New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-25
THE WAR Fer The UNION.
pBCM WASHINGTON.
-, Gu, Own C@rossodars-

tsve sublime, and impresses with the awe winch
ssrroupds and subdues in the presence OF gigantlc
pawer ouiet in calmness and wisdom, but terri
hle in rasbness and wrath. Continuing, as IL
may be. it must have It's swells and depresslons-
enthusiastic to-day, and detected tomorrow
complete in its whole, and seemingly held by
strong cohesion, but yet only detached and sepa-
sste particles held together by All outward pressure
v,aich keeps TO a common center. This cannot
ssst nor in the order of mind or matter can we be,
jcr o long period, perfectly agreed upon even
the policy which should guide in the dfncu''
ana dangerous passages which have come 10 US
by lono.existing causes. 1t is not worm "niio
to apalyze, nor is it a grateful tack !" ciI''o'@o
men and actions, when unity concord anu SCI,
vice are a voluntary and free oherins 10 nauVn"
peril So far az what they give can DC difecteu
nv patriotjc and true men, and TO the extent
Mat persoual discretion is under the control OF
fAsse t. whom confidence is just due, nothing
Yscd be said. Those who lead this array OF
armed men should be they who are known and read
Of the whole people-whOsc past career ana present
Efe is a guaranty of pure purpose ana Gu
paeity to using large means to accomplish great
purposes. Not all who cry Lord, Lord, are OF
the Christian brotherhood of the elect, nor is
each one who shouts Union, Union, to be trusted
With the keys of citadels, or to hold the trust oi
important posts. Should you employ the pbys-
clan who had poisoned the mother OF your
children to use stomach pump and emeuc 10
clutch from death, you would be not quite
yiAain, and but little less than fool Nor
should we be cut OF one or the other category
a we now place in the hands of men whose only
character is bad and whose only reputation Is
zoe that smells to Heaven, the commissions
which may lead to infamy, and stain with
deeper disgrace tie truce which is 10 follow the
war for government.
Tn civil life, il has passed to a demonstration
fiat all the qualifications needed are desire
Sor place, and the friendly aid of Senator
w Representative, or perhaps, that falling an
Elector, Member Of State, or Chairman OF
County Committee. Under method Of admin
istration which takes original jurisdiction from
horse shed and tap-roOm condolences. larger eau
Gus, and the still more comprehensive conyen-
lion, a man who has not intelligence enough To
mw cOrd-wOOd, or honesty sufficient to be
krugted 10 cit on one Of BacOn's burgaT-proOf
safes without somebody to watch him, has full
ieense given him TO plunder Indians, as their
Agent, under Presidential and Senatorial
sanction, while another, boOr among
tallocks, is sent with the same endowment TO
it out tobacco juice and bad grammar at some
polished foreign Court. These are mere matters
ef individualty-the courteous standard OF the
country has nothing TO lose abroad-the Indians
orc used to dishonesty, and it would be silly t'
make any innovations upon their old experience
of cheating white men. What the agent leave
HE trader aborbs, so that the simple costume Q
4Ae breech. .clout is Providential habit of
people who, if they had foil dress, would b
. stripped by the Great Father or his represents
i've shepherds.
With an army it is widely different. Here tb
safety of the private and the honor of the countr
1t with the irresponsible volitiOn of him who j
ssothed with command, and be who wears epau
sites with double or triple eagles should hay
me genius of warrior and a sufficient sense o
~ moral responsibility not TO grace galow
rub against the walls of penitentary. Their
eaght, also TO be some slight regard to capa
bibtes. The clergyman who can preach mos
fractifyng sermon may be good captain o
salvation, but very Indifferent commander of
column, An excellent Hisi prias lawyer woul'
possibly make q sad mistake if he should trad,
of his green bszc for a sword, tent, or chevron
The Member of Congress who bas entered int,
his reward Of $1,000 per annum and mileage
BY judcious use Of lager beer in saloons snt
the border lexicon the stump may more dis
creetly contrise springs and traps to catch new
nomination than set a squadron In the field. lie
us forget in all these selections pedgrees aDt
senealogies-Old alliances and late ainities.
care not whether the individual went to Charles
ton, or Chicago, or Batimore-but there
confess my mantle Of charity is slightly stained
80 that he now stands, purse or musket il
hand, by the aide of the country. II he is honest
multitude Of sins political may be wiped out.
If the faith Of good men can be
pinned to his skirts, such as grows
with private integrity and personal worth. raze
from memory ali but his new life. But il, in
st<ad, he has been the willing tool by which this
diseord has been wrought; if, standing u
warder on the parapet Of Freedom, he has in
vited the assault and pointed out the weak places
Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the work Of trenchery
and betrayal, until it ceased to promise success
TO the plotters and sustenance to his unhalIowed
ambition; let him raise, II he will, ten or one
hundred thousand men, but do not crown him with
command, and put the weapon into his hands which
ynev be directed perhaps with small care az