New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-19
WISE CONvALRsCENT.

When, q lev weeks hAce, Wo hcaIo IIOu Tx
Gov. Wise, he was in the hands of his medical
man, taking his pills and potions with punctu-
atty and perseverance, which seem to have been
rsa nrded for bic EIcellency il now clothed at
least. If not in his right mind and 10 making
,peectes with all that lunatc force which has
alwoys, in tho days of his bedily health end
strength, characterized his cloqueuce. He took
the field, in his sne,t fulg,rsnt style. at Rich
mond. Va, on the lst inst, though It IL only
lsteI through Tss Charles,o. q. c. C0pricr OF
the 9th inst. that lie reaches u, in red-hOt re'
mort. He followed Jefferson Davis, and in TIE
matter Of fu-s ard FIRE, he foOrod that official
completely. In pure, unmltigated ard sublmely
inveotivo mOndacity wo are inclined TO think
that Davis can give tho VIrgiGian any odds and
then vanauish him; but in the art Of saying
nothing and OF seeming to ,sy grea. deal, Wise Is
still un,urps'sed. nay, unaPProachsd BY any liV-
ing mortal In this speech he Is especially san.
culinary; for be spout, q campaign through the
whole Of il. and plts us 10 the sword in perc-
ration. Il 10 all fire." blood" Z" the Lord Of
Hosts" - fiery baptism" "rTeu OF blood"
and sc the end OF this, our Inconsistent though
brilliant orator adds: BE in no haste--no
hurry and furry" No Aurry, quoth he that
from a man who lives, and moves ard has his
being in q hurry--wLo is, 40 10 speak or oul-
bodied furry No hurry-thst % men who have
precpitated this wicked war. became they knew
that deloy would be fatsl 10 their criminal
hopes because .Ley were afraid 20 give tie
Southern people an opportunity of thinking
because time would surely show them 10 be
without other than imaginary injuries No hurry
AID furry! Why, without thcse, there would
have been no seces.ion Of Virginia nt al. Furry
was the beginning of i, and hurry was its con-
summation
Bolh orators upon this ocCAsion-toth Davis
and Wise-tske it Tor granted that in sone way
Virginia has been dresdfilly injured by the mili.
tary movements Of the Government in that state.
They srnciogsly permit us to fight, but insist
upon themselves rejecting Tie 6oid, planning our
campaigns, and directing hl our movements.
Tor example, Davis, who les made Virgins the
battlefield quite q. promptly Us we have accepted
it az SUCH Gays, "Upon oyery hill which now
=" over!ooks Riehmo9d, you have had, End viii
continue 10 haze, clups cnia' o'ng soldiers
60 .om every State in the Confedericy; and 10
" ito reuoto.t limits every proud heart beats
Ell ieh Win indignation % tie thought that The
" foot Of tho invader -ss been set upon The coil
=" Of old Virginia." That IL 10 soy; this Gen.
Dayi, has transported his :0rces, hoTses, foot
soldiers, and artillery t. Virginia, 10 menace and,
il 10 can, 10 esptuge tho Federal CAPITAL, and
when wo nee. Lin, nothing dElntej, he tells
The Virgnia5s thst acc have invaded the:- state !
There 10 IN incokcrenoo about this Which can
hardly DO referred 20 tie utmost possiole satara
ton in whisky. We should have permitted the
quiet concentration OF orc or tTo hundred
thousand men upon Ills ssored soil OF Virginia
we should have allowed Washington b. fall an
easy prey 10 tho Confederate srny--we should
have gone on considering hostile state as
neutral, while rhe YVES forging weapons for orr
destruction; bu. nc We id not do this os we
saw Il. 20 meet the enemy upon his own coil,
before he could by his presence pollutc ours, We
are invaders, we sge mereenaIies, We nc
assa.sins, and wo are incendiaries. WY do not
tie Gro eaters of Virginia, instead Of complain
irg, thank us for giving them go large pro
vision Of their favOrito diet What would they
have said Of US, if We had kept qulely at homo !
II 10 q b,ander for a military men 10 boast.
War ia 10 nconsdcrab,e extent matter Of fortune;
and Irsre chance--somelhlns ct least which mii'-
.sry historians admit, although they may not be
sb.o exactly to define it-mrss slwa!s DO con'id'
cred. Gov. Wiso says thst be is "a civil solder
he 10 certainly not q soldier military enough ia
avoid saying: "Your tue-b!Ooded Yankee WI
never stand still in the prererce Of cold steel
70 this we can mako no retort without ialhaa