with high notions Of loyalty and allegiance, stop |
abort of that whole.hearted devotion which the
cause demands. There is very important dis
Emotion between duty performed, as duty, and |
that prompt a'scrity which does net stop to
mark the line which separates the obligation
simply from the desire to execute An officer
and an army should not deliberate, but OBEY
It il not q question Of cause, but ct condition.
The physician who treats bis patient for apoplexy
does not stay to ask whether it was produced
by over doses of beef or the bottle or by q CO.
klition of the allied forces. he administers the
remedy ard saves, if he con, the life; so of
mar present status. Whether it was induced
BY radical antagOnism on the question Of
Human Rights, wranglng over an excise on the
Protean forms Of alcohol or an exasperated con-
sroversy about ad valorems and specifics, home
or foreign valuations any other irritating dls-
sordance, is Of slight moment now. whole
section are in arms against the legitimate autho-
risy of the Constitution. The conspiracy deve-
bped itself in plumber despoilation, and conisca'
zion, and now makes is future pathway TO
guilty supremacy through invasion, and sub
version, and seeks to destroy the fabric Of
sur public security and justice; and build
over its ruins despOtism where the seryl-
bude of one class and the sway OF the other shall
eornplete, 4 subiugatiOn what treason has begun.
The officer or soldier, then, who pauses to
balance the fine shades OF policy, and hesitates as
10 whether it is better to cOnciliate 10 fealty,
rather than coerce to obedience, had better take
lessons of neutrality from the Borde. States
or march into the castOnnents Of Rebellion,
wear its favors now, and wait patiently for it~
halters, which promise now to be its most GER
tlin inheritance.
There need be no apprehension as to the per-
soaneI of the military branch. There viii DO no
hack of brains to plan, or heroism to lead. There
n vast reserve of martial capacity under both
the hDsey and the linen shirts of civilians. Tie
warrior spirit does not alone nestle behind the
regulation blue aGd the army button of the
segulars. Men Of the law, and men of handi-
craft, are to win laurels alongside the trained
lighter. and it may be, place themselves on the
highest levels of renown.
The energy of the War Office is prodigious.
Extra force, to the territorial capacity of all Of
its rooms, is working without any reference to
the ordinary hours of labor. The Commissary
ind Quartermasters Bureaus are those most
crowded with occupation. A hasty snatch Of
sleep on a settee, and hurried meal, are the
only breaks OF busin occupation, running
fhrou n the twenty-four hours. With this SUD
den accumulation Of demand there is degree
Of confusion, which seems necessity. Soldiers
arriving here do not find that early attention to
their comfort, which they have right to expect.
This. if faulty On the part of those having it in
charge, should be passed over with quiet
criticism, when we calculate the number and
variety Of their embarrassments.
The Secretary of the Navy is anticipating the
appropriation Of the last Congress, for cOntrUc-
ton of seven sloOps of war, which belong to the
next fiscal year. The keels Of four are laid, at
Portsmouth, ChsrestOwD, New-YOrk and Phla-
delphia, while the other three viii be left to
private enterprise and competition.
intelligence obtained last night confirms the
suspicion that Washington is marked ont by the
Rebels, as the frat prize to clutch. The whole
available force Of the Government will therefore
be placed in position to protect the Capital.
Other plans of operation viii be modified so as
10 accept this invitation, to strike the first blow
Tor the defense Of the property and the archives
Of the Nation. 1t is not unmeet, perhaps, that
the name Of the Father of the Country and the
associations Of bis fame should stfen the snews
of the defenders of the legacy Of his life, IN the
first battle for Empire,
Making all deductions for exaggera!ion Of est.
mate, there are fifty thousand troops converging
Do points for an ultimate concentration here.
All of the insurgent States furnishing their
psntingents, and by stealthy march they approach
to their places Of rendezvous. The high grounds
Of Arlington and Georgetown viii be intrenched
with all dispatch. With the knowledge of their
purposes, there viii be the preparation for the
danger, and while searching fer Vienna or
Berlin, Mr. Jefferson Davis may discover
Moscow or Leipsic with the engulphing waters
Of the Nemen or the Elstsr. The courtesy of
his card TO Gen. Scott here, may procure him a
reciprocal piece Of pasteboard, at Richmond or
Che regal City Of Montgomery.
the long lines of the New-Jersey Regiments
attracted attention and admiration iGr their march
mp the avenue yesterday. They are the largest
body from any one State under single CON-
mand, and take rank with the best Of their asso.
eiates in their drill and solderly bearing.
The Secretary Of State has TAKEN in his in.
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