New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-05


earnest sense express he feeling Of thousands Of
the impatient sufferers upon the north bank Of the
James River, when ray that ferventy hope thar
II green regiments Offered by green officers are
forwarded TO the Army OF the Potomac HI
re-enforcemens, while the ranks Of the
veteran regiments are untitled, the com
handing General viii show himself it for bis place,
by SAYING to the officers, Go right straight home and
await orders you are not wanted herei' and TO the
rank and file, welcome into the vacant places
where brave men faced death and embraced him in
battle with yor help We will suppress this Rebel
lion" And | exp'ess again the sentiment OF the
army when | ray, that the folly Of offering reg-
mcnts with un,red and inexperienced cerhin9s
lawyeIhngs, and College-gadua;es, with lips yet
wet with their alma matters milk il hoary now AT
the end OF fifteen months. No more popular tniDg
could be done, and none more profitable, ny, and at
the bottom more just, than for our Commanders IN
Virginia, upon pretexts or by methods recognized IN
the service, 10 Mror cut all his trash as fast as a
coiqes 10 kaHd, and 10 offer The nec regiments from
the ranks of the old. / know Of what am talking
There is not from Oswego to New-York new
Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel or Major, drawn from
civil life one-tenth part valuable at his JneRre
for the command Of regiment in Virginia, as are
hundreds Of Lieutenants yea aud Sergeants, now at
Harrisons Bar And if the policy should prevail, as
il ought to- on the OF economy and for highest
military reasons, OF Increasing the size OF all
our regiments to 1900, we would be guilty
of the ,rossest wrong 10 our Cause if we did not
take all the new officers required for them from the
euienants, sergeanis corporas and rank and ile of
the old reginens-and not Il single one from the
bouorless bsgs Of favortsm eternally held out by
members of Congress and Governors Of States. The
business Of issuing commissions has bad run Of a
year aud quarter-,he patton gaspDg for life the
while. II is Low tine for the War Power to make
officers and commanders. Let ms have them.
Again, there is an abuse in the army, hereditary
from the time When 1t was corporation Of gentle
men of arstocrac tastes and idle habits that should
forthwith he corrected. This is the use of soldiers
as servants. Every private taken from the ranks
weakens the regiment by one combatant. Of the
influence of mental service in our army uEon the
spirit Of a colder, will say nothing. OF the infu-
ence upon subordinate officers % being served, il
ought not TO be necetsafy 10 say anything. Mani.
festy, it weakens and softcus 4 who Of all men
on earth should be drilled into Spartan hardness.
Near to the Seven Pines have young Second
Lieutenant call big infantry soldier into bic tent
pick up and hand to him newspaper. have also
seen cultivated gentlemen, born into wealth and
luxury, seated the clay feeding their horses corn
ont OF their caps or oats cut of their pocket handker
chiefs. But not many. 7 Is always safe TO
quote Napoleon in military matters, and lie re-
quircd the pupils Of the cavalry school at st. Ger
main, Of marshals and princes and generals TO
groom their own borses and forced them TO learn to
shoe them at the blacksmlths forge. Non
oombaiau,s in an army! Barn&cles aud seaweed
on & cipper-fhip's bottom. The entire oortly and
msehievous nuisance should, if Iossbe, be abaied.
BouapsTte looking back from 81. Helena, felt that
even he had never had peEleci army-and he said
to Las Casas: IL would not b. possible 10 form 4
perfect army without revolution in the manners
aud education Of the Soldier and perhaps in the
Officer. tbs could not Je accomplished ruth our
oreEs, rlag0=iHe., comMissdrics, and carriage.
There be perfect army until, in imitation of
the Romans, the soldier shall receive his supply Of
wheat barley, eind it in his hand mill, and bake
BIS bread himself W. cannot hope 10 tossca an
ar,uy until re siaH alolsh all our mossfrous tram
Of crl aitcHdaAiS." Every word Of priceless truth
and the whole Of It good, for the present
emergency, to stop the weakening Of regiments, and
the sofoning Of officers, by the conversion Of soldiers
into servng-men.
But, how Insignificant are these reforms as means
to the great end Of suppressiug this Rebellion, com
pared with the rational use Of Libcrty's true
weapon in Il conies, waged by Slavery against Free
dom Ills sword OF Freedom is LIBERTY. The
restoration Of the Union in the aa'u quo ante Iel-
hra, is not dreamed Of BY either IDIOT or lunatc in
all this land. 1t is not possible FOR the war to have
any other conclusion than the independence Of the
Slave States, or the subecion Of the Free Sales or
the conquest Of the Slave Power. Tie South loathes
the North, and viii never again consort with her.
The partnership on this continent between Arist0c-
racy and Democracy is dissolved forever, and
they are impacably at war. One or tie other must
perish.
Twelve dayf ago, sixteen thousand men lay SICK in
the CAMPS at Harrsons Bar. Useless, and criminal,
une 10 ido,c, waste OF yalor anu vitality Had the
President on Tie 4tb day Of july speaking from the
hight Of the OCCASION and OF his power as Com
mander-in-Clief Of the Army aud Navy OF the
United States said to the slaves Of the Rebels: The
var yoar masters wage to strengthen and extend
Slavery | henceiorih wage with freedom. fou are
liberated Take and fight for the restoration Of
the Union in which you shall henceforh be laborcrs
under hire and candidates for citizenship These
few words would have dissipated every Rebel army
IN the South. Not regiment would have made half
answer TO the roll.ca on the DAY after the President
had TINS flashed the sword Of Freedom in tie face OF
the Slave Olgarchs.
God is this nation doomed 70 perish Last week
a Republican made inquiry Of the Republican Gov
elnor Of Republican Sia.e if he would issue COM
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