New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-24
The VAR FOR The UNION.
FROM WARRINGTON.
srcm Our Own Correspondent


said, large stores of snccor to our cause and
mount his batte-charger at the head of Ken
lucky regiment l did not suppose that another
of that body would Immediately advance to tue
footlghts. But Mr. Senator Bayard stands IN
fall figure in presence of dress circle aud PIT;
whether he treads on green bsize or bare boards,
appears in tragedy or affects the comic muse
must be left TO the opinions OF his auditory
His declarations, be they set TO mOurniui OF
mirthful measure are entirely satisfactory hs
position has not been at sll equiyccal to sny who
have watched his cOmpSni0Dsbp and B'ted the
direction in which be has turned his eyes, with
an evident purpose to travel when motion must
folow rest. He proposes to rest on his past
course his general character, and his future
lIe." Whether be retres with an ample COM
peteDce in the two fret enumerated OF bis as
sets, | cannot say. In one of them he may not
be affuent; still cash and character are very
indefinite terms, and good IRA householder
who has clean balance Of III; en- hundred do-
hrs on his account current mey be, to bimsoi,
rs " ealthy as the Baron Roihscmld. IL is not
public character in which Mr.. Bayard has large
possessions. Should some sscrIegOus hand tear
from our parliamentary annals the pages OF his
Senatorial career, our history would not be quite
q blank; and if the tooth OF time should devour
his oratorical archives, our growing youth would
stiH have the Irish Philips and tue Virginia
Patrick Henry for de ,amstion day, and, deprived
Of bis eloquent periods, mostly unspokcD, We shall
still hear from our budding Websters and Clays
that it is natural for man to indulge IN the
Illusions of hope" with that other very just and
sensible remark, 1t matters very little, Sir,
what country produced such a man as Washing
ton"
There have been other Bayards, some OF the
olden time and others who belong to us and To
car latter periods. One OF them 10 an ancestor
Ct the individual of whom we now writing
He lived and died q man of prolity and honor,
pure in private life, and clear in his high Office
Of Senator and negotiator. / confess my thoughts
dwell with more competency OIL the past than
On the present family representative. a living
dog is said to be better than dead lion." 1t is
rather coarse but strikiDgy illustrative. For my
self / would, in this instance, reverse the
spothegm, and take the dead lion and leave the
glad that the public be now informed of Mr..
Bayard's position. 1t is no new development TO
many, but to others who are familiar with the
Toll of the Senate and know that one of that
name stands proxy Tor Delaware, it will not DO
sninterestiog to be informed, from his own
mouth, that he is enemy to that Government
BY which the name be bears is alike honorable
and honored. How far short of actual ueason
il such a letter at such time There is NO
middle ground upon which concealed hostility can
pitch it's tent, and still wear the semblance OF
fidelity. The State of Delaware is where
abe was in the days OF danger,
and almost despair. The eyes of her
faithful people are not to be drawn from
the bazonry of stars on the old field of blue to
any new and counterfeited constellation of Sc
ditioD stealing, and rapne. BrandywiDe is still
on her map, and will 90, to a long posterity, an
heirloom of that glory which perishes not but
with the memorials of True TO her free
dom when trial was seyerest, and when her soil
was rayaged by the spOiler she stands again
firm to her ancient troth when her whltened
kelds are reaped by the peaceful sickle and not
the destroying sword. Even the Transmission
of a cherished name, worn either with honor or
dishonOr cannot seduce her from the place of
duty She has not vexed the Nation with queru-
iOus complaints about uufriendly policy to her
local institutions nor marred the harmony of
legislation by staggering threats of overturn-
ing the Constitution unless she can have IL
cense 10 inOculate the population OF new re-
giOns with the virus Of serytude. The declara.
-&on, then, of Mr.. Bayard, that he viii
resign when war begins, gives no painful ahOck
of nerves. His loss would not be irreparatSs at
Any time; now, when we must school ourselves
- impending bereavements, from the destruction
OF hostile conflicts, we may take this as our first
lesson and give it appropriate grief and tears.
There chances that our loss may be gain, and
.pur sorrow be assuaged by successor to the
hate lamented, who will see dignity, prosperity
and peace IN sustaining tie Government, aud dis.
grace, disaster and anarchy in the rebellion of
sitizeDs and States. AS bis resolution is ~ start
Eom the FIRST belIigerent act, it may be an added
inducement to the military authorities to hasten
Che shedding of blood, that so desirable purpose
may no longer remain promise but become a
performance.
The waiting for startling developments must be
continuance. Immediate, which is instanter in
peace, is az soon as possible in war. 1t is most
unhappy for us now ii there is u divergence of
opinion as to the direction of an advance or the
selection of the general to command. 1t may be