New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19

read-tersely sums up the Spanish character,
considered from military point OF view, as fol-
lows;
The srsnh character with relation to public shs' dis
by iuordnaie pride arrogance Daioy and inn
pro,idert individual well as the ms. sn possess On
heated nuspaions once excited hey can see no dim
Guilty IN the ,rtcu'ion Of project, WIN strong
natural perception OF whs, bis the Spsnisrd ron'
h oy but invariably permits hi passions to e., the
bis his performance Is uean IN the Poees-
piled tho want e eeoi Pese,rns intePdy but wa. poo,
cIAt and cruelty than 10 daring acts oil patIioliS
This presentment is 80 astonishing that really
we can hardly persuade ourselves that the Con-
federato Army did not stand for this photo
graphic picture; for it is indeed curiousy like
the " lofty promise and the "mean perform
" ance;" the "teDacity Of vengeance" and the
" deeds of craft and cruelty" Ere this time, If
Southern threats had been made good, the Con
federate flag would have been waving over Wash
ington, Philadelphia, New-York, and Boston
and all we have is the comparatively "mean
performance" at Fort Sumter 10 spite Of
the ilustrous examples Of Bobad and Falstaf,
boasts win no battles; nor do really brave men
boast at all. History settles these matters; the
next age never confounds Gadshil with Wa
terloo. Future readers Of history Will look in
vain for that page which records the entire
" defeat of the crack regiment Of New York, the
" Seventh, between Annapolis and MARLBORO
Future readers, if they would enjoy the fun
Of the thing, will be obliged to betake them
selves TO the newspapers OF the period, aud
especially the Southern newspapers, from which
they will learn that our soldiers were
cowardly blackguards and more "mercenaries"-
that Gen. Scott was "ignobly defeated by bis
own serylle vanity and folly that Abraham
Lincoln was q Z" long, lean, lank, lying, niger
| :. stealing President"-that 4" the hirei,ng horde
4" Of Lincolnites who invaded Baltimore, fired with
| " special pleasure On non-combataDts and women
{" and children"--thst Ncw-York, in holding fast
! by the Union, " committed suicide" We are
quoting Southern newspapers; and from the same
source we might quote, Gd minimum, sentences
| of the same kind We cOutent ourselves with
merely noticing the extremely novel style Of
Boosting adopted by The Neir-Orteons Crescent,
which declares that Southern army Of $4,000
men can with the greatest ease conquer North
ern army of 100, 900 men; and upon the truth Of
this assertion it is willing to stake life, liberty and
fortune. Why, then, does The Mobile Adrsrtiser
boast of ap army Of 100000 men, and yet call
for morel AS We are TO be among the killed
wounded or ruined, we think that we have per-
sonal right to ask the question.
We know in all the history Of the times of
nothing more noble Of nothing in all ways more
respectable, than the calm answer, expressed in
manly and original words, of Mr.. Reycrdy John-
son to all this bOrnbast. He says to the people
of Maryland " Secede if you will; but tell you
4" that Secession will be your utter and imme-
&" date ruin. Defeat is certain to the rebellion.
"What are the one million six hundred thousand
men of the seeding States to do against the
three millions Of the Free States 7" That is
tho way in which an honest Soutberner, who has
not hidden a final adieu to his senses, speshs
Which is right, Reyerdy johnson or this whisk-
fed editor and Secessionist, whose lucid lucubra-
tons are before us
Whatever mistakes the defenders Of the Union
have made, we are sure that undertaking the
yalor or resources Of the seceders has NOT been
one Of them; for we have paid them the highest
possible compliment by taking it for granted
that it will require good many men and good
deal of money to bring them TO reason. We
have admitted substantially that the rebel soldiers
viii fight, a. nave prepared to the best OF our
ability for q, esperate battle. For the SAKE OF
our own homo. AID not to belittlo our yiciories
in advance W. have made no absurd and aGfo-
can't announcements Of our own inyincibillty. True
soldiers win no laurels by conqueriDg towards,
and chiyalrOus warriors seek foemen worthy OF
their swords. In tho name Of Mars, if we are
such cowardly, mercenary, imbecis set Of fell
lows-if our army is such o wretched aggrega-
ton Of rag. tag and .bobtai "the spawn of Bride
"we and the stews," or recruited from draw
ing.rooms-rebel estimates OF our forces vibrate
between these two extremcs-where will be the
glory of beating US If We are to run at the
first ere, where will BIO the honor OF those who
fire at usl Why did the Cotton ConiedeTacy
60 to the trouble Of laying larceny to its soul
For what purpose has it stolen oil these guns
ships, swords, cannon, aud casks Of powder
Did il send for Beauregord to fight boys and
blackguardsl
No: sensible men in the Cotton States know
better than this One Of them, in conversation
with several loyal citizens, not long ago expressed
his mind frankly as follows: ave know you can
q lick us, but d--n ye, we mean to fight you"
This ardent mental condition will, we fancy, be
somewhat abated by the coming turn Of affairs.
We say this in nothing Of tho braggart spirit
which we have been deprecatiDg for the fortune
~ mar MAY no for n time against u.s. but we