New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-17
TEN BLUNDERs IN ONE ARTICLE.

credulous admirers upon this side at least of the
Atlantic. The writer in that newspaper Is an
admirable writer in every respect except that oil
u ledge of his subject; nor do we see how
any profoundly ignorant man could have done
the job in more noble style Batting a complete
budget Of blunders, which we shall take the lib-
erty of correcting, the article in question is really
an agreeable piece OF nonsense. Let us consider,
then, those bemishes which diminish the ielci-
ties Of its perusal.
BLUsDsKL three months President Lincoln has threat
g ened war, and now he has declared IT,"
President Lincoln has neither threatened nor
declared war. He has simply insisted upon
obedience to the laws, and has only taken proper
measures to arrest thieves and to recover stolen
property. We have no more declared war against
the Confeieracy than England declared war
against the SepOys when they revolted. 1t Is a
political imposslbility for the President to de-
clare war 4gainst the States of the Union.
BLUsDgK H. "Tbe President has been and the organ Of The
Republican party lie bound BY L, oihcl position and %
whch he attained IT, 10 declare war agshs.
seCeJiug ssseholders'
He is not bound by bis - official position to
" declare war" against shareholders, any more
than constable is bound io declare war against
thieves. He has no power under the Consttu-
ton to declare war against the States, but be
has power to enforce the laws, and has pro
claimed bis Intention OF enforcing them.
BLrSDER H. The Pe,iorDt by hi authority, could
bring hye thousand men into tbr hed'
The President, by his own authority, has brought
considerably over five thousand men into the field
He happens, under the Constitution, 10 be Com
mnnder-in-C Chief of the Army Of the United
States and of the Militia of the several States.
He is Just as much dependent upon Congress Is
the Queen of England is upon Parlament-nO
more, in his executive capacity.
BtusprR " "Th proclamation ofthe President Is an sppeal
to the te'ine OF the ree wnen tno chel Magistrate throws
aud waits to zee hs~ 1t d. received
The proclamation OF the President is nothing
Of the kind 1t is command, not on exhorta-
tion-a legal exercise of authority ard not "an
appeal" at all. "As yet" says TIE Tuaes,
"we have but confused notion of this great
call to arms" The truth of this ingenious
confession, nobody, we are sure, Will gainsay.
BLrSpzR v The President /. without army without
c"u,tituous authority to levy one, with 6s mde.i.oe
village Tor capital
The answer to this is that the President has
an army constitutionally levied, aud that " the
=" big ndeieusible village" is already 50 we'll de-
Tended that the ReyOlters do not care to at.
tack it.
BrNDgH VI President Lincoln doe, s,,smpt 10 raise
army he simply call. out the militia OF tho Northern
St.es."
Certainly he does call out the militia, and they
cone when they are called; but The Times for
gets to state that they are immediately mustered,
h., lntn mi
Of the United States, under Lieut.. Gen. Scott.
BLuspKK VII. Tie Federal will supply moral
between New Oh aud Chsiles,on"
The Federal Government will supply not
only "moral sanction" but ratloDs, pay, IN some
cases equipments. AS for the few transports
' between N,,c- York and Charicston," they hap
pen to be Just what the Government is not at
present called upon to supply, though few
transports" have certainly been dispatched in
other directions.
BlrxpEa VIII "AI,he Border State. expected to go
except Maryland aud Delaware which are small and uniin
In what military geography did The Times
learn that Maryla land and Delaware are " unim.
"portant' States. Gen. Scott must have been OF
u different mind when he occupied Baltimore.
BLuspER IX We put no faith the reports ,h., Pesiden,
Des. peptt,d to march Washington aud 10 carry the
into tho Northern states"
Incredulous Times The news which ere this
must have reached you, will strengthen your faith
considerably in Davis's intentlon,' whatever
you may think of his "prcparation.'
gLrsDxR X The failure of all attempts coercion i'ce
Success or failure, probable or improbable, have
nothing TO do with the duty of restraining crime
aud enforcing the laws, or, at least, of faithfully
attempting the work. Did England stop to count
the chances Of success when she Undertook TO
put down her Indian rebellion
So much for the cod-blooded and calculating
specuIations of The London Times! So much for
the chief newspaper of a nation which has abol-
ished human Slavery in all its dOminions, and
which Processes to regard the ensayement of man
in some instances as piracy and in all as immoral
and impoItic VIII England follow such u lead
Did the anti.slavery professions OF Liverpool and
of Manchester mean ncthingl We shall see.
In our struggle for q constitutional govern
ment and for the wsest because the most hu-
name legislation, We believe that We shall have,
despite the compacency Of The Times, the best
wishes of the best British men and women. IL
will not be possible for them to regard with
other than feeling Of rooted aversion that sell
ish spirit which puts the combatauts in this uu-
happy contest upon common moral level, and
while it calculates chances, has no word OF en-
couragemeut for States struggling for the saie'!
of Government to which, with all its demo
cratic cboracterstics. they are deeply and ration