New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-18
the WAR FOR THE UNION.
FRosu WASHINGTON.
qecleIIan's victories and their Eject

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s'' WASHINGTON, July Is, 1861
Yesterday was happy day, even to hlariFy'
The ehurch.gOing bells seemed to sound ther
sotes with q vain appeal Of peseeful chimes
We talked Of war and battle, and cent up aspiration,
Of Thanksgiving that the torpor OF toe lean AnN
aKppered pantAloOn had been broken 10 "esS'.
Virginia by the middle-sged General VINO 70 ~
mntausht in modern war az 10 suppose tnas 'V'
a;or. are to Hill and conquer. Your nsme' oeD'
Mcclellan. was on lips yesterday coun'oa v
nilliona cave YOU q little gentle friction sOnio
,,..ks soo when you were supposed 70 nave
s,,rn.a treatv.maker; but j take 1t all oach'
a. kla.. voul Yeur battles are not 10 De es-
ss,...oa bv any count of killed or prisoners.
The whole people start up from dssPondency ana
soubt and hail the breaking day for which tOey
-. ,,.;ted with slow and counted hours. Never
mind lightning on wires. Do as Nelson u" a'
ne battle of Copenhagen, when SIR hyoe farAer
made the signal for retrest-PuF your hahd up
n your GOOD eye, and look at it with your olnd
enc. snd say to the officer at your elbow,
"D--n the signal, / can't see it--run up mac
Sor close acton"
Not only wac the news cheering, but 80 was
fhe activity Of the day. The distant music Of
advancing columns was heard with the fading
eohOes of those who had passed along. AS the
platOons moved by, they were cure to have
hsversaek and blanket upon back, with the tram
Of basgage-wagOus in the rear. 1t was no All
Foolsday parade, 10 end in running up bit OF
banting on hickory pole, with blatant brass Of
band and lesthern lungs Of orator. They had
turned head toward the quarters Of the General
sn-Chief with a quiet leer, as if to say, " oId
nentleman, once fairly over the river, and Win
enc crack at the scOundrels. well attend to your
beloved virgnisn kinsmeD in a fashion not taug1t
IA the last edition of your tactics"
Let us follow on, my friend; step slowly across
ne Long Bridge. There is fne of one dollar
for crossing its stringers and planks BY ''man or
beast at any pace faster than walk. You
and are placed in the last class on the Army
Register, BY the Muitis who shout Great is
Mars. and Gen. Scott is his prophet But
coroe en- This is Fort Seward. We have not
fine 10 talk about the Premier now. These CO.
hmbiads lock as IT, with 20 pounds Of powder
Ia their stomaehs, one would prefer to stand be-
AiDd rather than before them. We have no
time to babble of green fields; out, stop q mo-
rnent, and answer me, 10 not this most hu.
serb landscapes Seen in the most vivid hues Of
riorious summer wood and clearing white TENT
ma the halfhiding foliage Of the forest, through
which the sunshine Of June slants upon canton
nent and groups Of soldiers and arms IT IL
nature without the fsahiOning hand Of cuitva-
fiOu, The ain Of inHatitude is heavy upon de.
generate race who have wrought generous sOl
70 poverty and left II 10 the sympathy Of the
blue heaven, the rain, and the sunlight which
ssin smiles upon a land mighty in its dead and
mean in its living.
Let us stop here. We are at "eoigpe ol
vantage" and can look on this sohtade peoPied
with armed men. These are from every nation
Of our sister continent Each man has HE mem.
aFy of some bloody encounter which starts bis
own fluid from its arterial center. But we have
spoken Of this before, and We need not repeat
ourselves. Come ever to the camps Of the hated
Yankee Here he is, with an album photograph
of his wife or his lsdy-lose in kiS pocket, ready
for the same work done by HE Grandfather when
Washington sent out calls for men, and the Pro-
vikional Congress summoned not the grown soldier
onIy but the besrlless boys, for Gatets camp at
Saratoga, or Cor Green's ragged biyouae, bowling
IKE hunted badgers in the mountains OF Carolina.
Men Of New-England! children Of the rude and
xuered North, from which we had our being,
and in whose bosom We shall sleep, if we can
choose the place of our sepuleher, you are
30 hold up over this dominion Of black
treason the ensign which your fathers gave to
&e Nation. You have glorious ancestry, run.
ming back, not to the Parish Register Of your
native Commonwealth only, but tracking beyond
ehe ocean brine, some Of you, Of least 70 the
vsiDs Of Norman kings. War for Freedom there
has put iron in your blood. The martyrdOm Of
q psrsecuting age has given the 6rmness and
vigor Of Cslviniss and Covenanter to q temper
ament in which The superfces are sober but the
deep sources are FIRE. You are in State where
people have lived, IN thriftless waste and ipdo-
ience, upon your sweat and saving. They have
paid you back in scOrn and cOBtumely. To them
you are the despised race of labor, and belong
20 tie menisl brood whose tint Of skin only saves
from purchase and sale. Not man of you is
here BY any constraint Of force or persuasion.
You stepped into the ranks because the country
lad need Of you. Cowardiee comes not Of your
breed, and now the restraint Of langnor is 10 be
taken from you. You win march to Richmond;
f6r, with TIE cry Of " Forward" the call TO
+" Halt" win be, IL not unaeard, nDheeded.
But the gleam Of your pursuing spear is not, be
sure, OILY there. With the Autumnal frosts, the
pine forests Of the Carolinas are to see the