New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-18
THE WAR FOR the UNION.
LATE DISPATCHES.
RRom WARRINGTON.
Ersm Our Own Correspondent

That nv impefuOus and inqulsltSe friend, 10 very
much dependent on circumstances. II you leave an
order with your tailor for coat he l1ys his gra-
duated tape from nape of the neck 30 hips, and
frem shoulder to bend Of the knee, puts shears to
cloth, aud if your ledger balances with him are
healthy, waits upon you with the finished garment.
But if, instead of the ready clcth be must wait
for lhe manufacturer TO send out to the western
reserve of Ohio and buy the last years WOOL ch9,
and then 9 ay Tor all the intermediary processes Ol
fabrication and fnisb, your old covering may get
as seedy as peat and perhaps your beloved com
paniOn be compelled to ibsert private patch at
some of the saert angles of wear. lt looks very
much here as if the War Department had to go
back to original ingredients. What they have of
arny proper hey ond the local organization at the
seat Of Government, is spread far and wide on
frontier slow to be accumulated at any coastwise
ssatoD, aud iDdspensaby necessary where they are,
sa.less their forts and s'ockades could be held
BY the reenforcements Of volunteers Our srsenals
and armories have been robbed, and our depcts
Of military stores are nowhere, except in the
s,ual aggregations for the limited demands OF
small aud widely scattered force. OF the 3O,oOO
OK more VOiuntrcfb III VesDiDblc"i '"NAS
no. probably 1900 who would be called soldiers
by British general or French marshal, or
even by an educated American commandant
do not deprecate the sterling qualities OF these
men for war; but still they are only citizens,
many of high intelligence, who have put on
uniforms, and are now passing through the
earlier teachings Of the art of war. Some ei
them four weeks ago, were numbering on the
banks OF the ADdrOscoggin; others were making
six seen pairs Of shoes day at Stoaghton Tor
the New-Oreans markets Others were shooting
deer in the forests of the Adirondack; haatng
wheat from tbreshng floors 10 Ohio TO railway
stations; shuckiDg corn in Illinois, or berding
cattle in Iowa. The passage of the Fiery Cross
startled them from their quiet pursuits; and
now, in less than forty days, they sleep IN tents
at Caro-, garrison Departments at Washington,
or keep ward over the fuctuating and tickle al
lesiaDce of Maryland at the Relay House. or at
the Chesapeake antiquity, Annapolis.
So far all is well. Bot is such an army quite
ready to suck the milk of conquest on the
AT maha or Alabama. We defer with high re-
spect to the opinions Of those warriors who have
proSisioned themselves with cold chicken aud
sandwiches in haversacks. aud old rye Of the
Buchauan brand in their c&nteens, and toen
sought the bio ,dess glory Of the regimental re-
view; but for long fighting We should prefer to
study other masters of the science of combat.
Narratives of campaigns win give US better hunts
Of their requisites than the footiugs OF the profit
and loss account, or the money articles of the
morning p-e.s. We viii not take tho testimony
.E
the affidavit of an older chief in chronology, the
Dnke Of Marlborough, as 10 the limitations O
time for recruiting and giving full efficiency to
large bodies of troops. Greater than they belong
, to our century, and were contemporaries viii
many, who, in their youth and middle age,
traced in weekly intelligence the changing
phases of their fortunes" ID no great demon-
stratun of the chefest Of modern captains was
there less than six months of most iod istriOus
and uDiutermitted preparation. From the gather.
ing of tho camp at Boulogne to the penetration
10 the heart Of Austria was longer period
than has nteveDed since our sudden cal to arms.
There was completeness of plan, and q full
organization Of the mnutest details, and then
astonished Europe saw the superb strategy Of
Ulm, and the tbunderbOt of Austerlitz. And,
yet, France, from the reign Of the Grand Mon.
arch, has been nation Of soldiers, ready for
instantaneous action; her fortresses frowning with
cannon, and her lines brlstliDg with bayonets.
Even the present Napoleon moved with a most
irritating delberation in bis revival of the old
feuds Of his Empire With his ancient enemy. 1t
was in January that he sDubbed the Austrian
Embassador, but not uotil May with his long pur-
pose Of war; that he pointed his rihed ordnance at
the Imperial lines at Magenta, aud uneashed
Tsrcos and Zouayes on the retresting columns at
Soltrino.
The impotence Of the country must restrain
itself yet for days, and perhaps months. For
defense, much may be hazarded, but for attack
and offensive operations, vaor must take counsel
Of prudence. No written warfare can furnish
such astounding reciiais Of enthusiasm and gath
eripg TO colers as this The shot that scared,
and the smoke that blackened the bastions of
Fort Sumter, rallied the patton as the buge-
blast rouses the suWberlDg garrison. II electri-
fed all classes aud all ages; the veteran Of the
Canada invasion 10 1914, and the child with his
mimic drum, caught the inspiration alike, and those
softer natures, who love tue trsppngs of war, but
shudder at s mutilatoas, came with their min-
isteriDg Offices aud sijed in the coarser abors Of
fitting out for the field. That this high tension
Of feeling will continue at it's present heat is
impossible-that it should not be allowed 10 lay
il important: but nothing which come Of