New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-05

strong swimmer suddenly precipitated into the sea- ant
Ike that swimmer it has onhesangiy aud most Just
iably seized upon any and every iusumeotalty, with
which u could subdue the trea herOus currents and
waves by which it has found itself surrounded. AL
the was irregular illegal in the action Of the pTe'
dent has been fully appreciated by the country, and
VIII 10 doubt lie appreciated by Congress- on the bro
and inoontesable principle, that laws and usagcs oi
administration designed preserve the existence OF tic
ration should not be suffered % become the instruments
Of it's death. So for the future do no. hesitate 10 say
that any and every measure required TO save the re-
public from tie perils that beset t. not only may bnt
ought TO lie taken by the Administration, promptly
and felrlessly.
Within so brief reriod no such gigantic power has
been placed az the disposal Of any government as
that which has rallied to the support OF this within the
last few months through those volunteers who nave
poured alike from hill and valley city and village,
throughout the loyal States. AL classes and all pur-
eus have been animated by the same oNy and qehch-
less enthusiasm. Willie, however, would MAKE no
invidi0us distinctions, where all have SO noDiy uohe
their duty, cannot refrain from remarklng DOW con
scnous the hardhanded tle;s Of the soil OF the Norm
and West have made themselves IN swelling tue ranks
Of our army. We honor commerce with ITS Ousy nar'S
and the workshop with its patient toll ana eAhau'ueI'
ingenuity but still we would lie unfaithfu to te tru
o. history did not confess that the most nero cu
piOns of human freedom and the most illstloue aot
ties of It's principles have come from the proad noiu VI
agriculture.
There seems to be something in the scenes of nature
IN her wild and beautiful Landscapes, IN her 'ascue
and cataracts aud woodlands, and eXlafilihB ans Vi
her hills and mountains, that embraces ,no 1,eeI'
which man would rivet upon the spint OF ms Iei1'w
1t at the handles oil tue Pi0w ala t , ,ho
breathing odors of the newly opened luHo"s tn' tn9
character of Cucinnatus was formed, eAlahueu 'iu
ma ured IL was not in the city ful but IN ihe oeoP
pjrges and upon the snow-clad sunllmts on tio Al =.
amid the easles and the thunder, that william lei
laid the foundations Of those altars to human merry
against which the surgng iidee OF European
bave beaten for centuries, but, thank uod, nave
beaten in vain 1t was amid the IrneVai forests anu
mountains the lakes and leaping streams oil our own
lind: amid fields and waving grain; amid the songs
of the reaper and the tinkngs OF the siepheid oe
TINT were nurtured those virtues which clustered
starike in the character OF Washington and ited ham
in moral stature head and shoulders above even lhe
GemigOds of ancient story.
There il one most striking and distinguishing feature
of your mission that should never be lost sight or You
are not about to invade the territory oil foreign cue
my, is your purpose That oil conquest OF
Should YOU occupy the South YOU will do so as friends
and protectors and your aim will be not to su6lugao
that tetrayed and distracted country but TO deliver IL
from tie remorseIess military despotsin by which II Is
trodden down. Union men, WHO ARE your brethren,
tbronn in those States and will listen for tie COMING
footsteps of your army, rs the Scottish maiden Oh
Lucknow listened for the aliH OF her native laid III
is rue that amid the terrOrs aud darkness which pre-
vailIhere, they are senced and are now dnseen but
be assured that 10y the light OF tie Stars you carry upon
your banner You will lind them all. IL las been con-
At antly asserted by tho cOnsiators throughout the
South that this is "a Of sublngaon on the pant OF
the Government Of the United States whged Tor me
eyterminhtiOn OF Southern institutions, and by vandals
and miscreants who, IN the fury OF their passions.
snare neither age nor nor property. Even one oil
the Confederate Generals has far stepped bnselt In
infamy rs publish, In choice billing ga'e, TINS base
calunlny, through an Official proclamation
Ia view Of what Congress has recently so solemnly
resolved. and in view Of the continuous and consstent
action Of the Administration upon the subject those
no. through the press in public speeches, persist
rereasng tie wrotched SANDER are giving utte1noe
In what everybody themselves included, k ows 10 be
absolutely and infainousy alic. 1t will be the flint
and the highest duty Of the American army us 1t I'D
yances South by its moderation and humanity, by iis
exemption from every excess and rregulity, ana by
ia s,rupnlous Observance OF the rights of all 10
chow how foully both il and the Government Il repre-
cents have been tuduced. When therefore, you en-
Ter the South, press lightly upon her gardens and
fields; guard ssCredly her homes protect II need be,
al the point Of your bay0neis her Institutions and her
rights, for yOu VII thereby not only
rstond fully 10 the spirit and objects OF this war but
on will exert over, alike the opprcSsed and the in
iatuated portion Of her PEOPLE, power 10 which the
m,f brilliant Of your military successes might not a.
tain.
Bu, when Won meet in battle array those atrocions
copsirators who ~ the head Of armies, and through
woes unuterable seeking the ruin OF our common
country. remember that since the sword tamed over
the portals Of Paradise until now, has been drawn
i'm no heller caure than that IN which you are engaged
Remember too the millions whose hearts are breaking
under the anguish of this terrible crime, andthen stkc
boldly strike in the power Of truth and duty, strike
with a bound and shout, well asenfed That your
lows will fall upon iuguies, aDd trnitors, and parri-
ci1.s whose luft for power would make thus bright
lnd one vast Col sotha rather than be baked Of their
guilty aims and may the God OF your fathers give you
the victory.
aboni have reioiced to meet you within the liuits
of wonder proud Commonwealth, from whence yon
came aud whore name you bear but wise aud patriotic
men whose motiycs / respect while dissenting FROM
their conclusions have willed IL should be othefWse.
Here however, You are IN the midst OF nendt, ana
have doubtless received brothers. welcome, on the
coil Of a State which is not only loyal but proud Of
her loyalty-a State which, by the marching OF her
volunteers announces every hour what portion Of
her people have recently Proclaimed by formal rcso-
linton that "thc suppression Of s rebellion l. worth
more 10 the world than nll our lives aud oil our
money!" and that she "carce nothing for LIE OF
worldly goods, when they can only be enjoyed amid
the ruins Of our county" No Spartan hero under the
graudest inspirations OF patriotism ever uttered noner
seutiments than these. Indiana aud Kentucky, j. Is
true are eepared By broad river, but IN Their his
tory il has proved only thread Of light and beauty
across which their hands and their hearts nave ever
been clasI ed in friendship and in faith.
In those stirring conflicts for principle (which have
arisen in the past they have stood together and on
more than one bloody field, shoulder 10 shoulder they
have borne onward through the hckcst Of tie fight,
that glorious banner, whose Bars, trust Will never
grow dim; and now, your presence here to-day 10
0addening assurance that in the noineuous contest
on who threshold stand these States, 20 long al
lied will not BE- divided. For myself, must DO par
doned for saying that neat 70 our own beloved Ken
lucky, NY bosom most oyerfows toward the noble
State under whose ho,itabs shelter we have met TO-,
day. IL w8s nay fortune 10 pass my childhood aud
youth on my fathers farm upon the banks OF yOndor
liver, and In the light Of the morning and Of the even
log eun my eyoe rested upon the free homes aud forests
OF Indiana i played upon her hills, and shed in her
streams, and mingled with her people, when was too
Young to know, what ! trust / shall never be old
enough to leam-tbat this great country OF OuIf has
either North OF South, East West III the affections
and faith of true and loyal citnens.
SoIdiers when Napoleon was about 70 fppr On bis