New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-23
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
rncm WASHINGTON.
The forthcoming Message


s,ess in July. How far they are to be believed
have taken no trouble to be informed. Claiming
no relations of confidence with the head or any OF
The members of the Administration, gaze distantiy
.,A look from far.ofI retreats. The editors OF THE
TRIBUNE do not look in closets and place ears to
isyholes at home, and they will hardly do 1t here
am not accustomed to spend idle hours IN ante
.sems fer an interview with large or little men, and
n is too late to remedy this detective want of my
education, even II thrift should follow iawning'
This n not spoken complainiuSly. What men do not
knew themselves they cannot communicate. ln
Sahing no thought for the morrow, we obey the
Divine command, and if we have no policy except
the lesson of tie day. it does not require change,
but can be had ready made each morning. like the
garments of q slop-shOp.
There will be men needed IN the war, and
khey can be had. How not to accept them has
been the study, but that is now modified, and
aew activity prevails in the recruiting branch.
There is another need which may require more
thought and plan. Money, silent and uncbtrusive
walking with velvet step--cautlous and
speaking in whispers, is the power with which
treaties of amity aud cooperation should be made.
OF all the surprises of this wonderful epoch,
none have been greater than the quick and ready
zush of capital to this danger. DyspePtic often,
acid-teppered and peeyisb, lcving security and
evening slippers, il has thrown oil Its voletudi-
narianism and rushed into tie arena, like
knight in armor, to save the nation. / grant
them honor in the giving meod which has been
and is now upon them. 1t will give luster to q
history which We leave to the future, to be read
with the pages Of our Revolution. They must
have. however, their habits humored. You must
allow my friend who has sciatca and rheum-
atism, with large bank balance, to look at the
paper, turn it ever, see the names on the back,
and inquire on the Rialto whether the Antonios
are good men. You will have the cash, but it
must come in his own way, and at his own
terms.
We ewant, at least, $500, COO, ,OOO, and it must be
m the form of a loan. 1t should be called for
1y q method which shall include men Of large
and men of limited resources. heavy PER
sentage can be held in suspension by circulation
the notes are Of O convenient denomination.
The North-West, of itself, can now carry $20.
eOo, COO at least, aDd be the better for the Inc.
ton, if you would give is character aud conf
aence. II you send out from your excbequer
notes resting only on public faith, thick as the
leaves Of October, you can have them of as little
value There must be bonded debt paid IN III
specie and kept on hand, as basis for the pro.
toction Of that which supplies the wants of traffic
and passes from hand to hand. Proposals for
tbe whole amount, payable in in,tallmeDts, MS the
public expenditure requires and in sums which
are within the reach Of all, will bring capital
and labor together in league Of friendship aud
support. Ali this you must have. Never in our
being, as q people, was the declaration, "Ask
and 20 shall receive" more literal and true than
Bow.
The Administration 10 far behind the popular
\ aemsnd on it. Everywhere there is impa,
tence at slow action, and clamor for RAPID
movement. Drink your champagne, or your root
beer which is better, when the efervesceDce is
On, and take your men aud money when enthu.
6asm crowds your courts by offers of both.
At the rick of being called fool--and that
gives me serious disquiet-I declare that to-day,
and while write, our troops might have been
marching to the strains of "YaDkee Doodle" in
Che streets of Richmond. This is folly, of course
know that as well as my felOw.citizen of the
sock-plume and welted pantaloons You are not
fgtting the Arch-Duke Charles or WELLINGTON.
The Austrian Imperial Guard are not in battle
array against you, nor do the Royal Irish ct md,
nasket at shoulder, to NOW down your militia.
IL is not law leyes against regular troops. We
have the same force TO oppose that they have to
resist. We have food without plunderipg for it,
and forage which is not taken by force. We
are strong IN our physical tension and our senti.
ment, aud they are weak, under the paralyzing
influences OF failing cause and q fruitless
struggle. There arc three exposures to the ques.
tioD, nil Of which should be combined in shaping
eur policy-Milltary, Diplomatic, and Popular.
England should be taught that we are yet to live,
BY bulletin dated at Richmond. The people
sbould know that the point of peril has been
passed, and that it is their capital, and not ours,
which is to be captured. We are losing, to look
st it in its military aspect alone immensely in the
prestige which should follow early sue.
sess. do not wish TO have brave men
run into batteries at railroad speed by
pnrpe Generals; slow marches will do for that.
Or the decentralization Of the retreat from Har-
yer's Ferry, Manassas Junction might have been
surs. forward movement Of the whole line.
with flank advance from Old Point and the
Western column, would give US the capital of
Virginia in ten days The treaty of Paris was