New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-20
TIE WAR FOR THE UNION.
PROM WASHINGTON.
Beaurcgard's Proclamation.
From Our Own Correspondent

Rebels baye been directed to property. they have
endeayored to make some comp -nsatmg return
M eontr buttons to our stock OF literature. Ine
latest, and it may be the BEST of these obIatIons
10 the proclamation of Gen. Beaur'gard TO the
good people of LOudon, Fairfax, aud Prince
Wihiam" Tue assumption of '"gOod," as n
complimentary prefix, is pardOnable, when We
reflect that military genius sometimes pdu'ges In
ecceutr,c ties of language as well as OF move
Dent. 1t is matter of deep regret that The
coprous perspiration of the last few days mas eA-
peudsd 10 surface moisture what ought to nave
soae 10 the Iacbrymal glands, and consequently
our suppl, of tears is somewhat in the condition
Of Gen. BIS cOmmissarat limited m quantity,
and not readily drawn upon for an eAtempora-
peous lamentstion. The peroration Ia in terms
such as very much impair the confidence OF the
reader in the previous good character OF the
President; and | am panied TO know, the au-
tborty of the illustrious Brigadier, that Abraham
Lincoln ais a reckless and unprincipled tyrant'
Unless Mr.. Lincoln has some Iebuttlng testimony
70 bis good standing, the case with the jury looks
bad, II he is indeed "reckless" and unprincl'
" pled," be must have made the acquisition
left is held in few hands. The general monopoly
BY such men as this Beauregard has lett but
ANAL surplus for the recruiting service IN any
thing for which States and municipal corpora
6cns maintain police, and furnish free board
and lodging under lock and key.
But who is this peacock preuI eherGtier-thIs
planned and spurred kit-master and drill sergeant
on horseback. with a halter about bis neck as
palpable to sight as the gout and dndgeOn' of
tie air-painted dagger A Tobber and rebel,
Iadng q banditti who plunder and devastate,
crowd of free companions, carrying destruction
everywhere with them but into the ranks against
which they fight. They are not mercenaries, Tor
the term imples payment, and the solitary prin-
eiple of the whole political organization is, never
10 pay for what they can take by open force or
secret stealing. The labor Of their soil Is tine
fruit of wrong, and the food and clothing which
il doled out to the beast Of burden is obtained
By perfdy Of credit, which is not plumber,
because the cOmprehensiODs of language leave us
st liberty to give it another designation. And
this beIted upstart, who is hel Born in terri.
tory which Northern capital paid for fed,
lodged. and clothed at West Point a charge
ever since on the war branch of the Treasury,
he is Government asset in every drop of blood
and every inch of sinew. Good, undoubtedly, at
reloubt and redsn, respectable with tbeodolite
and jacob-stafi, he can found fort or trace
q railway; but in the high qualities oi
command, the brain to organize or the
skill to direct be is a mere sub-lieuten-
ant. If the impudence Of his opening justiiies
q moderate appropriation Of wrath, the Pathos of
the intermediary strophes Of the epic are tender
and address themselves to the sensibities and
the stomach Regretfu too Hear him: "AlI
rules of civilized warfare are abandoned" They,
it is to be supposed, copy the highest precedenis
of the art of killing, and, that all the dramatic
unities should be preserved, they add arson and
maraudlng to the shining cestus OF virtues which
e. they grid ON with their armor. Their original
Loan was but specious gauze to cover the taking
of money not freely offered. The weak have
given it to save life. The man Of wealth has
consented to surrender portion to save the rest.
Not single column has marched TO a rendez-
vous that has not been a cloud Of locusts leaving
blight and desOlatOn wherever their tramp has
fallen. A Commissary Quartermaster Is not
dreamed of IN their army regulations. They not
only pifer food but levy forced loans at banks,
and rife the strong box of the citizen. At Graf
ton the whole command were sleeping off the
stupidity Of debauch when attacked, which
had been had over the spoils Of distllery most
vaantly carried by stormiDg party Of the first
families, thirsting for the cooling ris Of the never.
dying worm. II would seem that the destruction
Of government carried with it, in sympathy, the
same fell purpose to everything Of permanent or
pershable value, and that art, craft and improve
snent were to be e1terminated in an ungoverned
fury of wrath.
But honor becomes the subject of his story
"yOur honor and that Of your wives" We move
division Of the question. or the honor of the
wife we ssy nothing, except Of the manner in
which her fidelity is abused. OF that possessed
by the masculine branch, it can be packed away in
. email space if the stowage is crowded. 1t be-
longs to history and tradition. 1t slumbers with
the dust Of men who died and had their monu-
ments in history and the craven marble, before
the degradation which now marches over their
vaults had driven out the manhood Of their race.
Rebellion is the highest Of their crimes, but the
List Of their trsnsgressions does not stop with
that. When the Military Commission ceases.
civil law steps in, and what the galIOws and the
gun spares, the penitentia,y and the county
prison will hold in penalty. Honor! Look for
it with the black flag, under the Ice shore Of the
Island of Pines, or trust its promptings with the
Comanche or MOhave, and you may come back