New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-04

Icticr obviously IHtcDucu '"' w" i =
to one Of his constituents at Elmira. In THIS
manifesto, it pleased Mr.. Owen to say:
am not sitonshed sn1iety about the sdvanee OF
our srny am quite satisfied you are that whatever
sk NAV attend It tsnd depend upon H. it IL very great 1t
ha. become military, but political necessity As
mere military operation it is Of very doubtful e2Peieney
Moving 80 large force Of undscipned Oops against an en-
.my ine1ched mus. be attended with greet ribs There &
no doubt the rebel Generals 0nkioy waiting snd bopig
for the experiment part There n all the difference in
the world between advancing great army ntrenehed
enemy snd the srmy resisting attack" &C. &c
NOtwhsi inr all th must fight There tines when
must incur risk 10 escape another nsn VIII Ik
his life very frai ladder escape from burning cham
Der And now such the state Of feeling IN Congys" ana
out Of st. that fate must be decided by the ct OF DE
10 ought MOI % be %, Jm 10 Idtince and confidence
gslfeirg and acrfce. rouS render our 'rece' 'e''"
But pc pie iaos rse ee,a and the Government must
Incur the s Of battle break down financially for ek Of
suppo,t from the people thfk the Government oonie
bend this and a. soon possible will crafty the public DE
nsrd for great battle 1t will bes system Of os'e'' con
uencnz thius IN the West with Cairo for bs'e on ho
Fast from Fortress Monroe perhsps by Bur'ides EAte
dior from Roanoke and the grand battles on the Potomac
This is conjecture But the intention 10 hshs no; coiJe'
i.ue with know it,
There is no installing the tenor and driit
of this language. Mr. DSen Is attempting III
the gamblers say, to - hedge that IL, 10 WIN
in any event. alter the Bull Run pattern. The
army il to advance and fight; but the Govern
ment does not direct such advance III accord
ance with its own judgment, nor with Gen.
NcClellan's, nor with Mr.. Owens, but simply
because it has no alternative. The radicals
The hot-heads-the Forward TO Richmond
feows--haye again got the public ear, and the
Government must fight or starye. 1t IL there
fore about TO fgh,, knowing better all the
tine, simply because it is not at liberty to pur-
sue that policy of mastery inactivity
:. which would render our success certain
- Ii ought not 10 be SO, but II IS so.' So, YOU
see. if we win the credit all cnures to Gen.
Mcclellan and to us; while if we lose, please
bear in mind that we dld not want to light
that we were driven to it against orr own
Judgment aud will, and give those FORWARD
- TO Richmond" fellows particular jesse 1t
is a safe game, Mr. Dyen ii you can have
the setting of all the pins: but how II those
who are fixed 10 lose in any event refuse TO
play
Mr. Owen has written another letter 10 h
constituent in badly -needed explanation and
Reinforcement Of the positions OF The former.
1t bears date Jan. ~, but has only just caught
our eye. This letter seems 10 have been
called out by an impression among bis con
stituents that be, or the Government. or Gen.
Mcclellan, was not in favor of vigorous pros.
ecu,on Of the wsr-an impression which Mr..
Owens former letter wac signay calculated 10
create OF confirm. II il were true. 40 ne eI-
pliritly aud with iteration asserted, that there
ought not to De AN adyancc--tha, 70 push ior
ward and fight was to brave "sreat rIsh-.
While patience AMI cogfd,no,. long suffering ahd
=. sacrifice tcOuid render our Sgtoass otron," then
We say to fight merely to gratliy the public
:" demand for a great battle would be not
merely D weakness but crime. MIR. Owen :
former letter was expressly intended TO show
that no advance should be made, DO battle
fought, al present; b. condemn the popular *
norance and impatlence which dictated such q
movement; and TO lay an anchor 10 windward
30 that, in case of failure, all The blame could
BE- keaDed upon those who, though externally
accused Of hostility to any war but Il war upon
Slavery, have from the first been IN favor OF
the promptest and squnrest fighting for the
Union, even Gu a slavery conserying basis and
under the lead Of such nOn-ianailcal generals
as Mcclellan, Eialleck. and Buell..
/ Mr.. Owen in this new letter tells>s cOnstit-
uent that he knoms that the Join. Committee OF
Congress - IS low satisfied with the conduct
Of the War--a statement which ha. been
widely disseminated, but for which we can ind
40 responsible indorser-and ndds:
The Pre.ident stated the other day ny presence hs
,he, ve p4obs Dis la the county anxious
for battle than huse 70 aud that Mcclellan. lio
r@puded IN words Of eing ebube TO those who make
tic charge tba, be, or Mr. Seward, or Gen Mctlen, Wal
superus delsyn Of any coadeaon for the rebe
o. rebel institutions that they ndrcd any thought o.
INK the war by any other than conquest the ba,
h.d wish every in sud could have hesfd him"
We trust Mr.. Owen took liberal share OF
that whitening rebuke" to himself, for nO
man has more richly deserved il. No one has
laborcd more seduously to identify the Pres
dent and the Administration with that small
fraction Of their Republican supporters who
suppose that The traitors are 70 be PIT down
by "pstience and loDg-suieriug" and who
fancy a Pro-Sa'ery Rebellion ~ Do be defeated
+ BY evincinc tender regard for The originally
questionable ana now Justly forfeited "rghts
of shareholders. Sir. Owen ard his elan have
moi been willing that President Lincoln should
remain the common center and chief Of I'll
who are struggling 10 save the Republic: th'y
have insisted on apprOpriatiHg, mopopoizne,